Apple iTablet Tablet News
Now there are a lot of new tablet PCs, for example, see the article “Stylistic ST6012 Tablet PC” .
But I think that tablet PCs can achieve popularity only if they are not reworked laptops, but fundamentally re-designed, the main goal of this project should be:
1. Compactness; 2. Low weight; 3. Energy efficiency.
Tablets should take all the best from smartphones like Apple iPhone and from NetBooks like Asus EeePC 900. They should have low weight and low prices (especially since there is an economic crisis in the yard).
And for a tablet PC you need to develop a fundamentally new interface! The fact is that the MS Windows XP / Vista interface was designed for Desktop PCs, and the tablet computer is not designed to stand on the table and it will be much more convenient to use it if the program interface looks more like the interface of Smartphones and cell phones.
What is the conclusion: in the Tablet PC, you can effectively use the OS type:
1. Apple iPhone OS (on the core of Apple OS X);
2. Google Android OS or Chrome OS (both on the Linux kernel);
3. Nokia Maemo 5 (on the Linux kernel);
4. Intel Moblin for MID (on the Linux kernel);
5. Palm webOS (on the Linux kernel);
6. MS Windows Mobile 7 or Windows CE for MID (both on the MS Windows CE core).
I think that most likely the first truly comfortable and popular tablet will be able to release only Apple! It will most likely come out in 2009, with a new OS (based on the Apple iPhone OS), and its hardware will not have an Intel CPU, but a processor developed based on the ARM core!
In September 2008, I published an article on "Habré" " Steve Jobs again trying to invent Dynabook! " In which he tried to prove the above ideas.
And today, I propose to see and discuss the review of news that has accumulated over the past 2 years, in which rumors or indirect confirmations of the upcoming release of the Apple iTablet Tablet PC or Apple iTouch Tablet have surfaced.
The news is located from the bottom up - the most recent on top:
40. “ Will the Tablet Poppy be shown on January 26?” - 24/12/2009:
"... Well-informed sources from Silicon Alley Insider reported on Cupertino’s plans to present a tablet with a 7-inch screen in January next year.
And the Financial Times technical analyst David Gelles reported - Apple bought squares for several days at the notorious Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, which has already been used several times to conduct Apple’s special “spies”.
The estimated date of the new presentation is January 26, 2010.
Almost simultaneously with all this, it became known that Apple had contacted a number of iPhone-developers with a proposal to prepare their programs for demonstration in a certain “full screen” mode, which will make it possible to successfully pass the usual limit on the screen resolution of 320 × 480 pixels.
The final touch to all of the above: according to Nick Bilton from New York Time, in Cupertino, work has been going on for many years on the tablet Mac, but only now the coveted device has been brought to the level of a full-fledged product. Quoting a nameless high-ranking Apple employee, Steve Jobs is “incredibly pleased with the new gadget” ... ”
39. “Apple told about the Internet tablet to Australians” - 10/27/2009:
“Apple sent the specifications of its tablet device to several Australian media companies, The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper reported. The corporation has offered addressees to supply their materials for the tablet using a special application.
The device specifications are not disclosed, and Apple has not officially confirmed its existence. The authors of some publications believe that the development of Apple is a device with a 10-inch touch screen, similar to the big iPhone.
It is assumed that Apple intends to conquer the e-book market using a tablet. Some journalists argued that the device would allow viewing color magazines, bringing their reading as close as possible to scrolling through real paper editions. ”
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38. “New day, new rumors about Apple tablet” - 09/10/2009:
“Foxconn, a long-time partner of Apple in the production of iPhone communicators and iPods, has become the main hero of another portion of rumors about Apple’s tablet. According to information from DigiTimes, Cupertino has signed a contract with Foxconn for the production of 400,000 tablets a month, which should be on sale somewhere in the first quarter of 2010.
According to the publication, the Taiwanese company Foxconn, also known as HonHai Precision Industry, won the Apple tender for the production of tablets. In addition, some sources claim that this device will be more focused on e-books and periodicals, than just video or music.
... As for the price, most experts believe that the device will take a free segment between the expensive iPod touch player for $ 499 and the simplest MacBook for $ 999. "
37. “iPhone OS can be used on an Apple Tablet PC” - 03/10/2009:
“The iLounge website reported receiving information about the Apple Tablet PC.
... the future device will receive a display size of 10.7 inches with a resolution close to 720p, as the operating system is likely to be used by the iPhone OS , rather than Mac OS X, and the announcement of the device will take place no later than January 19, followed by the release of June next year. The design of the gadget will largely repeat the iPhone, with a rounded back. Two options will be available, one of which has support for 3G cellular networks. The device will not be positioned by the company as a competitor with a cheap netbook, and its main purpose will be reading books and magazines along with all traditional iPhone and iPod touch applications ... "
36. “Tablet Mac: updated debut date” - 09/16/2009:
"... the exact date of commencement of sales has narrowed to a month - February.
That's exactly what journalists from the Taiwan Economic Times business publication think, who, with reference to local suppliers of computer components, early announced the February debut of a tablet “mac” with a 9.6-inch touchscreen developed by the PA Semi processor, built-in 3G HSDPA module and “battery high capacity ":
... The cost of the new device is planned at $ 799 ... $ 999, and the fact that all the companies stated in the text (in addition to DynaPack, Wanshih Electronic, Mag. Layers and Wintek appear there), have agreed with the deliveries by December of the current year, clearly indicates the approximate The beginning of sales of Apple’s “tablet” is that same February of 2010. "
35. "Rumor: Apple Tablet PC can be built on the basis of the platform nVidia Tegra" - 26/08/2009:
"NVidia is involved in creating a device based on the Tegra platform, which should be released in the coming months," Mike Rayfield, head of the mobile division of the corporation, told Hexus.
Mr. Rayfield noticed that this is a tablet computer equipped with a 3G module, a 7- or 13-inch touchscreen display, and being developed by some very large company.
In these words, it is not difficult to find a hint at Apple and its mythical tablet PC, discussed on the Internet almost every day. According to the latest rumors, the company is just preparing two versions of the tablet - however, the diagonal of their screens is 6 and 10 inches, respectively ... "
34. “iProd. Already soon ” - 05/08/2009:
“The latest test build of iPhone OS 3.1 today, among other things, contains inside reference to the mysterious device“ iProd ”, which was first talked about in March of this year. At this time, the updated configuration file USBConfiguration.plist was found mentioning "iProd1,1", which clearly hints at the active fine-tuning of the new device in Apple - the index 1.1 usually corresponds to the very first version of the new product of the company ...
