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Will Apple partner with Verizon on a tablet?
By Jim DalrympleJuly 22, 2009, 6:32 am PT
A partnership between Apple and Verizon has been the source of rumors for many months — according to one source the two companies may team up on a tablet.
Add a tablet into the Verizon mix and you have two of the longest running rumors in the Apple market. The Street reports that an Apple tablet won’t be tied to Verizon as tightly as the iPhone is to AT&T.
A tablet on Verizon would work. The wireless carrier is rolling out its fourth generation (4G) network, which is compatible with current GSM technology.
Apple’s tablet will most likely have a screen around 10-inches, and if previous rumors are true, will have the same type of virtual keyboard that the iPhone currently uses.
It seems clear that the tablet is Apple’s answer to the industry’s netbook. I have already argued that Apple will not release a traditional netbook in favor of a tablet.
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Will Apple partner with Verizon on a tablet?
By Jim DalrympleJuly 22, 2009, 6:32 am PT
A partnership between Apple and Verizon has been the source of rumors for many months — according to one source the two companies may team up on a tablet.
Add a tablet into the Verizon mix and you have two of the longest running rumors in the Apple market. The Street reports that an Apple tablet won’t be tied to Verizon as tightly as the iPhone is to AT&T.
A tablet on Verizon would work. The wireless carrier is rolling out its fourth generation (4G) network, which is compatible with current GSM technology.
Apple’s tablet will most likely have a screen around 10-inches, and if previous rumors are true, will have the same type of virtual keyboard that the iPhone currently uses.
It seems clear that the tablet is Apple’s answer to the industry’s netbook. I have already argued that Apple will not release a traditional netbook in favor of a tablet.
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Jim, last paragraph: “industries” should be “industry’s”.
Or maybe just leave the word off altogether.
I think it’d be cool to see an aluminum “book”. Cast aluminum body like the new ‘Books. Very thin. Durable piano hinge at the spine. It opens up and unfolds flat with glass screens fully covering each inner face. Virtual keyboard optionally appears on one half with its width along the long dimension of the screen. It could be almost full size if the case is 10″ along the hinge.
With screens on each symmetric half, it would make a good e-book reader, and animated page flips could go from one half over to the other across the physical hinge–a more realistic simulation.
Seems like there’d be plenty of inner space for candybar-shaped batteries for plenty of charge life.
Thanks Daniel.