What about what the actual tablet looks like, aka the back of it? camera? Stylus (please god no)? And how about the UI? What can we expect from the UI? 
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Tablet called iPad, has TV tuner
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Again, I find this highly unlikely. If they were to even offer such a service, I think they would price it between $4.99-$9.99 per month, not a measly dollar. A dollar wouldn't even cover the costs of supporting such a system, let alone giving Apple profit (which we all know they're fond of)
OP claims it only has a Display Port connector, MagSafe and a Dock connector. This has to be false 'cause there'd be no way to get the audio from the "iPad" to the TV.
Well he did say that this was per channel not for just tv service in general. Though i do agree with you a little bit. Apple is very well known for their expensive products yea? At the same time $1 a channel might be pretty damn lucrative if people buy an average of 4-7 channels. Then youve got an average stream of 5 dollars per user. They attempt to get 5 million products sold at the very beginning. if 3 million of those products get those 5 tv shows thats 15 million bucks a month. it sure does look like a measly dollar but its a god damn lot.
I forgot to comment on this.
Why would Apple spend the money on three separate ports when all three could be converted into one with having a dock with a charging station/display out/etc. Also... no headphone jack? C'mon, that's about as likely as the PC industry releasing a successful Slate
. I have a really hard time believing 75% of the things you're claiming...How would a built in digital TV tuner in an iPad cope with the different TV signal schemes around the world? Apple's not going to build an iPad that only works in one region.
Audio will be done entirely wirelessly. There will be an adaptor available for telivisions. The system will ship with apple wireless earbuds, which will also be sold seperately. Wires are so 2001. It will be up to a third party to provide a wireless dongle to use regular wired audio.
Patents are accessible no matter where you are, although the plans concerning the iPad are a tightly wrapped secret no matter how close to Apple you are.
Patents are accessible no matter where you are, although the plans concerning the iPad are a tightly wrapped secret no matter how close to Apple you are.
If it has a TV Tuner, how is it getting the feed?
Through WIFI? Do I plug my cable box into it somehow? Does it have a built in digital television antenna or something?
Through WIFI? Do I plug my cable box into it somehow? Does it have a built in digital television antenna or something?
Yeah but it doesn't record the music and save it to your iPod. It ties into iTunes and lets you go buy the song there when you sync it if you've tagged it. The radio encourages impulse buying on iTunes. A TV tuner wouldn't do that (how many times do you watch a TV show?)
If you happen to be watching a tv show you haven't before and you like it, wouldn't you buy the rest of the series on iTunes? You could just wait till next week and watch the next one but that requires you to set away time next week.
I didn't think about it till now, but a TV tuner could be very smart move. If people are going to be watching normal TV instead of DLin from iTunes they might as well be watching it on an apple device and getting ads to buy the rest of the series while they do it.
It's somewhat embarrassing, but I have to admit that I think this OP might actually have some info the rest of us don't.
For ****s sake guy, my only source is apple patents. Everything that I'm talking about is described in their patents. It just appears that everyone else has been focused on the most retarded outlandish ideas of what this tablet was going to be and I thought I would try and take an intelligent approach to synthesizing those patents together into a product I would want to buy. I would want to buy my iPad and I can honestly say there is no way in a million years I would want to buy the iTouchs other people have described. And considering I'm typing this from a ****y Dell right now running Vista skinned to look like OS X and considering making the switch from apple to another Dell running OSX. This is because my crackbook pro split at the bezel and now the screen is completely disconnected. It worked for three weeks until the little piece of plastic tape holding the wiring in gave. Piece of **** applecare doesnt cover it. No drop: it literally overheated and then cracked before my eyes like the thin aluminum it is. I'm fed up, going to call Apple customer support tomorrow.
BTW to anyone that says that headphones are higher quality than wireless, you are wrong. I've heard amazing wireless headphones (the in ear ones). In addition I have seen many high end gold tipped audio connectors give out after years of use. I dunno about you but I use my computer more than my hifi or recording equipment so I'd rather make the switch. It would also be better if you were using this as a boombox, carrying it around and listening t
I am not your buddy, guy.
I saw in a Gizmodo article yesterday that they were saying TV tuner. Made sense to me. Nano has a radio. Use digital terrestrial tuners; theyre cheap as all **** when you buy them in as large numbers as apple does.
