NYTimes' Executive Editor mentions 'the impending Apple slate'
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — ... encyclopedia-sized pile of confidentiality agreements that Apple made him sign?  He seems extremely matter of fact about the "impending Apple Slate" and doesn't clarify the statement as being some sort of forward looking statement. Very Strange.  We keep hearing how the NYTimes and other publications have been briefed on Apple's Tablet as it gets ready to ship.   Is the name of the Apple tablet going to be 'Slate'? via Gawker   ...

NYT exec tips “impending Apple slate” [Video]
SlashGear — ... ?  That’s the big question after video footage of the paper’s Internal Neiman Jornalism Lab leaked out, in which Keller mentions delivering journalism to “the impending Apple slate”.  Some sites are seeing this as confirmation not only that Apple are developing the tablet and working with news organisations, but of the name of the device itself. ...

Apple Tablet rumor roundup: NYT speaks of 'impending Apple slate,' new SIM tray leaks (video)
Engadget — ... the New Year. Then again, as Keller himself points out, Apple has always had a special relationship with his paper as routinely demonstrated in Apple's ads that use the New York Times landing page as proof of the "real internet" browsing capabilities of the iPod touch and iPhone. And with Apple supposedly in content delivery talks with the nation's newspaper of record, well, the remakes that begin at about 8:15 are certainly suspicious. Listen for yourself after the break. [Via Gawker, thanks Robert S.] Read -- SIM Tray Read -- NYT 'impending ...

Apple Slate Coming Soon
Gadget Venue — ... they are going to develop for it, but it is a good indication that we might be seeing an Apple Slate sooner rather than later. Just a quick summary of Apple Slate rumours includes a report on Foxconn building 300K – 400K units with a 10.6 inch display. Also a mention of a two hand multi-touch system patent that Apple filed. More rumours indicate that there will be two sizes of iPad (as it’s also referred to) with details found here. Via: Gawker Apple Slate Coming Soon > > ...

Rumor: Is This the Apple Tablet's SIM Card Tray [Apple Tablet]
Gizmodo — ... [Edited to remove reference to the Bill Keller NYtimes Quote because a) we already know the tablet is coming, b) he was speaking hypothetically. And if not, well, we already know it's coming.—Blam] [Gawker and ...

Apple Tablet Rumors: NY Times Exec Mentions "Impending Apple Slate" [Apple Tablet]
Gizmodo — ... ). It's definitely larger than the current iPhone SIM tray, but it could probably also be used anywhere. Either way, it goes on sale October 23 for $14.05. Yeah, not so sure about that one, but the NY Times video is definitely a conversation starter. [Gawker and ...

QOTD
Digital Daily — QOTD I’m hoping we can get the newsroom more actively involved in the challenge of delivering our best journalism in the form of Times Reader, iPhone apps, WAP, or the impending Apple slate or whatever comes after that. – Bill Keller, executive editor of the New York Times, stokes the Apple rumor mill

Apple slate "impending," says NYT exec editor; Much ado about nothing?
Between the Lines — ... There’s quite a ruckus brewing after Bill Keller, executive editor of the New York Times, said that an Apple slate—read iTablet—was “impending.” Gawker , ...

More chatter going on about an impending Apple Tablet
PalmAddicts — ... [From Hans] More chatter going on about an impending Apple Tablet courtesy of Gawker and the Gizmodo. ...

Linkpost | 10.26.2009
TechBlog — ... . • Bill Keller: Apple Tablet 'Impending' - The New York Times' executive editor mentions Apple's vaporware tablet as though it's due any moment. Does he know something, or does he just read Apple fanboy sites, too? • ...

NYT Chief Hints Apple Tablet is More than Rumor [Apple]
Lifehacker — [image] Sibling site Gizmodo has already reported a tip that representatives from the New York Times and other publishers have met with Apple to discuss content delivery for a new device. In a talk last week that made it online, however, New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller said he hoped to push the paper toward delivering content to, among other devices, an "impending Apple slate." The moment comes 8:30 into a video posted at the Nieman Journalism Lab . [ Gawker ] Send an email to Kevin Purdy, the author of this post, at kevin@lifehacker.com . ...

