iTablet

BoomTown Psychic Prediction: "iPad" Will Be Name of New Apple Tablet (Take a Poll to Make Your Guess!)

Kara Swisher in News on January 20, 2010 at 3:33 am PT

While “iSlate” is classier and “iTab” or “iTablet” more descriptive, BoomTown is making an all-in bet that Apple will use “iPad” as the brand name of its new tablet device, which is expected to be launched one week from today. Interestingly, there was an intriguing post on MacRumors today that pointed to new trademark filings from what it claims is a dummy Apple corporation, suggesting that iPad could be the moniker of the much anticipated device. While I claim no such source for my own Miss Cleo prediction, here’s my case for the iPad name and a poll where you can vote for your choice (not that Apple CEO Steve Jobs cares what we think!).

Apple Announces Jan. 27 Special Event: “Come See Our Latest Creation”

John Paczkowski in News on January 18, 2010 at 9:05 am PT

Confirming a date first reported by Digital Daily, Apple this morning announced an invitation-only special event to be held at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco on Jan. 27. “Come see our latest creation,” the invitation reads. Hmm. Wonder what that might be?

Major Apple Product Announcement Set for Wednesday, Jan. 27

John Paczkowski in News on January 4, 2010 at 10:13 am PT

So, that rumored Apple event everyone has been jawing about these past few weeks? It’s on and it’s going to be a big deal. Sources in a position to know tell me Apple is indeed planning a media event later this month at which the company will announce a major new product.

The End is Nigh.

Nitrozac and Snaggy in News on December 30, 2009 at 5:09 pm PT

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site. (Click on the image to see a bigger version.)

Video: Mossberg and Patches Opine About AppleFest 2009 at the ATD Annual BBQ

Kara Swisher in News on September 10, 2009 at 1:33 am PT

Here’s a lovely video BoomTown did last night at our All Things Digital annual BBQ, at which the crackerjack team at our little rogue operation inside Dow Jones goes analog, gnaws on some ribs and trades tech tales. Last night, of course, much of the chatter was about what went down at the Apple event in San Francisco yesterday, at which CEO and Supreme Leader Steve Jobs made a grand reappearance onstage after a liver transplant. Walt Mossberg and Digital Daily’s John Paczkowski were there and give their spicy reports.

BoomTown Will See You in September

Kara Swisher in News on August 21, 2009 at 9:00 am PT

Starting today and through next week, BoomTown is headed south down California’s lovely Highway 1 for as much of a vacation as I can possibly take. Which is to say, just a week off from posting. In other words: Partovis, Wenda, Owen, play nice! Yahoos, please hold your internal memos. And I hope Apple’s tablet is not delivered from on high this week while I relax beachside (it won’t be).

Perchance to Dream of iTablet

Nitrozac and Snaggy in News on August 17, 2009 at 2:38 pm PT

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site. (Click on the image to see a bigger version.)

Here Are Some Tasty Reader Submissions for the BoomTown Apple Tablet-Naming Contest

Kara Swisher in News on August 10, 2009 at 9:50 am PT

BoomTown has already gotten some very good submissions from readers for a contest to come up with a good moniker for the tablet device Apple is allegedly working on. In a post earlier today, some of my ideas included: iTablet, iPad, iAmnotanetbook and iAmakindlekiller. And here are some of the user-generated ideas, via Twitter mostly, and my Paula Abdul-inspired comments in reaction to them.

A BoomTown Contest: Let's Figure Out a Name for the New Apple Tablet! (Not That Steve Jobs Cares What We Think!)

Kara Swisher in News on August 10, 2009 at 2:29 am PT

Despite the spate of recent rants about all that’s wrong with Apple, the pendulum will swing once again, and soon, once the drumbeat gets even louder for the new digital tablet that is slated to be delivered from on high sometime this fall by–in the most likely and juicily dramatic scenario–CEO Steve Jobs. So, I suggest we move on from the dead-horse issue of the Google Voice app and other sleepy debates to more enjoyable late-August frivolities. Like trying to guess the name that Jobs will ultimately bestow on the new device. BoomTown will start…