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Jobs Finally "Happy" With Unannounced Apple Tablet
All the whispers of an Apple tablet PC seem to be culminating in a flurry of rumors suggesting we may see one as soon as next month. Sources inside Apple are saying that Jobs is finally "happy" with the device after being involved in every detail of bringing it into the light of day. As a side result of these rumors, it seems that Apple stockholders are also getting a bit of Christmas cheer with a significant bump in stock price.
... will be only $1999!
One Apple employee who recently left the company also told the Times that the interface won't be anything expected. "You will be very surprised how you interact with the new tablet," the former employee said.
Sounds interesting tho and if they combine that with multi touch, it could be a perfect device to use while laying on sofa.
"You will be very surprised how you interact with the new tablet"
DOS prompt?
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Will the executive anonymously quoted in the article be leaving soon or have things changed there?
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Wow, Joe, that post was more unintelligible than normal. Did they mess up your meds again?
Apple beats Linux, Linux beats Google, "M$ i5 3v111111|_!!!11eleven" stories beat all.
Or, in the order of preference:
1 - "M$ i5 3v111111|_!!!11eleven"
2 - "Apple news and rumors including daily Steve-tracker"
3 - "Linux and why we love it"
4 - "Google - not really evil. Honest."
5 - "Other tech news"
Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens
You hear that sound? It's the sound of a million Apple fanboys orgasming and suddenly being silent.
What, like lead poisoning? :D
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Apple is reportedly close to launching its long-rumored ____. It could be Apple's latest billion-dollar jackpot.
Analyst speculation says the ___ will be launched in September and be in the shops by Christmas. A new mention of the ___ crops up on Twitter around every eight minutes.
The ___ is rumoured to be any size and scale between the iPod Shuffle and the Macintosh IIfx. Some have described the ___ as a "___-killer." Analyst speculation suggests the ___ will use a fantastic new interface. "It will be a whole new paradigm," said Apple blogger Leander Kahney.
Expectations flared when technology research analysts noted that Taiwanese suppliers had received orders from an unknown buyer for a particular obscure component to be filled by the end of the year. "The only possible conclusion is that Apple will launch a ___ by early next year," said Kahney. "They've been working on the ___ for the past six years. People expect it to be the ultimate Apple surprise. This thing will knock people's socks off."
Apple has refused to comment on the ___ speculation. But Tim Cook, its chief operating officer, recently hinted that the company was working on something "very innovative." Steve Jobs is thought to have been personally involved in the development of the ___ over the past two years.
Daniel Eran Dilger noted on roughlydrafted.com that the ___ would need to be fueled on pain, angst, the destruction of the ecology, the torture of kittens and the tears of widows and orphans, but put together a devastatingly convincing and very lengthy explanation as to why Apple's actions were the only humanly acceptable option for the consumer, the technology industry and the future of humanity, and that Jobs' Nobel Peace Prize was ridiculously overdue. And that all problems were clearly Microsoft's fault.
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Whoops, make that 18 months.
Linux, you magnificent bastard, I read the fucking manual!
What horrid timing - they're about a month and a half late, if indeed they do come out with this thing next month. Next month will not only be after Christmas, but it'll also be after this healthcare bill has passed.
Granted, there weren't too many, if any, "socially big item" releases this Christmas, that I can think of. No new game systems, no special new electronics (though, I'm sure there are netbooks aplenty under trees), no new product from Apple, and all the big PC vendors pretty much stayed stable throughout the year.
Of course, the "uninsured" demographic will have more money this coming year due to not having to pay hospital bills, which in my experience means the kind of people who buy $3000 Macs as often as it means homeless people. So it might work out for Apple to 'release late' anyway.
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And don't even get me started about Windows.
Apple is one of the few companies that really gives UI's any thought
Actually, Microsoft has done quite a bit of UI research culminating in the Ribbon interface. Since this is Slashdot, you're going to start whining about all the horrible diseases the ribbon interface brought to mankind, but the fact of the matter is that it's a measurable improvement in usability.
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