Beyond the Rumors...

[MacRumors]

Beyond the rumor sites. Way beyond.

Apple.com (http://www.apple.com) - 5 days til MacWorld Expo.

[buffsldr]

That is a huge statement given our seemingly inexhaustible ability to speculate. I just don't think i can wait any longer!!!

[arn]

they're just teasing us now... :)

arn

[trilogic]

In Switzerland we have a saying: "Vorfreude ist die groesste Freude" this means that "anticipation is the greatest joy"

[lera]

Indeed it is. I don't know about G5 towers and 1Ghz iMacs but I know that what ever hapends on the 7th isn't going to mater because I'l have had a heart attack from excitement. See you on the flip side. :)

[meeka]

1) VW Beetle like car that is apple logo'd
2) Car is obviously battery powered (or hybrid) and can drive for 10+ hours without a charge (to match your iPod)
3) iPod plugs into the firewired dashboard for all your favorite tunes.
4) Handspring makes a PDA/Cel with Newton OS that is connected to the steering wheel and is voice activated so that chatting is handsfree.
5) Tibook docks on the center console and iMap automatically starts up, checks the cars GPS and puts the Apple car on the map.
6) As you start the car, it automatically dials out to get internet access and your eWorld account is logged onto.
7) Heads up display can be toggled with an iPod-like control on the steering wheel to show car functions, iMap, eWorld, iPod screen, Newton screen,...

I was just joking when I started to write this... but everything I've said... the technology exists. (except for the 10 hour battery life for the car)... I want one.

[iwantanewmac]

They're just fooling around.
They've sold everything they've got and went on a plane to the bahama's and live there forever.

[BurntCalc]

My God! I can't believe that Apple would go so far as to hype something up this big unless we're all missing something important here. Let's speculate....

What are the major rumors out there so far?
-G5
-Flat Panel iMac
-New consumer device (sony/apple?)
-AMD/Intel version of OSX
-Dodecahedron enclosures (that's 12 sided)
-Touch pad technology
-PDA

So.... beyond the rumor sites, eh? What in the world could we possibly be missing here? It is either all of the above, or some of the above and then something else which no one has heard a whisper about. The big question is... What is Product X? (no pun intended)

Myself, I'd make a wild guess and say that it will be several types of consumer devices. What do they do? Probably the same stuff that most devices do, only it'll be so amazingly simple to use that people will slap themselves on their foreheads and say "Gee! Now why didn't I think of that?"

Makes sense, no? I mean, Apple is best at reinventing things with insane flair. We're not gonna see flying cars or anything, so what's left?

-BurntCalc

[rumormill@loudthing.com]

a) a full X10 setup (with gigawire options) in a box...
b) ...connecting to the iMediaCenter...
c) ...which consists of...pioneer dvd writer, removable touch screen/remote (extended ipod-style interface), able to support new media components (digital radio, mp3, cd-whatever, dvd, etc, etc) with gigawire.
d) whilst u don't need a mac to use all this, having a mac allows you to use the iMediaCenter as a (integrated)peripheral.
e) ...and a dock to use part of the system, in your car.
f) and finally, a mouse with fingerprint id technology built in, which continuously monitors and authenticates the user.

[C_a_r_s_t_e_n]

This is cool - Apple is just unpredictible!

[kishba]

so i wake up this morning and see this new phrase at apple.com.... am i still dreaming?

apple is really brave to say something like this

[kishba]

just thought i would add fuel to the fire

imac shipping is up to 7 days from the online apple store but the g4 still has normal shipping estimates (~3days)


what the heck is going to be so revolutionary?

[pkradd]

Apple is just having some fun, for a change. They're tweaking all the macheads.

No matter what products they introduce, the usual moaning and whinning will occur anyway.

Somebody in Cupertino has a great sense of humor.

[Falleron]

Here in the UK the build times are somewhat different!

Imac - 15 days
iBook - 7 days
PowerBook - 15 days
PowerMac - 7 days

[j763]

I've heard little on rumor sites about mergers. With IBM's personal computer business producing massive losses for the companies, are IBM going to crawl to apple? Or maybe apple will grab Motorola and do that in house?? Or maybe we'll see Sony and Apple join as a force in digital devices... M$ are competing with sony in a number of markets (for example xbox vs ps2 and sericsson)... Just speculation...

But bringing the discussion back to earth, i think pkradd is right, it's someone at apple with a sense of humor who must enjoy watching these and other forums light up with people speculating even more.


'If you expect to be overwhelmed, you'll be underwhelmed. If you expect to be underwhelmed, you'll be overwhelmed'
-Me, 10:50PM Jan 2nd.

[blakespot]

I fear what is coming.

