“Laura DiDio, an analyst at Information Technology Intelligence, has predicted the Apple tablet will be ‘the next big thing,’ complete with 10- to 12-inch high-res screen, Web connection, and a video cam,” Kunz reports. “Other manufacturers such as Dell are preparing tablets, too, but Apple is the one to watch—because Apple is best at making radical new hardware formats undeniably cool.”
MacDailyNews Take: Dell. Puleeze. What a joke.
Kunz reports, “So yes, the Jesus Tablet will appear. And yes, you’ll buy one with an artificially high price of, say, $800 as penance for being an early adopter. Within two years the price will fall to $199 until everyone including your 6-year-old has a gleaming, do-anything, interactive pane of glass on his or her desk.”
Apple’s iPad will change the world in at least five ways:
• Magazine and newspaper publishing will bounce back
• Television and radio ratings will continue to fall: Unlike print, TV and radio won’t fit easily into the Apple tablet’s format. Sure, U.S. consumers still watch 5 hours and 9 minutes of live television a day, but the problem is ratings don’t hold when commercials actually air. Certainly, Apple will try to push TV shows and movies through the tablet via iTunes, but we’re betting they don’t sit well in your hand. Rather than being a device to watch television, the Apple tablet is more likely to be an interactive distraction when real TV ads come on your basement set.
MacDailyNews Take: We disagree with Kunz’s prediction. There are too many possibilities, from iTunes subscriptions to how devices and software will interact with bigger screens and your stereo system, to pronounce continued doom for TV and radio. TV shows don’t necessarily need traditional commercial breaks to thrive. See HBO.
• Augmented-reality views of the world will increase
• Two-way video on tablets will push communication costs even lower
• Telecommuting may finally take off
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Fred Mertz” and “Lynn W.” for the heads up.]
Could the Apple tablet/pad/slate take the place of Apple TV in a home environment?
“• Augmented-reality views of the world will increase
• Two-way video on tablets will push communication costs even lower
• Telecommuting may finally take off”
Sheesh, why don’t you add Global Warming will be reduced, time can stop and yes, pigs fly and a snowball has a chance in hell!
Then you’ll be talking about hyperbole!
First, let us see the tablet. Yes, actually see the thing. If good and priced right, go for it. But, no one knows for sure and this blind predictions only make the expectations for it beyond the realm of reality.
Build and they will come? Maybe Apple is using ALIEN technology or MAYBE Steve is an ALIEN! No one has used this yet in any article. So there are still angles to he had!!!
I am not sure why writers have to try and make some religious reference… why don’t they try “Buddha Tablet” Sometimes these people have about enough brains to fill a thimble…
@siverhawk
I am thinking the same thing, watch content on your tablet. And/or stream it to your flat screen,
Yes, but still here where we live, a 500mb download takes a few hours here, streaming is impossibly on our connection. How are we going to get this service to work for us who have an impossibly slow internet connection, and I am talking DSL connection?
I disagree about TV shows on a tablet. When I go to the doctor, I take my plug-in headset and watch a TV show in the waiting room. It’s a lot more pleasant that reading last April’s issue of Better Homes Than Yours, and it makes the time fly. (It also makes them call my name three times!)
Apple TV is quickly becoming the only way I watch TV and movies. Much better picture, and unlike a DVR, I can watch all the episodes from 2003 if I like.
Left something out: in the doctor’s office, I watch TV on my iPhone.
“See HBO.”
There’s been no need to see HBO since The Sopranos, The Wire, Rome and Deadwood ended.
I haven’t seen a reference like this since the Beatles claimed they were more popular than Jesus Christ. And that was a long, long time ago.
Yes, I’m that old.
Watching a movie on a tablet… PLEEZE give my arm a break!
@bioness
Okay, we’ll let you put your feet up and put the iThingy on your lap. All better.
