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iPad Development Made Easy

By Jan. 27, 2010, 11:58am PT 21 Comments

Alongside the army of consumers and tech pundits waiting for a peek of the aptly named iPad, the over 25,000 strong development community have been patiently standing on the sidelines too. Taking several leaps forward in terms of its processing power and onboard hardware, the device includes … Read More »

Apple Introduces the iPad

By Jan. 27, 2010, 11:49am PT 154 Comments

Looking dapper in jeans and a black mock turtle-neck, Steve Jobs took the stage today and officially introduced his iPad to the world. As we’ve been seeing and hearing from so many rumors as of late, it appears as if the iPhone got the super-size treatment, … Read More »

 
 

McGraw-Hill CEO Confirms Apple Tablet

By Jan. 26, 2010, 4:42pm PT 19 Comments

Terry McGraw, the CEO of McGraw-Hill confirmed in an interview today with CNBC that he has seen the Apple “Major New Product” to be announced tomorrow and that it is in fact a tablet device based on the iPhone OS. You can watch the interview … Read More »

Live Coverage of Apple’s January 27 Media Event

By Jan. 26, 2010, 11:22am PT 22 Comments

Tomorrow morning at 10AM PST Apple will be holding its “Latest Creation” Media Event. TheAppleBlog will be there providing you a steady stream of updates on everything announced. You can get your live coverage fix via two methods tomorrow. Read More »

The Coronation of Steve Jobs, King of Content

By Jan. 26, 2010, 11:20am PT 7 Comments

Tomorrow’s event will be a big day for Apple, and a big day for those of us who make our living following the company’s every move and picking up the bread crumbs it drops along the way. At the very least, it seems certain that they … Read More »

7 for 7: Home Controls on the Apple Tablet

By Jan. 25, 2010, 9:51pm PT 10 Comments

This is the sixth in a series of 7 posts in the 7 days prior to Apple’s January 27 media event in which I explore various possibilities for an Apple Tablet and other potential announcements. The unlikeliest of all the … Read More »

Rumor Has It: AT&T Losing iPhone Exclusivity this Wednesday

By Jan. 25, 2010, 8:10am PT 14 Comments

According to a report over the weekend on HotHardware.com, Apple may have more to announce at its special event this Wednesday than its mythical tablet. We have been led to believe by an inside source that AT&T will lose their iPhone exclusivity on the same day, … Read More »

7 for 7: Apple TV and iTunes Integration

By Jan. 23, 2010, 11:35am PT 17 Comments

This is the fourth in a series of 7 posts in the 7 days prior to Apple’s January 27 media event in which I explore various possibilities for an Apple Tablet and other potential announcements. If the Wall Street Journal … Read More »

7 for 7: A New Publication Wrapper

By Jan. 22, 2010, 1:21pm PT 12 Comments

This is the third in a series of 7 posts in the 7 days prior to Apple’s January 27 media event in which I explore various possibilities for an Apple Tablet and other potential announcements. Perhaps one of the most exciting aspects of … Read More »

Amazon Announces Sweeping Kindle Changes (The Timing is Just Coincidental)

By Jan. 22, 2010, 9:00am PT 7 Comments

I have heard it said, “If you can’t compete, sue.” Of course, I’m sure that’s not the case with Nokia’s recent complaint against Apple. Sure, it could have started litigation back in 2007 when the iPhone was first launched, but I guess the almost-three-year-delay was just … Read More »

Adapting iLife for a Tablet

By Jan. 22, 2010, 8:05am PT 15 Comments

One of the interesting rumors that has come up after the official announcement of Apple’s event on the 27th is that a new version of iLife will also be announced there. Whether or not this rumor is accurate is less interesting than what an Apple … Read More »

One Tablet for All: Apple’s Slate as a Shared Media Device

By Jan. 21, 2010, 9:01am PT 5 Comments

The Apple tablet, when (and if) released, will be a multimedia device. There’s little to no question about that. It’ll play video and music, allow you to browse photos and web content, and play games. But that simplistic definition of what it does doesn’t actually capture … Read More »

