iTablet!?! - We know, the Mac community all let out a collective sigh whenever anyone breathes that word. Well, we will go out on that limb that we are out on so much we have staked a claim to it, and say that within the year, and we believe before the 2007 holiday shopping season, we will see the real deal Mac Tablet, which we affectionately refer to as the Mac Pad. Here’s the top ten list to support it:
10 - All that handwriting recognition stuff built into Mac OS X isn’t there just because it’s fun to have it; and it isn’t there just for 3rd parties like the ModBook.
9 - Steve Jobs used to love to beat up the “smart” phones too (just like he does today with tablets) because they weren’t very good - Apple took their time, got it right, and now we have iPhone…the same is coming for tablet computing.
8 - The screen technology has been developed and patented by Apple, not too glossy, very scratch resistant, again for the iPhone.
7 - We now have a Mac OS X variant/lite/whatever you want to call it, that runs on the iPhone. Some say another weird variation of OS X runs on the Apple TV too. With all the R&D going into Mac OS X, you can bet that some R&D is going into a variant for a tablet form factor…it won’t just be the same OS with a few options for tablets like Microsoft likes to do, but a version completely and totally designed for pen or finger computing.
6 - Speaking of pen computing, resolution independence, which Apple has again gotten patents on recently, is key to a tablet, especially if you’re going to have a fairly small screen (to keep battery life decent and the weight down), is very important…we could see 120 or 150 dpi (1280×800 at 150dpi gives you a 10″ diagonal screen).
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