Here’s the product page at Apple.

I was right. Large bezel.

This is a big shot across Amazon’s bow. I like my Kindle, but the color touch screen, as a reader alone, looks beautiful and like a better buying/syncing experience. It’s very thin and more than half the weight of a MacBook Air:

So where did I get it right and where did I get it wrong from yesterday’s post?

• They are going to introduce a tablet device tomorrow.
  -Can’t really take any credit and should actually be dinged for not publishing predictions a month ago.
• Size: I’m going to guess a little larger than the Kindle 2 (Not the DX, the small one).
  -Looks about right.
• Design: I think that the bezel is going to need to be larger than the mock ups I’ve seen. Holding a Kindle as a reader, a large bezel is a necessity.
  -Right and feeling a little vindicated.
• The OS will be the iPhone/iPod Touch OS. Makes app management and selling content super slick and easy.
  -Right and Steve Jobs made a huge point at the end that Apple is one of the only companies around that could deliver a device/experience like this.
• I’ll guess 32 GB of RAM.
  -Right, but they are tiering the pricing and the RAM. 16 GB – 64 GB.
• I doubt they’ll introduce multiple sizes tomorrow.
  -Right. Next year? iPad PRO.
• It’s still not going to help Marlo get enough nap time during the day. Have to wait on the next revision.
  -Right. But didn’t want to be.
• It is going to smoke the Kindle.
  -Oh hell yes.
• I’ll want one in the first 5 seconds, then not want, then want, then not. This will drive Heather crazy.
  -I think she’s sold. She let me listen to the product announcement audio stream ON THE SPEAKERS and not the headphones. WIN.

What do you think? Overwhelmed? Underwhelmed? o

Totally late to the game:

• They are going to introduce a tablet device tomorrow.
• Size: I’m going to guess a little larger than the Kindle 2 (Not the DX, the small one).
• Design: I think that the bezel is going to need to be larger than the mock ups I’ve seen. Holding a Kindle as a reader, a large bezel is a necessity.
• The OS will be the iPhone/iPod Touch OS. Makes app management and selling content super slick and easy.
• I’ll guess 32 GB of RAM.
• I doubt they’ll introduce multiple sizes tomorrow.
• It’s still not going to help Marlo get enough nap time during the day. Have to wait on the next revision.
• It is going to smoke the Kindle.
• I’ll want one in the first 5 seconds, then not want, then want, then not. This will drive Heather crazy.

We’ll see. What do you think is gonna happen tomorrow? o

Everybody and their dog is talking about what Apple has in store tomorrow:

Fewer people are talking about the State of the Union Address tomorrow night. o

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As I was shooting this, someone walked by and said, “Oh, that is nice.”

And as downspouts go, I concur. o

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A mega crop. Whenever people tell me I don’t need a lot of megapixels I say phooey to them. Megapixels means having playing around room, particularly when it comes to a larger sensor. In my secret places, I dream of this camera. 37 megapixels on a 30×45mm sensor! Drool.

I’m sure there are less expensive options. But in my secret fantasy world, I don’t want to know or consider them. o

Daddy needs to work on losing the camera shake. o

With apologies to Marshall. o

I really want to go back to New Orleans and take gigs of photos. The texture licks quick with its voodoo tongue and teases a person like me; camera in hand and not nearly enough time to take it all in. o