Comments on: Mythical iTablet Suffering Mythical Delays Due to Addition of Expensive OLED Screen?

By: Davis

Davis — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:57:04 +0000

I am about to lose it. My patience level is about exhausted and I don’t know what to do. I would LOVE an Apple tablet, as I simply use my laptop for remote web browsing around the house, but it’s a tad too big. So the bottom line is this… I am giving Apple until March to give me either a tablet, or some REAL evidence of one coming soon. If not, I will start looking elsewhere to fill this void, even if its Android or Windows OS.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:55:15 +0000

Sorry to go OT, but does anyone else feel compelled to choke the life out of these idiots that post "First"?!?

Back on topic, I might have interest if this were at a price point between an iPhone and a mac book. 1,500? That's a Macbook Air. I would just get that.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:29:35 +0000

Lol besides people don’t care if they need it or not!!!! Through the apple brand on a SNUGGIE and watch people buy it like crazy!!! APPLE is the Micheal Phelps and Kobe Bryant of Electronics!!!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:25:29 +0000

I don’t care what APPLE does!!!!! All they do is innovate and make average products GODS!!!! they did that to MP3 players, high end desktops and laptops, Phones, and now NETBOOKS!!!! APPLE IS GOD!!!!!!

By: coukos34

coukos34 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:35:48 +0000

There is no way they are delaying for an oled screen. something that size is just too expensive right now. It wouldnt make the difference for enough people to pay the price. plus it doesnt do well in sunlight(isnt the point of this tablet to be portable?.) Dont get me wrong, oled is beautiful (true blacks!). Its just not economical yet at that size.

By: Parkettpolitur

Parkettpolitur — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:58:22 +0000

OK, well, different strokes… BTW, I never said typing on the iphone took less effort than on a device with a physical keyboard. It’s simply different.

By: fastlane

fastlane — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:00:10 +0000

@Parkettpolitur:

For serious typing, I still need a physical keyboard.

So, the more typing you have to do, the more effort you'd like it to be? That's the same Blackberry email argument that makes no sense at all — the more emailing they're doing, the harder they want to work their fingers. Baffling.

Would you want a capacitive touch surface instead of a real keyboard on your Macbook?

Absolutely. I can't wait for that. Physical keyboards are last century. I can touch my MacBook keys right now much easier and faster than if I pressed them down.

By: Parkettpolitur

Parkettpolitur — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:18:02 +0000

Fastlane, I have an iPhone and I love texting on it. Editing Office documents – not so much. For serious typing, I still need a physical keyboard. Would you want a capacitive touch surface instead of a real keyboard on your Macbook?

By: smchrist2

smchrist2 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:37:50 +0000

It’d have to be oled otherwise battery life thinness and screen quality would suffer greatly

By: fastlane

fastlane — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:26:38 +0000

@Dev:

Nobody is confused at how a mythical iTablet could be pointed at those markets, but rather we are waiting to see a winning product coalesce

Exactly. A leading product, not just another follower in a nicer package.

@Arti:

Of course some people would buy giant iPods with nothing more to offer. But how many people? And is it Apple-esque to bother with such things? I don't think so.

Apple cares less about things already being done (netbooks and e-readers). They care more about that "one-of-a-kind" which hasn't been done yet. Sure, if they get some of the e-reader's and netbook's market while they're at it, then that's just a bonus. But I highly doubt that Apple is setting out to compete with them directly with nothing else to offer other than touch screen.

This "iThing" would have to fill a gap that the MacBook, iPhones and touches don't fill — be it more functionality (desktop apps) than the iPhone and touch, or more convenience and portability (one small slab) than the MacBook. That's Apple's goal with everything they do — make products that people don't yet even know that they need (to paraphrase Dieter). Nobody needs this iTablet as it's been described so far. Even Apple TV serves more of a purpose.

@Parkettpolitur:

... I won’t be able to enter text as fast as on a physical keyboard.

Pressing something down can't ever be faster than just touching it. :shock: