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Category Archives: Rumor #3
End of the pre-iPad era
Apparently, I was the first person to leave the Nashville Apple store with a new iPad this morning. Since it was officially announced in January, I’ve tried hard to avoid blogging about the iPad. (However, I haven’t displayed such restraint … Continue reading
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Apple and book publishers were talking way before any 12th hour
Over the past couple of years, I have talked with several individuals in the book-publishing field about Apple talking with book publishers. These weren’t people “speculating” that Apple wanted to use the iTunes channel (or something similar) to offer eBooks. … Continue reading
Posted in apple, books, kindle, publishing, Rumor #3
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How to handle the hype between now and January 27
Is it now news because the WSJ is reporting it? I read every word of the story that is now exploding on Techmeme — the story that has this quote in it: “An Apple spokesman said the company doesn’t comment … Continue reading
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Want to read a magazine on a future pad computer mobile device? There’s a app for that
Mag+ from Bonnier on Vimeo. Just catching up with this Berg Design and Bonnier R&D Beta Lab concept video that shows what experiencing content in a “magazine metaphor” interface on a pad mobile device could be like. Like many others, … Continue reading
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Re-ranting: Let me try again, real slowly: the Apple iPad is neither a “tablet” nor merely an e-publication reader
A “Tablet” computer First off, if you are a reporter and you want to write about the coming digital devices that are going to be whatever Apple is going to come out with next year, stop calling it a tablet. … Continue reading
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No, Virginia, the Apple Tablet is a big fat Fairy Tale
Dear Rex: I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say that Apple will be coming out with a cool device that’s like an iPod Touch or iPhone, but only bigger — you know, like the rumor you … Continue reading
The MacTouch/MediaPad/iTablet/iPad/Rumor#3 is fanboy fiction until I see one
Apple Knowledge Navigator concept (cir. 1988).See also, Alan Kay’s Dynabook, 1968. If you don’t follow the tech blogosophere, first, congratulations, it must be nice to have a life. Second, even if you don’t follow the tech blogosophere, you’ve still likely … Continue reading
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Why Michael Scalisi deserves the Al Ries ‘Why the iPhone will Fail’ Award
At first, I couldn’t decide whether Michael Scalisi’s opinion piece on PCWorld.com today should receive the “John Dvorak Mac Fan-Boy Troll Award” or the “Al Ries Why the iPhone will Fail Award.” But after 30 seconds of consideration, I decided … Continue reading
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FT.com says Apple is rushing to have the iPod touch/tablet/mediapad/rumor #3 by Christmas
Actually, the headline and opening paragraph of the Financial Times story is focused on Apple “working with the four largest record labels to stimulate digital sales of albums by bundling a new interactive booklet, sleeve notes and other interactive features … Continue reading
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Blah, blah, Apple rumor, blah, blah
It’s time once more for the blah, blah, Apple media pad, blah, blah, Apple tablet, blah, blah, Chinese supplier, blah, blah, chip orders, blah, blah, Rumor #3. Bonus link: Why I not longer predict dates for when this rumor will … Continue reading
The Apple rumor of the day is #9, not #3
Ever since I posted my three-year old All the Apple Rumors You’ll Ever Need, I’ve been doing all I can to champion Rumor #3, the perpetually rumored oversized iPod Touch (Media Pad, Touch Book, etc., etc.) However, another item on … Continue reading
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It’s another one of those Apple, blah-blah, Apple, blah-blah days
I wonder sometimes what real people must think of the months of anticipation and the endless rumor-parade that precedes a day like today. What is today? Wow. If you are wondering what I’m talking about, then consider yourself lucky. You … Continue reading
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All the rumor and speculation fit to print
The New York Times is reporting that as early as this week, “according to people briefed on the online retailer’s plans,” Amazon will introduce a larger version of its Kindle wireless device tailored for displaying newspapers, magazines and perhaps textbooks. … Continue reading
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Making bold predictions regarding Rumor #3 is a game of inches
Unless an amazing half-court shot goes in, I’m within a couple of days of air-balling on my “guessay” prediction that Apple will announce a larger format iPod Touch by May 1. As long-time readers of this blog know, I’ve been … Continue reading
A RexBlog Guessay: Why I believe Apple will announce an 8 1/2 x 11 inch iPod Touch within the next 45 days
Please note, I gave this post the title “Guessay,” which is a portmanteau of the words “guess” and “essay.” What you’ll read in this post is my conjecture based on several years of tracking one topic, first as … Continue reading
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