... Anyway, whatever it may be - a compact tablet, a new “nano” with a built-in camera, etc., etc. - the materialization of the new device can take place in September, when the company traditionally updates the Apple iPod model range. . "
33. “Apple Tablet PCs will get advanced HD video playback” - 04/08/2009:
"Barron's, with reference to an unnamed" authoritative "analyst, reports new information about the Apple tablet computer, which, according to rumors, will go on sale within a few months. According to the source, who allegedly tested the prototype of the tablet in action, the development of the device continues, its announcement may take place in September, and the start of sales - in November ...
... Source Barron's also said that one of the specialties of the new product will be viewing high-definition video. “It will be much more comfortable than when you watch a movie, holding the device in your hands,” says the analyst. According to Barron's, the price of the device will be within $ 699 - $ 799 ... "
32. "Foxconn may soon begin assembling a tablet computer for Apple" - 29/07/2009:
“The Taiwan Daily, Apple Daily, citing its own sources in the local electronics industry, reports that Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn) will be assembling Tablet PCs for Apple, which may be available for sale in September. According to the sources of the publication, Wintek Corp. was selected as the supplier of touchscreens for the new device, while Dynapack International Technology Corp. will be manufacturing batteries ...
... the note states that the new product will have a 10-inch screen and the means of accessing 3G networks.
It only remains to add that information about ordering Apple from Wintek 10-inch touchscreens appeared on the Web in the spring ... "
31. “Almost officially: Apple’s netbook in the first quarter of 2010” - 07/27/2009:
“AppleInsider publication, citing a“ respected source ”in Cupertino, announces the company's plans in the first quarter of next year to release the long-awaited netbook.
According to the latest information, it will be a 10-inch tablet equipped with 3G connectivity and looks a lot like an enlarged iPod touch. And it is on this project that Steve Jobs spends most of his time over the past four years ...
... The core of the netbook will be the processor currently being developed by the PA Semi team. It will be built on the basis of the ARM architecture, but at the same time, a) it will be significantly faster than the existing analogues; b) will be "sharpened" by Apple technology; c) will be able to compete with Intel Atom processors in terms of power consumption and performance ... ”
30. "Verizon Will Sell Apple's First Internet Tablet" - 07/23/2009:
"In the recent past, the Internet" went "information that Verizon is working with Apple on the release of the iPhone, but the rumor was not confirmed.
Now there is information that Apple is finally planning to release a tablet by the end of 2009 and Verizon will be the first company to sell the new product. Verizon is going to subsidize the release of the Internet tablet Apple, but for her it will be quite expensive.
If you imagine a 9- or 10-inch iPod or iPhone, then you’ll get an approximate image of the future device! Perhaps the company will abandon the idea of a virtual keyboard, although details are not yet known. ”
29. " Is the PA Semi team working on the release of the Apple netbook?" - 07/14/2009:
"..." informed sources "of the VentureBeat edition told about the fate of the microprocessor development team of PA Semi, bought by Apple last year. It was divided into two groups that were engaged in the parallel development of two processor series. The first one is based on the ARM core and is intended for future use iPhone / iPod touch models.
With the second all the more interesting: it was tasked to create a processor, which in the future should be the basis of the future netbook Apple.
Some technical details are still unknown, but if we assume that the information is reliable, it turns out that the netbook will nevertheless be closer to the iPhone in its functionality than a full-fledged laptop. It will not be based on an Intel processor, which means that the standard assembly of Mac OS X will not work for the device. This in turn means that the system will either need to be rewritten for it - which is unlikely because it is time consuming - or modifying something that is, and there is iPhone OS .... "
28. “Will Apple’s netbook come out in October?” - 07/13/2009:
"The business section of the Taiwanese branch of Yahoo.com preoccupied with the potentially main sensation of the current week: traditionally reliable sources for The China Times reported that three Taiwanese Apple subcontractors - Foxconn, Wintek and Dynapack - received orders for component production and assembly of netbooks from Cupertino, whose debut scheduled for October of 2009.
The same sources inform that Apple instead of the standard 10.2-inch or 10.1-inch LCD matrix for today's netbooks, plans to use a 9.7-inch touchscreen in a new computer, the production and delivery of which will be taken over by Wintek. The same circumstance unequivocally indicates that Apple netbooks will initially be outside the budget price category typical for netbooks, since the prices for new gadgets will be about $ 800 ... "
27. "Wintek can become a supplier of touchscreens for Apple's media tablet" - 05/26/2009:
“The DigiTimes publication, citing sources in Taiwanese companies specializing in chip design, confirms information that the contract manufacturer Wintek will supply Apple with touch-sensitive displays for the“ netbook made in e-book format ”...
A few months ago, a similar Chinese publication, Commercial Times, published a similar message. “Wintek announced that it is currently working with Apple to develop new products, but the company has no information about what kind of products they will be and what they will be for” ...
Despite the fact that representatives of Wintek could not provide more accurate information, according to sources from Commercial Times, the new Apple netbook will be released in the third quarter of this year, and its release will be done by one of the largest local contract manufacturers - Quanta Computer ... "
26. "Apple's media plan will not appear before 2010" - 05/24/2009:
"According to Piper Jaffray senior analyst Gene Munster, Apple is working on creating a tablet computer to view various types of media content, but it will be released no earlier than 2010 ...
Sources describe a hypothetical device as an answer from Apple to the popularity of netbooks, with the difference that this tablet will be focused not on desktop applications, but on viewing media content — websites, videos, reading e-books, listening to music and, possibly, doing VoIP- calls.
According to Munster, the new device will run on a separate OS X operating system, which differs from both Mac OS X and iPhone OS, while still supporting Multitouch technology ... "
25. “Perhaps Apple is preparing two new mobile devices” - 04/29/2009:
“According to BusinessWeek, the goal of the proposed partnership between Apple and Verizon’s American telecom is to promote not two iPhones, but two other mobile devices that have not yet been released.
The first one is a budget phone called “iPhone Lite”, which is smaller and more expensive than an ordinary iPhone ...
The second device is a media tablet that allows you to listen to music, view photos and videos in high resolution, make VoIP calls over a wireless Wi-Fi connection. The size of this device will be smaller than that of the Amazon Kindle ebook reader, but it will have a larger touchscreen.
