How’s this for over-hyped: Apple tablet details leaked on Twitter
By Nicole Kobie in Editorial
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As far as over-hyped nonsense goes, it’s a tech story that’ll make you want to pack it all in and start following an industry made up of calmer, less excitable people.
Here’s how it goes: Details of the much-hyped Apple tablet have been revealed over much-hyped Twitter, by a well-known web entrepreneur (no, I’m not going to call him hyped).
It’s almost like an Onion story, except it’s true.
To save you clicking to Jason Calacanis’ feed and having to decipher his Twitter speak, here’s the story. Calacanis was given an advanced copy of the device, so he’d be all ready to talk to media as an expert about it following the launch. His non-disclosure agreement (NDA) apparently up (seems weird, that the uber-secretive Apple would screw up dates?) he’s let a few details spill out.
The device will cost $599, $699 or $799, depending on size and memory. It has two cameras — front and back, like most smartphones — as well as built in HDTV tuner and PVR.
Thumbpads on the sides offer mouse-like controls and also read fingerprints for security. You can set up five profiles to be accessed using fingerprints.
As we all already know, it’s a slick e-book reader and is apparently “really amazing” for newspapers. It uses an OLED screen and has a solar pad for recharging, which Calacanis said was a bit gimmicky and doesn’t work that quickly.
You can connect a wireless keyboard to it — though doesn’t that kill the point? — and it has an output for TVs. It runs an iPhone-flavour OS and battery life is good in “e-book reader mode” but only offers two to three hours of life using wifi or playing games.
Calacanis seemed quite happy with the chess game, and very excited that Facebook-fave Farmville would also hit the tablet. “Farmville for Apple tablet is a huge game changer,” he tweeted. Why that’s a big deal is beyond me, but then all I know about the game is that it clogs up my Facebook feed.
To sum: “Most of all that this is best gadget ever made and NOT overhyped.” So says the guy who gets free stuff from Apple… But such a gadget would be the best ever, especially at that price, so take it all with a grain of salt, so to speak.
So is it the iPad, iTab, iSlate or something else? That’s the one thing he wouldn’t disclose. So you’ll have to wait until 6pm tonight to find out either way. I’ll be live blogging the event, so head here at 6pm to get the news first… well, first after Twitter, anyway.
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