In a few hours, the jig will be up. Apple will have unveiled its latest and greatest gadget, which is widely expected to (and better) be a tablet. For months, the tech world has been swarming over a steady stream of purported leaks, rumors, and strategically planned business moves by Apple that have pointed in a number of directions. Let's break a few of the big ones down by quality.
The good
The tablet idea
(Credit: U.S. PTO (via AppleInsider)) Rumors of Apple offering a tablet device have been swirling for close to a decade. Though things really started to heat up when Apple released the
iPhone and
iPod Touch. After several very successful generations of these touch-screen devices, along with
the acquisition of PA Semi and touch-gesture company
Fingerworks, it seemed almost inevitable that Apple was cooking up something bigger.
The real proof, however came in the form of a
patent application from 2008 that gave a very clear idea of how Apple imagined users interacting with such a device. Many of the ideas and principles that are detailed in that patent seem to mirror Apple's user design ethos for the iPhone and iPod Touch, which has led to speculation (and even more rumors) that the tablet will have a similar OS to what's found on the iPhone and iPod.
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