Apple Tablet

[NoRoadtrippin]

So, I know there are a number of Apple users here on the board. Who all is watching for the tablet today? With the hype that is out there, I am expecting it to do nothing less than create world peace and discover the cure for cancer.

Steve Jobs did nothing but downplay the iPhone before it came out, and he's called whatever they are showing off today, "the most important thing I have ever done." Should be interesting either way.

Any predictions of features?

[greenberetTFS]

Apple user all my life........ Can't wait to see it............

Big Teddy

[ZonieDiver]

Originally Posted by greenberetTFS

Apple user all my life........ Can't wait to see it............

Big Teddy

ALL your life, Big Teddy? Was that first Apple computer made of stone?

[greenberetTFS]

Originally Posted by ZonieDiver

ALL your life, Big Teddy? Was that first Apple computer made of stone?

Their first laptop was!............

Big Teddy

[Kyobanim]

Just a big iphone. That's gonna require a bigger pocket.

[JJ_BPK]

Originally Posted by greenberetTFS

Apple user all my life........ Can't wait to see it............

Big Teddy

Teddy was sitting next to Newton when the 1st Apple fell...

[Slantwire]

Originally Posted by Kyobanim

Just a big iphone. That's gonna require a bigger pocket.

Plenty of space once all the money's taken out.

[Costa]

http://gizmodo.com/5434566/the-exhau...-tablet-rumors

I expect it to be a bigger Iphone as well. Let's not forget that the Iphone itself is supposed to be made available to Verizon and T-mobile shortly.

[Dozer523]

Originally Posted by JJ_BPK

Teddy was sitting next to Newton when the 1st Apple fell...

Teddy was shakin' his head and making "crazy" finger gestures; pointin' at Eve when Adam saw his first Apple.

[Ryanr]

Originally Posted by Kyobanim

Just a big iphone. That's gonna require a bigger pocket.

Yeah... I don't really see the point. No multi-tasking, no Flash... it's just a giant iPhone that can't make phone calls. Not sure why I'd want that.

[Kyobanim]

it's just a giant iPhone that can't make phone calls. Not sure why I'd want that

Cause Steve says so.

In all seriousness, The projected low end cost of this is the same as the high end cost for the other 10 manufacturers that are or have released tablets. And it still has proprietary hardware in it, i.e., the CPU.

[Sigaba]

I watched as much of Mr. Jobs's show and tell as I could. Ninety seconds later, I was doing something else.

MOO, I think he should reboot his image to something other than the "I'm just one of the guys / Let me show you what we've got" blue jeans, black turtleneck, wire rimmed glasses self-caricature that he's become. The fact that he hid for so long his illness and did not announce a succession plan for his company indicates to me that he's no longer one of the guys but a shrewd capitalist looking to make every dime he can selling gee whiz technology at a premium.

(That being said, I was glad to see he's regained some of the weight he had lost. I want Jobs and Mr. Gates to live long, healthy lives so I can keep making wry--but not bitter--observations about both for decades to come.)

[Red Flag 1]

Originally Posted by Sigaba

I watched as much of Mr. Jobs's show and tell as I could. Ninety seconds later, I was doing something else.

MOO, I think he should reboot his image to something other than the "I'm just one of the guys / Let me show you what we've got" blue jeans, black turtleneck, wire rimmed glasses self-caricature that he's become. The fact that he hid for so long his illness and did not announce a succession plan for his company indicates to me that he's no longer one of the guys but a shrewd capitalist looking to make every dime he can selling gee whiz technology at a premium.

(That being said, I was glad to see he's regained some of the weight he had lost. I want Jobs and Mr. Gates to live long, healthy lives so I can keep making wry--but not bitter--observations about both for decades to come.)

I find it a little hard to bring fire to bear on someone working through the stress of a devastating illness. That you are happy Mr. Jobs is alive to remain a target for you is sad, IMOO. Your comment adds nothing to this thread!

I'm not sure the shoes you have walked in during your life. I know first hand as a person and a retired provider of health care, what it is to face a life shortening event. YMMV.

My $.02.

RF 1

[greenberetTFS]

Originally Posted by Red Flag 1

I find it a little hard to bring fire to bear on someone working through the stress of a devastating illness. That you are happy Mr. Jobs is alive to remain a target for you is sad, IMOO. Your comment adds nothing to this thread!

I'm not sure the shoes you have walked in during your life. I know first hand as a person and a retired provider of health care, what it is to face a life shortening event. YMMV.

My $.02.

RF 1

Jim makes an excellent point,I'm sure Sigaba got a little carried away with his remarks and should get the message you attempting to convey.......

Big Teddy

[Sigaba]

Message received.

To clarify my position, for quite a while, Mr. Jobs did nothing to dispel lingering rumors of his illness. He offered denial after denial to his own employees, stockholders, and end users. Meanwhile, Apple's stock started to dip and there was widespread concern within the tech industry and among some financial analysts that a significant part of the American economy was going to suffer because of his silence. <<LINK>>

Men and women in the tech industry have amassed huge fortunes because of their brilliance and entrepreneurial spirit. At the same time, their insistence that they do things their way has wrecked misfortune on wide swaths of American society.

Source is here.

January 5, 2009
Letter from Apple CEO Steve Jobs

Dear Apple Community,

For the first time in a decade, I’m getting to spend the holiday season with my family, rather than intensely preparing for a Macworld keynote.

Unfortunately, my decision to have Phil deliver the Macworld keynote set off another flurry of rumors about my health, with some even publishing stories of me on my deathbed.

I’ve decided to share something very personal with the Apple community so that we can all relax and enjoy the show tomorrow.

As many of you know, I have been losing weight throughout 2008. The reason has been a mystery to me and my doctors. A few weeks ago, I decided that getting to the root cause of this and reversing it needed to become my #1 priority.

Fortunately, after further testing, my doctors think they have found the cause—a hormone imbalance that has been “robbing” me of the proteins my body needs to be healthy. Sophisticated blood tests have confirmed this diagnosis.

The remedy for this nutritional problem is relatively simple and straightforward, and I’ve already begun treatment. But, just like I didn’t lose this much weight and body mass in a week or a month, my doctors expect it will take me until late this Spring to regain it. I will continue as Apple’s CEO during my recovery.

I have given more than my all to Apple for the past 11 years now. I will be the first one to step up and tell our Board of Directors if I can no longer continue to fulfill my duties as Apple’s CEO. I hope the Apple community will support me in my recovery and know that I will always put what is best for Apple first.

So now I’ve said more than I wanted to say, and all that I am going to say, about this.

Steve

Source is here.

Apple's silence on Steve Jobs' health may have broken federal securities rules
Firms aren't required to disclose medical details about executives, lawyers say. But they are required to divulge 'material' information investors should know before buying or selling stock.
June 25, 2009|David Sarno and Walter Hamilton

LOS ANGELES AND NEW YORK — Steve Jobs' medical condition turned out to be more serious than Apple Inc. officials had previously acknowledged -- and that has analysts and legal experts questioning whether the company ran afoul of federal securities rules.

Apple had disclosed in early January that Jobs had a "hormone imbalance" and would take a leave of absence, but never said he was so sick that he needed a liver transplant.