Comments on: Forget What Apple Is Gonna Do — What Do You Want in an Apple Tablet?

By: BB

BB — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:37:18 +0000

To be useful to me, it has to have the full Mac OS (not the iPhone OS), be Wacom pen enabled, and thus allow inking alone and on top of text documents.

In general, Mike Reilly got it right above, and I agree with nearly all of his wants.

I really want an Apple tablet to replace a Windows based Lenovo X60 tablet. I love the Lenovo hardware, but hate Vista. I really prefer the Mac OS and associated apps, though I also want the option to run Windows (7?) under Parallels or Fusion for the occasional (cough) game.

I am a university professor, and am sold on inking and on tablets. They let me read (and annotate!) the millions of .pdf’s I have for research. They save me hours of time I no longer use to file notes and documents on paper. And they let me save countless trees by doing my grading in digital ink (+1600 pages of paper saved per class!).

But please, Apple, give me a workable tablet solution and save me from Windows. And please remember those of us who use tablets for something other than media consumption. The failure to include adequate document handling in the iPhone has so far crippled it for me, and unless an Apple tablet using the iPhone OS radically changes this, I will not be able to justify owning one.

By: Mickey Segal

Mickey Segal — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:17:36 +0000

I second the concerns about another crippled device. Flash and Java support are crucial for real Web use, as well as multitasking.

By: FireDragon

FireDragon — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:30:14 +0000

You have my vote for Wacom pen touch with pressure sense. I am not an apple fan but WaCom is something I WANT on an ideal tablet pc and that is why ModBook makes me drool all over it Lol.

And yes it should be able to run Windows 7 because I wont be using as hardcore Mac PC at all.

In addition to it, a 3-row slim slideout keyboard teamed up with touch pad could be nice touch for reasonable accurate speed typing during emails, documentation, bloging or just plain chating. This could also get some good attention from business people too who like to TYPE.

A strong kick-stand in that matter is a must so you will be able to put the device on table/office table, giving it a glance to it during work or other activities. For that slide-out keyboard should be able to tilt or tip to rest its tiny span over surface.

Freedom, PDF reader and movies without kicking the iTunes. Able to attach to other pcs with or better without wire so one can use the same device to drive desktop pcs when needed.

I think for me 7 inchs screen would work, as it will not make device too big to hold on the go. I am not looking this thing to put into pockets of course but looking at netbook sizes I think they should do two versions, one with 10 inches and one with 7 so we all be happy.

Before my list get longer I will end up here. Nice be a part of this.

Thanks James.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:54:22 +0000

Would like it to act as auxiliary display when docked!

By: JustOneThing

JustOneThing — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:27:05 +0000

I want a tablet that I can rest my hand on and write on, just like I would write on a pad of paper on a clipboard. All the large tablets I’ve tried force you to “float” your hand above the tablet while you write. All this multi-touch technology should be able to distinguish between the big blob on contact points that is my hand, and the small point that is the stylus…

By: tony

tony — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:51:27 +0000

PixelQi – ebooks, PDF
Solar back – good battery
5 MP camera – external capture
BT keyboard support – legacy input
Runs Mac OS X for the ‘open’ version or iPhone OS for the ‘closed’

By: JoX

JoX — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:38:04 +0000

As light (300 to 600 g) and small (pocketable) as possible. Apple Keynote and Microsoft PowerPoint inside, which requires Mac inside. Video-out and USB ports. THE ULTIMATE PRESENTATION TOOL.

By: johnkzin

johnkzin — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:36:28 +0000

@bob:

The link would be “google for rsync”.

I converted my older AAC iTunes music to MP3. I rsync’ed the music from my Mac to my Ubuntu box. I have another script that keeps that directory on my Ubuntu box in sync with the music folder on the Android phone’s microSDHC card.

The pain was getting all of the AAC content converted to MP3 (figuring out where the right option was, waiting for all of it to re-download, and then having to track down and re-buy the 5 or so tracks that didn’t get converted). The technical process of getting the data moved was fairly easy.

By: Gary LaPointe

Gary LaPointe — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:46:44 +0000

I want it to run my iPhone apps.
I want to be able to put my iPhone chip in it to use the network (or legitimately tether).
I want it to work outside in bright light (it can go refelctive eBook-ish greyscale).
I want to be able to use a real keyboard with it (BT or tethered).
Front and rear (or rotatable) camera. I’d actually prefer the rotate option.
Sync with MobileMe and with certain folders on my iDisk (files always present).
SD slot or USB ports for file transfer.

Dear Apple, I just want the SD slot / USB to transfer my photos/videos so put it somewhere obnoxious so that Apple’s not afraid of me using it for storage. (Possibly read/delete only?)

By: bob

bob — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:42:54 +0000

ok, let me rephrase that to be:

You can’t _easily_ put iTunes content on other players.

I recognize that it’s easy to get music moved (even the old way of burning a cd and re-ripping). Getting video content over to other players is harder (again not impossible).

But if you’ve found a way to connect to iTunes and sync a non-apple device I would love to see a link.