{"id":5217,"date":"2009-12-27T18:00:36","date_gmt":"2009-12-28T01:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.technightowl.com\/?p=5217"},"modified":"2010-01-02T16:08:16","modified_gmt":"2010-01-02T23:08:16","slug":"newsletter-issue-526-in-search-of-the-ipad-islate-or-itablet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2009\/12\/newsletter-issue-526-in-search-of-the-ipad-islate-or-itablet\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter Issue #526: In Search of the iPad, iSlate or iTablet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If the current stories floating around the Internet are accurate, Apple briefly owned the islate.com domain, but it&#8217;s now registered with a different company, although one that reportedly has dealt with Apple in the past.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of the truth of that domain&#8217;s current ownership, the promise of some sort of tablet computer from Apple may have been one of the reasons why the company&#8217;s stock price soared to record levels at the end of the past week. Whereas Apple&#8217;s previous contenders in new product categories have been greeted with scorn and supreme skepticism, this time the stakes are high that Apple will have yet another winner.<\/p>\n<p>But that takes us back to the core question, which is what purpose such a product might actually serve. The answer depends on a number of factors that only Apple can answer, and you can bet they won&#8217;t say very much until the time is right from a marketing standpoint.<\/p>\n<p>Supposedly the truth will be upon us in late January, if the rumors that Apple has rented an exhibition hall for a special media event are accurate. Even if the report is correct, that facility may serve other corporate purposes, including introductions or products that we haven&#8217;t speculated about, or maybe it&#8217;s just a red herring to draw our attention away from the real event, whatever it might be.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Wait! There's more than meets the eye!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/newsletter\/2009\/12\/newsletter-issue-526\/#be\">Continue Reading\u2026<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If the current stories floating around the Internet are accurate, Apple briefly owned the islate.com domain, but it&#8217;s now registered with a different company, although one that reportedly has dealt with Apple in the past. 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