More Must Reads
Apple’s Tablet Is Good News for the e-Reader Market, Even If It Isn’t Real
By Jan. 20, 2010, 1:04pm PT 3 Comments

The effect of Apple’s still speculative tablet on the electronics industry continues to amaze me. Not only has it prompted countless computer makers to join the fray and release their own slate devices, but now it’s affecting e-book pricing policies over at the biggest player in … Read More »

7 for 7: To Keyboard or Not to Keyboard, That is the Question
By Jan. 20, 2010, 11:00am PT 10 Comments

This is the first in a series of 7 posts in the 7 days prior to Apple’s January 27 media event in which I explore various possibilities for an Apple Tablet and other potential announcements. The world is expecting Apple to … Read More »

Battle of the Vaporware Tablets
By Jan. 19, 2010, 4:10pm PT 11 Comments

Do you know what tablet computers and jetpacks have in common? It’s not a kerosene-burning jet engine strapped to your back, though Adobe Flash on a MacBook can feel like your pants are on fire. The shared problem is that the present reality of future technologies … Read More »

7 for 7: Countdown to the Apple Tablet
By Jan. 19, 2010, 9:32am PT 5 Comments

Official word yesterday that there is indeed an Apple event on the 27th didn’t generate the frenetic response typically associated with such news, probably because the blogosphere, twitterverse and mainstream media have all been going gaga over it for weeks. The Wall Street Journal correctly pegged … Read More »

What I Think I Know About the Apple Tablet
By Jan. 18, 2010, 2:00pm PT 17 Comments

I’m a writer for a blog that focuses on Apple and its products, including Macs, iPods and iPhones. So I have a duty and an obligation to write one or more posts about the highly anticipated, much discussed, and completely unknown Apple Tablet device expected to … Read More »

Apple Event Confirmed for January 27
By Jan. 18, 2010, 12:17pm PT 35 Comments

At least our speculation regarding the date and time of Apple’s special press event this month can now come to an end. Apple confirmed today, via invitations sent to the press, that there will indeed be a special event at the Yerba Buena Center for the … Read More »

Could a Tablet Replace Your Notebook?
By Jan. 15, 2010, 10:26am PT 35 Comments

PC World’s Jeff Bertolucci recently posed the rhetorical question, “Could a tablet replace your notebook?” He referenced not only Apple’s anticipated tablet computer but also new PC tablets like the one from Microsoft and HP that was pitched at CES, the chatter about which inclined … Read More »

Slates for Doctors? Where Apple’s Tablet Makes Dollars and Sense
By Jan. 12, 2010, 2:46pm PT 17 Comments

In some interesting tablet news that falls a little off the well-trod rumors path, Apple officials have apparently paid a visit to LA’s Cedars-Sinai Medical Center a few times to talk up the potential of an Apple tablet in terms of the medical field. Read More »

Orange Executive Reveals Tablet Details
By Jan. 11, 2010, 2:06pm PT 5 Comments

The web has been rife today with news that Stéphane Richard, an executive from France Télécom, the French communications company, had let slip could-be details about Apple’s supposedly upcoming tablet in a recent radio interview. During the Europe 1 interview, which aired Monday morning, Richard … Read More »

Rumor Has It: New Parts and Supplier Details Emerge for Apple Tablet
By Jan. 11, 2010, 8:19am PT 6 Comments

Everything’s beginning to come together for the launch of Apple’s tablet — quite literally, in fact, as Apple’s suppliers for the device begin to ship component parts or are ramping up for production in the near future. That’s according to a report issued by … Read More »

Rumor Has It: Multi-touch in the iWorks for Apple Tablet
By Jan. 9, 2010, 5:14pm PT 7 Comments

The New York Times reporting on tablets at CES offers up a tantalizing rumor concerning Apple’s imminent device, that the company has been developing a multi-touch version of iWork. According to the New York Times, conversations with former engineers at Apple indicate pervasive use of multi-touch … Read More »

Microsoft’s Slate: Exactly Unlike Apple’s Upcoming Tablet
By Jan. 7, 2010, 4:50pm PT 107 Comments

