Tablet insiders speculate what's inside Apple's 'iSlate'...

i think this is bang on. a stand that makes it look like a little iMac. So it sits at home like a photoframe / ichat screen - wake it up, it's an iMac - grab the screen, it's a tablet.

Maybe the dock will become an extra later on to lower prices - keyboard and mouse extras from the start.

Clever magnetic attachment could also hold it onto other things - screen protector/keyboard attachment maybe - just needs a rounded bottom edge for a magnetic pivot!

Maybe the iTablet will replace MacBook.  i.e. when it's docked on your desk, the iTablet will act just like a MacBook but removed from the dock and it's a ultra portable media device.

This iSlate is going directly against Nvidia's SoC, the Tegra 2.  Apple's SoC ARM multicore Cortex A9, had better be pretty powerful and "perfected" to compete with Nvidia, who already has upcoming computer contracts with multiple computer makers, tablet designers, and auto manufacturers (VW and Audi). The Tegra 2, dual-core, SoC looked blazingly fast running 3D graphics intensive gaming at the 2010 CES, and has 8 independent processors, including the GeForce GPU. Apple will probably go with Samsung to make its multicore ARM Cortex A9 CPU, but it may be built by Apple's subsidiary PA Semi.  Anybody's bet is valid, since Apple keeps all their "secrets" under lock & key, until the device is torn apart.  The GPU of the iSlate will have to be powerful and integrate seamlessly with the dual-core Cortex A9 and the kernel of the "hybrid" tablet OS. Apple could select ATI mobile Radeon, mobile GeForce, but most likely will go with Imagination's new Power VR SGX545.  The benchmark testing will be important in gauging the power and speed in these systems, as well as, battery life.  I also agree that a dock would be very sensible for working with the iSlate, with Blue-tooth enabled keyboard and mouse, and for charging the device.  There are two other considerations that I think would be important.  Who likes to pay these broadband carriers those high and unfair user fees?  The iSlate will be the most "highly-connected" WiFi device, ever produced, utilizing "free WiFi" for its users.  Mr. Jobs will use the absolutely best 802.11,b,g,n,ac WiFi chip out there, and may also utilize a boost with a tiny router inside, to basically be connected "all the time." Yes, it will also have broadband connectivity to 3G and 4G.  Finally, the hybrid Tablet OS of the iSlate will have to be able the download and store files of any format type, including "direct syncing" via USB, to both Macs and WindowsPCs. A basic software core of iWorks and iLife, with support for MS and Mac documents would be important.  Light Peak technology may also find its debut onto the device, transfering data at 10Gb/sec, which is an exciting new protocol using very thin Corning fiberoptic cables, being developed by Intel, and, yes, Apple, and Taiwan manufacturer, Foxconn.  Now, let's see this damn device in action! Shall we?

You fool,..."can you spell writers?"  Go crawl back into your _hole.

One aspect of a tablet that no one talks about is how useful it could be for languages like Chinese, which don't adapt easily to a regular keyboard anyway. I was thinking this could be a huge advantage for touch based construction of Chinese characters. Am I crazy, or does this make sense?