According to BusinessWeek sources, this device is so interesting that many representatives of the electronics industry can only exclaim: “Why didn't we release it?”, And Apple itself will become the ancestor of a new class of devices ... ”
24. “Radio Rumor.FM: Foxconn is preparing to receive an order for the release of Apple netbooks” - 04/21/2009:
“Rumors about apple-branded netbooks on the case are becoming more insistent: the well-known Chinese business publication Commercial Times managed to rejoice again with the fresh squeeze of anonymous sources, from which it follows that Foxconn Electronic is preparing to receive an order for the production of Apple netbooks ...
... about a month ago, when the plans of the Taiwanese company Wintek began in the editorial office to start supplying touch screens for Cupertino. This information was soon confirmed by other sources, with the exact dimensions of the matrices ordered (from 9.7 to 10 inches) ...
Reuters, with reference to their own informants, proclaimed "the possible release of the latest Apple devices with a 10-inch touchscreen." The place of assembly of new gadgets is Taiwan. The start of deliveries is the third quarter of this year. ”
23. "Wall Street Journal: Steve Jobs is participating in the life of Apple, which in the meantime is preparing a new portable device" - 13/04/2009:
“Moreover, the Wall Street Journal, citing its own sources, confirms that Apple is developing a portable device that occupies an intermediate link between the iPhone / iPod touch and MacBook laptops.
According to many observers, the company is working to create a device with a 10-inch display, like the popular models of netbooks, however, unlike them, using an input device not a keyboard, but a touchscreen with multitouch support ... "
22. “Orange may start selling Apple laptops with a subsidy already in the summer” - 03/27/2009:
"The international mobile operator Orange is preparing to sell laptops manufactured by Apple, reports Mobile Today ...
Mobile Today does not exclude that the deal concerns, among other things, not yet released Apple devices, which can get built-in tools for working in cellular networks ...
Recall, a couple of days ago, the Boy Genius Report website published information, allegedly obtained from sources in the AT & T manual, that this operator will start selling a “subsidized” netbook at a price of $ 99 in the summer, and this device will run under the operating system, excellent from Microsoft Windows. "
21. " Immediately two new iPhones in firmware 3.0 " - 19/03/2009:
" The information portal BGR, the authors and visitors of which are famous for their inquisitiveness, once again pleased the public. Most recently, a part of the latest firmware was posted, clearly indicating future updates in the “
hardware ” part: iPhone2.1 - 0x1294
iProd0.1 - 0x1295
iPod2.2 - 0x1296
iPhone3.1 - 0x1297
iFPGA - 0x1298
iPod3.1 - 0x1299
If you believe that they dug up, then Apple’s plans have more than one iPhone, two of them. Plus, a few iPods and other obscure devices, for which the new firmware also seems to fit. Until now, the date of the announcement of the novelty remains unknown, but I think it is worth waiting for at least one model. ”
20. “ Reuters adds fuel to the rumors about the Apple netbook ” - 12/03/2009:
“ If we’re talking about the mythical Apple netbook starts writing news agency Reuters, then there is something in it.
The latest news came from sources close to the Taiwanese firm Wintek, specializing in the production of touch displays. It has long been producing for Apple small panels for iPhone communicators, but starting from the third quarter of this year, it will start shipping larger panels to the Cupertino - with a diagonal of about 10 inches.
If so, by the end of the year Apple will be able to release something between iPhone and MacBook Air ... ”
19. “ A hybrid of a netbook and a tablet PC with magnets in the case was created ” - 04/03/2009:
“ Always Innovating on March 1 announced the Touch Book device with a removable keyboard that combines the functions of a netbook and tablet computer.
The basis of the Touch Book was the Texas Instruments OMAP3 processor (ARM core), which is characterized by low power consumption. This has significantly increased battery life. According to the developers, it is 10-15 hours, depending on the load. This is three times more than the typical netbook autonomy resource ... "
18. " iPhone nano and netbooks: two questions and two answers " - 22/01/2009:
" - We follow this niche (netbook market - editor's note), however At this point in time, we are of the opinion that in the current production not the best software is used, inconvenient keyboards and small screens, and the capabilities of electronics are noticeably inferior to the expected demands of customers ...
- It is unlikely that people will be satisfied with such purchases. We have a hand on the pulse, we have some ideas, but right now netbooks are substandard products, unable to satisfy user requests.
In essence, Cook in his own way repeated the Jobs idea voiced by Steve three months ago: "We will wait and follow the development of this new type of devices, and we already have a number of developments in case of their successful development."
17. "Apple registers the “OS X” trademark without the “Mac” prefix ” - 16/01/2009:
“ According to AppleInsider, in June last year, immediately after the WWDC 2008 developer conference, the company applied for the OS X trademark.
Already at the 2008 developers conference, visitors could see posters on which flashed like “OS X iPhone” —the operating system for the Apple Communicator — and “OS X Leopard” for Macs. Thus, the company makes it clear that now there is no simple Mac OS X, but there is an OS X platform to which you can transfer both computers and other devices.
... Now we are witnessing another evolution within Cupertino. Evolution, when the poppy will be less, and more will be ... consumer electronics? "
16. " Apple signs a five-year contract with the LG Display! " - 01/13/2009:
"LG Display, a division of the South Korean giant responsible for the production of displays, on Monday announced the conclusion of a five-year contract with Apple, the total cost of which was $ 500 million ...
One cannot help but recall that at the end of November, rumors appeared on the Web that LG was preparing under one of its customers a new line of displays with multi-touch support. Given the special interest of Apple in this area, it is possible the emergence of Macs, equipped with touch screen monitors. At the same time, this does not necessarily have to be full-fledged "tablets" ... "
15. " June 2009, or the Return of rumors about the iPhone nano " - 13/01/2009:
“Digitimes: after analyzing the information obtained from their own channels, local analysts reported that (a) TSMC and UMC chip manufacturers can get Apple a contract for the production of chips for communicators, and (b) the release of such chips will start in March ...
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Another chip, which may be used in the future iPhone, may be a multi-core graphics processor based on the development of Imagination Technology - PowerVR SGX543, presented at CES .... "
13. " Private opinion: 5 reasons for the presentation of the netbook on Macworld ” - 12/15/2008:
“ It is here that Apple can create a new netbook form factor - it seems to me that in Cupertino they have to release a tablet version of a netbook that fully exploits the iPhone OS. Simply put, you need a laptop sized with an iPhone. Almost identical design and OS X under the hood. Apple may even use the App Store model to distribute (and sell) software for such a large-scale counterpart of its own communicator.
