The iTablet Launches, Packs Windows 7

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Yes, you read that right. X2 has just launched their latest product, the Window's 7-packing iTablet. (PMP Today) You have to give the company credit; that name was a gutsy, if ridiculous move. X2 clearly intends for their product to compete with the iPad. So...can it?

The iTablet runs off of a 1.6 GHz processor and comes in sizes ranging from 10.2” to 12.1”. It uses an HDD, which makes it very thick (35 mm) but gives it 250 GB of storage space. Outside of that we've got 3 USB ports, HDMI out, WiFi, Bluetooth, and a 1.3 MP webcam. The iTablet will also be available running Linux.

Posted on Fri, 5 Feb 2010 11:03:17 CST | by Robert Evans

iTablet Costs $1000, $800 With Verizon

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Today is Apple Tablet announcement day. Soon Steve Jobs will take to the stage and unveil his latest creation to the world. Already we've seen some awesome, last-minute leaks this morning. In addition to coming across some prototype photos, Engadget has some information on what this tablet could spec out to be.

As we've heard earlier (and as these pictures seem to confirm) the tablet will have a 10" screen. Cost is rumored to be $800 with a Verizon contract, or $1000 to buy it unlocked in March. The internal code-name for the tablet is believed to be K48. In addition to the tablet's launch, today is also supposed to see the unveiling of a Verizon iPhone and iLife '10.

Posted on Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:34:51 CST | by Robert Evans

Flurry Analytics Finds The iTablet?

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The wait is almost over. In a few short days, Apple's new product will be a reality. For the time being, though, we still have plenty of rumors to shuffle through. Flurry Analytics believes they have finally managed to locate the iTablet. By online Apple device usage, they were able to find roughly 50 machines operating in the Cupertino campus and running on the (unreleased) OS 3.2.

A majority of the apps used on this new device were for gaming, with Entertainment, News & Books, and Lifestyle trailing distantly behind. The focus of this mystery gadget appears to be primarily media-oriented, which gels with what we've been told to expect from months and months of "inside" rumors and analyst speculation. Photography apps were also downloaded, which seems to confirm that this new gizmo will have a camera.

Posted on Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:35:34 CST | by Robert Evans

New iTablet Details Emerge

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Next week, the mysterious Apple tablet will be revealed to all the world. Until the moment Mr. Jobs gets up on stage though, we can all enjoy just a little more mystery and anticipation. To heighten that feeling of anxious eagerness, we've got some more iTablet rumors. These come courtesy of iLounge who claims that all of these leaks have been double-verified.

First off, the iTablet is said to have two dock connectors. One will be vertical, and the other horizontal. The purpose of this is to enable to tablet to be docked either in landscape or portrait mode. This lends credence to the claim that we'll be able to dock our tablet with a hub that includes a mouse/keyboard and use it as a traditional desktop.

Posted on Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:05:08 CST | by Robert Evans

iTablet Heading To Verizon?

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Next week, Apple will unveil their newest product. Most expect it will be the long-awaited iTablet. If TheStreet is correct, that tablet will be heading to Verizon. They will handle the tablet's data service and subsidize the price. With the $200 Verizon subsidy, TheStreet expects the iTablet to cost around $800.

The tablet is expected to launch in March, although some rumors say it could be delayed until June. Honestly, I wouldn't put much stock in any of this. TheStreet hardly has a perfect record and there's nothing particularly compelling about the idea of an $800 media tablet.

Posted on Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:48:10 CST | by Robert Evans

Apple Tablet Called iTablet Or iPad And Not iSlate

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The Apple Tablet announcement is 8 days away and basically the technews world is only reporting about one topic now. Besides features we still do not even know how Apple will christen the Tablet. Apple iSlate is a hot candidate and has been rumored intensively in December. Today BoyGeniusReport says in a report about iPhone OS 4.0 features that Apple calls it iTablet.

MacRumors goes into a complete new direction with a report about new trademarks that have been filed around the name iPad this week.
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Posted on Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:32:59 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Condé Nast Creating Digital Wired For iTablet

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Talk about jumping the gun just a little. Condé Nast, publishers of Wired and seventeen other magazines, are working on porting their nerdiest title to the iTablet. All Things Digital reports that the company intends to have this new version of Wired ready by the middle of next year.

No, before you ask, Condé Nast hasn't been privy to any insider meetings with Apple that have given them proof of the iTablet's existence. They admit openly that the company will not even admit that it has plans for such a device. Despite this, they're chugging along and working with Adobe to create a publishing tool for the new magazine reader format.

Posted on Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:28:34 CST | by Robert Evans

Steve Jobs Is Not Magic: An iTablet Reality Check

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Hundreds of years ago, back before smartphones and MP3 players and fine malt liquor, all the proto-engineers in the world devoted their lives to crafting something called the Philosopher's Stone. This magical device was capable of transmuting lead into gold and granting everlasting life. At least, that's what the stories said. No one ever built a real, working Philosopher's Stone. They just talked about it for decades and decades.