So, Microsoft has unveiled a new tablet PC — a prototype made by HP, dubbed (not coincidentally) a Slate. Fake Steve Jobs suggests it ought to be called the “meh,” and he’s dead right, while the UK’s Telegraph said it could be a … Read More »

Microsoft to Reveal Tablet; Apple Speculation Now Shapes the Industry
By Jan. 6, 2010, 9:31am PT 21 Comments

According to the New York Times, tonight at Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s CES keynote address, he will unveil an ambitious new tablet device that’s the result of a partnership between Microsoft and HP. Citing people familiar with Redmond’s plans, the NYT describes the tablet … Read More »

App Store: 3B Downloads Today, 10B Tomorrow?
By Jan. 5, 2010, 12:51pm PT 6 Comments

Even as the excitement over the tablet reaches seizure-inducing levels among personal technology enthusiasts, Apple flipped on another publicity strobe light with the announcement of 3 billion downloads from its App Store. Apple CEO Steve Jobs was astonished yet ebullient in a press release: “Three billion applications downloaded … Read More »

Rumor Has It: Apple Tablet Launching First, Shipping Later
By Jan. 5, 2010, 8:26am PT 14 Comments

With a new day comes new tablet rumors, the latest being a new date for the Apple Event, January 27. There’s also a new time frame for shipping the tablet, March, maybe some new specs, and, hey, why not an SDK for iPhone OS 4.0, too. While … Read More »

Rumor Has It: Are These the Specs for the Apple Tablet?
By Jan. 4, 2010, 10:57am PT 21 Comments

File this one under “seriously not likely,” but for what it’s worth, a site called PhoneArena.com is showing off images it says are of a leaked document that details the hardware specifications of Apple’s upcoming tablet. The iSlate moniker is used, but there are … Read More »

In December iPhone Jumps, OS X Plateaus, Safari Falls to Chrome
By Jan. 1, 2010, 8:44am PT 64 Comments

The last report for 2009 from web metrics firm Net Applications ends another solid year of growth for the iPhone OS. In contrast, Mac OS X appears to be flattening out at around five percent, while Chrome has officially passed Safari to become the third … Read More »

Rumor Has It: January Event “Confirmed,” More on the Tablet
By Dec. 31, 2009, 8:15am PT 25 Comments

I’m really sorry. I do realize these tablet rumors are becoming tiresome, but you know, don’t you, that they’re going to get a lot worse in the coming weeks as we approach January 26 and Apple’s not-yet-officially-confirmed-but-unofficially-will-definitely-happen media event? The latest tidbits come from Fox News’ Clayton … Read More »

Rumor Has It: Apple “iSlate” Intended as a Kindle Killer
By Dec. 29, 2009, 9:05am PT 40 Comments

Yhe Apple tablet isn’t going to be a tablet computer at all, really, according to the Quick PWN blog. If you believe Quick PWN contributor Hans’ inside sources, the Apple iSlate, as he maintains it will indeed be called, is more aimed at … Read More »

The iPod Touch Holiday Sales Spike, or Why Apple is Building a Tablet
By Dec. 29, 2009, 8:51am PT 4 Comments

Christmas was kind to Apple this year. The iPod touch seems to have been a popular gift this holiday season, at least according to some interesting statistics regarding App Store downloads over the period leading up to and including Christmas day. App download activity information tracked … Read More »

Rumor Has It: Apple’s Tablet Release Plans Delayed Due to Glass
By Dec. 28, 2009, 5:00pm PT 7 Comments

The Apple tablet, which over the holidays has garnered more buzz despite still being a rumor, has already been delayed. Don’t worry, though — if the reports are correct, the delay has already been factored into the rumored January product announcement, so we shouldn’t have to … Read More »

Tablet to be Called iSlate?
By Dec. 28, 2009, 2:00pm PT 20 Comments

So, after years of speculation, debate and rumor-upon-rumor, the mythical tablet device from Apple is, it seems, here. In a matter of weeks we expect Steve Jobs to take to the stage at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco and deliver the announcement … Read More »

Jobs “Happy” About Tablet Surprise to Come
By Dec. 28, 2009, 9:00am PT 5 Comments

