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DailyTech Poll Discussion Are You Interested in an Apple Tablet?
Brandon Hill (Blog) - January 25, 2010 9:00 AM
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Apple is set to unveil a 10" tablet on Wednesday; would you be in the market for such a device?

Are you interested in an Apple Tablet?
  • Whatever Steve is selling, I'm buying. (426 votes)
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    5%
  • I could see a use for a tablet device, but it all depends on the price. (1,272 votes)
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    14%
  • I'm still not completely sold on tablets, but I'm willing to see what Apple cooks up. (1,537 votes)
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    17%
  • I really have no use for a tablet no matter who's making it. (1,681 votes)
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    19%
  • It's an Apple product -- count me out! (2,112 votes)
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    24%
  • Meh, who cares? (1,944 votes)
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    22%

  • 8,972 total votes

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It's an Apple product -- count me out!
By xCross on 1/25/2010 1:34:16 PM , Rating: 4
Apple has always been producing the most lamest product of this world. So, count me out of this ffs! :P




RE: It's an Apple product -- count me out!
By jdietz on 1/25/10, Rating: 0
By vcolon on 1/29/2010 7:31:05 AM , Rating: 1
Lame. Very lame product.


By kake on 1/26/2010 9:40:03 AM , Rating: 2
Obvious trollness aside, Apple makes overpriced and very 'meh' computers, but _really_ good hand held devices. A friend was up from down south a while back and sitting on my couch surfing on his iPod Touch was really cool.

My wife has a decent touchscreen phone but the iPhone/iPod Touch's user experience is still head and shoulders above anything else I've used.

If they make a tablet that has the same kind of experience then this could be great; however, they have to remember they can't just make an iPod Touch with a huge screen. There has to be more to it than that. Something like a hybrid OS X / iPhone interface experience. The look and feel of the lightweight, easy and obvious iPhone with the background horsepower of the full-fledged OS.

Do that, and it's a winner.


By alanore on 1/26/2010 5:18:31 PM , Rating: 4
Apple tend to go with form over function in every department. From the usability of their OS to the design of their hardware.

I have a the current gen MBP, I could give a list of as long as my arm with faults with the physical design of the Mac book. I know that all laptops have their faults, but I've never used one as bad as the MBP. Its particularly bad when your paying over the odds for very average hardware. The reason I got it is the design, it looks great, so did the G4 before it. When main stream laptops makers come up with anything near as good looking a laptop I think Apple will struggle.

HP Envy 13 and DELL adamo, are stunning but they are more expensive than the MBP and offer less back for buck.

That stands as a summery of Apples design Vs their functionality.

I would put money on this being a great looking device, expensive, not very functional. It will probably still sell by the boat load to those people that sink money into this "lifestyle" products. Most importantly it will push others into making a better all round tablet.


By TEAMSWITCHER on 1/28/2010 8:29:15 PM , Rating: 1
Apple is now selling products at the rate of 50 Billion dollars per year and you say that they produce the worlds lamest. Um yea...I'm not usually into telling people that they are full of crap, but I think that 50 billion dollars in annual revenue is far more compelling evidence than your pathetic post.


By FaceMaster on 1/31/2010 7:37:34 AM , Rating: 2
quote:
Apple has always been producing the most lamest product of this world. So, count me out of this ffs! :P


How will the world take Daily Tech seriously if it's full of people posting immature comments like yours? It doesn't matter if it's good or bad, but please wait until it comes out before making such silly, prejudiced comments. You give the tech community a bad name.


Hell no
By SiliconAddict on 1/25/2010 10:42:03 PM , Rating: 3
Why would I want to purchase a device that is going to be locked down by Apple.
Probably will only allow Apple store apps.
Have limited expansion.
Will NOT have a user accessible battery.
Will have virtually no customization in the OS. (Because god knows that anything Apple makes has the perfect GUI that no one wants to tweak.)
Will probably be more expensive then any other tablet on the market.
Will probably be scratch prone.
And while I can't prove it yet will probably require a monthly fee for internet access on Verizon.

And most of all, I want to think different. Not think herd mentality, which now a days is pretty much it for Apple. Its all about that logo on the device and the supposed "status". That is it.
Thanks but hell no.




RE: Hell no
By Chocobollz on 1/26/2010 11:30:57 AM , Rating: 2
Maybe because it have all of those disadvantages? :p


RE: Hell no
By scrapsma54 on 1/30/2010 3:41:52 PM , Rating: 2
Their motto think different means think about how differently we think.
Biggest failure since the apple newton. No full scale apps, limited user control, and no flash? Why drop any amount of money on such a device when it has no function beyond the iPhone.


hardware, price, and OS
By Moishe on 1/25/2010 4:18:04 PM , Rating: 2
I've played with tablets and I suppose that Apple could do a great job, but I think that there are some important things to change.

