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The most important and least known feature of the upcoming Apple iTablet

Here is the latest iTablet rumor regarding Apple. I have said many times before [although now that it is close, I'm sure half of the population is claiming such precognition] that this product is a no-brainer for Apple. Simply take an iPod Touch, increase the screen size to 10 inches, add some more memory and perhaps some graphics acceleration, a larger battery, and you have a watershed new product.

This product would be great all by itself, but what really will make it sing has not yet been touched upon by any writer yet. Since it will most likely NOT have a cell-phone embedded in it, the iTablet must, must, MUST allow functioning as a secondary screen for your iPhone [not your Macbook, like the above article proposes], preferably over WiFi. There is no technical reason why this cannot be done today. This way all the iphone users out there instantly get a beautiful, large screen to surf at Starbucks with. Also, Apple ensures that the new product will give them exactly what they need...exposure! Imagine, every new owner of one of these bad boys will be able to trot it out publicly, and not simply for narcissistic purposes [which is usually enough for Apple fanboys], but for a functional, practical use that NOBODY can top. Fantastic confluence of engineering and marketing...pure APPLE.

There...you heard it here first.
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  1. whatnextrepublicans9:36 AM

    Interesting thought. What I think you're getting at is that what people don't need is the proliferation of more devices that need accounts with their mobile providers but ways to leverage those accounts across multiple devices.Sure the mobile guys won't like it, they'd much rather sell you a $30 all you can eat for 3 or more devices, but how many can you really use at once.

    So, I'd say that the killer feature for the tablet would be the ability for an iPhone customer to use that same all you can eat data plan as well as the MobileMe syncing of all of your iPhone data on this device. My preference would be for the tablet to have its own radio and not try to tether or extend the iphone, but that's also more difficult especially when you try to ensure that data is synchronized across the devices.

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  2. Tom10:37 AM

    Hi whatnextrepublicans,

    Yep I agree with you. Putting a phone radio inside the iTablet will cause a ton of business model problems. Nobody wants another bill each month from a carrier. Besides if you are using your iPhone as the modem for the iTablet, then are won't be using the iPhone to surf at the same time, so you aren't using more bandwidth, just enjoying a much better experience.

    Let's just hope that the carriers don't screw this up due to fear. Let it fly!

    Thanks for the comment.

    tom

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