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Rumor: iPad Launch Date is March 26th

Asterios Kokkinos — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:04:19 +0000

iPhone Launch In Paris, 2007

We’ve all heard the rumors of production problems with the iPad, and we know the official release date is said to be sometime “in late March.” Now, the websites Examiner and MacRumors are both reporting that the iPad will launch on March 26th.

If correct, that’d mean Apple’s launching the same week they launched the iPhone way back in 2007. Remember those pre-iPhone days, before all your friends did was play with apps in front of you? Good times. Anyway, the second half of the rumor is that employees would get their hands on the device on March 10 for in-store demos, which would be the same day a massive commercial campaign for the iPad launches.

The thing about rumors is that…well, they’re rumors, and we won’t know if they’re true for a little bit now. Still, I hope they’re right, if only so I can finally play with one of these things and see what all the fuss is about.

Source & Photo Source: Christian Science Monitor

Would You Buy An iPad If It Was Cheaper, Maybe?

Geoffrey Golden — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:00:33 +0000

There’s been a lot of buzz around Apple’s recently announced iPad, and let’s face it fanboys: much of the buzz has been negative. When Pee-Wee Herman uses your device as a drink tray, you know you’ve got problems. Perhaps that’s why Credit Suisse analyst Bill Shope thinks Apple will be “nimble” regarding the price of the iPad. If the device doesn’t perform up to expectations in the first few months, Jobs may quickly slash the price from $499 to something less wallet-draining, claims the industry analyst.

Then again, the iPhone’s price was cut dramatically soon after its launch, and the iPhone was an immediate success. So maybe rumors of a price cut aren’t so much a reflection of negative buzz, as they are a reflection of consumers being turned-off by a high price tag. After all, its much touted function is as a superior eBook reader, but you can get a lowly Kindle for half the cost.

Or maybe — just maybe — tech blogs should stop obsessing over every rumor surrounding Cupertino. When you search for Apple Rumors in Google, you get almost 15 million results. So that’s probably enough rumor coverage to last us for a little while.

Source: eWeek

Image Sources: Bored of Jam

10 Possible Names For The Apple Tablet, In Order From Most To Least Likely

Geoffrey Golden — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:02:07 +0000

The rumor mills are churning, overflowing with misinformation about Apple’s heavily rumored tablet mac. As we get ready for Apple’s unveiling on the 27th, the blogosphere has been speculating on what the computer will be named. Rather than wait patiently and find out, we at Technomaly want to throw a few false names out there, to keep this delightfully uninformed conversation going. Who knows? If we guess enough times, we might actually be right.

So here are 10 potential names for the device, in order from most to least likely:

10. iTablet

9. iSlate

8. iPad

7. iGuide

6. iPod Big

5. iBreakEasily

4. iRumorGenerator

3. iMissMyKeyboard

2. iWasRippedOffBeforeIWasEvenOfficiallyAnnounced

1. i-Yi-Yi!

Photo Source: VentureBeat

Haptic Antics: Apple’s Rumored Retractable Keyboard

Asterios Kokkinos — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 14:44:38 +0000

If this rumor provided by AppleInsider is true, then Apple is creating an iPhone/Apple Tablet keyboard that retracts when necessary. This would fix the issue with the iPhone’s touchscreen keyboard being hard to use – if when entering a URL, a series of 26 bumps were to appear, it’d be a lot easier to enter the data. Then, when you’re ready to go back to clicking and dragging, the bumps would vanish.

Wow, I’ve never spent so much time outlining something that’s a complete rumor, but I’m excited at the very idea of this technology. It’d be like trapping your very own Odo in a cell phone!

I’ll be honest: I’ll take any excuse whatsoever to play video of Odo from Deep Space Nine.

Source: Apple Insider