by Savan Thongvanh
February 7, 2010
Prior to the announcement rumors of Apple hording OLED screens were rampant and possibly true. But if they were true it was a move by Apple to maintain what might be the tightest lid on info about a device in history. What we got was a 10 inch IPS LCD. If you know much about LCD or big screen TVs you know that the most popular king of LCD is the TFT.
So, what does that mean for consumers?
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by Savan Thongvanh
Apple’s shiny new A4 processor, hopefully, will really make the iPad fly while surfing but will it help keep you safe at night? Apple’s purchase of Palo Alto Semiconductor didn’t make much of a front page splash but joining the A4 to the M1 Abrams might.
In 2008 EETimes.com broke a story about Apples acquisition that didn’t really hit home. The most important part of that story now is that at the time 10 different defense systems were using PA Semiconductor products. Can you imagine all the way the military could use a rugged touch screen computer? Maps, HUDs for vehicles, realtime anything all provided by Apple via the A4 processor, or variant, foot that they got in the door with the PA Semiconductor purchase.
See the EETimes article here
And more on the iPad specs here
Lots of people are talking about the iPad being used in the medical field but, what do you think would be a cool military application of the iPad?
by Savan Thongvanh
Last week I speculated on how the Apple iPad would change your life for the better. Now that the Apple iPad is out of the bag let’s see if it lives up to my hype.
See my previous post for the theories and here how they came to fruition, or not. If you didn’t see it you can catch it here. First the specs. the Apple iPad will be released with Apple’s own 1ghz A4 processor. They can do this because they recently acquired a company that makes processors. It will ship as a 10 inch tablet with no OLED but instead an LCD screen. It’ll be 1/2 an in thick and weigh in at 1 1/2 pounds. Very mobile. The wireless standard will be wifi, N to be exact, and the optional 3g will be provided by ATT with all you can eat for $30 per month. You can get it in 60 days and will go from $400 to $800 with prices varying with memory and the 3g option.
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by Savan Thongvanh
Apple announced today that on January 25th, two days before the “latest creation” event, they will be announcing their first quarter earnings for 2010. Apple continues to build buzz around their prospective tablet announcement.
Amongst continued speculation from journalists and bloggers about tablet specs, form, and release date Apple will announce their 1st quarter earnings via conference call. A quick time audio stream of the announcement will be available two weeks later.
See the press announcement.
Read my thoughts on what the tablet could do for you
by Savan Thongvanh
I hate to be a fanboy but the Apple tablet computer might make your life better. The Apple tablet might make your life better because it will do everything netbooks do, but better.
One of the greatest things that I thought the netbook would bring was a huge step forward in the convenience of computing. The only step that it took towards that was making the lap computer smaller and no one has been able to get the form factor right yet. If we know anything it’s that Apple knows design. I don’t think that when I see the tablet I’ll want to put it under my pillow every night like I did the iPhone BUT, I’m willing to bet that because of what it’s going to do to computing I’ll want to have it in my lap every moment on the couch.
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by Savan Thongvanh
Image by tsevis via Flickr
If you have authentic photos of the speculated Apple tablet you could get $10,000. News site Valleywag announced a contest to try to get leaked photos of the tablet.
Although the tablet may not even exist Valleywag is throwing down the gauntlet. They are paying to play big time. The prizes are as follows, as of the writing of this article no one has claimed any money for photos of the Apple tablet:
- $10,000 for real photos
- $20,000 for video of the tablet in action
- $50,000 for photos or video of Steve Jobs holding the tablet
- $100,000 for giving Valleywag a half hour to play with the tablet
If you have info or photos of the tablet you could really start 2010 out with some serious moolah!
See the article at Valleywag for more details.
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