apple tablet to be announced today?

[valtonray]

Gizmodo Liveblog for those who want to follow todays apple announcement presumably about the apple tablet.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

On a Windows forum?

 

[valtonray]

not an apple fan myself but some people do care.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Yes, I've been hearing about it for a couple days now.

 

[valtonray]

and it is the tablet

 

[valtonray]

known from here on out as the iPad

 

[valtonray]

essentially its what we expected

 

[valtonray]

plays video, music, games, web. built in accelerometer

 

[TGSoldier]

Heard at this release apple will shed some light on 4.0 OS for iphones.

Anything of the sort?

 

[valtonray]

no news on that yet.

 

[valtonray]

keyboard interface

 

[valtonray]

built in gps capabilities

 

[Airbot]

Moved to chillout. Please keep the News forum to Windows 7 related issues. Thanks.

 

[valtonray]

sys specs

 

[valtonray]

Moved to chillout. Please keep the News forum to Windows 7 related issues. Thanks.

ok no problem

 

[valtonray]

developers can start working on apps today with SDK although all older apps will also run on it either in a 1:1 ration in the center of the screen or a low res full screen mode. this includes games.

 

[valtonray]

art program with brushes

 

[valtonray]

EA says the first thing they wanted to check out was the device’s performance, and for that, Need For Speed. They’re showing off a BMW M3, which looks quite good (definitely better than the iPhone), but not as good as on a PC. It looks somewhere inbetween, which is kinda the point of the device. Though it’s closer to the iPhone. “It’s like holding an HD screen up to your face.”

 

[fseal]

Net access? WiFi? 3(4)G?

Having a GPS map is nice but getting live traffic and weather would make it "worth having".

 

[valtonray]

wifi and 3g