Steve Jobs is “extremely happy.” But it’s not because Psystar is dead. And it’s not because he’s been named CEO of the Multiverse or some other such end-of-year award. He’s happy because that Tablet he’s been working on almost exclusively since he returned to … Read More »

iTablet: Can Apple Succeed Where So Many Others Have Failed?
By Dec. 28, 2009, 7:00am PT 23 Comments

InfoWorld’s Randall C. Kennedy thinks not. Sounding a sour note about Apple’s anticipated tablet plans, InfoWorld’s Randall C. Kennedy says that even clever engineering can’t overcome fundamental limitations of tablet computing, “Tablet PCs suck,” says Kennedy, categorically, elaborating that tablets are underpowered, only marginally portable, and … Read More »

Rumour Has It: Tablet Announcement as Early as January
By Dec. 23, 2009, 9:00am PT 16 Comments

Whaddya mean, you’re skeptical about reports regarding an upcoming Tablet announcement? When did you last hear a major publisher report exciting Tablet news from unnamed sources? Oh, wait. Earlier in the week the Wall Street Journal reported on the rumors of Apple’s forays into television content … Read More »

Apple Media Plan Hits Your Cable Company Where it Hurts
By Dec. 22, 2009, 2:00pm PT 7 Comments

Big change in TV distribution is in the wind, if the Wall Street Journal’s reporting on Apple’s “all you can eat” iTunes television plan is true. According to the WSJ, CBS and Disney are considering allowing their entire television lineup to be sold … Read More »

Toshiba Launches 64GB Flash Drive, Possibly Bound for an iPhone Near You
By Dec. 15, 2009, 9:27am PT 1 Comment

If you have a 64GB iPod touch and you read this headline, you might be thinking, “What gives? Isn’t this already a no-brainer?” but the fact is, before Toshiba announced its 64GB drive today, there was no way to cram that much storage into the iPhone … Read More »

Supposed Apple Tablet Video Surfaces
By Dec. 11, 2009, 6:59pm PT 35 Comments

Late Friday, French website Nowhereelse.fr posted a YouTube video it claims is footage of the mythical Apple tablet that has long been the source of many a rumor. The video is quite convincing, as you can see for yourself in the embedded clip below: The … Read More »

Rumor Has It: Apple Tablet Due in March or April, Says Analyst
By Dec. 9, 2009, 8:29am PT 23 Comments

Apple is all set to begin production of a 10.1-inch LCD tablet starting in February 2010, according to a recent analyst note by Oppenheimer’s Yair Reiner. Following that, the device should then go on sale in March or April, Reiner says, with an initial production run … Read More »

Predicting 2010: Mac Lineup
By Dec. 7, 2009, 2:31pm PT 77 Comments

January 2010 will mark the four-year anniversary of Apple’s first Intel-based Mac, the MacBook Pro. With Snow Leopard officially dropping support for PowerPC Macs and the next version of iLife and iWork likely to do the same, a perfect storm is brewing where Apple can begin … Read More »

App Store World Domination in 2010: 300,000 Apps Strong
By Dec. 3, 2009, 9:54am PT 27 Comments

IDC is making some bold predictions for 2010, one of the boldest being a tripling of the number of applications at Apple’s App Store. In reality, that might actually be a conservative guess. According to IDC, the App Store will have 300,000 applications by the end … Read More »

Magazine Publishers’ Plans May Not Be Tablet-Specific
By Nov. 24, 2009, 2:00pm PT Comments Off

One of the strongest pieces of evidence in support of the existence of an Apple tablet has come into question today. Reports that Condé Nast, publisher of many magazine titles, including The New Yorker and Vogue, was preparing a digital format specifically for the … Read More »

Rumored Apple Tablet Now Rumored to Be Delayed
By Nov. 19, 2009, 8:05am PT 6 Comments

Ever entertaining—if unreliable—DigiTimes has not one, but two big tablet rumors today. The mythical device (subscription required) has been delayed from early 2010 to the second half of next year, and there will an OLED model. Seriously. According to anonymous sources inside that … Read More »

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