Tablets are not laptops and they need an OS that reflects that. I've used Windows based tablets and they just suck. Sure they "work" but it's an interface that is created for mouse and keyboard first and tablet second.

The iPod OS or the Palm Pre OS would be a better beginning, but even those would need improvements.

Also, the price needs to be lower. With an ipod costing around $200 for a mid-range, they will want to charge at least double, but I think that $400 should be the high end of the price range.

Basically, for me, if I were to buy a tablet, I'd want it to be like a triple size (screen size, not thickness) ipod touch with a more powerful CPU and more RAM. The browser would need to be fully capable like a PC browser. The touchscreen keyboard would need to accept touch-typing style of input (if the user can handle it). It would need USB ports for a real KB/mouse and some kind of interface for an external display (Displayport and hdmi would be nice).

On the other hand, they want to give us too much and charge an arm and a leg for it. It should range from $300 to $500. I don't need an overpowered gaming machine, I just need what a netbook has, but with a user interface that is built specifically for touch.




RE: hardware, price, and OS
By Akrovah on 1/26/2010 4:38:28 PM , Rating: 2
I think $400 might be a bit optimistic for ANY tablet, doubly so for an Apple product. You are talking basically about the power of at least a low end laptop in an even smaller form factor with a touch screen interface. $300 - $500 is just not realistic if you also want it to deliver a reasonabl user experience.


RE: hardware, price, and OS
By mcnabney on 1/26/2010 11:49:05 PM , Rating: 2
This is Apple. It will be priced between $800 and $1000. Seriously. That isn't gadget pricing anymore.


Whatever...
By Freezebyte on 1/25/2010 6:03:35 PM , Rating: 5
Proprietary Apple and their little fanboys can go drool themselves to death for all I care.




RE: Whatever...
By Pirks on 1/25/10, Rating: -1
kind of, but most likely not.
By judasmachine on 1/25/2010 11:33:24 AM , Rating: 3
I'd be interested but I think my netbook (for all it's limitations) does exactly what I need. I am assuming the iTab will be sleek and the software will be great, but I just don't want to spend more than about 330, for my mobile needs.




Peripheral Devices
By OLPCXOMAN on 1/25/2010 9:16:07 PM , Rating: 1
Folks,

Let's take a step back and look at the big picture.

What matters is not whether the screen smudges, or whether or not you will look like a geek holding a tablet to your ear like a telephone. Also, it does not matter if the device has a built in printer....

The future of computing lies in connectivity with our other devices, voice commands, and peripheral devices.

With a tablet, I do not expect a keyboard, a huge monitor, a keyboard, etc. I WANT connectivity. For the rest of you that are searching for e-readers, go to Borders and move on from here. In terms of Daily Tech and the meaning of this website, the tablet is akin to a real revolution in computing.

And for the Apple haters, what can I say. I do not use their products either, but I do appreciate innovation and managed risk taking when I see it. Maybe their devices are not the best (or in someone else's opinion...) for everyone. but the fact is that they are bringing something to market that could truly serve as an ultraportable computer that could be carried into a meeting, bluetoothed with a projector, a headset, a printer, your television's remote control, your home HVAC system, your vehicle's entertainment system, etc.

Tablets make sense. Now we need to make them the size of the Nexus One and sell it for $250. I will purchase them as gifts...




RE: Peripheral Devices
By Marlonsm on 1/30/2010 12:03:33 PM , Rating: 2
quote:
Now we need to make them the size of the Nexus One and sell it for $250. I will purchase them as gifts...

Here you go: http://www.apple.com/ipodtouch/
Same functionality and smaller.


Not buying.
By mxnerd on 1/27/2010 7:51:52 PM , Rating: 3
No flash support.
No USB.
No SD.
No camera / webcam.

Most of the time, you have to sit down to use it.

I'll use laptop/netbook instead.




Tablet
By eddieroolz on 1/25/2010 1:26:23 PM , Rating: 2
Don't want, don't care.




The difference?
By bug77 on 1/26/2010 6:49:08 AM , Rating: 2
What's the difference between option #4 and option #6? They look the same to me.




By semiconshawn on 1/26/2010 12:36:41 PM , Rating: 2
I already have (like most tech dorks) a touch screen smart phone for email, browsing, movies, facebook, and music. If I have to carry something for similar purposes it better be able to do more that just have a bigger screen and full flash. This is a glorified BIG ipod touch. I dont get it.




By tlampen on 1/26/2010 12:47:23 PM , Rating: 2
Not sure if anyone has noticed but the percentage of voters who said "Whatever Steve is selling, I'm buying" is about what Apples marketshare is. LOL! Looks like you can still convince people to drink the Kool-aid!




