Bill Keller, The New York Times executive editor, talked to the digital group at The New York Times October 16th with focus on the next couple of months. In his speech he mentioned delivery of content to mobile devices, including the “impending Apple slate.”
The New York Times is rumored to become a huge part in an upcoming Apple tablet device, that maybe will become the next generation of print media. No one knows, and Apple hasn’t announced anything about a tablet device yet, but according to The New York Times, they have been working on a tablet device for at least 6 years, and it is rumored to be released in February 2010.
Microsoft’s tablet differs from others in some ways, since it hasn’t got any of the usual tablet OS integrations (yeah, not even Windows), but a tailored one made only for this product (so far). The PC Tablet is foldable, just as ordinary notebooks, and features a 7-inch display and is codenamed Courier. It does feature several functions new to the market, which focuses on basically converting all kinds of office tasks to electronic processes. This includes handwriting, clip and paste, copying, address book integrations and much more, everything in smooth graphics and with enabled multi-touch. In other words, the tablet is simply an advanced electronic notebook -- just with integrated address book, internet, photo sharing, camera etc. We have embedded the following video, which previews the device:
Now though, the rumor has been revived once again. Taiwan Economic News has posted a report which says that the Apple Tablet will launch in February 2010, and that it’s going to be priced from $799 to $999. This is based on the fact that DynaPack International Technology Corp just won a contract with Apple, which makes them an exclusive provider of up to 300,000 long lasting batteries a month.
There is currently much speculation going on, as to which day Apple has actually scheduled their upcoming Keynote for September. The majority of sources indicate a media event for the second week of September, which is the week of the 7th. Many even say it’s going to be exactly the 9th of September, which would break their traditions, as Apple usually hold their media events on Tuesdays. This time though, it’s a Wednesday.
