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Apple Patents Tablet Mac (with Photos)

Posted by timothy on from the slendery dept.

jkheit writes "I wrote a quick news item over at the Mac Observer that might be of interest. Apple patents a tablet Mac. The new photos confirm that this device is a touch-screen Apple tablet. You can see it here."

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  1. Re:Photos???? Comment + mirror by Ty · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Ummm the mp3 market used to be a niche market. Who has about an 80% market share now?

  2. Re:Patent? by Aqua+OS+X · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "Like no one has ever thought of making a tablet before? There has to be more to this if it is true."

    Ya, but this is exactly what people said when Apple made the iPod.
    Apple likes to swoop on good ideas that have been poorly implemented in the past. MP3 players, jukebox software, online music stores, video chat, etc etc. None of this stuff was new, but Apple found a way to make it more accessible and desirable.

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  3. Um, no. by MadMacSkillz · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Words per minute I can type: about 80 Words per minute I can handwrite: about 15 Why do I need a tablet again?

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  4. Re:billions? by cosmic_0x526179 · · Score: 4, Insightful
    In Steve Jobs' dreams perhaps. There were almost 700 million cell phones sold last year and an estimated 800-900 million this year.

    The grandparent post is more correct than you give it credit for. A cellphone is used for how many minutes per hour on average... maybe 5 ? An average iPod owner probably exceeds 30 mins per hour average usage. So, if you multiply the number of iPods sold by the visibility factor the iPod is becoming ubiquitous.

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