From the moment I ordered the thing it was a goner, and the Apple tablet was sure to follow.
The Apple tablet rumors are at a fever pitch, yet again.
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Bear with us as we bring you the latest rumors related to the most important product that never was: the Apple tablet.
Last year's CES was swirling with rumors about an impending Apple tablet device, which Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled as the iPad later that month.
In January, a woman in Randolph, New Jersey, said that she, too, wound up with a fake Apple tablet after shopping at her neighborhood Walmart.
The HarperCollins negotiations with Apple represent a direct challenge to Amazon, which dominates the fast-growing e-book market but which could face significant competition from an Apple tablet.
As The Guardian noted last month (via TUAW), IDC analyst David Daoud projected that sales of non-Apple tablet PCs would slip to 1.25 million units in 2010.
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Assuming you have the necessary hardware, including Dish's latest DVR and an iPad, Hopper Transfers will let you offload any and all of your recorded movies and TV shows to the Apple tablet.
Some members of the struggling print media have expressed hope in recent weeks that a popular Apple tablet could renew interest in their content while bringing new revenue through subscription plans or iTunes purchases.
If you've been following mainstream news today, then it's likely you've seen the story doing the rounds on new Apple tablet rumors, spurred by a note sent to clients from Oppenheimer analyst Yair Reiner.
Sure, we've heard so many iterations of Apple tablet rumors over the years, with varying degrees of confidence behind them, that it's really hard to latch onto yet another promise of this supposedly inevitable device.
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It began designing a light-weight IntelliMatch application for the Apple tablet so bank users could check on operations even while they were out away from their desks in meetings, where many senior users spend most of their days.
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So it will be interesting to see if that lower price on iPad minis will prompt enough more people to go for an Apple tablet to make up for any lost sales of much more expensive big iPads.
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The iPhone inspired creative new features from companies, starting with useful applications such as Bank of America's online banking app and FedEx's package tracker, but the bigger size of the Apple tablet will allow marketers to introduce more browser and video functions.
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Leading us on to believe such incredulous things such as a next-to-definite Apple tablet, an almost-certain iPhone, sure-to-be-impending widescreen (and wireless) iPod, forthcoming iSight-ed Cinema Display, and an 802.11n-compatible iTV may actually see the light of day.
Surprisingly then, no competitor has yet matched Apple on tablet pricing, which begs the question of why.
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The plain brown boxes could contain almost anything, of course: Apple's mysterious new tablet computers, new Apple notebooks, even a product for one of Quanta's other customers.
Apple's tablet can also tap into the several hundred thousand apps already available for the popular iPhone too.
So is there a future for Apple in the tablet business?
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They understand both that the manner in which Apple owns the tablet market, and the importance of the Kindle application that reads (.mobi) the files.
When Apple introduced its tablet device, it set a precedent for third-party developers by rewriting core applications to take advantage of the iPad's larger display with "HD" versions.
Now, it's hard to tell if Keller is speaking from insider information or if he's just another member of the media convinced that Apple's tablet will be launched in the New Year.
We've seen plenty of patent applications from Apple describing a tablet and its interface over the years, and this morning another has been making the rounds, purported by many to give a glimpse at that device's internals.
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Simons also played the Chinese Internet story, establishing a position in Youku and tripling his stake in Baidu, while selling U.S. names like Netflix, Google, and eBay. (Read Apple To Dominate Tablet Market Through 2015, Google Takes Smartphones).
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The recent report gives evidence as to how big the market for online video is in Latin America, and what possibilities still lay ahead for investors and firms seeking to capitalize on new trends in emerging markets. (Read Apple To Dominante Tablet Market Through 2015, Google Takes Smartphones).
Though we expect Apple to face competition from a flurry of tablet devices, many of which are being showcased the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show taking place this week, we believe that Apple will continue to dominate the tablet device market for the foreseeable future.
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The next two years are Apple years, as smart phone and tablet markets grow like mushrooms, and Apple takes share of market and adds new carriers.
Instead, Apple has reserved its tablet releases for the first, second and fourth quarters.
It's too hefty and costly and power-hungry to best the leading tablet, Apple's full-size iPad.
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