The Chicago Sun-Times’ Andy Ihnatko speculated on Apple’s tablet on The CBS Early Show.
“Apple wants a revolution in publishing,” Ihnatko says. “It could be as big as the original Macintosh.”
Direct link via YouTube here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Spark” for the heads up.]
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“The warp drive on the Enterprise is actually powered by a chamber containing Jack Bauer and Chuck Norris arm-wrestling.”
Because they couldn’t find a method of containment that would hold Bruce Lee in the warp core…..
@demon:
CES is really just an excuse to make the way to Vegas for AdultExpo.
If they move AdultExpo to some other date, CES will be no larger than the average garage-sale.
It already has the same significance.
Still nobody knows what the hell is being announced yet people seem to think is is the best thing and already know how to use it and the content that is on it.. This is an amazing rumor.. Watch it will be a TV with a computer built in.. LOL
@Demon,
everything you said about the CES is true. One thing I need to share with you, though:
on Saturday I performed with my band at the FIS World Cup downhill ski race in Kitzbühel, Austria. One of the sponsors of the race was Samsung, and they had on display a bunch of 3D televisions, all viewable without 3D glasses.
It was the most (literally) nauseating thing I’ve ever seen.
This thing is going to ROCK!!! \m/ (><) \m/
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I know I’ll get skewered for this, but I hope the tablet isn’t ‘as big as the original Macintosh’. The reason I say this is because, I think Apple’s products were pretty ‘ho-hum’ until around the time FCP came out.
Yeah, but….
Jack Bauer is a fictional character.
Chuck Norris is real.
A real bad a$$.
I hope it isn’t as big as the original Macintosh… that would make it way too bulky, and likely way too heavy, for practical portable use.
How about this oops!
http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/01/26/publisher.may.have.spoiled.apple.plans/
Did he say ‘on the down low’? hm…
I think it might be called the iOS or io for short
@ Raymond in DC,
“As big as the original Macintosh? One hopes it does a lot better. That original was over-priced (Sculley’s call), lacked color and slots. It was a closed system. And it didn’t sell well.”
The original Macintosh changed the way the world uses computers. A Windows PC is a clone of the original Macintosh.
Besides, the original Mac was up against the entrenched Microsoft MS-DOS powered PC and it still climbed to about 17% market share while being sold at exorbitant prices.
Who’s Jack Bauer?
the hat, the hat. does somebody see him before he leaves the house?
@maclet
Wow… if real, that’s a nice scoop!
Chuck Norris is an absolute moron.
Andy is Andy, I like him, always interesting, hat or no hat. Much smarter than he looks- and cooler, too.
Really great things usually are *not* foreseen. The Mac wasn’t at it’s release, neither was the rapid consumer level uptake of Windows, not even the internet was ever envisioned where it is today. What bothers me is all the pre-hype which usually indicates a ton of money being poured out, designed to influence opinions regarding what is actually a fairly mediocre product; sort of like ads that are on TV 24hrs a day showing all the cameos to get you to view a lousy movie, when the really good movies tend to rely on word of mouth.
Andy’s a total geek, but he’s a great guy. Can’t wait to see this thing…
So is the magic tablet going to have a new type of display, somewhere between e-ink and an LCD? Seems like it would be kind of tiring for the eyes if it didn’t.
I can’t remember if the pre-show hype was at this peak for the iPhone. I hope whatever Steve brings on stage truly is amazing or the critics will attack.
@Islandgirl
“I hope whatever Steve brings on stage truly is amazing or the critics will attack.”
I hope and expect it will be amazing also.
The critics will attack in any event, so f’em.