by Kelly Hodgkins on January 21st, 2010
The Wall Street Journal has chimed in with its assessment of the Apple
tablet and has described the many ways Steve Jobs is supposedly aiming
to reshape how we read books, browse newspapers, play games and consume
TV with Apple’s new tablet device. Long a stronghold, Apple is
reportedly courting the educational market and has developed this
tablet with electronic textbook technology which will presumably take
the e-book reading experience a step beyond the current
Kindle-experience. The Apple tablet may also reportedly fill the gap
that exists for newspapers who have been clamoring for a digital
distribution channel that offers a better overall experience than what
is provided by a 6 inch e-ink device. Apple is rumored to be in talks
with The New York Times, Conde Nast Publications, HarperCollins and
News Corp in this endeavor. Hit the jump for Apple’s rumored plans for
television and gaming on its tablet device.
Anyone who has owned a 9 to 10-inch slate device knows that it hit the
sweet spot for casual movie or television watching and Apple may try to
capitilize on the feature by bringing a “Best of TV” subscription-based
TV service to the tablet. Rumors suggest that Apple has been
negotiating with CBS and Disney which owns ABC to bring four to six
shows per channel to the tablet. As was the case with the iPod touch,
Apple is also thought to be collaborating with Electronic Arts to
showcase the gaming capabilities of its tablet device. Other features
potentially include virtual sticky notes, facial recognition technology
that recognizes each user presumably to deliver user-specific content,
and , of course, a virtual onscreen keyboard.
Details on how Apple is going to integrate these diverse services into
the tablet is sparse but at least some of the content may be accessible
from iTunes which may be moved to a cloud-based infrastructure
following Apple’s purchase of Lala. The other unknown is the wireless
connectivity which is needed for such a device. Rumors are hot and
heavy that the tablet will feature a Qualcomm chipset that may support
Verizon Wireless EV-DO. Qualcomm also makes the Gobi chipset which
includes GSM/HSDPA in addition to CDMA/EV-DO connectivity so the tablet
may not be a carrier-specific device. Anyone else going to be glued to
their computer next Wednesday to see how these rumors pan out and what
other surprises Apple may have up its sleeve?
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