The rumors are flying today about the new tablet computer Apple will be releasing this Fall. They shot a commercial in a Truckee, CA diner today featuring a flat device being dubbed the iTablet computer. I have heard many other predications for the name including, MacBook Touch, iPhone Pro, and MacBook Tablet. It seems most predictions revolve around this being a tablet computer with OS X or a high level iPhone (I'd love to see someone holding one of these up to their head).
I believe this is all wrong, and it seems very obvious why.
1. The new device will be called the iBook. Duh! They dumped the name last year for Mac Book and Mac Book pro while developing this device.
2. Why would they want the name iBook? To compete directly with Amazon's Kindle!
Prediction:
Apple will be pushing downloadable books from the iTunes store to read on your new iBook. Think about it, for a little more money than a Kindle you can listen to some music, surf the web, and check email if you need to. I don't think this will be a full blown Mac complete with OSX because it would cost too much but I could be wrong on that one.
Mark my words, you heard it hear first! The all New iBook
What are your thoughts?
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