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Tablet Rumors, Illustrated

Posted on January 13, 2010 | Leave a comment

I’m back from a brief hiatus and ready to report on the latest tablet rumors (and commence the revelry of senior spring the writing of my thesis). Information just keeps (re)cycling in: Techland, providing a roundup of tablet gossip, cites BGR‘s Apple insider scoop (“out of control” multi touch gestures, “basically an iPhone on steroids”) and the green room blog‘s visual representation (see above) of the rumors, complete with ratings of their likelihood. January 27 is the day of days; until then I will stay out of it and let the mill continue to churn. As for last week’s attempted one-upmanship by Microsoft, the hype over the Apple tablet is stronger than ever because, well, Microsoft’s HP tablet seriously underwhelmed at the CES. See PCWorld’s for a review of Why the Microsoft-HP Tablet is Such a Disappointment.

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Microsoft to Upstage Apple Tablet?

Posted on January 5, 2010 | Leave a comment

It’s Montagues and Capulets all over again. The biggest, most rivalrous families in the tech industry, Microsoft and Apple, are gearing up for another duel. Rumors are flying (see Mashable, Bits, and Gizmodo) that Microsoft is going to unveil a tablet of its own tomorrow at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Reportedly, the tablet will be made by HP and it may or may not be called the Courier, which Gizmodo scooped back in September. Apple is expected to announce its tablet January 27. That this whole tablet thing has come down to a corporate “me-first” is kind of pathetic, but if it means we’ll have a choice when it comes time to actually buy one, I’m all for a little competition. The more companies vying for the greatest market share, the cooler gadgets we’ll get. En garde, Apple and Microsoft.