Apple Tablet Rumors (UPDATED): The Ultimate Guide To 'iTablet' Talk (PICTURES)

UPDATED 1/27/2010 7:45 AM ET: Apple is expected to announce its Apple 'iTablet' today.

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No company feeds off mystery more than Apple. Notorious for being tight-lipped about its announcements and developments, the Cupertino-based company has neither confirmed nor denied the possibility of an Apple-made "tablet" computer device.

Of course, that hasn't stopped the gossip, rumors, and wild speculation regarding the launch, cost and features of the much-hyped fabled device.

We've put together the ultimate guide to the rumored Apple Tablet (or iTablet, or iSlate or TabletMac, or MacTablet -- no one can decide), along with awesome concepts of what it might look like. So far, the details are pure speculation. But there may turn out to be some facts among the fiction.

What Could It Do?

According to anonymous sources and tech-industry analysts, the Apple Tablet is likely to be a device with high-definition video that's "better than the average movie experience," offering a touchscreen, a full-color e-book reader, iPhone app-capabilities, Internet browsing, and video conferencing. It's been described, speculatively, as "a cross between a laptop and an iPhone or iPod Touch."

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[Nobodycares55]

09:13 PM on 01/17/2010

It will be nice if the rumor are true about the video. I think it will be nice just having a decent device you can connect to the internet on from your couch. www.islate.org

[MarkOates]

04:01 PM on 01/13/2010

Will it blend?

[Whatnow]

12:45 PM on 01/13/2010

It has a remote so that if it's across the room, at a press of a button it will roll over to you on small wheels so small that you can not see or feel them. Very cool.

[Hanifah Walidah]

10:14 AM on 01/13/2010

It looks good for on stage or on the road music performance. The more compact you are on teh road the better. If it could have a built in midi component, I will buy it. My only question is how is the screen protected from scratches or if it drops?

[Givethemhellharry]

09:29 AM on 01/04/2010

I've been using Tablet computers for years both with handwriting and speech recognition. So Apple has finally caught up (yawn) that is a story? If they have really improved the technology with intuitive recognition of both handwriting and speech I will applaud. The keyboard was invented over 100 years ago and made difficult and slow to use so that the typist couldn't go so fast as to have the keys stick together when they struck the page. People talk at about 140 words a minute, most people type at about 40. Speech and handwriting are the most intuitive way for people to communicate. If this is going to make the computer industry really get rid of the keyboard and make speech and handwriting the primary input means, I can only applaud. But again the technology has been out there for many years and Apple is late stepping up to the plate.

[JohnSawyer]

07:58 AM on 01/05/2010

Apple was also "late" coming out with a cellphone.

[WSAY]

09:37 PM on 01/14/2010

Great, another opinion from someone who doesn't know what he is talking about. In case you forgot, people said the same thing about most things Apple, and Apple always reinvented the product. So stop trying to prejudge the Tablet on your antiquated, obsolete old tablet computers. Apple will, no doubt, revolutionize this, too. (And people like you will but a poor attempt at copying it, all the time claiming yours is better, as with the current iPhone.)

[zippy the cow]

12:49 PM on 01/03/2010

I've never purchased anything by Apple. However, this product looks really awesome and I would love to have one.

[PoliteEuropean]

09:44 AM on 01/03/2010

How interesting. My comment about Apple censorship of Iphone in China didn't come through the filter. Oh, well it is better not to mess up with one of the largest advertisers I assume.

[PoliteEuropean]

09:36 AM on 01/03/2010

Apple? No, thank you. After the last decision to censor content in China this company lost all of its credibility in my eyes. I will never buy a their product again.

Apple Censors Dalai Lama IPhone Apps in China
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091230/tc_pcworld/applecensorsdalailamaiphoneappsinchina
Apple appears to have blocked iPhone applications related to the Dalai Lama in its China App Store, making it the latest U.S. technology company to censor its services in China.

Those apps, which appear in most countries' versions of the App Store, do not currently appear in the Chinese version. Another app related to Rebiya Kadeer, who like the Dalai Lama is an exiled minority leader reviled by China's authorities, is unavailable in the China App Store as well.

[Amalek]

12:48 AM on 01/04/2010

Try to download the I-Jihad app in the US.

[insideoutgraphics]

09:13 AM on 01/03/2010

Dear Steve Jobs, / Apple,

Please send me one.

I'm the one your company gave an honors award to for the video contest "What's Your Passion " called "Moments Child" Thank you by the way. OK I'm suck--ing up I know, but hey, I'm a Mac and so are you:-)

So, no matter what they name it, I certainly would love to have one.

Best Regards,
InsideOutGraphics

[JohnSawyer]

08:01 AM on 01/05/2010

Probably better to send an email to sjobs@apple.

[insideoutgraphics]

08:46 AM on 01/05/2010

Seriously? I should beg? I guess I'm not above begging ,and maybe I'll give it a try. Nothing ventured , nothing gained as they say:-) Thanks.

[rabit818]

07:52 AM on 01/03/2010

iXpensive is what it will be, period.

Anyone remember Newton?

[insideoutgraphics]

09:19 AM on 01/03/2010

Expensive ? How much did you pay for gas, health insurance, your computer, etc etc etc. Remember , Expensive is a relative term. However, it did not keep from begging for one:-)

[KeysE2S]

09:13 PM on 01/04/2010

iVegotarealjobandcanaffordit

[simjen]

06:30 AM on 01/03/2010

iSlate is what the iPhone was going to be called if they couldn’t secure the rights to the name. Technology of multitouch times 2? Not so shabby but not the best: http://bit.ly/new-apple-tablet-best-or-worst

Because marketing doesn't work. Just because you don't like something mainstream doesn't make it garbage. Apple locks down products so that they hopefully function better together and 'just work'. If you need a more open support, there are other products for that. Apple is aiming to the masses, not to every little Debbie Downer who wants more open source

[Indra]

12:31 AM on 01/03/2010

It will be too expensive at first to and thus will not be a barn burner. However, when cheaper versions come out it will be a hot item.

[JohnSawyer]

08:04 AM on 01/05/2010

There's a rumor that the introductory price will be "shockingly low-priced". For Apple, that might equate to something between $299-$399.

[proggirl]

11:44 PM on 01/02/2010

I love my Mac laptop but probably will not buy this. My interest is drawn by the model for most of us, the iCantAffordIt.

[gracie99]

11:00 PM on 01/02/2010

This product may be very popular among people over 45, many of whom no longer have the sharp vision and manual dexterity to use iPhone-type devices.

I hope it will also function as a phone, perhaps have built-in storage for bluetooth, so it will be the only gadget one needs.

Expecting to buy one, although it might be smarter to wait a year or so for the cheap clones to arrive.

[Amalek]

12:52 AM on 01/04/2010

I expect the initial versions will not have a phone, but later will. Eventually this will become the device that finally makes videoconferencing available to all.

As well as replacing Amazon, your cable company and the newspaper delivery boy. And then we will wonder how we ever lived without it.

[Marianna Scheffer]

09:26 PM on 01/02/2010

Vaporware!

[Amalek]

12:53 AM on 01/04/2010

Then you can make a fortune selling Apple stock short. But you have better have a lot of courage.