If you like the iPod and like laptop computers then the Apple Tablet will make you happy. It is likely to resemble a big iPod. The cost is to be about $600. The Apple tablet has been projected to sell about 2 million units and earn Apple 1.2 billion in revenue. This projection comes from Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster based on information from an anonymous Asian component supplier that is working with Apple.

There is more and more speculation on the Apple tablet device. Expert talk says early 2010 is when it will appear complete with a 3G modem and best in class web, media and email software. This means that the tablet would be competing with netbooks even though it was in a different category.

Many people think the tablet would be a big success. The size and persona of the iPod is loved by consumers. Perhaps Apple’s tablet will see a similar attraction. In fact Qualcomm and Intel believe in the concept so much that they are also pushing tablet like devices.

Other players could enter the market with a Google Chrome OS based tablet or even a Android based tablet. The tablet is about portable wireless connectivity. As such I would prefer to call it a mobile internet device. The tablet is likely to push many older computer devices and that is what innovation is all about. Great functionality and the ability to do most of what a laptop can do combined with the small size might just make this device irresistible.