Unexpectedly low Apple iPad price forces notebook vendors to re-evaluate their tablet PC strategies

Notebook vendors include Asustek Computer and Micro-Star International (MSI) have re-evaluated their strategies for the tablet PC market following Apple's launch of the iPad at a consumer-friendly price, according to industry sources.

The vendors originally planned to offer prices pegged at 20-30% lower than the Apple iPad, while they generally expected the device to cost as [...]

Apple iPhone OS 4.0 features detailed! Also, Apple calling tablet the iTablet? « Boy Genius Report

Boy Genius Report is posting what appear to be some of the new iPhone OS 4.0 features.  in short expect:

Multitasking
New OS wide multitouch gesture
New UI making the 3G/3GS more like portable computers
New syncing method

Apple iPhone OS 4.0 features detailed! Also, Apple calling tablet the iTablet? « Boy Genius Report.

It's on: Apple holding January 27th event to show off its 'latest creation' -- Engadget

OK, here we go, confirmed Apple announcement of some new creation on Jan 27th at 10AM Pacific time.  If there is anything to read from the paint splatter this is going to be artsy and fun!

It’s on: Apple holding January 27th event to show off its ‘latest creation’ — Engadget.

The Dell Mini 5: Dell tablet gets a name - Pocket-lint

Dell’s 5-inch Internet tablet is to be called the Dell Mini 5 according to the company, suggesting that it will fit in its portable products range as the second handset to follow the Dell Mini 3 and slot in under the “Mini” range of netbooks.

Dell told Pocket-lint the news at an exclusive round [...]

Possible Apple iSlate video

Final UPDATE:

OK, move on, this is a fake… bleu screen with Adobe After effect applied.  Looked good none the less.

UPDATE 1:

I downloaded the HD version of the video (1st one is 720P and 2nd 1080p) and studied them frame by frame and I must say that the second video appear to show the real deal.  [...]

Apple to release new 3D UI based mobile device OS 4.0?

I have been reading the newly unearthed patent from Apple about the 3D UI… and my conclusion is that Apple won’t just introduce a new mobility device at the end of the month… they will show off what the next iPhone 4.0 OS will be like.

What Apple is about to do [...]

Hidden patent for Apple 3D tech behind the rumored Apple “iSlate” tablet?

BaltThec has unerthed an Apple pattent pointing to a 3D interface for tablet like multitouch devices.  This might be the secret sauce for the impending tablet product that Apple is expected to release at the end of the month.

Here is what he has to say:

Some of the recent reports that predict Apple will [...]

Dell Mini 9 DIY netslate: most polished netbook tablet-conversion yet? – SlashGear

Dell’s Mini 9 netbook may be a little old in the tooth these days, but its angular casing makes it a great donor machine for a netslate project.  That’s just what MyDellMini forum member Rob did to his Dell Vostro A90, the business-rebrand of the Mini 9, adding a touchscreen layer, flipping the display and [...]

Foxconn said to be tapped to make Apple tablet PC, shipments expected to begin in 1Q10

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) will be the manufacturing partner for an upcoming tablet PC device from Apple, according to market sources. The device is expected to hit the market in the first quarter of 2010, with initial shipments from Foxconn being in the 300,000-400,000 range, the sources said.

The device will have a 10.6-inch [...]

Courier: First Details of Microsoft’s Secret Tablet – Microsoft courier tablet – Gizmodo

The Courier user experience presented here is almost the exact opposite of what everyone expects the Apple tablet to be, a kung fu eagle claw to Apple’s tiger style. It’s complex: Two screens, a mashup of a pen-dominated interface with several types of multitouch finger gestures, and multiple graphically complex themes, modes and [...]