<yAWn> Wake me when Jim calls in his review of his brand-spankin’-new Apple tablet. I’ll want an excuse to wander down to the Apple Store to see for myself. And to pick up a Family Pack of Tibetan Tiger, iWork ‘1X and iLife ‘1X. It’s good to have … um, 5, yeah, that’s the number … several current Macs in my extended Family.
silverhawk … yeah, should it ever arrive, it could easily hold – among other things – your day’s (week’s?) viewing of TV shows, Movies and ‘Pod’casts. Still, <u>my shows</u> (and my wife’s site) will continue to cater to the lowest common denominator in their classes – dial-up – because Starving Artists and Students often have nothing better to use.
apple products as the jesus “insert product” are retarded tools.
I’m not even religious but it still seems the height of moronic.
@MacInfo
I agree about the religious reference. It makes no sense to me.
Any, in answer to your suggestion, a Buddha tablet wouldn’t be very interesting, since it would work best when it is completely blank.
I resent using “Jesus” to describe technology, but alas, we live in an increasingly Godless world! Thank u liberals! I agree the tablet, as long as it isn’t named “iSlate,” will be a game changer!
@Jim
How were you fooled the first time? Surely, not by Apple? I could be wrong, but if that’s a jab at the initial pricing of the iPhone, well, how do you know what the real cost of producing such a device and the market for it, that didn’t exist before? Apple did offer a $100 gift certificates back to honour the early buyers, btw. But Apple tried to break the consumers free of the so called Telco subsidies (with less upfront price but more than double on average by the end of the contract w/o even the revised extra SMS charges).
But the whiners just base their ‘analyses’ on those silly websites that take apart a gadget and try to guesstimate the cost of the parts only and not the cost of the software development, integration and QA etc.? How about promotional costs? Maintenance? Warehouse and shipping charges, lawyer fees, IP defense and so on and so on. Do you know that a product life doesn’t end with just manufacturing and shipping, but also future R&D;costs have to be incorporated? The fact that my first gen iPhone gets most the newer features with the latest iteration of the OS is a testament to that. The immensely talented designers and developers of both the hardware and the software teams need to be retained so they can produce cutting edge non-derivative products and that too costs a bit of money. Most of the incentives for these people are paid in shares, and Apple is in a business also to provide the best value for their shareholders as well to their customers. A fine balance, and the company maintains that quite enviably.
And so, when someone like you, makes a reckless comment like, hey I was duped by Apple as a first time buyer (like how it is now almost a given according to the all knowing blog-buzzers), therefore this time, I’ll let other suckers buy into it first and then I’ll catch it on its 2nd iteration—what it really means is, if there are enough people acted that way, no product could ever get off the launch pad and guess who would be the ultimate loser?
Because not many people bought the AppleTV, its’ a hobby, and so the artificially priced cable is still the standard bearer. Same thing would have happened if the original iPod never took off, we’d still be buying music at $15 average per album CD, or maybe upgrade to $20 SACD etc.
Eh, I digress…
Chris, sorry to have left out the <u>link</u> to my wife’s site. Folks used to zippy Flash and Web 2.0 sites may find it boring, static, and <ugh> inFORmative, but theater and speech students find it … often.
I don’t see how this new device niche is going to improve our (mine, my wife’s) ability to communicate. Sure, her scripts may well be easier to read on a (much) wider screen, but my show – at Spoken Podcast compression – is going to sound the same on an iPod nano or 17″ MacBook Pro (assuming ‘bud use). The extra load on the network may slow down the feed, but we have already worked to minimize our bandwidth requirements so even the slowest feed should be able to keep pace.
No early adopting for me either.
They will have to take the reins from my cold dead hands.
@Harvey… How much time do spend at the doctor’s office?
@Maki… Substitute “liberals” for “thinkers”. Oh, wait, same thing.
On that note (thanks for the inspiration, Maki)
The MARYPad, yep, PMS, blood and all, may finally kill off…
Mr. Reeee, I missed that! Thanks!
iMaki, it is quite interesting that you “resent” the use of the Jesus moniker applied to a technological item (but not your gardener?), mumbling something about living “…in an increasingly Godless world!”. Right up to that point, you and I are pretty much on the same page.