I fear that the purchase frenzy that it will put me in will cause my wife to divorce me.



blakespot

[gandalf55]

These headlines have been programmed into the page for a while - Apple didn't put that up in response to actual reading of rumor sites like this one.

For all this hype, I predict:

- g5 announcement - shipping delayed to near future
- flat panel iMac (almost a letdown after all our speculation - heh)
- iPod 1.0 firmware 1.3 (onboard EQ & more)
- iPhoto debuts
- iView (dvd hardware player)
- Gigawire in the announced g5s
- new revs of iBook, TI g4, desktop g4s

drumroll...

mini-OSX running on a pocket-PC
OSX available for Wintel folk
iTunes for Wintel folk (for iPods)

[elfin buddy]

if apple is going to release any new iDevices, they will probably be very similar to the iPod. with the iPod, apple took an existing technology (the portable mp3 player) massively improved on it. it is reasonable to expect other iDevices to follow suit. so to find out what they apple is cooking up, we have to ask ourselves "what device involves computer technology and can be massively improved upon without too much trouble?" take a digital camera for example (im no pro on digital cameras, im just speculating and i may be wrong). the digital cameras of today usually use flash memory cards for storage. same goes for most mp3 players. apple improved on the mp3 player by adding a huge hard drive. apple could also improve on the digital camera by adding a huge hard drive to that. if it followed the design of the iPod, it would be the size of deck of cards. it would also have firewire. imagine a digital camera like that! it would cost a lot so it would probably fill the same marketing niche as the iPod. it seems that apple is trying to make these iDevices far better than any of the competition. apply that same reasoning to just about any high tech device u use today and see what u can come up with =)

someone here mentioned the iView, a hardware dvd player if i remember correctly. to find out how likely this is, we apply the same logic i just applied to the digital camera. how can it be massively improved upon in a way that involves computers? apple will not make a dvd player unless it sees a way to blow all other dvd players away.

there are so many things in todays world that could be easily improved upon if only given a bit of thought. good luck and happy speculating!

[crassusad44]

Well. Apple does not usually hype events like this, if they don't have anything to deliver.
Guess we'll have to wait, unless we die of excitement, and Steve Jobs is waiting at the gates of heaven, revealing it all to us... :D

[marco114]

News this big can't stay hidden forever. It will come out before MacWorld. I definitely don't think the sayings on the site are pre-programmed. I've been mining the graphics for quite awhile trying to see if there are any other ones in thier site.

Possiblilites:

• This has merger written all over it. I am thinking Apple buys a game company, NVidia, ATI, Sony, Motorola or ome other current partner. IBM is too big for Apple to buy their Market Cap is $200+ Billion. IF they announce any type of merger with M$, i'd be upset.

• Every new Powermac comes with a Segway Human Transporter

• OS X on Intel does not seem logical or probible.

• We are going to see a new Apple with a completely new direction with a radically changed lineup of computers and devices. They pretty much just auctioned off a lot of their inventory on DoveBid last week.

• They may have found a way to run OS 9 apps natively in OS X quite possibly.

• I still thing Apple is going to release a huge huge server with everthing I and everyone else ever wanted.

• SGI currently sucks, maybe some type of merger with them? Pixar is probably one of SGI's better customers.

[dp3]

It's a scooter, obviously. One that crashes periodically.

[marco114]

Ok, I just downloaded one of the graphics off of Apple's site.

It was created on:

Jan 1, 2002 at 3:54PM.

It's definitely a response to whatever they see here and elsewhere. I am sure they read this site. In fact I know they do.

[mbcastleman]

I don't know but Nokia is finally announcing the introduction of their communicator. Maybe Apple has a phone PDA. Maybe a camera that leverages airport.

[peppermill@loudthing.com]

a) the iBox to take on the xbox and...
b) ...new emulation technology from sony enabling ps2 and xbox games to run on the iBox
c) and, of course, the iFridge.

doh!

[Beej]

So what will it say tomorrow?

"Quite simply, the biggest announcement in the history of technology."

or

"Apple is about to change the lifestyle of every being on this planet..."

or

"Man has walked on the moon. Apple has done one better."

or perhaps

"Uh, Beej, I wouldn't go that far..."

(Go on Apple, I dare ya!)

[agreenster]

>Blakespot: I fear that the purchase frenzy that it will put me in will cause my wife to divorce me.


He he. I feel your pain. Lets all pray for the poor women of the geek world. Their bank accounts are in for a real shock.......
_

Re: Apple.com
Love it. That is SOOOO awesome. Ha! I DO hope they have kept secrets from us! Nothing is better than the Christmas when you DIDNT peek at your presents in your parents closet, and the whole day was a suprise.

I also love it that they read our posts! Wonder what Mr. Jobs thinks of us?

