“In a new note to investors, Shaw Wu with Kaufman Bros. said checks with supply chain sources indicate the launch pattern for the tablet could follow that of the original iPhone in 2007, with a January unveiling and final product shipping to consumers six months later,” Hughes reports. “He said that the June launch could be due to ‘minor issues’ with more work needed on battery life and durability.”
Hughes reports, “However, he said, checks also indicate that a tablet-type device will be introduced next week, at a Jan. 27 event… The analyst’s claims of a June launch contradict with The Wall Street Journal, which reported earlier this month that the hardware is expected to ship in March.”
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@Mac_kid
Work hard. Save your money. Don’t buy anything outside of necessity.
Pay for it in full cash.
Done.
Awe man….the vaporware iTablet already has defects. That is going to ruin the stock prices.
just my $0.02
The tablet shall not sell for any more than 500$.
Isn’t Mr. Wu the guy who reported Apple’s release of the iPhone mini awhile back? Credible sources? I doubt it.
Hilarious, as usual. There are no “channel checks” in existence to give him these “clues”- anyone who claims they know ANYTHING because of a “channel check” has pulled the info directly from their nether region.
Funny, there is always the “iProduct may be delayed” rumor just before each announcement- always false.
@Mac kid
At $999, it should be pretty obvious that the Tablet can easily replace the need for a MacBook.
I’m not spending $1000 on any tablet from anybody. My MacBook Pro and my iPhone already do everything I need, and there is absolutely no need for a tablet. What in the world can a tablet possibly do that my Mac and iPhone can’t already do? This is a very strange market for Apple to be entering.
I probably wouldn’t spend 1k on a tablet.
A 6 month wait will piss me off royally!
Wu is up to his old stock manipulation tricks. He should be in prison.
We saw this same story with the iPhone, didn’t we? The hardware was being cranked out but the OS needed fixing? Does this mean they are cranking up yet another version of OSX? Close, but not the same as, the others?
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Bob and WriterGuy, I’m not sure which of you I agree with. I sure don’t like the idea of employed people paying full price for Health Insurance for folks who don’t/won’t/can’t work, but I sure don’t like the idea of people dying because they can’t afford a full-featured plan … like one that won’t deny benefits for “pre-existing conditions” – like “was BORN”. We in Massachusetts force folk to pay for an intermediary plan … costs much less, you pay based on your income, and there are no exclusions. And the state is NOT going broke paying for it. Imagine THAT ! ! !
I note that no one answered MacBill’s question.
Of course it’ll be 999. just like the MacBook Air was more expensive than a Macbook with less features than a MacBook.
It’s Apple, the iPhone was expensive, the first iPod was more expensive than the competition. They also did things that the competition wasn’t doing. Well, except for the MacBook Air, but the Cube led to the Mini, so the Air might lead to breakthroughs in the Tablet.
Eventually the cost will come down and we’ll all have one.
Where’s everyone getting this $999 figure from??
Snow Leopard:
The smaller screen version will be called the miniPad and the larger screen version will be the maxiPad. It will sell by the boxload!!
Please, Apple don’t call it a “pad” anything!
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The delay could simply be to get FCC approval
@MAC_kid
I wouldn’t worry about the price of the Apple tablet so much when your grammar and punctuation skill are so poor. Even a $199 tablet won’t teach you anything in your English classes if you can’t be bothered to pay attention. You might think your writing style is really cool, because your a kid and the adults just don’t get it. But everyone notices and thinks you’re an idiot. Sorry, that’s just the way it is.
@MacBill, The tablet could provide Wacom Cintiq-style screen graphics tablet pen-based input.
I rather see the Tablet be closer to $600 than $1000. The cheaper it is, the more it will sell and as a developer, the more people for my apps.
@ montex – Is that a joke?
I’ve read that the new tablet will bring small pets back to life but if you wait longer than a few weeks to try it, the results might be somewhat disappointing.
Montex-
Speaking of punctuation, I believe you mean “you’re a kid,” not “your a kid.”
@MAC_kid may be a kid, but you’re in a glass house.
Ok, let’s get into the time machine and go to feb 2007. Apple introduces iPhone 6 months before it’s ready because it would be made public by FCC anyway.
So, if it is a 3g device the same thing applies. I expect 3g tablet released in June. I expect non 3g tablet in march or so.
so a controlled leak to lower our expectations re: shipdates, so they can WOW us with a March shipdate?
Heheheh…
Ed
I like your idea.