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Apple Tablet rumour gets price point and release date

July 13th, 2009

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We can now add two more pieces of data to the body of ‘knowledge’ circulating in the blogosphere about a possible forthcoming Apple tablet.

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Here’s what is currently strongly suspected an upcoming Apple tablet device

  • Screen size: 9.7 inches
  • Chipset: Intel dual core or Samsung ARM11
  • OS: App-store-compatible version of OS X
  • Release date: October
  • Price: $500 – $800

The two later gems of wisdom have come to us courtesy of a China Times article which states that Apple is working on a large touchscreen device. Chinese supply companies are all quoting October as the release window.

It’s great to see the idea of an Apple tablet format machine becoming a reality but I’ll be very disappointed if, as rumours seem to be indicating, the new device is just a large format iTouch that can only run the AppStore programs. For $800 I’d want the full flexibility of a tablet format Macbook.

Let us know your thoughts.

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  • Great post.

    What's your take of the iPad?

    I tell ya, I was disappointed this thing should have been insane instead they settled for a cheap device.

    Apple Tablet
  • Very disappointed, I would have gone out and bought a full OS X tablet device on the first day of sales but I won't be buying this.

    Read out full coverage of the iPad launch.
  • ...
    Iphones don't cost 200... Retail without an ATT contract or upgrade they are 450 and thats only the 8gb 3g version. When you get to a 32gb 3gs your cost gets to nearly 1,000. The new tablet would have to cost as much as if not more than a Macbook wich would get the price into the 1,200- 1,800 dollar range.
  • Bing
    The iPhone is only $200, Apple will sell the tablet for no less than $800.
  • BluByte
    500-800$ for a tablet? Too much, a NetBook is more cheaper! The price should be around 300-400$
  • yum
    how do they expect to be sold for 500-800 for a tablet when the touch and iphone are around the same price range? either its under powered or they need to make adjustments to their similiar line up
  • Kate
    Two of my collegues have tablet notebooks and they are so flexible, they use them for presentations, writing handwritten notes straight onto PDFs, and art work, etc etc. However I have been desperately been wanting an Apple... I can't believe Apple has taken so long to get this tablet notebook off the ground, given that they lead the charge with touch technology. I really hope it is in the format of the swivle screen though, with the keyboard under the screen. I would be very disappointed if it arrived and was just a large iPhone, with touch pads. I really hope it has great battery life as well.
  • I think it's great news about Apple Tablet and certainly it's going to be a great offer for users and they will get benefits of it.
  • ivy
    If this is true, certainly it will be a great deal! A lot of people would be interested. Anyways, for more options on computer accessories that you can use, there are plenty of options on:
    http://www.powersystemsdirect.com/
    Talkswitch
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