As previous poster pointed out, if 5 million people buy an average of five channels each, you're talking over $100 a year. If 50 million people do, you get the idea. But more importantly you are going to be able to sell people the pack of the season for $10 or whatever. Its not like DVD sales of tv shows are down exactly (disregarding Fox taking all the best shows off the air)
Why didn't you just say from your very first post that the tablet that you have been describing is a theory based on a compilation of Apple patent filings instead of pretending/implying that you had some sort of inside source?
You implied that you know exactly what the device is.
You also implied that you had a photo.
I mean, for ****s sake.
Need attention much?
Ultimately its about selling more iPads, which are $1000 each. Developers will find a way to make money off them. Content providers will be glad that someone has finally done the obvious and put a TV into a kindle so that you can read a book and watch tv at the same time yada yada. I know it sounds stupid, but its what convergence logically brings. TVs become for watching 3D until projectors catch way up and we have full 3D wall sized screen etc. On the other hand small things will have to get better at doing lots of tasks, being a jack of all trades.
Who the hell knows what color they're going to go eh? I wish they went with a full rainbow of colors like the nano and the original iMac, so it's not so boring when I see one everywhere on a campus or the like.
Who the hell knows what color they're going to go eh? I wish they went with a full rainbow of colors like the nano and the original iMac, so it's not so boring when I see one everywhere on a campus or the like.
Hahahaha, no I implied that I had a render. I do. I'm not going to share it with you though because its *****. I'm no good with 3D rendering. All it is is a grey screen anyways: there's nothing you can do with the design because there is almost no bezel you're working with at all: thats the whole point of the design, otherwise it's ungodly big, hard to grip in your hand and harder to type with. If you want to get an idea of what its like to use the thing, its going to be almost the exact same shape as a Wacom Bamboo tablet in overall volume, but different dimensions obvious.
I use a wacom in my lap all the time and its very comfortable. If you put your hands on the bottom of it they have enough space that they could move around and type very well with that size keyboard if it had proper letter selection and you would only be using 10% of the screen size total for this.
It's amazing that other people dont think of **** this simple. Its also thin and small enough that you can hold it with one hand and type with the other in vertical or horizontal modes. The best part is that you can test all the gestures of this now, using a wacom tablet. It makes it easier to figure out how interfaces will work with this whole "new" touch thing
I use a wacom in my lap all the time and its very comfortable. If you put your hands on the bottom of it they have enough space that they could move around and type very well with that size keyboard if it had proper letter selection and you would only be using 10% of the screen size total for this.
It's amazing that other people dont think of **** this simple. Its also thin and small enough that you can hold it with one hand and type with the other in vertical or horizontal modes. The best part is that you can test all the gestures of this now, using a wacom tablet. It makes it easier to figure out how interfaces will work with this whole "new" touch thing
Hahahaha, no I implied that I had a render. I do. I'm not going to share it with you though because its *****. I'm no good with 3D rendering. All it is is a grey screen anyways: there's nothing you can do with the design because there is almost no bezel you're working with at all: thats the whole point of the design, otherwise it's ungodly big, hard to grip in your hand and harder to type with. If you want to get an idea of what its like to use the thing, its going to be almost the exact same shape as a Wacom Bamboo tablet in overall volume, but different dimensions obvious.
I use a wacom in my lap all the time and its very comfortable. If you put your hands on the bottom of it they have enough space that they could move around and type very well with that size keyboard if it had proper letter selection and you would only be using 10% of the screen size total for this.
It's amazing that other people dont think of **** this simple. Its also thin and small enough that you can hold it with one hand and type with the other in vertical or horizontal modes. The best part is that you can test all the gestures of this now, using a wacom tablet. It makes it easier to figure out how interfaces will work with this whole "new" touch thing
You did not imply that you had a render. You implied that you had a picture:
Who created this render? You?
First you talk as if you've seen an actual Apple tablet, then you say that this is a theory based on various patent filings, and now you have a render.
Yeah, you're super-credible.
What's your deal?
QFT. Considering how many outlandish patents Apple owns, just because they did so doesn't mean the concept will ever see the light of day.
Unless you also want to assume that the device will be able to be slot-loaded into a Cinema Display, that it will provide tactile feedback using micro-pins, that it will use the LCD as the camera, charge using solar cells within the LCD, brew coffee and poach eggs for breakfast while you sleep, then you get my drift.
I dunno. A really good cup off coffee might be just the thing getting Stevesie so excited. Lord knows my macbook pro was hot enough to brew a pot on.
I'll say it once and I'll say it again: the only thing aluminum is good for is making frying pans and foil wrap.
