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Apple Tablet Time-Line Starts in 1888 ends on Wednesday 27 January 2010 (maybe)

by Jay Garrett on January 25, 2010

Yup folks!

It’s infographic time again!! :)

Although the iProd/iTablet/iSlate/iLash/iWhatever hasn’t actually been seen and its existence is still yet to be confirmed by the makers; the lovely Lalawag people have drawn up the history of this most rumoured of products.

How daft are we all going to look if the thing doesn’t actually exist? ;)

But then seeing as Apple’s lawyers took Valleywag to court over their Apple Tablet Scavenger Hunt….. I think Apple pretty much proved that the iTablet is real right then :p

I’m just glad that it wasn’t just another rumoured spotting, blurry photo (I wish!) or some overheard bar-talk about the size of the home button.

For the full sized version just click here

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Apple iPad Tablet Coming in October

by Jay Garrett on July 13, 2009

apple-itablet-patentWell, things went quiet on the iPad Apple Tablet for a bit but now it’s back and it seems to be backed up by fairly reliable peoples and it all seems scarily plausable.

China Times has added the heat with a claim of a 9.7-inch touchscreen netbook to debut as soon as October for around $800.

CT also claims that Wintek, and Dynapack have all received orders direct from Apple while Foxconn (not Quanta) will be the main manufacturer.

Now – the guesswork is whether this will be actually a regular netbook, a convertible like the T91, or a 9.7-inch slate like a giant iPod touch as hinted by the Wall Steet Journal.

In fact, the Chinese-language report translated into English refers to it as “Apple’s netbook (or a “tablet” as many call it)” which is the main source of confusion.

There are people poo-pooing this and believe that Apple would no way follow the industry trends.

But I’d like to point out that Sony said that netbooks are a race to the bottom – then released the Vaio W.

So – will Apple feel too left out of this market sector and bounce one of these out with their own Appley spin on it?

I got this low-down thanks to MacRumors and Gizmodo

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Microsoft Songsmith Takes on Garage Band

January 14, 2009 Click to read more →

Microsoft has decided to take on Garageband!
Yup, the big M is launching an app to compete with Apple’s free music maker and it’s called Songsmith.
Big deal…..you might think. But this has a little twist.
All you have to do is warble into a microphone and the software will write the music to accompany you.
How clever!
It also [...]

DX1 Keyboard – Put The Keys Where YOU Want

March 31, 2008 Click to read more →

If you’re fed up with buying specific keyboards with shortkeys for editing, gaming, recording and the like – here’s a possible solution.

The DX1 is about as customisable a keyboard as you can get.
Alright, you only get 25 keys but this isn’t about replacing a keyboard for another full keyboard. The point is that EVERY [...]