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01.26.10
Apple iPad: It's Real
Here are a few links to what we've read so far:
New from Wednesday 01/27/10:
iheartradio: Apple unveils "iPad" tablet device
NY Times: Apple Reveals the iPad Tablet
Speculation before the announcement:
Apple Insider: Up next for Apple: the return of the Newton (September 26, 2007)
Wired.com: Everything We Know About Apple's Touchscreen Tablet (09/29/09)
Apple Insider: Apple's Jan. 27 'one more thing' could be Verizon iPhone (01/20/10)
LA Times: Everyone's talking about Apple tablet (01/20/10)
MacRumors.com: Apple Tablet Hints: Virtual Keyboard, Camera, eBooks, More (01/21/10)
WSJ.com: Apple Tablet Portends Rewrite for Publishers (01/25/10)
NY Times: With Apple Tablet, Print Media Hope for a Payday (01/25/10)
MacRumors.com: AT&T Losing iPhone Exclusivity on Wednesday? (01/25/10)
MacRumors.com: The Apple Tablet Rumor Roundup (01/26/10)
EW.com: Apple's Tablet: Will it change how you approach print media? (01/26/10)
MacRumors.com: McGraw-Hill CEO spills details on iPhone OS-based Apple tablet (01/26/10)
NEW: Wired.com: Apple Event to Focus on Reinventing Content, Not Tablets (12:49 am)
NEW: Garcia Media: Apple's Tablet: today is D day (8:37 am)
Two fun videos to leave you with. First up the "Futureshock" Knowledge Navigator from 1987 and Apple's first "Personal Digital Assistant"--the Newton:
The WIRED Tablet App:
Below is the video that Grant mentions. Its interesting that the iPad is not mentioned. As Gizmodo points out: "The catch, of course, is that while Wired Reader can be packaged into its own Air runtime app to load on the iPad, Apple doesn't have to allow it (for reasons of security, stability or, well, whatever grumpy reasoning Apple comes up with)."
Interview on the iPad:
Recently, Interview magazine unveiled their prototype for the iPad at their 40th anniversary celebration.
[Updated: 03.16.10]
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