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12. « : . Macworld» — 13/12/2008:
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Since 1995, Apple has patented several "tablet" designs, and in 2004, Steve Jobs casually mentioned an Apple PDA, which the company found not ready to enter the market. A minus of all these rumors - it seems that Apple has been preparing its superplate for ten years. It will not necessarily release or even simply introduce it in 2009 ... "
11. " Analysts are calling on Apple to release the $ 600 MacBook " - 09/12/2008:
"... Tri Koudri of Global Equities Research suggests that next year Apple will be able to enter this market with the device. It can be based on a processor based on the latest ARM Cortex architecture, brought to Apple standards by PA Semi engineers. In terms of performance, this chip should and it will lose to the Intel Atom chip, absolutely insignificantly, but it will consume several times less energy.For example, the ARM Cortex 800MHz processor in the active state requires 18 times less power than the similar Atom, and in the power saving mode - 100 times .
By the way, fun fact. In the ARM presentation on development plans for this and next year, there is an amusing pyramid of processor segmentation by scope. So, the top Cortex-A8 is illustrated ... with a MacBook Air computer. As one character said, “is it not for nothing that women?” ... "
10. " Results of Q4'08 under the microscope. Details, details, nuances " - 10/10/2008:
“The new-fashioned netbooks got the Jobs performance of the“ nascent device class ”, which Apple CEO immediately contrasted to the iPhone with similar functionality and reduced form factor. However, in fact, in the asset of Cupertino, there are already a number of some "netbook" developments that will work as the demand for such devices grows. Answers to questions about potential Apple tablets were categorically denied ... ”
9. “ Read my lips: Apple de la no book ” - 23/10/2008:
“ - Jobs also said that the company had “ a number of extremely interesting developments ", which will go into action when the netbook market begins to expand rapidly.
This is quite consistent with the information that one company specializing in search engines provided to me as anonymity: at this point in time, visits to Web sites were recorded from an unknown Apple device, the screen resolution of which was stuck halfway between the iPhone and MacBook ... "
8. " netbooks based on ARM processors will appear on the market ” - 23/10/2008:
“ A British developer of mobile processors, ARM today distributed information about the imminent appearance of netbooks based on ARM Cortex A8 and A9 processors. Initially, this process Ultra-low-power oranges were designed as solutions for smartphones and new cell phones.
“In the future we intend to enter the netbook market. The appropriate announcement should be expected over the next few months, "said Rob Coombs, ARM Mobile Solutions Director ..."
7. "Intel apologized for criticizing the ARM processor" on 24/10/2008:
"Intel today had to apologize for the excessive frankness of their top managers, who called the slow ARM processor the main misfortune of the iPhone communicator ... ”
6. “ Good Internet only with Intel? ” - 10/26/2008:
“ On the iPhone, as Intel’s vice president for mobile technology said, Shane Wall, there are problems when running a number of applications to work in the Intern et.
Although in reality, the flaws of the iPhone need to be blamed not for Apple, but for the manufacturer of its processor - ARM, a British company, as not only Apple, but also other manufacturers of mobile communication devices have problems with the fact that their smartphones built on architecture ARM, have insufficient performance, as noted by Pankaj Kedia, Intel's director of ultra-mobile ecosystems ... "
!!! An interesting fact: in May 2008, an Intel representative said that Apple was preparing a Tablet PC based on the Intel Atom processor (see: “Intel: Apple is preparing a Tablet PC based on the Atom chipset!” ), And in October 2008 Intel representatives began to run into the ARM processors . Is this not because the prototype Apple Tablet on Intel Atom still does not go into the series, but instead it will be released a tablet based on the ARM processor!?
5. “ZDNet: In the autumn, wait for the tablet Mac” - 28/05/2008:
“Rumors about the possible appearance of an enlarged version of the iPhone communicator or a smaller version of the MacBook (underline) have been intrusively going on the Web for several weeks now. However, when none other than Jason O'Grady, the well-known columnist of ZDNet, connects to their distribution, this is already something that means.
“I don't often publish first-hand rumors, but today I have something special for you. Something related to the tablets.
A bird in its beak brought me information that Apple will launch a 12 or 13-inch tablet this fall ... ""
!!!The original article in English (which has already been added 5 times) can be found here: “ZDNet: Rumor: Tablet Mac is coming this fall (updated 5x)”
4. “A sensation that has lived for almost a whole day ...” - 05/20/2008 :
"... Apple’s patents and patent applications, more than two thousand in number, are legally and officially available for review. Much of the USPTO presented in the database already lives and wins Apple’s current products.
Almost all patent applications are accompanied by hand-drawn drawings and illustrations and unintelligible to the unprepared reader. But the guys from MacLife, based on the creative and careless graffiti of “apple” engineers and designers, they depicted some of the drawings in color and volume ...
And their very first picture was strikingly similar to the “Tablet Mac” or “Tablet iPhone.” Pay attention to the original symbiosis of iPhone OS and Mac OS X ... It is invented by the artist, but isn't that in the spirit of Apple? ... "
3. " Intel: Apple is preparing a tablet computer based on the Atom chipset! " - 05/15/2008:
" The head of the German Intel division, Heinnes Shvoderer, at a conference in Munich confirmed that Apple is working on a portable tablet computer based on the Atom chipset will lie.
"Shvoderer today confirmed what the Internet has been doing for so long: the iPhone based on the Atom processor exists," the German edition of ZDNet writes. "The device is slightly larger than the current version of the communicator, but not because of the chip used, but on the enlarged display" ... "
2.“Asus talks about the Apple Tablet PC” - 07/11/2007:
“Asus, a Taiwanese computer maker, told CNET yesterday that Apple is working for Cupertino on an order for a completely new tablet PC design.
According to this data, Apple is somewhere half way to creating a full-featured tablet computer, which should officially be presented in the second half of next year ... ”
1. “ Apple is working on a successor to Newton? ” - 26/09/2007:
“ The publication AppleInsider spoke about the new project at Apple, which received the preliminary designation of Newton II. Ray is talking about creating a sub-laptop that will be somewhat larger than the iPhone communicator and will offer users more functionality ...
