Apple plans to release a product that newest iPod Touch screen size from 7 to 9 inches in autumn 2009 (third quarter). This information is obtained from three independent sources close to the Techcrunch Apple. Protoplast / prototype product has been seen and is being held by one of them. Currently, parties are talking with Apple OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) in Asia to discuss the plan, mass production of these products.
If you see the size of 2-3 times more than the iPod Touch, this device is more appropriately categorized as a tablet computer, there are also mentions that this device as the iPod Touch HD. Gossip about the experiment with the Apple product tablet already circulating for years ever, but the source mangatakan that many users do not like the device.
But now another condition, one reason is the development of multi-touch technology that Apple first introduced by iPhone - multi-touch technology, the revolutionary Apple allows users to interact with a new way that does not terbayangkan previously sailed with a small computer - and of course the computer tablet. There are also App Store which currently has thousands of games and other applications that the device is perfect for sailing touch with the accelerometer (measuring tool pendeteksi movement). The Apple has said more than 300 million applications have been terunduh since the online store was launched in 2008.
This product is also a very strategic step for Apple in the netbook phenomenon. Steve Jobs had previously said that Apple "does not know how to make a computer for $ 500 that is not garbage, DNA, and we do not allow our products such as the issue" - but at the same time also said that Apple already has an idea to enter the netbook segment. And likely, the product "netbook" Apple will come in the form of a little different with the other competitors - a tablet computer with a multi-touch capability.
This device is still large even though will not include a keyboard as a means of input, instead rely on the ability of Apple multi-touch screen that they develop. Operating system of Mac OS X and iPod Touch, such as his brother, this product also features Wi-Fi to access content from the iTunes Store and App.
Apple makes the device with the same purpose during the iPhone, minus call capability. Functions that umunya available on many computers at this time, such as listening to music, watching video, browsing the various sites, read e-book, play games, write blogs, and others.
Still do not have official information about the price, but may be diterka iPod Touch's price is now with the 3.5 inch screen from $ 229, and a 32 GB model costs $ 399.
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