“While the shipping time hasn’t been finalized and could change, people briefed on the matter said the new tablet device will come with a 10- to 11-inch touch screen,” Kane and Fowler report. “An Apple spokesman said the company doesn’t comment on rumors and speculation.”
“Analysts currently believe an Apple tablet will be priced at about $1,000, possibly including a subscription to a nationwide Wi-Fi wireless service,” Kane and Fowler report. “The tablet is expected to be a multimedia device that will let people watch movies and television shows, play games, surf the Internet and read electronic books and newspapers.”
Full article here.
“a subscription to a nationwide Wi-Fi wireless service”
does such a thing exist?
If this thing is really price at $1000, it better have some mind numbingly cool features to justify that price!
Bonio said what???
The Egyptians had tablets, so will we! (See the battery compartment under his left hand.)
$1000 for a big iPod Touch? That might be a tough sell.
If it’s not a Mac I can’t rationalize that cost.
That’s a bit pricey for my budget. Only if it has full blown OS X. If it’s the iPhone OS, it better cook dinner and clean the house for that price.
The WSJ is now repeating rumors from “people briefed by the company.” They also said not to expect any “near-term” earnings benefit from the tablet, a few days ago. I guess now-until-March is what the WSJ considers “near term.”
This once-respected publication has gone down fast…
What if Apple does not announce a tablet at the Jan. event? May be all this rumor is conjured up with the scheme in mind to make Apple stock tank on that day when the company simply announces a new version of AppleTV, iTunes, and new iPodTouch with video cam?
I think to properly usher in the future of mobile computing this new product will include the Mac name
Mac Touch over any type of iName
I think it is a bit early to make a call as to if I would buy one of these or not. Especially since no Apple tablet product exists, and no specifications have been announced.
I’m guessing that an Apple device will have something more than a tablet device I could buy from HTC. My guesses would be ebook purchase through iTunes, “Back to my Mac” capability, and iChat.
Maybe some big hardware game changer, like a built-in data projector, or projected keyboard, so you could put in on a flat surface, and use it like a laptop…
Wow…really? I mean…come on…really? OMG!!
Really? a Mac Tablet? OMG?
And it will be between 10 and 11 inches? OMG!! Really?
And it is going to be a multimedia device?? Really? OMG!!
And it will be priced around $1,000? OMG!! Really?
And no one from Apple would comment? OMG!! Really?
I just peed my pants…
Ain’t gonna be no tablet. Every report of such a device so far has be obviously bogus.
Uhh,,,,what’s the reference to the NYT for?
should be WSJ….I think.
3 days b4 the event “it’ll be $300, free wifi calling, 12″ screen, etc” drive the price up to $300 share, sell like mad, truth won’t be as good, buy new cheap stock, repeat.
If I can’t plug my digital camera into it and load photo’s and video into it, then I’m out.
Oh who am I kidding, I’ll buy one.
@Chuck U Farley,
Thats exactly what my wife wants to know. She’s currently using my “old” Intel Core Duo 17″ MBP and she is very interested in replacing it with the tablet. But only if it allows her to plug her camera in and upload photos.
If its nothing more than a glorified iPod Touch, we’ll probably be getting her a 13″ MBP instead.
Makes the product seem dull. If that’s all it does, what’s the point? I have an ipod Touch and a Macbook, the product described above is not worth $1000.
I know this isn’t political so that’s maybe why MDN didn’t post it, but Welcome to Macintosh is on CNBC @9:30 est.
90 mins.
The history of Apple and its Macintosh line of computers.
Director: Robert Baca
“a 10- to 11-inch touch screen”
OMG! A flexible OLED screen!!
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Hmmm….
Amazon’s Whispernet is freeeeeeeeee.
No more fricking subscriptions. Ain’t gonna happen.
Anyone else watching Welcome to Macintosh on CNBC? Great warm up for Macheads tomorrow
How can “people briefed by the company” not know if the mysterious device is a 10 to 11 inch touch screen device. Bad on you Murdoch and your rag WSJ.
By the way, go see Sherlock Holmes. Marvelous!
Now, from which crystal ball came all that information?
I wonder….
WSJ or NYT????
Please correct headline or first paragraph referene.
They said the iPhone wouldn’t sell either.
Then they said the Air wouldn’t sell.
Only thing selling is other companies’ stock it seems.
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Ronin writes, “If this thing is really price at $1000, it better have some mind numbingly cool features to justify that price!”
Agree. One can purchase a 13″ Macbook Pro for just over $1,000. Will a shrunken Macbook with or without the ability to run iPhone apps be worth $1,000? If so priced, it’ll be a niche product, not an industry game changer. But all is speculation at this point.
I would like to see SJ say “On sale today”. What a mad rush to the Apple stores would that be. Apple may have lost control of keeping the specks under raps, but not on the release date.
If it is on the iPhone OS then it could be sold by iPod resellers, not just Mac resellers. That would give the iSlate a amazing distribution network and could easily kill any competition.
I learned my lesson from the original iPhone sale price. At $1,000 bucks for a tablet, you can bet your sweet (you know what) that I’ll wait for the price decrease that is sure to come in the 1st 6 months as these things sit on the shelves.
It doesn’t seem very wise to introduce a new product destined for cellular traffic jams. And the cable perps can see the value in their creation of jams, too.
Of course, it stands to reason that this new product must be priced out of my reach. It might be an interesting phenomenon to watch from a distance?
New York Times or WSJ???
Considering that the provided link goes to the WSJ, I’d venture to guess that it is….ready for it….the WSJ!
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A few problems here:
1) The NEW YORK TIMES made this report:
“Yukari Iwatani Kane and Geoffrey Fowler report for The New York Times.”
So how about a link to the source. I don’t give a rat’s about the WSJ. More Murdung Manure.
2) This is still ONLY A RUMOR despite the tone of the report.
“An Apple spokesman said the company doesn’t comment on rumors and speculation.”
HA HA!
3) In keeping with the nature of RUMORS, the ‘data’ reported is nebulous. Gotta love this line:
“people briefed on the matter said the new tablet device will come with a 10- to 11-inch touch screen”
So what is it? 10″ or 11″? Some briefing. More like bullsh*tting IYAM.
Apparently we are still in the Bush League Bullsh*t era where anyone can say anything with conviction and there are dumdums out there who’ll believe it’s ABSOLUTELY true. Truth decay. Iraq War. WMD. War On Terror. Blahblahblah. zzzzzz