With the Encore, Just Mobile has improved upon their previous iPad stand—the Just Mobile UpStand—in pretty much every possible way. And they did it by designing something completely different. The Encore, offers much more flexibility through a system that can be easily packed up and taken with you from room to room, from home to work, or from city to city.

After nearly two years of rumor and speculation, it seems the clamor for an Apple tablet will finally be met with an official announcement. Will it finally arrive? Will we also see updates to the iPhone OS? The iPhone itself (additional carriers beyond AT&T, perhaps)? How about iWork and iLife? To find out, join us on Wednesday as we begin our live coverage at 9:00 a.m. PST.

Apple is about to prove once and for all just how much they really don’t need Macworld, but what can you expect from Apple during their special event on Wednesday, January 27th? Here’s a roundup of the more substantial rumors we’ve covered over the past few weeks, including talk of the Apple tablet, iPhone OS 4.0, the 4th gen iPhone and the possibility of additional carriers.

Wacom’s Bamboo tablet line has been known for great functionality for those of us who don’t want, don’t need or just plain can’t afford to spend the money on an Intuous or other professional level tablet. Now, Wacom has refreshed their Bamboo line of tablets, adding touch functionality, among other things, in the process. And not only touch, but multitouch.

According to Jason D. O’Grady of ZDNet, Apple will announce a 12 or 13-inch Mac tablet this fall – most likely in September or October. It will run the full Mac OS X that current Macs use and have a slot-loading SuperDrive that the MacBooks and MacBook Pros have. Apparently, it will use an “iPhone-type” more »

Movies always have had the fanciest gadgets and Adam Christianson from the Maccast Loop thinks that the new MacBook Air was inspired by the Pixar Movie, The Incredibles. In the beginning there is a scene where the Mr. Incredible receives a secret message delivered in an envelope similar to the one featured in the MacBook Air ad. Inside the package is a super-thin tablet computer that he slips out of the envelope. This might just mean that Apple ad agency decided borrow the concept for the new laptop ad. On the podcast he also talked about how Steve Jobs was the CEO of Pixar at the time of the movie which might of inspired him to think up the MacBook Air.

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Well, though Apple pulled a fast one and released them early, Appletell’s predictions were spot on in the case of the new Mac Pros.

Our Prediction:

Penryn processors up to 8-core 3.2 GHz[...] Apple will most likely tout a 32 GB RAM ability as a new feature, even though the current Mac Pros can handle 32 GB of RAM since the introduction of 4 GB RAM Modules. Hard Drive Space will most likely be expanded to a 4 TB Max.

Is this what the iTablet looks like? Cause if it is, I’m getting one. Looprumors has some exclusive sources, saying that the iTablet will be a totally new device, that “co-exists” with current Mac offerings, In other words, it’s not going to be a laptop as well as a tablet. It’s going to be just more »

You didn’t once think that Apple would keep their multi-touch technology stuck in a cell phone forever, did you? Of course not, and as Crunchgear is reporting, Apple will be putting their 200+ patents to work this fall when they release new MacBooks with multi-touch enabled touchpads. The idea is that the touchpads will evolve more »