Also notice one thing
By atlmann10 on 1/27/2010 12:17:45 PM , Rating: 2
Six percent is a small number of course. However; notice that 6% of the people who responded to this said whatever Steve is selling I am buying. What would you give to have 6% of this sites users say that?




Now that we've seen it
By amanojaku on 1/27/2010 2:25:53 PM , Rating: 2
The answer is "no".




Where's the option for...
By rtrski on 1/27/2010 9:25:52 PM , Rating: 2
I am interested in a well-executed tablet/reader-on-steroids concept, but this isn't it?

Memory not upgradable. Full on usage battery life about equals my phone. Captive "app" store...for that matter no standard "OS" (yes, I know it runs on the phone "OS"), so not even SIMPLE multifunction (I can't even listen to music while reading???). Doesn't have a phone chip to replace a phone to cut down on a device to carry (either ereader or laptop or netbook and phone still...that's a revolution? Typical Apple non-standard port, means I need to wear a bush vest full of adaptor dongle bits for any normal attachments. No real improvement to keyboarding vs. any other touchscreen, just bigger and heavier so I won't want to do it while holding it. No camera at all....

And bottom line in a "pad" is I have to be able to "write" on it effectively, whether that's stylus, finger-swipe, or effective typing (thumbs, one-hand, swishy Minority Report gestures, burping in Braille, whatever, just someone come up with a good way already!!) I really though, as much as I'm not a buyer of their products, that Apple with its penchant for slick user interface experiences would be the one to figure this out. Instead they said "lets make it BIGGER"...ooooooooo!

The only thing this has that I find the least bit intriguing is multitouch paint, and frankly anyone with a touchscreen can probably start programming that. Might be somewhat interesting for photo editing...if of course it ran a real OS so I could choose a photo editor, instead of having to get something canned from an "app" store.

Then again, at just a bit over 120 dots per inch or so, scratch photo editing anyway.

Very disappointing. I'm sure it'll sell alright though...so does Spam (the edible not internet flavor).




large screen Iphone
By ragnar2099 on 1/29/2010 3:51:09 PM , Rating: 2
It's a large screen Iphone w/o the ability to make a phone call.




Happy Tablet Owner
By AnnihilatorX on 1/30/2010 11:59:39 AM , Rating: 2
I don't see an option
"I found tablets extremely useful but will only buy tablet if it's not Apple"




When there's heavy controversy...
By thartist on 1/30/2010 11:36:04 PM , Rating: 2
No matter what side is taken afterwards, when there's heavy controversy you know that definitely there is something wrong.

That's a top/bottom line. That's all i need to know.




By Geola on 2/1/2010 9:03:37 AM , Rating: 2
I definitely want to check it out. Not sure I'll buy one but I sort of want one just because. I like Apple's innovation and integration of usability with sleek design.

Apple again moves the bar up for hand held devices with the iPad. You can expect other manufactures to soon follow up with similar devices with other features. For all you Apple haters you should thank them for kicking the other companies in the A$$ to make them create better products.




By iFX on 1/25/2010 11:37:43 AM , Rating: 3
Uhhhh, lots of people carry notebooks. Not sure if you've been in corporate America any time in the last decade but companies are transitioning most of their employees to notebooks so they can easily work from home and easily work while traveling. This has been happening en mass since 2005, it's not going to stop - and that's just the business market.

Tablets are fine and dandy but when you just want to sit down and work (I know, hard for some people, Apple people, to get) a full size notebook is preferred. The weight isn't an issue, despite what people say. A 15" notebook in the 5 pound range is perfectly acceptable for a notebook that is carried a lot, 99.9% of users carry them to and from their car and to and from their desk, not across the Mojave desert or up Mount Kilimanjaro.

I can definitely see the use for a tablet is certain situations but overall the notebook will continue to grow, as will the netbook in the home sector.


By Targon on 1/25/2010 2:48:52 PM , Rating: 3
The source of ANY decline in computer sales could easily be linked to the economy. To say that netbooks(which don't cost much less than a decent laptop) will take any long-term sales from the laptop market fails to really look at the reasons for many trends.

Now, netbooks...the key for many people who buy these are the battery life, combined with the price. As the price of a LAPTOP continues to fall(LCD panel prices have been dropping like a rock), and as battery and mobile CPU technology improve, the NEED for a netbook will drop. I don't know ANYONE who would prefer a netbook over laptop since you can get laptops that have those super-low power processors you normally see in a netbook in laptops.

Size isn't the issue when it comes to netbook vs. laptop, it is all about the weight, and MANY people still assume a laptop weighs 8 pounds.


