Apple to upset the tech cart on Wednesday

[katmai]

It's tiny

Back to the hardware. 0.5" thin, 1.5 pounds, 9.7" IPS display, full multi-touch.

[BuddhaRhubarb]

It seems like the giant mutated baby of an Ipod touch and an Iphone. I dunno. I'd have to see it in action to be convinced. At most it's a laptop/smartphone replacement.

[katmai]

1 GHz "Apple A4 chip", 16, 32, or 64 GB flash storage, 802.11n, Bluetooth, accelerometer, compass, speaker, mic. 10 hours battery life.

[BuddhaRhubarb]

10 hrs? that's pretty decent if true.

[Berkut]

It's tiny

Back to the hardware. 0.5" thin, 1.5 pounds, 9.7" IPS display, full multi-touch.

They will probably have a iPad Maxi eventually, maybe even an iPad Ultra.

[Barrister]

It seems like the giant mutated baby of an Ipod touch and an Iphone. I dunno. I'd have to see it in action to be convinced. At most it's a laptop/smartphone replacement.

At the outset, Jobso said something like 'there's the laptop, then there's the smartphone, but we wondered if there was something inbetween'.

If anything, it's meant to be a netbook replacement.  But this being Apple, they don't want you to replace either your Macbook or your iPhone, but rather want you to buy yet another product.

[BuddhaRhubarb]

It's tiny

Back to the hardware. 0.5" thin, 1.5 pounds, 9.7" IPS display, full multi-touch.

They will probably have a iPad Maxi eventually, maybe even an iPad Ultra.

I'm waiting for the one with wings. :p

[Neil]

Apparently, Apple will save the future of journalism, so I for one welcome our white, shiny masters:
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/187623/what_an_apple_tablet_would_mean_for_publishing.html

The self-importance of that article is astounding.

[katmai]

It seems like the giant mutated baby of an Ipod touch and an Iphone. I dunno. I'd have to see it in action to be convinced. At most it's a laptop/smartphone replacement.

At the outset, Jobso said something like 'there's the laptop, then there's the smartphone, but we wondered if there was something inbetween'.

If anything, it's meant to be a netbook replacement.  But this being Apple, they don't want you to replace either your Macbook or your iPhone, but rather want you to buy yet another product.

No need for netbook, so i don't see a need for this.

[Grey Fox]

Compatible with iPhone apps out of the box. That's nice.

[BuddhaRhubarb]

It seems like the giant mutated baby of an Ipod touch and an Iphone. I dunno. I'd have to see it in action to be convinced. At most it's a laptop/smartphone replacement.

At the outset, Jobso said something like 'there's the laptop, then there's the smartphone, but we wondered if there was something inbetween'.

If anything, it's meant to be a netbook replacement.  But this being Apple, they don't want you to replace either your Macbook or your iPhone, but rather want you to buy yet another product.

well ideally for me, I'd have something like this or a macbook pro, and a desktop system. an iphone would be overkill for me. it would be a replacement. Hell I have two laptops that I rarely use as is. My phone, once or twice a week, I use it.

I do like the look of it though, the ipad.

[katmai]

- Music player is a hybrid between iPhone and regular iTunes.
- Showing off browsing: Apple, New York Times, Time, Fandango. One article appears to show plug-in error...no Flash?

that bolded part annoys me about iphone.

[Barrister]

No need for netbook, so i don't see a need for this.

I've considered a netbook, so I can see a use (not a need!) for this.

[DontSayBanana]

No flash.  Doesn't fold like a netbook.  Harder to carry than a smartphone.  Ludicrously expensive despite being closer to the smartphone end of the scale.

Congratulations, Apple. *golf clap*

[BuddhaRhubarb]

I don't like the hard to carry aspect. They had better make them durable. I see a lot of dropped pads in the future.