... the device will be equipped with a multi-touch screen and work under Mac OS X. It is assumed that the size, but not the thickness, of the device will be 1.5 times more than the current iPhone and iPod Touch and have a screen resolution of 720 × 480 pixels. ”
But I think that tablet PCs can achieve popularity only if they are not reworked laptops, but fundamentally re-designed, the main goal of this project should be:
1. Compactness; 2. Low weight; 3. Energy efficiency.
Tablets should take all the best from smartphones like Apple iPhone and from NetBooks like Asus EeePC 900. They should have low weight and low prices (especially since there is an economic crisis in the yard).
And for a tablet PC you need to develop a fundamentally new interface! The fact is that the MS Windows XP / Vista interface was designed for Desktop PCs, and the tablet computer is not designed to stand on the table and it will be much more convenient to use it if the program interface looks more like the interface of Smartphones and cell phones.
What is the conclusion: in the Tablet PC, you can effectively use the OS type:
1. Apple iPhone OS (on the core of Apple OS X);
2. Google Android OS or Chrome OS (both on the Linux kernel);
3. Nokia Maemo 5 (on the Linux kernel);
4. Intel Moblin for MID (on the Linux kernel);
5. Palm webOS (on the Linux kernel);
6. MS Windows Mobile 7 or Windows CE for MID (both on the MS Windows CE core).
I think that most likely the first truly comfortable and popular tablet will be able to release only Apple! It will most likely come out in 2009, with a new OS (based on the Apple iPhone OS), and its hardware will not have an Intel CPU, but a processor developed based on the ARM core!
In September 2008, I published an article on "Habré" " Steve Jobs again trying to invent Dynabook! " In which he tried to prove the above ideas.
And today, I propose to see and discuss the review of news that has accumulated over the past 2 years, in which rumors or indirect confirmations of the upcoming release of the Apple iTablet Tablet PC or Apple iTouch Tablet have surfaced.
The news is located from the bottom up - the most recent on top:
40. “ Will the Tablet Poppy be shown on January 26?” - 24/12/2009:
"... Well-informed sources from Silicon Alley Insider reported on Cupertino’s plans to present a tablet with a 7-inch screen in January next year.
And the Financial Times technical analyst David Gelles reported - Apple bought squares for several days at the notorious Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, which has already been used several times to conduct Apple’s special “spies”.
The estimated date of the new presentation is January 26, 2010.
Almost simultaneously with all this, it became known that Apple had contacted a number of iPhone-developers with a proposal to prepare their programs for demonstration in a certain “full screen” mode, which will make it possible to successfully pass the usual limit on the screen resolution of 320 × 480 pixels.
The final touch to all of the above: according to Nick Bilton from New York Time, in Cupertino, work has been going on for many years on the tablet Mac, but only now the coveted device has been brought to the level of a full-fledged product. Quoting a nameless high-ranking Apple employee, Steve Jobs is “incredibly pleased with the new gadget” ... ”
39. “Apple told about the Internet tablet to Australians” - 10/27/2009:
“Apple sent the specifications of its tablet device to several Australian media companies, The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper reported. The corporation has offered addressees to supply their materials for the tablet using a special application.
The device specifications are not disclosed, and Apple has not officially confirmed its existence. The authors of some publications believe that the development of Apple is a device with a 10-inch touch screen, similar to the big iPhone.
It is assumed that Apple intends to conquer the e-book market using a tablet. Some journalists argued that the device would allow viewing color magazines, bringing their reading as close as possible to scrolling through real paper editions. ”
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38. “New day, new rumors about Apple tablet” - 09/10/2009:
“Foxconn, a long-time partner of Apple in the production of iPhone communicators and iPods, has become the main hero of another portion of rumors about Apple’s tablet. According to information from DigiTimes, Cupertino has signed a contract with Foxconn for the production of 400,000 tablets a month, which should be on sale somewhere in the first quarter of 2010.
According to the publication, the Taiwanese company Foxconn, also known as HonHai Precision Industry, won the Apple tender for the production of tablets. In addition, some sources claim that this device will be more focused on e-books and periodicals, than just video or music.
... As for the price, most experts believe that the device will take a free segment between the expensive iPod touch player for $ 499 and the simplest MacBook for $ 999. "
37. “iPhone OS can be used on an Apple Tablet PC” - 03/10/2009:
“The iLounge website reported receiving information about the Apple Tablet PC.
... the future device will receive a display size of 10.7 inches with a resolution close to 720p, as the operating system is likely to be used by the iPhone OS , rather than Mac OS X, and the announcement of the device will take place no later than January 19, followed by the release of June next year. The design of the gadget will largely repeat the iPhone, with a rounded back. Two options will be available, one of which has support for 3G cellular networks. The device will not be positioned by the company as a competitor with a cheap netbook, and its main purpose will be reading books and magazines along with all traditional iPhone and iPod touch applications ... "
36. “Tablet Mac: updated debut date” - 09/16/2009:
"... the exact date of commencement of sales has narrowed to a month - February.
That's exactly what journalists from the Taiwan Economic Times business publication think, who, with reference to local suppliers of computer components, early announced the February debut of a tablet “mac” with a 9.6-inch touchscreen developed by the PA Semi processor, built-in 3G HSDPA module and “battery high capacity ":
... The cost of the new device is planned at $ 799 ... $ 999, and the fact that all the companies stated in the text (in addition to DynaPack, Wanshih Electronic, Mag. Layers and Wintek appear there), have agreed with the deliveries by December of the current year, clearly indicates the approximate The beginning of sales of Apple’s “tablet” is that same February of 2010. "
35. "Rumor: Apple Tablet PC can be built on the basis of the platform nVidia Tegra" - 26/08/2009:
"NVidia is involved in creating a device based on the Tegra platform, which should be released in the coming months," Mike Rayfield, head of the mobile division of the corporation, told Hexus.
Mr. Rayfield noticed that this is a tablet computer equipped with a 3G module, a 7- or 13-inch touchscreen display, and being developed by some very large company.
In these words, it is not difficult to find a hint at Apple and its mythical tablet PC, discussed on the Internet almost every day. According to the latest rumors, the company is just preparing two versions of the tablet - however, the diagonal of their screens is 6 and 10 inches, respectively ... "
34. “iProd. Already soon ” - 05/08/2009:
“The latest test build of iPhone OS 3.1 today, among other things, contains inside reference to the mysterious device“ iProd ”, which was first talked about in March of this year. At this time, the updated configuration file USBConfiguration.plist was found mentioning "iProd1,1", which clearly hints at the active fine-tuning of the new device in Apple - the index 1.1 usually corresponds to the very first version of the new product of the company ...