By freethinx on 1/26/2010 9:46:40 AM , Rating: 2
I think you're perspective is one sided and not as objective as possible. I bought an eeepc 1005ha specifically because of the size. I conbsidered a range of 15 and 17 inch laptops but I found the size of a netbook to be the perfect portable size.

I literally bring it everywhere and seldom remember I have it on me if I'm not using it. does it have a low power CPU? yes. Does it have great battery life? Yes. Can I find those things in a larger laptop? Yes. But at the end of the day it was specifically the size that sold me.


By atlmann10 on 1/27/2010 12:15:08 PM , Rating: 2
I personally think this is just another splitting of the same market myself. Whereas a netbook was preferred for it's price point, portability as well as active use time line over many laptops it is basically a specialization as well as minimization of the UL platform.

Then a tablet is a specialization of the netbook platform which will add to the mobility factor as well as most likely the usage time scale as well. So I think the markets in general are just becoming more specialized per user and activity on multiple fronts, rather than these being new devices.

As for the Apple tablet this company in many forms operates in a specialized and singular user base. Or they did until the iPhone, which has expanded that user base significantly. Whereas the iPhone has in many ways become the PC netbook, the tablet does the same things and expands that for anyone who wants more screen real estate than an iPhone.

This device I will imagine has expanded functionality as well, so it is kind of in reverse from the PC. Rather than going from larger to smaller the Apple market is going from smaller to larger and meeting somewhere in the middle.


By Penti on 1/25/2010 2:54:10 PM , Rating: 2
A tablet are a good damn notebook, and Apples supposed device can't replace books or compete with e-book readers as it's probably a fucking ultra-portable notebook (tablet) that will only live for hours. Surf on the morning and you can't read you fucking books and multimedia magazines on the way home from work.

Netbooks just became ultra-portable consumer laptops, CULV-platform and other hardware can push them out of the market.

The cost difference between Atom, NM10 Express, 2GB of DDR2, Broadcom Crystal HD (for video and flash), harddrive, screen, battery case etc and dual-core Core2 based Celeron SU2300 1.2GHz, GS45/ICH9M (GMA 4500MHD), 2-4GB DDR2, hdd, screen, battery, case, and so on are nill. They pretty much already use the same screens, battery, form factor and so on. SU2300 + GS45 + ICH9M should cost less then $190. It's $315 for SU9400 1.4GHz, GS45, ICH9M. They will have Windows 7 Home Premium. So there not much room for the Atom based devices any more. Slapping on a touchscreen on top of a CULV-laptop will yield a consumer tablet, it's not any more difficult then that. You don't need the Atom parts.

If it's a ultra portable notebook, there's no room for books or stuff like the Times/Sports illustrated's demo or magazine-sales on iTunes... It will then be powerful enough (after Adobes blessing) to use the god damn ordinary web. Browse full-size websites and flash, watch flash videos. HD videos and so on. The revolution is in the e-ink which yield a week long battery life and channel for all that subscription content. (Built in store, 3G, poor display for ordinary web content).

The expectation (by media mostly) that it will replace e-ink devices (e-book readers), provide a channel for multimedia-laden magazines and so on are just crazy. E-books/mags won't hit gold on TFT or OLED devices. The reflective screen and low power is what makes those devices. It's even more retarded to believe that they will house walled gardens of payed content of what's already mostly on the web. It won't be the next iPod. A device that powerful will not need the iPhone OS App-restricted model/environment. There's no reason not to have a fully functioning flash player and QT framework in a device of that magnitude. It's not like they would need to conserve battery so you can receive your calls too.


By barich on 1/25/2010 7:25:05 PM , Rating: 1
Tablets have the same problem that laptops do. They're too big. Unless I can use a tablet as my phone, I'm forced to carry two devices if I need to get serious work done - a smartphone and a tablet, or a smartphone and a laptop. Most of the time, I can get by with just the smartphone. And if I need additional computing power or screen real estate, I don't really care about the size/weight difference between a relatively small laptop and a tablet, and the laptop will be both more usable and more powerful.


By cmdrdredd on 1/25/2010 7:59:26 PM , Rating: 2
Has anyone thought about how smudged the screen will get? Scratched, smashed, cracked, oil, dirt, dust, grime, food, fingerprints etc. You don't touch your notebook/netbook screen but you will be touching the tablet screen.

Try reading the news on an iphone when you are browsing with greasey fingers lol. I've done that many times and scramble for a napkin immediately.


By Griswold on 1/27/2010 12:00:58 PM , Rating: 1
Such a stupid claim (biggest invention since the book) could only come from somebody who rarely ever touched a book in his life - and of course all the other great things people invented.

That said, go read a book for a change. A real book.


By BruceLeet on 1/28/2010 6:17:54 PM , Rating: 1
I love you reader1

You are something else, truly a gift to the study of retardation to date.


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