Where does phone/iPod screen size end and 'tablet' begin?

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December 03, 2009
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macerroneous (not verified) | December 03, 2009 - 8:48am

You call THAT a tablet?

Helvetica | December 03, 2009 - 9:12am

I said 6" or larger simply because you can't fit it in your pocket and while a 6" device might have a phone.app, I would never call it a mobile phone.  That said, I hope the Apple Tablet is at least 9".  6" might make sense for maximum mobility, but it would hardly be more useful than an iPhone.  Perhaps Apple will release a 6" iPod Touch along with the 9" MacBook Slate that haunts my dreams each night.  

Snapper (not verified) | December 03, 2009 - 11:58am

I totally agree with you on the pocket size issue.  Surely people saying 9 inches are people who don't understand

the question?!  

 

If it doesn't fit in your pocket it's a tablet!

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | December 03, 2009 - 9:12am

the iphone/pod screen should start and finish at 4 inches and tablet start at 9 end at 12

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | December 03, 2009 - 9:12am

the iphone/pod screen should start and finish at 4 inches and tablet start at 9 end at 12

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | December 03, 2009 - 9:39am

I'd like it in three sizes: small, medium and large.

 

Say a choice of 4-6-8 inch screens. 

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | December 03, 2009 - 9:49am

You'd buy three of them?

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | December 03, 2009 - 9:47am

The tablet should be about 30 inches diagonal, about big enough to lie flat on a coffee table.  Then you could show it off to your friends by dragging little pictures around on the surface as if your hand was a mouse pointer.  Wow.  What a concept.  I'll wager that 62% of US homes will have one by the end of 2010.

the Cappy (not verified) | December 03, 2009 - 10:52am

Remember the parody of the Microsoft Surface?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZrr7AZ9nCY

Ezra (not verified) | December 03, 2009 - 10:44am

If it does less than a netbook, it is not a tablet. The iPhone could be a tablet if Apple let it, but it is not, because it is controlled. If apple made a device with non-proprietary video out (or had an adaptor) audio in/out and a USB port with disk access and is capable of installing a non safari browser, I would call that a tablet. Anything less is a big iPod media pad. Once a tablet 'computer' is out, I will be interested. Oh, and for size, it would need to be large enough for two hand typing on screen, so same as the Bluetooth keyboard that comes with current iMacs.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | December 03, 2009 - 10:53am

This is my first post on this nice Website.  I would think that the minimum size cutoff, is at 6 inches because it would not be considered a pocketable device.  The sweet spot I think would be 7 to 9 inches, perhaps 10 inches diagonally.  I just received my first Apple device, a 32GB Ipod 3G, and am having a lot of fun with it.  It is a remarkable device.  I got it, since it can do things my Ipaq hx 4705 can not perform.

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9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | December 03, 2009 - 2:00pm

4 inches is an ipod, 10 inches is a tablet. 6 to 9 inches is nothing!

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | December 03, 2009 - 2:00pm

4 inches is an ipod, 10 inches is a tablet. 6 to 9 inches is NOTHING!

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | December 03, 2009 - 2:00pm

4 inches is an ipod, 10 inches is a tablet. 6 to 9 inches is NOTHING!

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | December 03, 2009 - 2:02pm

4 inches is an ipod, 10 inches is a tablet. 6 to 9 inches is NOTHING!

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | December 03, 2009 - 2:21pm

Agreed. Anything (iPod Touch/ iPhone) that fits in ur pocket is not a tablet.

Paul H (not verified) | December 05, 2009 - 12:22am

sorry but i feel that anything from a 6 to 9" screen is a perfect tablet , look at most PC tablets and they are anywhere from 7 to 10 inches . Mac Tables should be the same . Plus look at there Laptop selections . 

MacBook Air - 13 inches 

MacBooks - 13 inch screens . 

MacBook Pro - 13 , 15 and 17 inch screens . 

MacTablet - 6 inches . 

MacTablet Pro - 9 inches . 

this would let you choose what you want .. anywhere from a 6 inch all the way to a 17 inch .. that is a large selection of screens . plus the 3 inch iPod and iPhones . 

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9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | December 19, 2009 - 6:28am

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sorry but i feel that anything from a 6 to 9" screen is a perfect tablet , look at most PC tablets and they are anywhere from 7 to 10 inches . Mac Tables should be the same . Plus look at there Laptop selections . 

MacBook Air - 13 inches 

MacBooks - 13 inch screens . 

MacBook Pro - 13 , 15 and 17 inch screens . 

MacTablet - 6 inches . 

MacTablet Pro - 9 inches . 

this would let you choose what you want .. anywhere from a 6 inch all the way to a 17 inch .. that is a large selection of screens . plus the 3 inch iPod and iPhones .