Will there ever be an Apple Tablet?

Ok, my interpretation of what the Apple Table would look like isn't going to win any awards, or fool any viewers. This is not going to happen (my design) because it is boxy. And Apple don't like boxy, think of the iPhone 1st Gen, replaced by the 3G which had a curved back instead of boxy one. Same with the iPod and Mac and lots of stuff. I like boxy though, my iPod is, sort of. Computers are in a sense as well. So are televisions. Why not have the tablet boxy, it would be very unlike Apple though. So forget the picture, it was just a joke and a few fun hours on GIMP.

Rumours have been flying for months about this god forsaken item, and I'm beginning to wonder whether it will actually happen. For starters, Apple themselves have said nothing at all about it, and why should they?


Another reason is that it might conflict with their current products. You see, the iPod Touch and iPhone are marketed as pocket computers, which they are if you think long and hard enough. I can't see Apple contradicting their own products to bring in something that wouldn't benefit them as a company in terms of its hierarchy of products, it would bag them some money from tons of tech geeks, however.

The other thing is, that it would cost too much. The Archos 9 is $550, which is pretty dear for a touchscreen netbook. But this Mac would be much more expensive. It would cost at least $800 in my view, which would put it too near the cost of the entry level Macbook, and price itself out of contention with the other products on the market.

But fear not, because Axiotron have made the Mac tablet already. It is called the Modbook and fits the bill quite nicely. It is $699 for the basic version, or a grand more than that for the top model. So it is priced like Apple's version might, and is a total failure. Because the only people who would buy this are going to be total geeks, and total geeks wouldn't be enough to sustain its existence. It is also a hack, and frowned upon by many in the world. But who cares, because if you want a Mac tablet then this might well be as close as you're going to get.