December 2009
8 posts
The Tablet →
John Gruber of Daring Fireball:
If you’re thinking The Tablet is just a big iPhone, or just Apple’s take on the e-reader, or just a media player, or just anything, I say you’re thinking too small — the equivalent of thinking that the iPhone was going to be just a click wheel iPod that made phone calls. I think The Tablet is nothing short of Apple’s reconception of personal computing.
Former Google China president reveals details on... →
Brian Garner of AppleInsider:
The ex-president of Google China has revealed on his microblog supposed details on Apple’s forthcoming tablet: 10.1-inch screen with webcam, “awesome UI.”
“I wouldn’t jump to any conclusions that this is the name of any actual upcoming...”
– John Gruber, of Daring Fireball, shares his thoughts on the iSlate domain name
The Exhaustive Guide to Apple Tablet Rumors →
Matt Buchanan of Gizmodo:
Everybody pre-conceived the iPhone based on the iPod and, to a lesser extent, the Newton. Everybody was wrong. Today, most everybody is pre-conceiving the tablet based on the iPhone. Maybe we’re all wrong again, or maybe the leaks are better this time.
Apple Purchased iSlate.com in 2007 →
Arnold Kim of Mac Rumors:
iSlate.com currently points to no website. Apple is rumored to be announcing an Apple tablet in early 2010 and given this evidence “iSlate” seems a likely candidate for the device’s name.
The Wonder Of Apple's Tablet →
MG Siegler of TechCrunch:
It also points to the future of interacting with computers. The mouse and keyboard will one day die and everything will be touch and gesture-based. We’ll be living in a future with Minority Report, Star Trek, and Avatar interactive technology. To many of us, few things are more exciting. To others, that concept is foreign and as such, scary. Regardless, it will...
2010: The Year of the Tablet →
Nick Bilton of The New York Times:
But the icing on the cake comes from a current senior employee inside Apple. When one of my colleagues here asked if the rumors of the Apple tablet were true, and when we could expect such a device, the response from his source was, “I can’t really say anything, but, let’s just say Steve is extremely happy with the new tablet.”