“And we call it the iPad”

Last night there came to an end the endless speculation around the new Apple tablet. With the now legendary words: “And we call it the iPad”. It is not iSlate, but that does not mean the new gadget from Apple has great potential.

Steve Jobs yesterday presented the iPad. The hall was packed and very enthusiastic people, but also millions of viewers worldwide watched them through Livestreams. The presentation made Steve Jobs made an end to the speculations, but it was the start of a new era. On the Internet there is much criticism about the name. Thus the name, much like the iPod, but also many comments on the new gadget. So many people were disappointed that no camera is in it. The price though, starting from $ 499,- was great

After the presentation there were lots of reviews, and a funny first impersonation.

Op het Internet verscheen meteen na de presentatie ook al de eerste grappige imitatie. Wij wilde hem u niet onthouden:

EA Games on the iSlate

EA is currently working on several games. These games should be delivered soon to include them with the latest Apple gadget, the iSlate. Apple is busy with their new tablet PC which should be an unique combination of playing music, reading books and newspapers and watching TV and video. Also playing games is now added to the feature list.

Apple confirms nothing, denies nothing. They keep everything around the new iSlate strictly secret. On January 27 is expected to break this silence since Apple is organizing an event for which many have been invited. Apple wants the iSlate to reach a wide audience range. Not only businessmen, but also the children and whole families have to make use of the iSlate.

Also, Apple in talks with CBS and Walt Disney TV for a monthly subscription offering in the iSlate. There are many conversations going and the exact outcome is not yet known. Apple put much time and effort to ensure that multiple individuals within a household can use the tablet. The device has the ability to “sticky notes” with messages for other users on the screen. The company also reportedly experimented with face recognition through the build-in webcam.

Because it is a gadget for the whole family it’s expected that the iSlate price will fall cheaper than the price of the iPhone. How much exactly the iSlate price will be is still not known.

iSlate default search engine: Bing?

It looks like Bing is going to be the default search engine at Apple. This means that on the new iSlate Bing is going to be the default search result when using the new gadget. It’s a new step in the fierce competition between search engines Google and Bing. Bing is committed to steal more market share from Google.

Currently Google is the default search engine on the Apple iPhone and other gadgets. Since last summer there are plenty of negotiations going on all around Apple’s new default search engine. Apple is currently the producer of the most popular smartphones in the world. This gives Microsoft a huge share on if negotiations are successfully pursued.

Apple has chosen Microsoft as their default search engine to compete with the arrival of the Nexus One. With the arrive of the new Google webphone (Nexus One) Google has become one of the largest competitors for Apple. Probably next week there will be more information if Bing actually will become the default search engine in the new Apple iSlate.

Apple iSlate video and IKEA application

In this video you can see an amazing example of a user interface presented on a Tablet PC. The interface presents an Ikea application with some nice features.
Is this the next generation for company leaflets?

iWork version leaked for the iSlate.

Apple was not present at the CES in Las Vegas last week but Apple’s marketing department prelude to the launch of the iSlate Tablet occasionally some “leakage”. Earlier this week to Reuters and once again to the New York Times with news about the new Apple iSlate Tablet.

In an article in the New York Times we read that Apple has worked hard on a multitouch version of iWork for iSlate. Again an indication that the Tablet is not only suitable as an eReader or just a bigger version of the iPhone. iWork is the Apple office software for documents, spreadsheets and presentations which is compatible with Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint.

Doe this give the impression that the iSlate will run on Mac OS X?