I'll say it once and I'll say it again: the only thing aluminum is good for is making frying pans and foil wrap.
You did not imply that you had a render. You implied that you had a picture:
Who created this render? You?
First you talk as if you've seen an actual Apple tablet, then you say that this is a theory based on various patent filings, and now you have a render.
Yeah, you're super-credible.
What's your deal?
My deal is that I work from home as an actuary, listen to the radio all day (and am watching the show Man V Food as well) and wish I had my iPad while I was doing this. I t would be SOOOOO much easier ergonmically for me. My wrists and neck and back would thank me a lot. And I am clearly bored enough to read Apple patents... so I really feel pretty secure in the way that I posted it which was in order to get people to read to and respond to it rather than just "I'm bored, I took patents and made this concept, blah blah blah". I'm a writer and I've done advertising stuff so know how to write in a tone that leads people on, which is what Apple generally does.
I wish it had a camera that doubles as a scanner that I could use to do scans (like I used to with my iSight and a piece of plastic). That would be tits covered in sweet sticky honey.
I have a render I made in Sketchup. It's a POS. I basically stole the design of a wacom tablet because I found that it was good to hold in my hands and on my lap and then I reworked its dimensions so that it could display film content and several apps simultaneously in a grid. I designed mine with a back that is carbon fibre (they would probably use matte black aluminum) but honestly, this thing should be carbon fibre just in terms of the environmental benefits of shipping costs and the way itll bring down costs in that manufacturing area for everyone. Benefit the rest of the world,t hat would be thinking properly Green Apple!
In terms of what the front looks like, um... iPod touch? Either a black anodized aluminum bezel or a grey aluminum bezel.
I see. So you lied for attention.
If you would have created a thread to discuss your tablet idea, there would have been a better response. Instead, you decided to pretend that your details were facts because of some "source" and a pic of the device. As a result, most of the responses in your thread question your credibility.
Not really a successful thread IMO.
You posted as if you know exactly what this thing will feature. You do not know. You are guessing, like the rest of the world.
The way you wrote didn't lead people on, it made people suspicious of your information.
If you would have created a thread to discuss your tablet idea, there would have been a better response. Instead, you decided to pretend that your details were facts because of some "source" and a pic of the device. As a result, most of the responses in your thread question your credibility.
Not really a successful thread IMO.
You posted as if you know exactly what this thing will feature. You do not know. You are guessing, like the rest of the world.
The way you wrote didn't lead people on, it made people suspicious of your information.
Shirly, let me dignify that with a response.
You see, every time you go online, in a tiny way you create an online persona and this is in a tiny way a lie. If you will read my original posts you will see that I have taken a tone of voice that implies that I know what will happen but I do not specifically have any source at all in them. If I had any source it would just be my crystal apple. I'm good at predicting things though. A psychic doesnt lie for attention: they lie to pass the the time and maybe make a dime. Just like writers. If I can write a fiction to convince people its real whatever the format would be a compliment. You see, you never know when some show is being written that involves apple and they need someone to consult on what "could be".
As well as that I responded clearly in a way which would have been out of character if I was in fact leaking some info. In fact, if I had real info regarding this I would've gone to the newspaper or some other such archaic source before sounding off on boards.
I task you to come up with a better tablet concept though. To me the idea of being able to run multiple iPhone apps at a time as well as larger gaming and full screen text editing would sell me. In addition, it needs haptic response if you will type on it as fast as a traditional keyboard, which is essential. In fact, you should be able to type faster on it.
You see, every time you go online, in a tiny way you create an online persona and this is in a tiny way a lie. If you will read my original posts you will see that I have taken a tone of voice that implies that I know what will happen but I do not specifically have any source at all in them. If I had any source it would just be my crystal apple. I'm good at predicting things though. A psychic doesnt lie for attention: they lie to pass the the time and maybe make a dime. Just like writers. If I can write a fiction to convince people its real whatever the format would be a compliment. You see, you never know when some show is being written that involves apple and they need someone to consult on what "could be".
As well as that I responded clearly in a way which would have been out of character if I was in fact leaking some info. In fact, if I had real info regarding this I would've gone to the newspaper or some other such archaic source before sounding off on boards.
I task you to come up with a better tablet concept though. To me the idea of being able to run multiple iPhone apps at a time as well as larger gaming and full screen text editing would sell me. In addition, it needs haptic response if you will type on it as fast as a traditional keyboard, which is essential. In fact, you should be able to type faster on it.