Now we live amidst the technological splendor of the future. Science has replaced 'guessing real hard' and 'making up stories' and allowed us to glimpse beyond the curtain of reality to reveal the mechanisms by which our world works. As a consequence, we've put down the Philosopher's Stone in order to seek an equally elusive but much shinier product; the Perfect Gadget.

Posted on Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:00:00 CST | by Robert Evans

The iTablet: Not Just For Bathroom Reading

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The New York Times has an article out today covering the long, checkered history of the Apple tablet. The article is mostly a recap of the last few months of rumors and developments, but the Times also brought some new info to the mix. According to Joshua A. Strickland, a former Apple engineer, the Cupertino-based company has been trying to develop a tablet since 2003.

This early tablet used PowerPC microchips that drained the battery far too fast for any consumer use. Strickland also states that the component parts alone cost more than $500. Jobs axed earlier tablet designs because of their short battery life and expense, as well as the fact that he could see no use for them besides bathroom web browsing.

Posted on Mon, 5 Oct 2009 10:05:43 CDT | by Robert Evans

New iTablet Details Emerge: Jan. 19th Announcement?

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Today is a good day for tablet rumors. Fresh on the heels of the latest big Microsoft Courier leak, we've got a whole bunch of new information on the iTablet from the iLounge. They've received word from a reliable source (who accurately called the iPod Nano 5G, 3GS, and Chinese iPhone for them) about the new iTablet.

First off, they say that Apple has built at least three prototypes of the tablet. Version one was apparently just seven inches, but the current working prototype is 10.7". The tablet runs iPhone OS (which I am sceptical about; we've heard just as many 'reliable sources' claim it's OS X based) and will basically look like a giant iPhone 3G. Apple will be releasing two versions; a 3G enabled one, and a non-3G one. Basically, a bigscreen iPhone and a bigscreen iPod touch.

Posted on Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:03:11 CDT | by Robert Evans

Snow Leopard's Keyboard: Sign of the iTablet?

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The Apple iTablet is just about the hottest device that may not actually exist. While most of the tech world seems convinced that a 10" touchscreen tablet is on the way from Cupertino, we still have no hard proof of it. That's why bloggers are scrambling desperately to find any and all information that makes the iTablet seem more plausible, or gives us a better idea of its (possible) capabilities.

AppleInsider reports that some folks have taken Snow Leopard's revamped on-screen keyboard as proof positive that the new OS will play a big role in the iTablet. This new soft keyboard is larger than the one in Leopard, and it is easier to access as well. Snow Leopard's keyboard can also expand to fit the entire width of the screen. To some bloggers, that equals a smoking gun.

Posted on Wed, 2 Sep 2009 12:07:27 CDT | by Robert Evans

iTablet Interface Leaks

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You want more specious rumors about the new Apple iTablet? Well today is your lucky day. TechCrunch has some images of what may or may not be the on-screen interface of the Apple iTablet. These are very far from confirmed leaks, and it's entirely possible that this is just an elaborate hoax.

Assuming these are real, they show off a few cool features of the (possibly also a hoax) iTablet. For one, it looks like the tablet has a movable keyboard. That would be a seriously cool feature for a tablet to have, because it would allow you to slide your keyboard around the screen so as to not obscure whatever videos/programs you are watching. If these aren't legitimate screenshots, that's a feature I hope does make it into the iTablet UI.

Posted on Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:20:00 CDT | by Robert Evans

Netbooks & iTablets: The New Choice for Students

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While a majority (49%) of students still prefer to buy full-sized laptop PCs for their school computing needs, those numbers are rapidly changing. 34% of student shoppers this year intend to buy a netbook, according to a recent Retrevo study (via AppleInsider). Netbooks are more easily portable, have way better battery life, and boot up much faster than traditional laptops. This makes them a better deal for college students who just need a machine they can use for Internet, email, and note-taking.

Retrevo found that the most important concerns for back-to-school computer purchases were battery life, screen size, weight, ability to watch movies, style, and gaming. While netbooks tend to fall down in terms of gaming and screen size, they're quite capable of everything else. Traditional laptops still have an edge that the netbook is unlikely to dull much more, but there is a product on the horizon that could drastically alter the game.

Posted on Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:15:00 CDT | by Robert Evans

Real Apple iTablet Image Leaks...Maybe

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Pretty much every tech geek and his mother have come out with a rendering of the Apple iTablet. Renderings aren't photos, however, and we still have no proof as to whether or not this new supposed tablet is anything but a pipe dream. Today might mark the change of that.

Boy Genius brings us a link to what looks like a photo of a new Apple tablet, courtesy of a French blog with a solid reputation. There are a few things odd about this image, primarily the positioning of the 'home' screen button and the fact that it appears to run OS X. All prior rumors we've heard suggest the tablet was meant to be an iPhone OS device. If Apple is going for a netbook type of device, however, actually using OS X makes perfect sense.

Posted on Sat, 15 Aug 2009 11:50:00 CDT | by Robert Evans

New iTablet Rumors; Educational And Consumer Versions Coming?

