There are so many rumours, you could write a book about them. There are also many ridiculous rumours. Gizmodo gathered some pretty dumb Apple Tablet rumours. They made a list of the 5 dumbest ever. A short overview can be found below.
- PowerBooks won’t need keyboards once they get styluses: Sources said Apple is considering adding pen-input support to the trackpad of Mercury, the company’s next-generation PowerBook G4. ”The idea is to eliminate the need for a keyboard,” said one source familiar with Apple’s plans. So you get a laptop with a giant trackpad?
- Apple’s tablet will finally link our computers, tv’s and vcr’s, because of ultra-wide band wireless: What’s needed is a networking technology optimized for video transport. One has been in the works for sometime, and down at the IEEE, they call it 802.15.3, and this is where I believe Apple sees opportunity… Understand that 802.15.3 is a high data rate Personal Area Network with a range of about 10 meters. This isn’t a WiFi competitor. Think of it as a kind of Super Bluetooth, capable of sending video over short distances without interference and with true quality of service, which 802.11 can’t provide. And now we have the Apple TV.
- The wireless tablet without a battery: Apple Computer plans to launch a wireless display for a desktop system, according to sources. The display is said to resemble a Tablet PC in appearance and include a detachable keyboard but not have a battery. Whether it has handwriting recognition or any screen input capability is unclear…The Chinese-language Economic Daily News reported today that Quanta had landed orders for a 15-inch Tablet PC-like device, with shipments to begin in the first quarter of 2004. This is a weird one. Did they just used some drugs?
- A “Mega Platform”: Hot for Touchscreens, Apple Kills All Keyboards: The UBS analyst said he expects the new platform to become prevalent in each of the consumer electronics maker’s major hardware products within 3-5 years, possibly sparking touchscreen Macs later this holiday season or sometime in 2008. Among his expectations are touch-screen iMacs, as well as “tablet-like” notebook devices that provide basic computing without the need for a keyboard or stylus if the user desires to keep the device closed. ”We also expect new touchscreen video iPods, more phones and possibly even TVs in the future,” he added. “With regard to the iPhone, we expect Apple to have a full line of phones from $150 to $600 available for purchase at multiple retailers in several geographies within three years, just like it did for iPods.” So the iPhone is good with a touchscreen, and now all products should have a touchscreen?
- The Tablet That Lives in a Lobotomized iMac: Meet the flagship of Apple’s recent flurry of patent activity, a product some have been predicting Apple would release for years: the Mac tablet. This slate-format tablet is as portable as a MacBook Air, but with a twist: It also docks into an iMac for regular desktop work. Although the idea is cool, it’s not really Apple’s thing to do such a thing. Interaction between more devices is not the weird thing though, but putting a smaller device into a bigger device…not going to happen.
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