Then you say: “Thank u liberals!” … as if Christ wasn’t one of, if not THE, leading “liberal” of His Day. And many days since. Read the words attributed directly to Him, ignoring the later mumblings of His Followers and the preachings of those apostates who cynically preach FEAR and HATE in His Name in order to fill their coffers. Christ taught us to Share The Wealth. Read It.
I heard the tablet will be called iSchlong. It will be cylinder shaped and you will roll it as you go to read. The bigger ones will be more in demand. Just heard it.
@Rot’nApple
Could it take my Jenny back?
Just hope…
I could get on board with a Flying Spaghetti Monster tablet.
Laura Dildo should have called it the ‘Obama’ tablet. He’s the new chosen one. Will it come in brown?
$800 to $200 in 2 years. Not going to happen.
Thanks ‘ron’, my morning isn’t complete until I read one of your retarded comments.
ron, it is interesting that you would equate ‘Obama’ with ‘Jesus’ … and imply disdain at the same time. Not a Christian, eh? That’s OK, as long as you own up to it.
Brown? Is Beige a shade of brown? Technically, ‘white’ is a shade of brown – ‘white’ contains ALL colors – but I don’t believe ‘aluminum’ qualifies. What is this obsession you have with brown, anyway?
And, why do you believe Ms DiDio requires an appliance in her personal life?
The whole Jesus thing came from British writers and tech pundits when they dubbed the original iPhone the “Jesus Phone”, as in it can perform miracles, it is so capable.
In the U.S., evangelicals have tarnished the name Jesus so much the label feels wrong.
Buddha Phone would be a more enlightened name for it. Besides which, Jesus never existed as an actual person. It was a guerilla movement and not one man. Haha, whoops—flamewar. J/k (not really)
DLMeyer, you’re a lib professor, right? The proletariat are the ones hailing the new Caesar, not me. See you in church. Black is brown.
i was hoping the iShit—er, iSheet—would replace my TV, but that doesn’t make sense. my TV is always on, and physically connected to an external drive (drobo) and a mini to stream/sync that media (via iTunes). not an elegant solution to accessing a large and constantly-growing media library. i was hoping that apple could come up with something better by now.
but a tablet is mobile device. i think it’ll be able to share in purchasing, downloading, sharing and syncing data, but i can’t see how it will streamline a system like mine (and i don’t think i’m alone in having a setup like this).
i can’t wait to see how apple cleans it all up, but i don’t think the iSheet will play a role in that.
bioness writes, “Watching a movie on a tablet… PLEEZE give my arm a break!” So what purpose are those 7″ displays in the back of so many SUVs serving? Heck, I’ve watched stuff on my iPod touch, and its display is a lot smaller than that anticipated in tablet.
“an artificially high price of, say, $800 as penance for being an early adopter. Within two years the price will fall to $199” – Three words: ain’t… gonna… happen.
Jesus, it is becoming increasingly obvious to me that I will have to buy one. That’s $800 out of my CD (I love the idea of iTunes, but until it is lossless, it is just for impulse and nostalgia buys) budget for the first quarter.
In reality, I really do not need it as I take my laptop and iPhone essentially everywhere with me. If the tablet is anywhere from 7-12″ inches, even at the low end I will need my Timbuk2 bag with me, so the laptop will be there. However, this will be a better “reader”, like the Kindle, than the iPhone. I hope it will have superior battery life to my laptop, something on the order of 8 hrs with constant WiFi use.
I used to think of the tablet as either a too small laptop or a too big for my pockets iPhone – a classic tweener. However, the more I thought about how Apple creates devices, the more I realized that Jobs and his team wouldn’t put something out that was not functionally very useful for consumers. I think the experience that Apple has gained with the iPodTouch, iPhone, and the app store has given them insight into what consumers want in a mobile platform. Browser, email, IM, “reader”, etc…those are all no-brianers that even Dell can figure out.
