What Specicifications Would Make You Buy an Apple Tablet?

What specifications would an Apple tablet have to have for you to buy it if it comes out next year? I'm looking forward to learning more about it, and I'd probably really consider buying it. These are the specifications I'd want the Apple tablet to be:

Multitouch LED backlit screen, anywhere from 5" to 12".

If the Apple tablet is over 9" wide, I'd like a physical keyboard, like Dell's Latitude tablets. Even with a 5"-7" screen, I'd like a slide-out keyboard since some Mac apps especially will still benefit from having a physical keyboard, such as many games.

Mac OS. I'm not too sure I'd consider it as much with an OS based off of the iPhone OS.

At least a 1.66 GHz Atom or equivalent.

NVIDIA ION (9400M) or better. The ION2 is supposed to be out by the end of the year, with improved performance and thermals, so hopefully Apple will use that.

Under $899.

That's what I'd like to see in an Apple tablet. I guess Apple does have room to make an impressive tablet even with different specs, so we'll really have to see. What I'm looking for from Apple is a product that revolutionizes either UMPCs or netbooks.

 

It would have to be more then specs, they would have to do something really unique for me to think about buying it, and it would have to be a decent price.

 

1: WATERPROOF
2: good outdoor viewable screen
3: available or integrated Keyboard
4: not speced like a netbook on the CPU. I dont really care about GPU much on tablets
5: make it so I dont need to keep sending it in on warranty please

 

I've had full-sized tablets and they just don't work for me. What I'd like is a large Touch/iPhone with multitasking.

 

I guess you will never be getting one then cause I doubt any of that is going to happen

 

I have a few Panasonic CF-18/19s that do very nice. but hey other options are nice

 

Hmm, nothing really. I'm not a fan of tablet PC's.

Of course, since this is Apple we're talking about, they'll probably introduce some must-have features that put the current selection of uninspiring tablets to shame and revolutionize the way people interact with a computer. So I guess my other answer would be "whatever inventions Apple has in store" provided that said features are interesting enough to get my attention.

 

Hmm.. Would you guys rather see an Apple convertible tablet or a slate tablet PC? I honestly cannot see them making a convertible, if ever.

 

if it could do this + ebooks, I'd get it in a heartbeat.

 

For me itd have to have a revised version of the newton OS.arround a 4 - 5 " screen, cpu speed doesnt really matter maybe a 500 mhz arm cpu and 128 mb of ram the same as the original iphone, a low power screen, maybe a OLED or somthing, and a decent size battery that can keep the thing running for a full day on a single charge, the newtons used to last 36 hours per charge

 

ION2?? but intel has prohibited nvidia from using its own chipset with intel processor?? so does this mean that the apple tablet will be using an amd processor??? so it will heat up like hell..

 

For me...
1. 8.9" screen, preferably OLED. Not too big, not too small with at least 1024 resolution.
2. ION or equivalent GPU with a "fast" ARM type processor (Qualcomm 1GHz Snapdragon?).
3. Don't really care if it's MacOSX or iPhone OS based...but whatever it is, it needs to be customized for the device. Ie: OSX is too heavy for a tablet, iPhone OS interface would be kinda dumb on such a large screen.
4. Multiple price points based on memory capacity (a la iPhone...16GB, 32GB, 64GB) to keep price of entry reasonable. Say $600 for entry level, $800-900 for max.

 

Ion is not the GPU.

Ion is the name of Nvidia 9400 with an intel atom.

the cpu your refering to is a nvidia 9400 i dont get why everone keeps saying "ion gpu" xD

 

You are correct, Ion is technically the "chipset" name and would not apply unless it came with an Atom CPU

Either way, the GPU for me needs to be capable of at least 720p video processing and a decent amount of 3D rendering so the games can be a step-up graphics-wise from the iPhone games to take advantage of the bigger screen.

 

yeah ^_^

i seriously hope they bring back the features of the apple newton though, that thing is still way further advanced then many PDA's today and its 12 years old xD

 

CUDA aside, just how much of the video decoding workload does a GPU handle anyway?

 

With a proper video player/driver, the GPU can do just about all of it. Check out the latest XBMC project stuff. The latest fad is turn a $200 Acer Revo nettop with Ion chipset and Atom CPU into an HD media center.

http://lifehacker.com/5391308/build-a-silent-standalone-xbmc-media-center-on-the-cheap

 

The tablet version of the 13" macbook pro. 7 hours+ battery life under real use (that would be 10+ hours tested by Apple). Under $2k MSRP. I would never buy a slate style tablet. Only a convertible tablet.