... Anyway, whatever it may be - a compact tablet, a new “nano” with a built-in camera, etc., etc. - the materialization of the new device can take place in September, when the company traditionally updates the Apple iPod model range. . "
33. “Apple Tablet PCs will get advanced HD video playback” - 04/08/2009:
"Barron's, with reference to an unnamed" authoritative "analyst, reports new information about the Apple tablet computer, which, according to rumors, will go on sale within a few months. According to the source, who allegedly tested the prototype of the tablet in action, the development of the device continues, its announcement may take place in September, and the start of sales - in November ...
... Source Barron's also said that one of the specialties of the new product will be viewing high-definition video. “It will be much more comfortable than when you watch a movie, holding the device in your hands,” says the analyst. According to Barron's, the price of the device will be within $ 699 - $ 799 ... "
32. "Foxconn may soon begin assembling a tablet computer for Apple" - 29/07/2009:
“The Taiwan Daily, Apple Daily, citing its own sources in the local electronics industry, reports that Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn) will be assembling Tablet PCs for Apple, which may be available for sale in September. According to the sources of the publication, Wintek Corp. was selected as the supplier of touchscreens for the new device, while Dynapack International Technology Corp. will be manufacturing batteries ...
... the note states that the new product will have a 10-inch screen and the means of accessing 3G networks.
It only remains to add that information about ordering Apple from Wintek 10-inch touchscreens appeared on the Web in the spring ... "
31. “Almost officially: Apple’s netbook in the first quarter of 2010” - 07/27/2009:
“AppleInsider publication, citing a“ respected source ”in Cupertino, announces the company's plans in the first quarter of next year to release the long-awaited netbook.
According to the latest information, it will be a 10-inch tablet equipped with 3G connectivity and looks a lot like an enlarged iPod touch. And it is on this project that Steve Jobs spends most of his time over the past four years ...
... The core of the netbook will be the processor currently being developed by the PA Semi team. It will be built on the basis of the ARM architecture, but at the same time, a) it will be significantly faster than the existing analogues; b) will be "sharpened" by Apple technology; c) will be able to compete with Intel Atom processors in terms of power consumption and performance ... ”
30. "Verizon Will Sell Apple's First Internet Tablet" - 07/23/2009:
"In the recent past, the Internet" went "information that Verizon is working with Apple on the release of the iPhone, but the rumor was not confirmed.
Now there is information that Apple is finally planning to release a tablet by the end of 2009 and Verizon will be the first company to sell the new product. Verizon is going to subsidize the release of the Internet tablet Apple, but for her it will be quite expensive.
If you imagine a 9- or 10-inch iPod or iPhone, then you’ll get an approximate image of the future device! Perhaps the company will abandon the idea of a virtual keyboard, although details are not yet known. ”
29. " Is the PA Semi team working on the release of the Apple netbook?" - 07/14/2009:
"..." informed sources "of the VentureBeat edition told about the fate of the microprocessor development team of PA Semi, bought by Apple last year. It was divided into two groups that were engaged in the parallel development of two processor series. The first one is based on the ARM core and is intended for future use iPhone / iPod touch models.
With the second all the more interesting: it was tasked to create a processor, which in the future should be the basis of the future netbook Apple.
Some technical details are still unknown, but if we assume that the information is reliable, it turns out that the netbook will nevertheless be closer to the iPhone in its functionality than a full-fledged laptop. It will not be based on an Intel processor, which means that the standard assembly of Mac OS X will not work for the device. This in turn means that the system will either need to be rewritten for it - which is unlikely because it is time consuming - or modifying something that is, and there is iPhone OS .... "
28. “Will Apple’s netbook come out in October?” - 07/13/2009:
"The business section of the Taiwanese branch of Yahoo.com preoccupied with the potentially main sensation of the current week: traditionally reliable sources for The China Times reported that three Taiwanese Apple subcontractors - Foxconn, Wintek and Dynapack - received orders for component production and assembly of netbooks from Cupertino, whose debut scheduled for October of 2009.
The same sources inform that Apple instead of the standard 10.2-inch or 10.1-inch LCD matrix for today's netbooks, plans to use a 9.7-inch touchscreen in a new computer, the production and delivery of which will be taken over by Wintek. The same circumstance unequivocally indicates that Apple netbooks will initially be outside the budget price category typical for netbooks, since the prices for new gadgets will be about $ 800 ... "
27. "Wintek can become a supplier of touchscreens for Apple's media tablet" - 05/26/2009:
“The DigiTimes publication, citing sources in Taiwanese companies specializing in chip design, confirms information that the contract manufacturer Wintek will supply Apple with touch-sensitive displays for the“ netbook made in e-book format ”...
A few months ago, a similar Chinese publication, Commercial Times, published a similar message. “Wintek announced that it is currently working with Apple to develop new products, but the company has no information about what kind of products they will be and what they will be for” ...
Despite the fact that representatives of Wintek could not provide more accurate information, according to sources from Commercial Times, the new Apple netbook will be released in the third quarter of this year, and its release will be done by one of the largest local contract manufacturers - Quanta Computer ... "
26. "Apple's media plan will not appear before 2010" - 05/24/2009:
"According to Piper Jaffray senior analyst Gene Munster, Apple is working on creating a tablet computer to view various types of media content, but it will be released no earlier than 2010 ...
Sources describe a hypothetical device as an answer from Apple to the popularity of netbooks, with the difference that this tablet will be focused not on desktop applications, but on viewing media content — websites, videos, reading e-books, listening to music and, possibly, doing VoIP- calls.
According to Munster, the new device will run on a separate OS X operating system, which differs from both Mac OS X and iPhone OS, while still supporting Multitouch technology ... "
25. “Perhaps Apple is preparing two new mobile devices” - 04/29/2009:
“According to BusinessWeek, the goal of the proposed partnership between Apple and Verizon’s American telecom is to promote not two iPhones, but two other mobile devices that have not yet been released.
The first one is a budget phone called “iPhone Lite”, which is smaller and more expensive than an ordinary iPhone ...
The second device is a media tablet that allows you to listen to music, view photos and videos in high resolution, make VoIP calls over a wireless Wi-Fi connection. The size of this device will be smaller than that of the Amazon Kindle ebook reader, but it will have a larger touchscreen.