NT Times Exec Editor Talks Apple Tablet
Gearlog — ... See, toward the end there he made mention of that much anticipated device. The reason why people are jumping on what might otherwise be regarded as pure speculation is the fact that The Times is rumored to be a content partner for the device, so Keller and company may, in fact, have some inside information, something compounded by the fact that the editor never really expected the speech to get leaked to the Internet. ...

Did The New York Times' Bill Keller Confirm the Apple Tablet?
Fast Company - Technology — ... telling people that it feels a little like we've enrolled in graduate school, but we forgot to take any of the undergraduate classes on the way there." That's a measure of how fast the technology has overtaken the newspaper world, but it's also an indication of how divorced from the leading edge of news publishing these execs are--how different their thinking may be compared with the tech'd-up online audience they're trying to appeal to. Let's hope Keller is a quick study. [via Gawker]

News Bits: Apple Tablet May Exist - & Be Coming Soon
Contentinople: — ... by posting video of the speech in which Keller outlines NYT 's digital priorities, saying: Of course, as some have pointed out, this may not mean anything , but if NYT is in on the tablet's development, this ...

Apple Tablet “Impending” … And It Might Have Something to Do With Newspapers
Mashable! — ... , but this time the rumor comes from an unlikely source: New York Times’ executive editor Bill Keller. Gawker found an interesting detail in a speech he held last week (the video is below): at one point he says that they’re planning to bring New York Times on a multitude of platforms, including the Apple Tablet. ...

Did an NYT editor let the 'Slate' slip?
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... now) are reporting on week-old remarks from the New York Times executive editor, Bill Keller, that were supposed to remain off-the record -- and of course are ...

‘NY Times’ editor drops a hint about the rumored iPad/iTablet?
Macsimum News — ... Bill Keller, executive editor of The New York Times may have dropped a hint about the rumored iPad/iTablet, according to the Gawker web site. The long-speculated-about device is believed (or maybe that’s hoped for) either late this year or (more likely) early next year. ...

NYT editor lets slip on new Apple Slate
Techradar - All the latest technology news — ... Keller was addressing the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard in an off the record speech, where he pointed to devices that would harness the power of e-publications in the future. ...

On That NYTimes Editor's Mention of the Apple Tablet [Media]
Gizmodo — ... A lot of people are writing up this video of the NYTimes Editor "leaking" the Apple Tablet (see 8:20 in the video) in this supposedly off record talk. But this isn't proof of anything. ...

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New York Times editor Bill Keller says Apple tablet is "impending," Sony PlayStation 3 gets Netflix streaming, Facebook Share adds counter and other new features
Obsessable News Feed — ... Bill Keller is the Executive Editor of The New York Times, so he ought to have some inside information about what the company is up to. And when speaking to an audience of fellow insiders, he named "the impending Apple slate" as one of the devices The New York Times plans to bring its digital content to. ...

Press Can’t Keep Apple Tablet Secret
BARRONS.com: Tech Trader Daily — ... ) tablet computer. Following comments on Gawker yesterday that New York Times exec editor Bill Keller hinted at an Apple tablet computer in a staff meeting, today the Sydney Morning Herald ...

Will Apple's rumored tablet kick-start e-readers?
TechBlog — ... to provide content for a tablet. And then there's New York Times Editor Bill Keller's now-infamous did-he-slip-up-or-was-he-speaking-generically reference to "the impending Apple slate" . (Please, Apple, do not name it the Slate. Or, worse, the iSlate. Thanks much.) Of course, Apple will promote any iPhone OS-based tablet as a many-splendored thing: It will be able to handle video and music as well as text. I suspect the new iTunes LP format was designed more with the tablet ...

Needed at Apple: One Good Game Designer
Technologizer — ... In a way, it makes perfect sense. Apple’s tablet is shrouded in secrecy, so imagine the risk of handing off early development to a third-party publisher. All it takes is one well-connected game journalist to blow the story wide open. It might not even come to that — look at how New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller may have slipped up by referring to the “impending Apple slate” during an internal speech. Better to keep development under wraps in Cupertino. ...

Condé Nast Is the Latest to Convert in Apple's Secret Tablet Faith
Gawker: valleywag — ... Jobs should be flattered that such a high-profile publisher is chomping at the bit to get onto his new gizmo. Condé joins New York Times editor Bill Keller in talking up Apple's device; ...