We’ve heard rumors of an Apple tablet for years and recently those rumors have spun toward a larger iPhone-like tablet. The Apple 3.0 event is tomorrow and Computerworld’s Seth Weintraub is predicting a 10-inch iPhone-like tablet will be announced. Seth is basing that on the fact that Apple advertised late last year for someone to work with Apple’s expanded role in embedded devices. He states that when you couple that with the rumors that Apple is buying up a ton of 10-inch touch-screens then an Apple Tablet makes sense.
Weintraub makes a good point that I’m sure Kevin will agree with as he thinks that Apple will re-define the netbook market as we know it today. I know I’d love to see this too, but I just can’t see such a large tablet coming from Apple. That size slate will be hard to use with the light-touch screen of the iPhone for example, every time you brush it something will happen that you don’t want. I guess you can learn to use anything, but I don’t know about this. The only thing certain when it comes to Apple is you can’t be certain what they will pull next. :) At least we don’t have to wait very long this time. I do feel that Apple better have more in store than just copy-and-paste.
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