According to BusinessWeek sources, this device is so interesting that many representatives of the electronics industry can only exclaim: “Why didn't we release it?”, And Apple itself will become the ancestor of a new class of devices ... ”
24. “Radio Rumor.FM: Foxconn is preparing to receive an order for the release of Apple netbooks” - 04/21/2009:
“Rumors about apple-branded netbooks on the case are becoming more insistent: the well-known Chinese business publication Commercial Times managed to rejoice again with the fresh squeeze of anonymous sources, from which it follows that Foxconn Electronic is preparing to receive an order for the production of Apple netbooks ...
... about a month ago, when the plans of the Taiwanese company Wintek began in the editorial office to start supplying touch screens for Cupertino. This information was soon confirmed by other sources, with the exact dimensions of the matrices ordered (from 9.7 to 10 inches) ...
Reuters, with reference to their own informants, proclaimed "the possible release of the latest Apple devices with a 10-inch touchscreen." The place of assembly of new gadgets is Taiwan. The start of deliveries is the third quarter of this year. ”
23. "Wall Street Journal: Steve Jobs is participating in the life of Apple, which in the meantime is preparing a new portable device" - 13/04/2009:
“Moreover, the Wall Street Journal, citing its own sources, confirms that Apple is developing a portable device that occupies an intermediate link between the iPhone / iPod touch and MacBook laptops.
According to many observers, the company is working to create a device with a 10-inch display, like the popular models of netbooks, however, unlike them, using an input device not a keyboard, but a touchscreen with multitouch support ... "
22. “Orange may start selling Apple laptops with a subsidy already in the summer” - 03/27/2009:
"The international mobile operator Orange is preparing to sell laptops manufactured by Apple, reports Mobile Today ...
Mobile Today does not exclude that the deal concerns, among other things, not yet released Apple devices, which can get built-in tools for working in cellular networks ...
Recall, a couple of days ago, the Boy Genius Report website published information, allegedly obtained from sources in the AT & T manual, that this operator will start selling a “subsidized” netbook at a price of $ 99 in the summer, and this device will run under the operating system, excellent from Microsoft Windows. "
21. " Immediately two new iPhones in firmware 3.0 " - 19/03/2009:
" The information portal BGR, the authors and visitors of which are famous for their inquisitiveness, once again pleased the public. Most recently, a part of the latest firmware was posted, clearly indicating future updates in the “
hardware ” part: iPhone2.1 - 0x1294
iProd0.1 - 0x1295
iPod2.2 - 0x1296
iPhone3.1 - 0x1297
iFPGA - 0x1298
iPod3.1 - 0x1299
If you believe that they dug up, then Apple’s plans have more than one iPhone, two of them. Plus, a few iPods and other obscure devices, for which the new firmware also seems to fit. Until now, the date of the announcement of the novelty remains unknown, but I think it is worth waiting for at least one model. ”
20. “ Reuters adds fuel to the rumors about the Apple netbook ” - 12/03/2009:
“ If we’re talking about the mythical Apple netbook starts writing news agency Reuters, then there is something in it.
The latest news came from sources close to the Taiwanese firm Wintek, specializing in the production of touch displays. It has long been producing for Apple small panels for iPhone communicators, but starting from the third quarter of this year, it will start shipping larger panels to the Cupertino - with a diagonal of about 10 inches.
If so, by the end of the year Apple will be able to release something between iPhone and MacBook Air ... ”
19. “ A hybrid of a netbook and a tablet PC with magnets in the case was created ” - 04/03/2009:
“ Always Innovating on March 1 announced the Touch Book device with a removable keyboard that combines the functions of a netbook and tablet computer.
The basis of the Touch Book was the Texas Instruments OMAP3 processor (ARM core), which is characterized by low power consumption. This has significantly increased battery life. According to the developers, it is 10-15 hours, depending on the load. This is three times more than the typical netbook autonomy resource ... "
18. " iPhone nano and netbooks: two questions and two answers " - 22/01/2009:
" - We follow this niche (netbook market - editor's note), however At this point in time, we are of the opinion that in the current production not the best software is used, inconvenient keyboards and small screens, and the capabilities of electronics are noticeably inferior to the expected demands of customers ...
- It is unlikely that people will be satisfied with such purchases. We have a hand on the pulse, we have some ideas, but right now netbooks are substandard products, unable to satisfy user requests.
In essence, Cook in his own way repeated the Jobs idea voiced by Steve three months ago: "We will wait and follow the development of this new type of devices, and we already have a number of developments in case of their successful development."
17. "Apple registers the “OS X” trademark without the “Mac” prefix ” - 16/01/2009:
“ According to AppleInsider, in June last year, immediately after the WWDC 2008 developer conference, the company applied for the OS X trademark.
Already at the 2008 developers conference, visitors could see posters on which flashed like “OS X iPhone” —the operating system for the Apple Communicator — and “OS X Leopard” for Macs. Thus, the company makes it clear that now there is no simple Mac OS X, but there is an OS X platform to which you can transfer both computers and other devices.
... Now we are witnessing another evolution within Cupertino. Evolution, when the poppy will be less, and more will be ... consumer electronics? "
16. " Apple signs a five-year contract with the LG Display! " - 01/13/2009:
"LG Display, a division of the South Korean giant responsible for the production of displays, on Monday announced the conclusion of a five-year contract with Apple, the total cost of which was $ 500 million ...
One cannot help but recall that at the end of November, rumors appeared on the Web that LG was preparing under one of its customers a new line of displays with multi-touch support. Given the special interest of Apple in this area, it is possible the emergence of Macs, equipped with touch screen monitors. At the same time, this does not necessarily have to be full-fledged "tablets" ... "
15. " June 2009, or the Return of rumors about the iPhone nano " - 13/01/2009:
“Digitimes: after analyzing the information obtained from their own channels, local analysts reported that (a) TSMC and UMC chip manufacturers can get Apple a contract for the production of chips for communicators, and (b) the release of such chips will start in March ...
Thus, the debut of the new model in the Apple iPhone lineup can take place in June 2009. iPhone' , PA Semi , Apple iPhone.»
14. « iPhone ?» — 09/01/2009:
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Another chip, which may be used in the future iPhone, may be a multi-core graphics processor based on the development of Imagination Technology - PowerVR SGX543, presented at CES .... "
13. " Private opinion: 5 reasons for the presentation of the netbook on Macworld ” - 12/15/2008:
“ It is here that Apple can create a new netbook form factor - it seems to me that in Cupertino they have to release a tablet version of a netbook that fully exploits the iPhone OS. Simply put, you need a laptop sized with an iPhone. Almost identical design and OS X under the hood. Apple may even use the App Store model to distribute (and sell) software for such a large-scale counterpart of its own communicator.