There are other questions that are fundamentally just as important, eg which applications have to be desktop-like and which are fine as iPhone apps. But the biggest question, one that I am hopeful Apple can answer, is how does this fit into the life of a consumer, adding things that a laptop or iPhone cannot? Apple seems to consider products in this manner, which means they have a shot at delivering something that I had no idea I needed until I saw it.
@iMaki – I was going to write a scathing comment on your blather equating “godless” with “liberal”… But your mind is fossilized, so the effort would be wasted. Please share your self-righteous attitude with others of your ilk. This is the MD friggin’ N forum, not Liberty University.
If it’s just going to be a super sized iPod then not thanks…
@ KingMel,
I also don’t understand why anyone who cares about healthcare, social issues, the environment, et cetera, are automatically condemned as Godless heathens.
People who throw those type of accusations around aren’t nearly as worthy of salvation as they believe.
@DLMeyer
First, know your history, put The Man in context (if he even existed). No, he did not preach “Share The Wealth.” The Man preached compassion, and understanding (…without sin? Throw the first stone).
Second, The Man was an Orthodox Jew. A Jew. I repeat, a Jew. He was Orthodox, which meant CONSERVATIVE. Probably an Essene (if He even existed). They had radically CONSERVATIVE ideas: Worship for the spirituality of it, not for the money: Sacrifice was meant to be pure, spiritual, hard to do with the way the Temple was run by the LIBERAL Pharisees. You know, the guys thought you could BUY forgiveness, not earn it.
Third, his CONSERVATISM was never more evident than with the adulteress: While he chastised the stoners (dude), he told her, “Go and sin no more.”
Forgiveness – but EARN it.
Fourth, he was a radical in two ways – Judaism should be strictly observed, but common sense should be applied to the traditions and myths: Are they still relevant, and if so when. The second radical view he introduced? Judaism belongs to the world, not just the Jews. GOD is the God of us all, not just The People.
The Man and his later followers (if “Christianity” is even based on historical events, which I suggest it is not) preached individuality and independence, much like the Jews, and later the Protestants. Think for yourself, find your own faith. While the poor will always be with us, you can best help them by reaching your full potential.
Love one another. Redner unto Caesar.
Contrary to The One, and his bros Marx and Mao and Che and Wright, The Man did not preach COMMUNISM.
Spread the word. God is Love.
And I ain’t feeling it from you, bro.
@Handsome Smitty
“Spread the word. God is Love.
And I ain’t feeling it from you, bro.”
It is distinctly missing from your post as well bro,so you clearly aren’t interested in spreading God’s Love yourself.
What isn’t missing from your post is the twisting of, and outright fabrication of, the words and deeds of Jesus to promote political propaganda. A real Christian would be ashamed to write such garbage.
BTW, DLMeyer is right about Jesus “spreading the wealth” in the sense He literally did that to feed people. Perhaps you missed the story of the miracle of the seven loaves and fishes, in which Jesus multiplied a few pieces of bread and some fish to feed thousands of followers.
Jesus ministered to the poor, the sick and the outcast. He did not preach your Republican ideology, i.e. While the poor will always be with us, you can best help them by reaching your full potential.
He wasn’t focused on amassing wealth and power. He defended the <strong>powerless,<strong> not the powerful.
Take your own advice and think for yourself. Not what Beck or Rush or Hannity told you to think. Those guys are paid, professional demagogues who make money from doing it. In other words, they’re paid to say health insurance reform = Communism, x=y and equally stupid crap.
People who can think for themselves see that.
@ron
Jesus also didn’t preach “Love thy white neighbor.” Lose the racism.
@Macinfo
Yes, that would be more appropriate being that Mr. Steve is a Buddhist.
Still waters run deep.
MAYBE Steve is an ALIEN!
So that’s why he went to Memphis, to get an alien liver? Who knew?
