{"id":235336,"date":"2010-01-27T04:15:02","date_gmt":"2010-01-27T09:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/2010\/01\/27\/jason-calacanis-possibly-spoils-apple-tablet-event-drops-major-details\/"},"modified":"2010-01-27T04:15:02","modified_gmt":"2010-01-27T09:15:02","slug":"jason-calacanis-possibly-spoils-apple-tablet-event-drops-major-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/235336","title":{"rendered":"Jason Calacanis (possibly) spoils Apple tablet event, drops major details"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-134762\" href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/2010\/01\/18\/apples-january-27-invites-just-hit-inboxes-all-over-the-world\/500x_apple-invite\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-134762\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/b0a64_500x_apple-invite.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"339\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/jason-calacanis\">Jason Calacanis<\/a> isn&#8217;t a a nobody. He&#8217;s a serial web entrepreneur, founder of Weblogs, Inc. and CEO of search engine <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mahalo.com\">Mahalo<\/a> (amongst others). And just a few minutes ago, via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Jason\">his Twitter account<\/a>, he (<em><strong>possibly<\/strong><\/em>) dropped some major hints on the Apple tablet that&#8217;s going to be presented tomorrow. Calacanis claims he has been given a tablet by Apple ten days ago, adding &#8220;For background: apple asked me to do press tomorrow on cnbc, cnn, etc.&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>If he isn&#8217;t pulling a major PR stunt (I think he isn&#8217;t), Calacanis is stoked. Here&#8217;s the gist of what he says about the device. I know many of you are sick of hearing about it, and this may turn out to be totally false info tomorrow &#8211; but what he said seemed just too interesting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Calacanis&#8217; impressions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>it&#8217;s &#8220;the most amazing device ever&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>it&#8217;s &#8220;really amazing for newspapers&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>video conferencing is &#8220;super stable&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>battery life is &#8220;great&#8221; when it comes to reading ebooks but not so great (2-3 hours) in Wi-Fi mode or when playing games<\/li>\n<li>tailor-made games are &#8220;sick&#8221;, on Wii level<\/li>\n<li>the customized Farmville app (which Jobs is going to demo tomorrow with the CEO of the company behind it) is &#8220;insane&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Functions and features:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>OLED screen<\/li>\n<li>solar pad for recharging on the back (the device is mainly battery-powered)<\/li>\n<li>the tablet is running on an iPhone OS variation<\/li>\n<li>it can run multiple apps at the same time<\/li>\n<li>it has thumb pads on each side (for mouse gestures)<\/li>\n<li>fingerprint verification (up to 5 profiles can be registered on one device)<\/li>\n<li>HDTV tuner, a PVR and a chess game built-in<\/li>\n<li>back camera and front camera (quote: &#8220;u shoot what&#8217;s in front of you + yourself. Augmented video conferncing!&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li>wireless keyboard + monitor connection for external monitors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Availability and price:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the tablet will be offered by Verizon and ATT<\/li>\n<li>it will cost $599, $699 or $799, depending on the screen size and internal memory<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Calacanis says he can&#8217;t reveal the name and can&#8217;t show pictures of the device (for two <em>possible<\/em> spy shots, see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/2010\/01\/27\/twas-the-night-before-the-creation-event-and-all-through-the-internet\/\">here<\/a>). 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He&#8217;s a serial web entrepreneur, founder of Weblogs, Inc. and CEO of search engine Mahalo (amongst others). And just a few minutes ago, via his Twitter account, he (possibly) dropped some major hints on the Apple tablet that&#8217;s going to be presented tomorrow. 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