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12. « : . Macworld» — 13/12/2008:
"… . , Apple , . , 12 13 , iPhone. Intel Atom.
Since 1995, Apple has patented several "tablet" designs, and in 2004, Steve Jobs casually mentioned an Apple PDA, which the company found not ready to enter the market. A minus of all these rumors - it seems that Apple has been preparing its superplate for ten years. It will not necessarily release or even simply introduce it in 2009 ... "
11. " Analysts are calling on Apple to release the $ 600 MacBook " - 09/12/2008:
"... Tri Koudri of Global Equities Research suggests that next year Apple will be able to enter this market with the device. It can be based on a processor based on the latest ARM Cortex architecture, brought to Apple standards by PA Semi engineers. In terms of performance, this chip should and it will lose to the Intel Atom chip, absolutely insignificantly, but it will consume several times less energy.For example, the ARM Cortex 800MHz processor in the active state requires 18 times less power than the similar Atom, and in the power saving mode - 100 times .
By the way, fun fact. In the ARM presentation on development plans for this and next year, there is an amusing pyramid of processor segmentation by scope. So, the top Cortex-A8 is illustrated ... with a MacBook Air computer. As one character said, “is it not for nothing that women?” ... "
10. " Results of Q4'08 under the microscope. Details, details, nuances " - 10/10/2008:
“The new-fashioned netbooks got the Jobs performance of the“ nascent device class ”, which Apple CEO immediately contrasted to the iPhone with similar functionality and reduced form factor. However, in fact, in the asset of Cupertino, there are already a number of some "netbook" developments that will work as the demand for such devices grows. Answers to questions about potential Apple tablets were categorically denied ... ”
9. “ Read my lips: Apple de la no book ” - 23/10/2008:
“ - Jobs also said that the company had “ a number of extremely interesting developments ", which will go into action when the netbook market begins to expand rapidly.
This is quite consistent with the information that one company specializing in search engines provided to me as anonymity: at this point in time, visits to Web sites were recorded from an unknown Apple device, the screen resolution of which was stuck halfway between the iPhone and MacBook ... "
8. " netbooks based on ARM processors will appear on the market ” - 23/10/2008:
“ A British developer of mobile processors, ARM today distributed information about the imminent appearance of netbooks based on ARM Cortex A8 and A9 processors. Initially, this process Ultra-low-power oranges were designed as solutions for smartphones and new cell phones.
“In the future we intend to enter the netbook market. The appropriate announcement should be expected over the next few months, "said Rob Coombs, ARM Mobile Solutions Director ..."
7. "Intel apologized for criticizing the ARM processor" on 24/10/2008:
"Intel today had to apologize for the excessive frankness of their top managers, who called the slow ARM processor the main misfortune of the iPhone communicator ... ”
6. “ Good Internet only with Intel? ” - 10/26/2008:
“ On the iPhone, as Intel’s vice president for mobile technology said, Shane Wall, there are problems when running a number of applications to work in the Intern et.
Although in reality, the flaws of the iPhone need to be blamed not for Apple, but for the manufacturer of its processor - ARM, a British company, as not only Apple, but also other manufacturers of mobile communication devices have problems with the fact that their smartphones built on architecture ARM, have insufficient performance, as noted by Pankaj Kedia, Intel's director of ultra-mobile ecosystems ... "
!!! An interesting fact: in May 2008, an Intel representative said that Apple was preparing a Tablet PC based on the Intel Atom processor (see: “Intel: Apple is preparing a Tablet PC based on the Atom chipset!” ), And in October 2008 Intel representatives began to run into the ARM processors . Is this not because the prototype Apple Tablet on Intel Atom still does not go into the series, but instead it will be released a tablet based on the ARM processor!?
5. “ZDNet: In the autumn, wait for the tablet Mac” - 28/05/2008:
“Rumors about the possible appearance of an enlarged version of the iPhone communicator or a smaller version of the MacBook (underline) have been intrusively going on the Web for several weeks now. However, when none other than Jason O'Grady, the well-known columnist of ZDNet, connects to their distribution, this is already something that means.
“I don't often publish first-hand rumors, but today I have something special for you. Something related to the tablets.
A bird in its beak brought me information that Apple will launch a 12 or 13-inch tablet this fall ... ""
!!!The original article in English (which has already been added 5 times) can be found here: “ZDNet: Rumor: Tablet Mac is coming this fall (updated 5x)”
4. “A sensation that has lived for almost a whole day ...” - 05/20/2008 :
"... Apple’s patents and patent applications, more than two thousand in number, are legally and officially available for review. Much of the USPTO presented in the database already lives and wins Apple’s current products.
Almost all patent applications are accompanied by hand-drawn drawings and illustrations and unintelligible to the unprepared reader. But the guys from MacLife, based on the creative and careless graffiti of “apple” engineers and designers, they depicted some of the drawings in color and volume ...
And their very first picture was strikingly similar to the “Tablet Mac” or “Tablet iPhone.” Pay attention to the original symbiosis of iPhone OS and Mac OS X ... It is invented by the artist, but isn't that in the spirit of Apple? ... "
3. " Intel: Apple is preparing a tablet computer based on the Atom chipset! " - 05/15/2008:
" The head of the German Intel division, Heinnes Shvoderer, at a conference in Munich confirmed that Apple is working on a portable tablet computer based on the Atom chipset will lie.
"Shvoderer today confirmed what the Internet has been doing for so long: the iPhone based on the Atom processor exists," the German edition of ZDNet writes. "The device is slightly larger than the current version of the communicator, but not because of the chip used, but on the enlarged display" ... "
2.“Asus talks about the Apple Tablet PC” - 07/11/2007:
“Asus, a Taiwanese computer maker, told CNET yesterday that Apple is working for Cupertino on an order for a completely new tablet PC design.
According to this data, Apple is somewhere half way to creating a full-featured tablet computer, which should officially be presented in the second half of next year ... ”
1. “ Apple is working on a successor to Newton? ” - 26/09/2007:
“ The publication AppleInsider spoke about the new project at Apple, which received the preliminary designation of Newton II. Ray is talking about creating a sub-laptop that will be somewhat larger than the iPhone communicator and will offer users more functionality ...
... the device will be equipped with a multi-touch screen and work under Mac OS X. It is assumed that the size, but not the thickness, of the device will be 1.5 times more than the current iPhone and iPod Touch and have a screen resolution of 720 × 480 pixels. ”
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