Apple tablet to be called the IPAD—if Borders survey has the name right. And how about the ‘this year’?
“While randomly checking off answers, we noticed something odd. Borders wants to know if we plan on purchasing an ‘Apple IPAD (Large Screen Reading Device)’ this year.” – MacLife on a Borders customer survey.
Details: Click here for more detail in image. Picture of tablet is just an artist’s concept via AppleInsider. Meanwhile I’m curious about the “this year” in the survey. Fun if true.
Related: Techmeme roundup and (via Felix) a CNET item. Also see earlier item where I guessed next year. Who knows? The Borders clue is far from definitive. Could go either way.
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August 16th, 2009 at 6:47 pm
CNet speculation on the tech inside the “iPad”:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10310594-64.html
They too think: next year.
August 17th, 2009 at 8:20 am
i vote that they are bringing back the “iBook” name they so cleverly phased out years ago.
August 17th, 2009 at 8:41 am
iBook for Apple’s inhouse reading app?
That would make some sense; Better than iRead…
A lot of smoke here so its either another case of Apply hype hysteria or there is actually some meat to the story. We’ll have to wait for the september episode of “as the Apple turns” to know for sure, though.