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Apple's iSlate: The Kindle Killer
J.S. McDougall
Co-Founder of Catalyst WebworksPosted: December 30, 2009 04:07 PM BIO Become a FanGet Email Alerts Bloggers' Index
"By releasing an e-reader so hopelessly tied to the paper, Amazon gave Apple an opening to provide something better. If the latest swirl of rumors is true and Apple plans to release a tablet computer, or iSlate, early next year, you can bet your life it will put the Kindle to shame when it comes to digital content delivery. Any e-ink device simply will not be able to compete. I'm not going to reveal any names, but I have it on very good authority, for example, that--unlike the Kindle--the new Apple tablet will, indeed, have a color screen. Might it also ... play video?! (Please pardon the sarcasm.)
Digital Book content
"Book publishers are feverishly searching for the best ways to pour their content into the new digital stream. And rightly so. I've argued here in the past that book publishers, as producers of a continuous stream of high-quality and edited content, are perfectly suited to capitalize on the new opportunities presented by the digital content revolution. Selling e-books has long been the most accepted method--and though I have my reservations--I wouldn't necessarily disagree. I would argue, however, that the best e-books are certainly not Kindle e-books."Book content should no longer be imprisoned by the limitations of paper. Digital books should include author interviews, instructional videos, pop-up definitions of esoteric terms, instant foreign translations, optional soundtracks, links to helpful web sites, and anything else publishers and authors can dream up to increase the value and effectiveness of their content."
10 Million Apple Tablets? A Glance Back for Perspective
The benchmark for a successful launch keeps changing, and
Apple's own record is mixed as we await the "iSlate" entry.
Harry McCracken, Technologizer Jan 2, 2010 12:40 pmApple rumor of the moment: Former Google, Microsoft, and Apple executive Kai-Fu Lee has blogged that he's heard Apple thinks it can
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That ten-million tablet figure is merely a rumor, albeit one spread by a smart guy who may have excellent sources. It certainly sounds ambitious. But how ambitious is it? For the sake of comparison, I dug up some sales figures for other Apple products -- starting with the Apple I, and including both numbers reported by Apple and some third-party estimates. Here they are, after the jump.
Total sales of Apple I, 1976-1977: about 200
Apple II units sold, 1977-1982: 750,000
Apple II units sold, 1982: 300,000
Total Apple III units sold, 1980-1984: 65,000
Original 1984 Macs sold in first 74 days: 50,000
Original 1984 Macs sold in first year: 250,000
Macs sold, October-December 1993: one million
Macs sold, 1995: 4.7 million
iMacs sold in first 139 days: 800,000
iPod during first full year: 378,000
iPod at 5 1/2 years: 100 million
iPod at 8 years: 225 million
Total original iPhones sold: 6.1 million
iPhone at 46 weeks: six million
iPhone/iPod Touch at 20 months: 30 million
iPhone, July-September 2009: 7.4 million
Macs sold by Apple in fiscal year 2009: ten million
"The benchmark for successful sales keeps changing, of course: Back in 1982, selling 300,000 Apple II computers was an extraordinary achievement, considering that it was a pricey product in a category which most households and businesses hadn't yet adopted. And the fact that Apple only managed to sell 378,000 iPods in that gizmo's first year is explained by the fact that the first iPod only worked with Macs, not Windows PCs-more than 95 percent of computer owners couldn't have used an iPod no matter how much they craved one."
10 Technologies that Will Rock 2010
5 commentsJanuary 02, 2010 |
Now that the aughts are behind us, we can start the new decade with a bang. So many new technologies are ready to make a big impact this year. Some of them will be brand new, but many have been gestating and are now ready to hatch. If there is any theme here it is the mobile Web. As I think through the top ten technologies that will rock 2010, more than half of them are mobile. But those technologies are tied to advances in the overall Web as well.
Below is my list of the ten technologies that will leave the biggest marks on 2010:
- The Tablet: It’s the most anticipated product of the year. The mythical tablet computer (which everyone seems to be working on). There are beautiful Android tablets, concept tablets, and, of course, the one tablet which could define the category, the Apple (AAPL) Tablet. Or iSlate or whatever it’s called. If Steve Jobs is not working on a tablet, he’d better come up with one because anything else will be a huge disappointment. Why do we need yet another computer in between a laptop and an iPhone? We won’t really know until we have it. But the answer lies in the fact that increasingly the Web is all you need. As all of our apps and data and social lives move to the Web, the Tablet is the incarnation of the Web in device form, stripped down to its essentials. It will also be a superior e-reader for digital books, newspapers, and magazines, and a portable Web TV.
Deconstructing the iTablet Rumor Mill
seekingalpha.com/January 01, 2010 by
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Blow You Away, Maybe
"Well, besides the size of the tablet, what cool thing can we expect from the all-things-iMaker? There’s the general speculation that the Apple tablet will run the iPhone OS, so it will immediately have access to 100s of thousands of apps. Well, that is if they’re compatible with the huge iPhone-like device. Some have said it might run iPhone apps in a window the same size as current apps, like widgets.
Image Credited to AppleInsider"And what of text entry, can we expect the same experience as current iPhones, a super-sized chicklet keyboard? It’s possible that Apple has been working on a much more futuristic approach. According to AppleInsider, they uncovered a patent application filed by Apple in 2007. They derived the following from that patent:
"Using an “articulating frame,” the surface of such a device would create physical bumps or dots for the user to feel when it is in keyboard mode. Those surface features would retract and disappear when the device is not being used to type. It is detailed in an application entitled “Keystroke Tactility Arrangement on a Smooth Touch Surface.”
What Will it Do, Think Different?
"I don’t think we’re going to see a killer app that defines the Apple tablet. What I do think is that Apple will build a multi-media device that is so compelling, that it will make the Kindle look like a transistor radio. In my opinion, the new Apple iSlate, iTablet, iWhateva, will be the ultimate hand-held reader, in full color, with full multi-media capabilities, both input and output. It will display and take pictures from a high resolution 5 megapixel camera, capable of HD 1080p resolution video. Ars Technica recently reported that such a camera has been selected by Apple for the next generation iPhone. It would be perfect for the tablet.
The new tablet will likely be a portal to the iTunes Movie store. It has been reported by many sources that Apple is in negotiations with big movie studios trying to lure them away from Cable operators with attractive subscription services and lucrative licensing deals. There are reports from the Wall Street Journal that CBS and Disney are reportedly considering signing a deal."
Jobs to Unveil Apple Tablet Next Month , Ex-Google Exec Says
Owen Fletcher, IDG News Service Dec 31, 2009 12:40 am"Steve Jobs plans to unveil Apple's much-hyped but still unconfirmed tablet device next month, and it will come with 3D graphics and a price tag below US$1000, according to former Google China president Kai-Fu Lee.
"Most surprising: Apple predicts production of nearly 10 million [units] in the first year!" Lee said in a post on a Chinese microblog service that cited information from a source he described as a knowledgeable friend. The tablet will look like a large iPhone and come with a 10.1-inch multitouch touchscreen, a virtual keyboard and support for videoconferencing and e-books, the post said."
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