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Originally Posted by fugazied
The iPod revolutionized MP3 players, the iPhone did the same to smart phones so I think writing off Apple before the device comes out is premature. They are a very good hardware design company and with OS X they have a solid OS that runs on all kinds of devices.
You know it will have a more aesthetically pleasing design that other tablets, will have iTunes and appstore integration (a BIG deal for games, apps, music videos, TV, movies and easy to add ebooks to that system).
However I'm not totally convinced this is the tablet. The colors look like iPod colors!! It could be new ipods, how crushed will the Apple fans be then?
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Neither the iPod nor the iPhone revolutionised their fields. What Apple did do was make very good devices for existing markets and gained large market share. In the case of the iPod, completely dominating the market.
As far as I know, there is no meaningful tablet or slate PC market segment established so it will be interesting to see if they can actually make one by their own effort.
In any case, it doesn't sound like the device is going to be an eBook reader (even though like any PC with a built in screen it can be used to read eBooks) so I really don't see why there should be a forum space reserved for it before anyone even knows the details.