A while back, I wrote a post about Apple's rumored netbook with touchscreen. I said it would be much cooler if it was just a straight up tablet like out of Star Trek: TNG. It looks like I was right. More news today comes out that the tablet may actually come in multiple sizes. Also, very cool.
 
Now here's my new prediction. There's been reports that the new Apple Tablet will be a multimedia device capable of playing music (with some new album content) and also HD video. But what I think the new wrinkle will be is that the device will replace the Apple TV which hasn't been making much headway in our hearts and minds. All the tablet would really need is just an HDMI out port to hook up to your TV. BAM! You have a portable video/music device that you can plug into any output source (TV, stereo, etc). I won't use it for that purpose (got my sweet rig already) but I could definitely see it being a great kids in the back seat device or being able to watch your library of content in bed. My wife already transcodes shows to the iPhone I gave her to watch before bedtime. Just think if all she had to do was just stream it via her shared iTunes library on the desktop...

Had lunch in SOMA today. Took some shots from the garden patio of Crossroads Cafe. I can tell a noticeable difference when taking photos after upgrading to the iPhone 3.0 software. Can't wait to see how the photos look on the 3GS.

So the 3.0 upgrade did not brick my iPhone. I'm testing out some new features, one of which is multiple photo attachments. The first photo was taken after 3.0 and the second before. Can you tell the difference? Supposedly there were enhancements to the camera in this upgrade.  There seems to be slightly better light adjustments and the new photo looks much crisper. Woohoo!

So the new iPhone 3.0 Software upgrade set for next week has already leaked out onto the torrents. I cross my fingers as I attempt to do a manual upgrade...