{"id":231566,"date":"2010-01-26T12:45:01","date_gmt":"2010-01-26T17:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theappleblog.com\/?p=39892"},"modified":"2010-01-26T12:45:01","modified_gmt":"2010-01-26T17:45:01","slug":"7-for-7-last-chance-expectations-and-predictions-for-the-apple-tablet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/231566","title":{"rendered":"7 for 7: Last Chance Expectations and Predictions for the Apple Tablet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='snap_preview'><\/p>\n<p><em>This is the seventh and last in\u00a0<a title=\"7 for 7\" href=\"http:\/\/theappleblog.com\/tag\/7-for-7\/\" >a series of 7 posts in the 7 days<\/a><\/em><em> prior to Apple\u2019s January 27 media event in which I explore various possibilities for an Apple Tablet and other potential announcements.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-39363\" href=\"http:\/\/theappleblog.com\/2010\/01\/19\/7-for-7-countdown-to-the-apple-tablet\/7for7\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-39363\" title=\"7for7\" src=\"http:\/\/gigapple.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/01\/7for71.png?w=300&#038;h=228\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" \/><\/a>Well, here we are. One more day until Apple holds its <a href=\"http:\/\/theappleblog.com\/2010\/01\/26\/live-coverage-of-apples-january-27-media-event\/\">Latest Creation event<\/a>, when all the rumor and speculation about an Apple Tablet will be subject to scrutiny. I won&#8217;t be left out. Over the last seven days (including today), I&#8217;ve tried to give some thoughtful analysis about what to expect from Apple at tomorrow&#8217;s announcement, so you&#8217;ll soon know how successful I was. Instead of recapping the previous six days, which you can <a title=\"7 for 7\" href=\"http:\/\/theappleblog.com\/tag\/7-for-7\/\" >access here<\/a>, I&#8217;m taking a different approach with my final predictions.<\/p>\n<p>If I were to put myself in Steve&#8217;s shoes and outline a keynote for this event, I think it would look something like this. <span id=\"more-39892\"><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mobile: <\/strong>Today we&#8217;re here to talk about our mobile products, and we&#8217;ve got an amazing new product to share with you. I think you&#8217;ll be blown away.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Macbook<\/strong>: Record sales in the quarter, strong growth in consumer\/retail and education, outpacing the competition. New models with faster processors, more memory, more storage, and more multi-touch. Available immediately.<\/li>\n<li><strong>iPhone\/iPod touch<\/strong>: Crazy growth domestically and internationally. Far exceeding our wildest expectations. Totally reinvented the smartphone market. Massive market share and growing. New hardware models in June. iPhone: better camera, more storage, support for Verizon, same pricing. iPod Touch: camera, video, more storage, same pricing.<\/li>\n<li><strong>App Store<\/strong>: Billions and billions served. Here are some great examples (show a few including games and apps with hardware additions like Square). Really terrific developer community. We&#8217;ve let you down. Here&#8217;s how we&#8217;re going to do it better. More explicit guidelines about what we&#8217;ll approve and what we won&#8217;t. Decreasing lead times to get apps launched. Better communication with reviewers via new web tool including chat.<\/li>\n<li><strong>iPhone OS<\/strong>: Announcing new version. Better overall performance (speed + battery life), new navigation options (integrated homescreen, landscape view of icons, easier way to jump between apps), multitasking, streamlined settings management. Free upgrade for iPhone, $15 for iPod Touch. Available to developers today, consumers in June.<\/li>\n<li><strong>MobileMe<\/strong>: Over x millions of users. Great way to keep devices in sync, especially contacts and calendars. Innovative features like Find My iPhone. Expanding MobileMe to &#8220;your iLife in the cloud.&#8221; Store music, movies and photos by syncing with iTunes and iPhoto. Backup that can be accessed and streamed from anywhere. Now includes feature set of iWork.com, with browser-based editing of all file types. Available immediately.<\/li>\n<li><strong>iTunes, iPhone, Apple TV, MobileMe<\/strong>: Great ecosystem for accessing digital content. Complete rethinking of how they all work together. Easier sharing and seamless movement among devices. Software updates will being appearing soon.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Our Latest Creation<\/strong>: iPad tablet computer. 10&#8243; multi-touch display, very thin, just one button. Feels great in your hand, believe me. Beautiful, isn&#8217;t it? Incredible way to enjoy digital content: movies, music and photos, but also ebooks and digital periodicals. Solutions for all sectors of publishing (show examples: NYTimes, People, Newsweek, textbook). Front-facing webcam for iChat video conferencing. Combo docking station + keyboard. New OS X based user interface. Apple Developer Tools (Xcode, etc.) + new emulator. Support for all existing apps, plus updated app spec to optimize for tablet. Available in March in two models: Wi-Fi only for $899, 3G data with 2-year contract with AT&amp;T or Verizon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If this prediction is even remotely close, Apple will have hit a home run. How will I do? Check back after the event for my 7 for 7 recap and scorecard to see how I did. 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Well, here we are. One more day until Apple holds its Latest Creation event, when all the rumor and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6442,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-231566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6442"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231566\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}