Apple Tablet strengthen Buzz

The computer manufacturer uses a Tablet PC 10-inch touch screen in September.

Apple has announced that the long-rumored plan for the Tablet PC, but speculation intensified on Monday that the computer maker launch 10-inch diagonal touch screen tablet in September.

 Financial Times have already been notified of the project, said to have the same options on the iPod touch to unity, but with larger screen, better video or read an electronic gadget to read books.

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Find out how to improve data center availability and energy content consumptionRecognizing the same as would be an important source of sales, Apple has talks with the four largest record labels, EMI, Sony Music, Warner Music and Universal Music Group iTunes Store selling albums and interactive video equipment, for example, would, as see pictures Lyric sheets and liner notes that include the Financial Times. People can click on the material and listening to songs.

Such an agreement would be attractive to record companies, with sales increasing album sales, with the result that went on for online purchase songs you can recommend that they prefer.

In addition, Apple has published books, electronic books, talks, the newspaper unit, which makes it an alternative to Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader.

The tablet had the phone options, and focuses on the Wi-Fi connection to access the Internet rely on the Financial Times that Eng. At the same time, said the panel would like Apple report within Apple 3G mobile operators, device and data networks.

Good luck with the Apple iPod, is a new market for portable music players and iPhone, which is the same as the smartphone category, which showed that the company can change the rules in the technology market. But the tablet as described above recognized in the media, not the slam dunk that some analysts.

The first problem is the price tag. Sells Reports gadget between $ 600 and $ 1000. If the price was in the middle of this range, it might still be too little over $ 500 $ 600 is likely to attract a broad audience, analysts say. "I do not think that the large seller is $ 800," Ezra Gottheil, analyst at Technology Business Research told InformationWeek.

The device to be successful, as would be contrary to the Netbook free, popular mini-notebooks, which typically sell less than $ 500 and the low-end laptop full amount. The Wi-Fi Internet connection using a wireless carrier so popular.

"If they can use the same account information to other devices, there is a very difficult time for the signing of various data plan," said Gottheil.

Would like a keyboard devices such alternatives should be available for laptops at similar prices. This should release the keyboard, but it should be easy to make and over the Bluetooth link.

If the price and features right, then your iPod touch too attractive. Apple is claiming on mobile computers, on the success of iPod touch, iPhone is essentially a $ 229 phone without the ability to create it. Analysts believe that Apple sold over 19 million devices.