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Today Gizmodo added another dollop of credibility to the iTablet rumors that have been rampant as of late. In case you've been hiding under a rock for the last two months, the iTablet is Apple's most popular still unannounced product. If the tablet exists, it's got enough hype behind it to whip customers into a buying frenzy the instant it goes on sale.

Apparently one of Gizmodo's writers had a long conversation with someone who he verified to “a high level of certainty” had close Apple connections. This mystery-person claims to have held prototypes of Apple's new 10” tablet, and he had some new information about the gadget for us to mull over.

Posted on Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:00:00 CDT | by Robert Evans

The iPod touch, the iTablet, and the Future of Mobile Gaming

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The future of handheld gaming is changing. There was a time when a device like the Gameboy, which only played video games, was sufficient to grab consumer interest. Now gadgets have to be able to browse the Internet, download and store movies and music, and even take pictures in addition to acting as mobile gaming devices. Customers are now used to devices which fill many different niches, and that's why the iPod touch is going to be such a major player in the future of mobile gaming.

9to5Mac.com reports that Wedbush Morgan Securities Analyst Michael Pachter expects that the iPod touch will account for 10-15% of all future handheld gaming sales. Gaming apps are incredibly popular on the app store, and the proliferation of ebooks is only going to open up more avenues for mobile gaming.

Posted on Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:00:00 CDT | by Robert Evans

Apple Filmed Ad for Mystery Product; iTablet?

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For the last month, the big topic in the tech industry has been Apple's upcoming 'iTablet' device. Hundreds of image renders have been released, analysts from all over have speculated on what it might be like, and journalists have argued back and forth about whether such a product could possibly be practical. While we're still no closer to confirmation than we've been all month, we now have some more news about a secret Apple product, currently in the final stages of development.

According to AppleInsider the Cupertino-based company just finished filming an ad for this new mystery product. Security was extremely tight on the set, and no photographs or other information were allowed to leak out. Filming was apparently done at a 40's diner in California named 'Jax on the Tracks'. Apple used that restaurant because they wanted to represent a hip spot for people in their 20s.

Posted on Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:20:00 CDT | by Robert Evans

Component Supplier Recieves iTablet Orders

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If you remember the build-up before the release of the iPhone 3GS, you know that industry analysts are just as capable of being wrong as the rest of us. That said, they tend to know what they're doing and they usually have something interesting to say. Today market research firm Piper Jaffray (via AppleInsider) released a new analysis of the iTablet. They definitely had some interesting things to say.

First off, the firm predicted that the product will sell about two million units in its first year. This was based roughly on the year one demand for Apple TV (1.2 million). At an estimated $600 per tablet, Apple stands to make as much as 1.2 billion dollars from iTablet sales next year. That would be a total revenue increase of 3%.

Posted on Fri, 7 Aug 2009 09:00:00 CDT | by Robert Evans

Will There Be An iTablet?

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It looks like most of us have already accepted the upcoming Apple iTablet as all but confirmed. The last couple of weeks have seen an enormous increase in iTablet rumors, and at this point I think a lot of people will be surprised if such a product doesn't materialize within the next year. But, as Stefan Constantinescu of IntoMobile points out, these sort of rumors have been floating around for the last seven years.

Stefan is correct; the Apple Tablet has a long history of BS rumors. So what makes me think that we actually have a good chance of seeing one this time? Two things. The first is the recent netbook explosion, and the second is the Crunchpad.

Posted on Mon, 3 Aug 2009 12:50:00 CDT | by Robert Evans

Analyst Claims iTablet Ships in November

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These days iTablet rumors are a dime a dozen. That said, I think this one deserves some special consideration. 9to5mac reports that analyst from Barron's who claims to have seen the iTablet has stated that he expects the new device to be announced in September and ship in November. He says that the iTablet's price will come in close to the high-end of what we've been expecting, $700-$800.

This new Apple device has the potential to seriously shake up the E-Reader, netbook, and CULV markets. Other manufacturers of similar devices, such as Lenovo, are holding off on releasing any new designs or products until Apple makes a formal announcement. The tablet is currently being billed as a true multimedia device; good for gaming, media viewing, browsing and reading. Considering all this hot new tablet is billed as being capable of, it's not too hard to understand the price.

Posted on Sun, 2 Aug 2009 13:00:00 CDT | by Robert Evans

Apple iTablet Component Suppliers Leaked.

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Apple's fabled iTablet hasn't even been formally announced yet, and already the entire world knows of its existence. For a company that prides itself on secrecy, this whole thing has been a glaring loss of control for Apple. And it continues today, with a leak from a Taiwanese newspaper who has identified some of the component suppliers for Steve Jobs' new brainchild.

Wintek is doing the display, while Dynapack is making the batteries. The device itself will be assembled by Foxconn. Could it be possible that it wasn't an iPhone that Sun Danyong lost, but a prototype iTablet? Maybe that's where this latest spate of leaks sprang from.

Posted on Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:35:00 CDT | by Robert Evans