An insider at Apple has revealed some details of the upcoming Apple Tablet to Brian Lam at Gizmodo, and here are the details.
The device will have a 10-inch screen, will look like a giant iPhone, complete with the iconic home button and resin black back, although the design of that can change at any given moment (just like the matte iPhone 3GS back, remember that?).
It seems the device will come in two editions - educational or with webcam. The tablet will be something that is in between an iPhone/iPod Touch and a MacBook, carrying a price tag of around $700-$900, which is almost more than double any netbook you can currently find on the market. But to make up for the cost and being more than just a 'big iPhone/iPod Touch,' the device can be used as a secondary screen/touchpad for iMacs/MacBooks.
The project for the Apple Tablet has been undergoing various names for the last four to six years, with the first prototype being produced around the end of 2008. Since products are manufactured around 6-9 months after the first prototype, that would mean the release date for this mythical device will be this holiday season, supposedly.
Lam was about to ask what OS the tablet will run before his call with the Apple insider got cut off (thanks AT&T).
The code name for the project was requested to not be revealed by the insider.
swayingmango69
August 15, 2009 at 3:05pm
ok if apple made a tablet it wouldn't look like an oversize iPod touch. apple would make some crazy new Thin CNC cut Aluminum case for it. i also dont think it would be running the iPhone/ iPod touch interface. the whole point in making a tablet would be to have a Touch Screen Mac not a big iPod. i think the tablet apple is going to make is going to be pretty much the Axiotron mac tablet mixed with a Macbook Air. not a huge iPhone. keep up the rumors but this is not real.
kurtmac
August 14, 2009 at 9:03pm
Will these endless rumors never cease? Just look at the picture! How practical (for general consumers) can this tablet be? Will it be stuck to the top of the desk with the user's neck sore from staring down at it? If held upright with both hands, unless the user has a third hand, it becomes inaccessible. Yet the rumors keep coming in. Enough already and let's turn our attention to more useful products!"It's not too late to turn from the dark side and back towards the light of Apple and everything Mac!"
