Apple iSlate for Education and Infotainment

Gizmodo has a new "insider" story on the rumored Apple tablet claiming that the device will be issued in two editions, one for the education market and one for ... well .... the rest of us.

Let's assume for a minute that this is true, after all Gizmodo is a pretty reliable news source. If Apple is marketing the new device for Education in addition to Infotainment, than I'm leaning toward an announcement in early September with a ship date during the Holidays of this year.

We can only guess at the name, but I just don't think "tablet" is all that likely to be a part of it because the term "Tablet PC" was coined by Bill Gates and I just can't see Job's buying into any thing coined by Microsoft let alone Bill Gates. So I'm leaning toward iSlate as the name of the device. It's cool. The term "slate" better represents the form factor of the rumored device. Also, the name harkens back to the early days of education where every kid used a "slateboard" to practice their letters and numbers.

But I've made other predictions on this device, which I really want Apple to release, and so take this one with a huge block of salt.