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Leaked Apple iSlate picture
Granted, there have been multitude of (fake) pictures of Apple’s Tablet, iSlate, but this one seems to be the most realistic of them all. That said, we understand that nothing can be confirmed unless Steve Jobs shows the real deal to the world.
Foxconn to commence mass production of iSlate in March at a low profit margin
Foxconn which has received orders from the Apple for its iSlate tablet will begin the volume production in the month of March. Apple has asked Foxconn to produce 3,000,000 iSlates. Foxconn will be making the iSlate for less than 5% profit.
Foxconn is one of the Apple’s favorite manufactures and has produced iPods and iPhones for Apple in the past
More Proof: iSlate to have more focus on Gaming
Flurry, a mobile app analyst firm has confirmed that most of the applications that are being tested on the Apple iSlate are games, followed by Entertainment apps and Books.
Also, it is being said that Apple’s upcoming tablet will run iPhone OS 3.2 (coming soon), not iPhone 4.0
Apple iSlate will be excellent at Gaming
Some more exiting details about the upcoming iSlate. The iSlate will be an 10-inch tablet that will sport at least 800×640 resolution and will deploy the use of much more muscular processor than the Cortex A9 that is being used in the iPhone 3Gs and iPod Touch 3G.
According to tech.163 (Chinese), this upcoming flat-panel machine will run iPhone 4.0 and will have multi-touch capabilities. Now, the most interesting part – it will have controls and joystick for playing games. Since it will be running iPhone 4.0, it will have support for multiplayer gaming. Apple is rumored to have teamed-up with the Electronic Arts to come up with a game especially made for the iSlate.
Apple iSlate launch date revealed
The rumors associated with the launch date of Apple iSlate were spot-on. Apple will be releasing its ‘latest creation’ on the January 27 2010 and looking at the below given colorful image, it has brought us to a conclusion that the iSlate will have focus towards music and movies.
Two words, "fingers crossed!"
Apple iSlate to ship with iWorks supporting multi-touch
iWorks, that is bundled with every Apple computer does not recognize multi-touch gestures. But, it is being claimed by AppleInsider that Apple will upgrading the iWorks to support multi-touch in iSlate, Apple’s upcoming tablet.
“The tablet should offer any number of unique multitouch experiences — for example, three fingers down and rotate could mean ‘open an application,’ ” one former Apple engineer reportedly told the paper. A second added that the Cupertino-based company has “spent the past couple of years working on a multitouch version of iWork."
HP Slate Tablet – Everything known about it so far
HP Slate is the HP’s or shall we say, Microsoft’s answer to the Apple iSlate that will be revealed later this month. Being presented to the people as something that is more powerful than a phone and as powerful as a PC, this Slate from HP is perfect for reading and surfing the Internet.
The HP Slate comes with Windows 7 operating system, which comes with a pile of features meant for touchscreens. So using Windows 7 on a Slate Tablet should not be any issue. It supports multi-touch too. The Slate from HP comes with a variety of modes – Movie mode, eBook mode and PC mode.
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Apple iSlate to be shipped in March 2010
This is getting very interesting. Apple will be shipping its iSlate tablet, that will be unveiled on January 26, 2010 in the month of March 2010. This is one whole month before the Lenovo Smartbook.
Smartbook versus the iSlate Tablet – who will win the battle? Only time will tell.
Also Read: Apple iSlate specifications
Lenovo Ideapad U1 Hybrid – Apple iSlate doomed already?
Woah! Lenovo is churning out new laptops and netbooks like there is no tomorrow. Lenovo has unleashed a new (little) beast – Lenovo Ideapad U1 Hybrid.
Powered by a powerful Intel Core 2 Duo CULV processor and Snapdragon processor, it can run Windows 7 Home Premium and Skylight Linux. Confused? When the screen is locked into the laptop’s chassis, it run Windows 7 home premium and utilizes the muscular Intel Core 2 processor, but when the screen is pulled out, it becomes a Snapdragon-powered multi-touch slate tablet with 16GB of SSD.
Price – $999. One word, “Ouch!”
Apple iSlate coming on January 26 2010
Apple is going to unveil its first tablet-only device on January 26, 2010. The iSlate will cost less than $1000 and feature an 10.1-inch multi touch display, 3D graphics and support for video conferencing and eBooks.
Apple is planning to sell almost a million devices in the first year itself!
