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Apple Tablet Rumor Wrap Up

Since the Apple event is this afternoon, and the submission bin overflows with Apple Tablet rumor stories, I'm putting up a few of the more choice links here so we can all speculate for the next few hours. A McGraw Hill CEO confirmed the tablet on CNBC last night, basically saying it is a big iPhone that has content agreements with publishers. Another blogger wrote in with a expectation list for the event, and technologizer had a nice history of fail in the world of tablet computing. Feel free to add your own rumor, speculation, and exhausted eye rolling below.

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  1. i'm waiting for: by madddddddddd · · Score: 2, Funny

    iphone nano

    1. Re:i'm waiting for: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Wow... it's mostly dead space. WTF is with that huge black frame?!

      Has Apple forgotten the meaning of the golden ratio?

  2. My toilet by digitalsushi · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm excited, cause this is going to really shrink down the pile of magazines on my toilet tank! I love how Apple can always class up everything I do in life.

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  3. So... by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Was the McGraw-Hill guy one of Apple's planned leaks, or is he going to start waking up, sweating bullets, to 3AM phone calls from Steve Jobs?

    "Terry, you have shown all the subtlety and restraint of somebody who sells dead trees for a living. Know that your pain shall be equalled only by my serenity."

    At this point the line goes dead. Terry will never know if this is because Steve is fucking with him, or if it is just AT&T's shitty service disconnecting Steve's iPhone.

    1. Re:So... by BitwizeGHC · · Score: 2, Funny

      You know how Obama got a special BlackBerry?

      Well, Steve gets a special iPhone.

      Talks to his own personal comms satellite. You can always hear him now.

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  4. Major Scoop by GraZZ · · Score: 5, Funny

    Apple will today announce a partnership with Taco Bell to deliver tacos wirelessly through the new iTablet. This will prove to be the final nail in OLPC's coffin as the west moves to end world hunger via electronic food distribution.

    Also it will wash the dishes.

    1. Re:Major Scoop by JakeD409 · · Score: 5, Funny

      The folks modding this "Informative" are in for a major disappointment.

  5. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 5, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  6. Re:Touch screen apps has come of age by larry+bagina · · Score: 2, Funny

    no shit. I mean, you're the kind of guy who won't even pay for an apostraphe.

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    These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.

  7. Re:Best rumor source yet... by Low+Ranked+Craig · · Score: 3, Funny

    Bio: "I'm a cereal entrepreneur: Founder of Weblogs, Inc., TechCrunch50, Silicon Alley Reporter, Engadget & Mahalo.com"

    Mmmm. cereal.

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  8. iJust by Jhon · · Score: 3, Funny

    iWish iCould iFford iOne.

  9. My prediction by ScottForbes · · Score: 4, Funny

    It'll have a stylus and handwriting recognition, and they're calling it the "Newton."

  10. Confirmed! by LeonPierre · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have it on the authority of no less than 5 people closely related to the project that the new device will do no less than end world hunger, rebuild 3rd world nations, fix the energy crisis and the economy, and help those poor drowning polar bears whose homes have melted away....

    But this next piece of information you will not hear from any reputable website, as they are too afraid to publish it:

    It will do no less than make unicorns shit rainbows

    You can quote me on that.

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  11. Re:Touch screen apps has come of age by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    you two should have a blind date, considering you won't even pay for a spellchecker.