Apple tablet was on the way and one of the many questions raised was why it has taken so long for Apple to release their tablet considering the plethora of tablet devices commercially available.
It doesn’t take much to get the Apple rumor mill spinning at full tilt, especially when it comes to hints and suggestions over the company’s long anticipated, never-officially-confirmed tablet device. While speculation has grown over the past couple of years, Apple has managed to successfully suppress any official details of the supposed tablet.
The New York Times recently reported that Jobs was “extremely pleased” with the rumored product, and a tablet-like device of some kind seems at this point to be a foregone conclusion.
Sources familiar with the plans told Financial Times that the electronics giant has reserved a stage at the Yerba Buena Centre for the Arts in San Francisco, and is anticipated to make a “major product announcement” on 26th of January.
Earlier this year, Munster issued a report suggesting that the tablet would feature a 7- to 10-inch screen and retail for between $500 and $700, effectively filling a strategic gap for Apple between the iPod Touch and its low-end Mac desktops. Munster wrote, “We believe an Apple tablet would be priced 30 to 50 percent below the $999 MacBook, and would offer best-in-class Web, e-mail and media software. In other words, we believe Apple’s tablet would compete well in the netbook category even though it would not be a netbook.”
Apple has not ascertained the existence of such a device though.
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