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Bob Russell · 08-05-2006, 06:38 AM

Matt Miller has written some thoughts on how Robert Scoble's blog posts can be interpreted to mean "it is pretty clear from Scoble's first post that we can almost expect to see an Apple Tablet/UMPC device announced [at the upcoming World Wide Developers Conference]."

I've been waiting for a UMPC-like device at less than $1000 with 5 hour battery life and some sort of a case/keyboard combination that I can be happy with. Despite owning several Macintosh computers from the early days of Apple, I've never considered one recently. But if Apple does release a UMPC-like computer, and solves the battery, case and keyboard for me, I just might even be willing to go with a new platform. This is one rumor I really hope is true. The price is probably unlikely, but I might just even be willing to stretch that a bit. I just hope that much of the basic software I would need is open source if the device is expensive.

I wonder if such a device would, in general, be interesting to a mass market? I'm not exactly the typical consumer.

And remember... this is just a rumor!

Via jkOnTheRun.

Note:The image shows a "real" UMPC, of course, not the rumored Apple device.

08-05-2006, 06:38 AM	#1
Bob Russell Recovering Gadget Addict Posts: 5,381 Karma: 676161 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Device: iPad	Rumor:Apple UMPC/TabletPC to be announced next week. Maybe. Matt Miller has written some thoughts on how Robert Scoble's blog posts can be interpreted to mean "it is pretty clear from Scoble's first post that we can almost expect to see an Apple Tablet/UMPC device announced [at the upcoming World Wide Developers Conference]." I've been waiting for a UMPC-like device at less than $1000 with 5 hour battery life and some sort of a case/keyboard combination that I can be happy with. Despite owning several Macintosh computers from the early days of Apple, I've never considered one recently. But if Apple does release a UMPC-like computer, and solves the battery, case and keyboard for me, I just might even be willing to go with a new platform. This is one rumor I really hope is true. The price is probably unlikely, but I might just even be willing to stretch that a bit. I just hope that much of the basic software I would need is open source if the device is expensive. I wonder if such a device would, in general, be interesting to a mass market? I'm not exactly the typical consumer. And remember... this is just a rumor! Via jkOnTheRun. Note:The image shows a "real" UMPC, of course, not the rumored Apple device.