“Even more preposterous is the news that major magazine publisher, Conde Nast, has decided to develop products for the tablet, according to Peter Kafka over at All Things D. There’s only one snag to the publisher’s plan: the company doesn’t know whether the Apple tablet is real or not,” Paul writes. “These rumors are getting so ridiculous that I think it’s time we accepted the truth: the Apple tablet is dead; in fact it probably never existed.”
Paul writes, “Let’s face it: the Apple tablet is a mirage created by legions of fanboys and tech dreamers. The closer you get to that mirage, the more you realize it’s not going to be there when you arrive. But then, off in the distance, an even brighter and more beautiful tablet is envisioned for a day that will never come. It’s a nice dream, but it’s just not going to happen.”
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MacDailyNews Take: As if our iCal wasn’t full enough.
In the complete and utter absence of any facts whatsoever, just go ahead and make shit up!!! Credibility? What’s credibility?
Reminds me of Pogue saying Apple would “probably never” make their own phone http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2006/09/27/27pogues-posts-3/
Sort of like the iPhone in 2006.
WRONG
that is all
Ha ha, noise telling us the noise is just noise….
Apple never squashes hype, this happens before any new release.
I heard a rumor that Apple is developing iSpaceShip due in Dec 2012 that will launch a rumored iSatellite that will network all of us into a one big happy iApple family.
Then there’s that rumor that the iSpaceShip might be released earleir due to the end of the world rumored to happen in December that year. It is also rumored that Steve will use this early date to launch himself into space and avoid a rumored destruction. I hope it’s true because we need bright minds to rebuild the earth afterwords
Twice the usual asswipe
Ian Paul is a hit whore… and a Moron… and just unimportant.
I wonder if these reports are part of the reason for Apple’s stock slide today (which is larger, percentage-wise, than the overall market dip). Back before the recession cleared out a lot of the panicky volatility from Apple stock, this would have been the sort of story that would have been flagged as an attempt to lower the stock price.
Given that the rumored delay from a nonexistent release date of a rumored device has been seeded and spread among some key outlets, I wonder if we’re seeing a “testing of the waters” of how manipulatable Apple stock is these days.
So let me get this right: the article is about a tablet product by Apple. We know everything about it, except that we don’t. We know how much it costs, but we’re not sure whether we know that or not. We can’t be sure about whether the sources of the rumors are telling the truth, if they can be believed, or if they even have a clue of what they’re purporting to talk about. We’re not sure whether the tablet is a physical device, or a prescription for tablets that will make you have a childlike sense of wonder.
But none of this matters. The hype cycle has advanced so far that the iTablet was at first the next hot thing. Then it was going to change the world. Then it was overpriced. Then it was too late. Then it wasn’t Windows or Android compatible. And now, it’s apparently passe.
There’s just one problem: we don’t know whether it does exist or not, or whether it ever existed. And that begs the question: did this article ever exist? And if that’s true, did Ian Paul ever exist? And even if he did exist, should he, or is Ian Paul just a figment of PC World fanboys’ imaginations?
My bet is on the latter. But then, I might not exist. In fact, the big question you should be asking yourself right now, is, do you exist?
I seriously doubt it.
What would you do with an ‘iTablet’ that can’t be done with an iPhone/iPod touch?
Who would use it? Why? Where?
What real world applications?
It just seems far too niche. More niche than the Cube. Which they should bring back as the mythical midrange Mac.
8x8x8 aluminum case; 3.5″ 7200rpm drive; ports in the back. A maxi Mac mini.
If they bring out a tablet, I pray it’s not a slate. Too limited and not very ergonomic.
iThink therefore iAM
NOT impressed by Ian Paul’s logic.
Actual shipping products CAN “die”.
Actual rumors of products NOT confirmed CANNOT “die”.
Long Live the Imortal Rumor!
“…a mirage created by legions of fanboys and tech dreamers. The closer you get to that mirage, the more you realize it’s not going to be there when you arrive. But then, off in the distance, an even brighter and more beautiful tablet is envisioned for a day that will never come. It’s a nice dream, but it’s just not going to happen.”
Doesn’t this sound like Microsoft’s new software? Microsoft always tries to fix their problems by announcing vaporware. Apple sells real products to real people, in the millions.
The tablet is still a rumor, but PC World is in reality posting more and more anti-Apple articles, and its “sister” (or brother) Macworld keeps sharing content on their websites. I have Google News customized to include Apple news, and most of that section is negative and most of it is from PC World. Check it out. PC Mag is getting almost as bad, but that’s nothing new. What is, is that Dvorak is usually bashing Microsoft instead!
Ian Paul sez: “It’s a nice dream, but it’s just not going to happen.”
Vaporware. Gotta laugh.
Give up kids. The iTablet isn’t real, never was real, and would be a FAILURE if it ever was real. I call it a bad dream.
Go get an iPod Touch.
No IT’S REAL
There’re a lot of strong evidences.
I will never believe that all those evidences are fake
and this stupid PC nerd-user is right
Yes, but can it rise from the dead ? A trick not often done, but it happens.
Spock: “I’ve been dead before.”
Spock: “remember.” ( to Mccoy so he can give him his consciosness)
And, of couse there’s other stories…
I don’t believe Apple is building an iTablet either.
Why are you even mentioning this clown’s articles. He is less credible than Rob Enderle and appears to just want attention.
Just a few thoughts,
1. iDoubt it: I love your spin… I would love to konw what Werner Heisenberg (author of the Uncertainty Theory) would think of it.
2. anthony007 is correct, only it I. Paul thought that far (but he being a journalist I doubt it). He only needed more traffic and saying anything that is contrary to what you normally find on Apple rumor site is the best way to achieve that swiftly.
3. Why bash I. Paul when he writes that the iTablet is dead, but not all the other guys who proclaim that the iTablet is real? All those rumors are the same bovine excrement and like a broken pencil (pointless)
I often head over to PC World because my blood pressure isn’t high enough.
Rather than the PC version of Macworld, it’s the Fox news of tech sites. Ian Paul is one of their chief hacks; his job is to get PC fanboys to click the page so they can gloat, and Mac fanboys to click the page to rage.
Best to ignore the talentless whore.
I don’t know. Neither does Mr. Paul. But that’s what opinion is all about. I see his points.
Yet, it is not UNlikely for Apple to be developing a tablet, nor is it UNlikely that a new product introduced by Apple would embrace new technology (isn’t that, after all, nearly a Trademark of Apple products?). And, by its very nature, that new technology would drive the price toward the high end of the spectrum.
And the idea that a publishing powerhouse like Conde Nast would be developing digital content for an as-yet unannounced device, for which no specs are available is pretty far-fetched.
But it’s not at all far-fetched for the company to be developing plans to offer digital content. There’s a lot to that and not all of the background developmental work necessarily requires that the specific format and presentation of that content on specific devices be known in it’s entirety to begin such development. Indeed, at the point where that information becomes critical, there are already many ways to deliver that content — iPhones/iPod Touches (maybe even some other “smart” phones) being but one example.
I don’t dispute Mr. Paul’s article. It’s an opinion. It’s his. And, although I’m going to be buying Apple stock, it’s not because of anything he, or anyone else has said. It’s because Apple has, at many times over the course of the past 30 years, been a good investment, and it is now. Maybe better than ever. The company is in an acendency that is unparalleled in it’s industry. New technology drives it, but excellent design that allows that technology to feel comfortable under the fingertips of those normally frightened by technology, and the tight integration of a bevy of largely single-source products are what will lead Apple’s market-share growth. Within that context, a tablet makes sense. But isn’t particularly necessary, either.