11 Realistic Mock Ups of the Upcoming Apple Tablet

Apple is gearing up for a huge press conference at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco, on the 27th January. They’re keeping their cards very close to their chest, revealing nothing about any announcements to be made at the event, but bloggers, tech junkies and industry insiders alike are absolutely convinced that Apple’s latest portable device will be unveiled there – and that it will be some kind of tablet computer.
As is the case with every Apple product launch, the internet rumor mill is working overtime trying to predict what the tablet will be called, what software it will use, and most importantly, what it will actually look like. A paper trail has been uncovered which seems to suggest that the device will be called the iSlate and that it will run on a version of iPhone OS, but nobody really knows for sure.
What seems likely, however, is that Apple’s new tablet will feature revolutionary touchscreen technology. Apple have made a slew of applications to the US Patent and Trademark Office in recent years, one of the most interesting of which was for a touchscreen keypad with a rigid frame, which rises to create temporary ridges while typing.
As an outlet for their uncontrollable excitement, hundreds of gadget-hungry Apple fans have created mockups of what they think the new tablet will look like. Most have gone for a design resembling an enlarged iPhone with a 7” or 10” screen – a design we agree will most probably come to fruition. One thing we can be sure of, however, is that the guys as Apple will probably come up with something so genius that it trumps all mockups preceding it. We’ll just have to wait and see!
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