I came here for an interesting discussion on the presumed Tablet, but all I got was radical right wing pseudo-theology and a T-shirt. Oh wait…where the hell’s my T-shirt?!
island girl. go to Canada if you want socialism. I lived under it in England. Never again.
but alas, we live in an increasingly Godless world!
That has to be the best line I read in this whole thread!
What a maroon!
<strike>island girl</strike>. ron. go <strike>to Canada</strike> live with the Klan or a white supremacy group if you want <strike>socialism</strike> racism. I <strike>lived under it in England.</strike> saw its effects on people growing up in my hometown. Never again.
It is beyond stupid that you equate racial equality with socialism. You clearly have no concept of either.
It seems there are quite a few here – mostly on the (far) right – who have problems distinguishing fact from fiction. The sort of people who believe “Democracy” means “do what WE tell you to do”, that feeding the hungry and healing the sick are anti-Christian concepts, that … well, there’s more.
Christ was very specific in praising those who fed the hungry and tended the ill. Not so much in praise of those who would seek retribution for an injury, real or perceived. These people stick with their tribe, they tell the story their leaders want told, they never question the truth, the reality, the sense of it.
G4Dualie said it well … “What a maroon!”
THIS IS INSANE:
“Unlike print, TV and radio won’t fit easily into the Apple tablet’s format.”
WHAT FRICKIN’ FORMAT?! The damned thing doesn’t exist!
Some people have nothing better to do than live in Cloud Cuckoo Land.
B O R I N G !
I realize this is Off Topic, but a comment was made that I can easily counter.
Handsome Smitty said: “They had radically CONSERVATIVE ideas: Worship for the spirituality of it, not for the money: Sacrifice was meant to be pure, spiritual, hard to do with the way the Temple was run by the LIBERAL Pharisees.” … which raised a flag for me, but which I forgot as he argued past it.
So I looked up the word PHARISEES in my Mac’s Dictionary. Check it out. “a member of an ancient Jewish sect, distinguished by strict observance of the traditional and written law, and commonly held to have pretensions to superior sanctity.” Although the Sadducees were even more Conservative.
This text is hardly “Gospel”, but it does reflect my own understanding of the group. It also roughly agrees with Wikipedia which includes the line: ” They were also one of several successor groups of the Hasidim (the “pious”)”.
Just because you think someone agrees with you does not mean a) they do, or b) they are in your camp. Just because you oppose something someone did or said does not mean they “are” what you abhor. Your preachers from your youth may have been raving right-wing zealots who saw all the Good in the world as “Conservative” and all the Vile in the world as “Liberal”. They were mistaken. While I am convinced there is more Good on the Liberal side, I admit that there is also Good on the Conservative side.
And I really wish people would STOP mixing their metaphors with things like “Obama is a Fascist Socialist” and the like. If they had any CLUE, they would know that the two have never been intermingled. If you want to hang a tag on someone, make sure you understand it first – and Glen Beck or Rash Limburger are hardly reliable sources for understanding. They can teach you about Fear and about Hate … not so much about Understanding.
“iMaki” – don’t thank liberals, thank Christians for being consistently self-righteous, murderous, ignorant pricks ever since Swaggart/Baker/Robertson/Falwell redefined Christianity as a wholly “American-style” Taliban.
Don’t like the world your boys have made?
STOP HELPING THEM MAKE IT.
See? Easy! It’s what Jesus would do – hell, it’s what Jesus *came here for*. Try reading your Bible instead of trying to beat the Constitution to death with it, ‘k?
Happy New Year!!!
DLMeyer: I fear that in this degenerate age, Sarah Palin really IS smarter than the people you hope will absorb your very reasonable and common-sense message; it would at least account for how lies, rumours & hysteria have so totally crowded out reason, sense – and even a nodding acquaintance w/ reality.
@DLMeyer & Ichabod Mudd
Amen. The concepts of good and bad aren’t related to party politics. It’s sad that must be pointed out to some folks here.
Thomas Jefferson said, “If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.”
I think he would be appalled at what passes for mainstream political discourse today.