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Apple is looking at ways tv, magazine and newspaper content can be presented. The tablet is expected to make it debut at the event Apple has Planned on January 27^th. Apple is also looking at ways to incorporate gaming into the functions of the tablet. Apple is reported to be working with video game publishers.

Apple reportedly is talking to many service providers to deliver content to the device. For magazine content, Apple is talking with companies including The New York Times, Conde Nast Publications and News Corp., the report said. Apple is also negotiating with CBS and Walt Disney to deliver monthly TV subscription services.

Apple is reportedly also talking to HarperCollins Publishers to sell electronic books for the tablet. As part of the deal, HarperCollins will set its own price for the e-books, from which Apple will get a cut. Apple’s purchase of streaming music provider Lala.com in December has also been linked to the tablet. (pcworld)

Apple hasn’t said they are going to announce the tablet, however they have sent out invitations for the 27^th event where the tablet is expected to be launched. The device has been rumored to be a larger version of the iPhone, with a 10 inch touch screen and a virtual keyboard.

Kai-Fu Lee, a former Apple employee and previously the head of Google in China, recently blogged that the tablet would come with 3D graphics and a price tag below US$1,000.

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The internet has changed the way publishers do business. Many media companies are publishing on-line magazines to stay competitive. Publishers are hoping the Apples iSlate / Tablet will lead to a recovery for the publishers. On January 27, Apple will be announcing there latest creation. Speculations are geared towards a tablet that has a 10 inch touch screen. Just as the iPhone and the iTunes App Store created new business opportunities for game and mobile application developers, newspaper and magazine publishers are hoping that the iSlate will similarly transform their beleaguered industry.

The iPhone and the kindle have proven people are willing to read on these devices and also pay for content. Amazon has reported the kindle being the best seller on there site. These devices have proven they can make it on the market; all we need from apple is the device.

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Since the internet was available to the common household magazines and newspapers have been publishing there content on the web. Publishers have been loosing revenue from lack of content in circulation. An optimistic prospect is that the iSlate and other tablet computers introduced by Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard and Lenovo will create new media experiences consumers are willing to pay for.

“There is a lot of hope that we will be able to import the subscription model to the tablet device,” said Philippe Guelton, COO of Hachette Filipacchi Media, publisher of several titles including Elle and CAR and DRIVER. “We have a huge opportunity to offer premium content and go much deeper that we could on the web.”

The overwhelming success of the App Store proves people are whiling to pay for digital content. The App Store has hit the 3 billion download mark, and in the recent weeks many publishers have jumped on board like GQ, Esquire and even Playboy Magazine. Zinio, a digital publishing technology company, earlier this year released an iPhone app that carries electronic versions of 14 (and counting) publications on that device. The free eReader application makes it possible to consume the same magazine on multiple devices while only paying for one download. Of course, it isn’t just fate that the Zinio iPhone app was released a few weeks before Apple’s big announcement.

“Publishers are going to want to design for different screen experiences,” said Zinio Chief Marketing Officer Jeanniey Mullen. “With small screens, you are not going to read cover-to-cover. With mid-sized screens, you will be looking to sit down wherever you are a page through the device.”

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A new report Monday from FoxNews.com cites an anonymous source to claim Apple will introduce its tablet, “iPhone 4″ and iLife 2010 at next week’s event. Reports say Apple will be introducing three new products. Unfortunately iPhone hardware will not be introduced. Reports also say iphone OS 4.0 will be part of the event.

“I spoke to a source at Apple this morning, before the invite hit my inbox, who said the event would likely focus on three projects: The tablet device, iPhone 4, and a new round of iLife 2010 software,” Morris wrote. “While we won’t see new iPhone hardware just yet, we will see the next-generation software.” (Clayton Morris)

Don’t get your hopes up to high; Apple has been known to change its mind about what products to introduce at the last minute. For example last September’s iPod, the iPod touch was suppose to have a camera. Due to rumored technical issues decided at the last minute not to include it. It has been reported that Apple is still intends to add a camera to the ipod touch.

Rumors from earlier this month suggest the Apple tablet could be shipped with a multi touch version of iwork. Rumors did not say if iLife would be available for the tablet. Earlier Monday, Apple sent out invitations to the event at the Yerba Buena center for the Arts in San Francisco. Company used the tagline “Come see our latest creation” to invite select members of the press.

Last month, select developers were supposedly asked to prepare full screen demos of there iPhone applications for a public unveiling. Reports have said that some have been working with a new software development kit, iPhone OS 4.0, that includes a “simulator” that aims to make it easy for developers to adapt their software to different screen resolutions.

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Apple officially sent out invitations Monday for its expected Jan. 27 event in San Francisco, where it is anticipated the company will introduce its new touchscreen tablet device.
According to Engadget the invitation was sent out Monday with the tagline: “Come see our latest creation.” The included graphic has the Apple logo surrounded by colorful paint splatters. The event is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Pacific time.

Earlier this month, Digital Daily first reported the final Wednesday, Jan. 27 date. The event will be held at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. That followed an earlier report that Apple had booked the stage at the center for multiple days that week.

Apple is expected to make a major product announcement at the event, which most believe will be its long-rumored tablet device. Last July, AppleInsider first reported that the multi-touch, 10-inch successor to the Newton would arrive in early 2010.

In December, select iPhone developers were allegedly asked to prepare full-screen demos of their software for a product unveiling. It has been suggested that developers are working with a new version of the iPhone OS that allows software to be scaled to multiple screen sizes.

Various reports, including one from The Wall Street Journal, have said that though next week’s event will serve as an official unveiling of the tablet, it will not be made available for sale until later this year. Sources have said that date would likely be around March. (apple insider)
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