[Mr. Anderson]

Its become a feeding frenzy for all this speculation. I find myself sitting here getting little tingling feelings on all the possibilities, yet another part of me knows nothing can live up to it all.

It just seems to me Apples dropped the 100 mega ton rumor bomb and everyone seems to be in the blast radius.

Speculate away, the people at Apple are all sitting around smug at their handywork.

[agreenster]

Thats what we are here for, isnt it? To enjoy the rumorbomb. We LIKE it!

[Gus]

The last time Apple hyped something this big, there was a different, but now familiar slogan-"Why 1984 won't be like 1984." We all know what we got then. I agree with previous posts: Apple has dropped the bomb and I am so flustered I can't even speculate anymore. Whatever their plan was, it worked on me. If I was the one at Apple who did this, I would be quite happy with myself right now. The only thing that makes me suspect is that we have seen no TV commercials for something that must be this huge. It seems that maybe Apple is stroking our collective rumor-mongering egos. I'm loving every minute of it. :-)

Gus

[eyelikeart]

So could all of this be part of an elaborate plan that Apple has been plotting for the past few years to completely rip through any expectations and complaints that the public has come to grasp?

Have they purposely held out on us to bring us completely over the edge come 5 days?

[boomertim]

It's IT
You know that thing that doesn't fall over. Apple has put it's logo on IT and IT will change the way we live.

That all IT is. IT

[atlascott]

With bankrupcies rising, it is totally irresponsible for Apple to deliver excitement and fantastic new products. Consumers will be utterly incapable of ignoring them, and will buy buy buy.

Seriously, Apple has some major cajones. That's some statement on their site.

I pray to the heavens that M$ and Apple do not merge, because that would basically mean that Apple was PURCHASED by M$. And it would mean more monopoly complaints against M$, so I do not see Gates doing it. Nor do I really see Jobs giving up control of Apple, which would be the lynchpin of any deal--Gates would want control. Compared to a M$ merger, a Sony merger sounds just dandy. So does a Motorola/IBM/ATI/NVidia (or some combination) merger.

What it DOES mean is that I am not going to buy that used iBook off of eBay (at least not until after MacWorld...) and that I will probably be several thousand dollars more in debt within the next month or two...but happily so, with my new i(whatsit)....

The suspense is killing me!!!

Brilliant, evil bastards!

[guest]

Originally posted by peppermill@loudthing.com
a) the iBox to take on the xbox and...
b) ...new emulation technology from sony enabling ps2 and xbox games to run on the iBox
c) and, of course, the iFridge.

doh!

Of course, they'll get Muhammed Ali to do a commercial for it.

[Rocketman]

Apple Computer, Inc., is recognizing the existence of these sites to the general public officially on their main page. That is news.

Apple is officially stating even the rumors are understated. That is BIG news.

It may be Apple has real products of real interest to the 95% of people who are not Mac owners. That would be a coup.

Rocketman

[Smelt]

Ohmigawd...

i'm goin' to pee myself...

i want it...what ever it is...

please..

[atlascott]

I do not believe that a Intel box version of Mac OSX is likely, because Apple makes their cash on hardware.

HOWEVER--if they were EVER going to do it, now is the time. Win XP is probably the LEAST POPULAR OS M$ has released in 10 years. And Apple CAN control hardware, by having a very specific list of requirements for Intel/AMD boxes (e.g., requires Intel 1.5 or AMD 1.2, Fire wire and USB ports, etc., etc., certain sound card, certain graphics card, etc.) People who upgrade to OS X with a non-approved box do not get customer support. Or maybe Apple begins manufacturing a proprietary Intel/AMD box, or maybe just use a proprietary motherboard.

As I said, unlikely, but possible. But if they were ever going to do it, their time is now.

[iapplemac]

Last Mac World so many of us had high hopes.

Power Mac G5
Flat Panel iMac G4
+ more


I Want To Believe!

[iapplemac]

Last Mac World so many of us had high hopes.

Power Mac G5
Flat Panel iMac G4
+ more


I Want To Believe!

[mmoore00]

I could understand your reasoning for making a detailed list of requirements for an Intel/AMD OS X, but I doubt that many Intel/AMD users would purchase it (except for us mac fans). It wouldn't be worth the cost for development.

Steve Jobs... if you read this.... I can imagine you sitting in your office with some top VPs neeling around your mac trying to think up the most dastardly headline the confuse all of us, and then blow us away at MWSF. Fine. I understand. I've read nearly every book about you and apple (I needed some reading material for a long vacation this summer) and I think I may have tad bit of understanding of your management style. So what I'm asking you to do is this: keep having your fun. There's nothing I enjoy more than having a little fun. You've got quite a captive audience here with your mac fans, and we all know it's just a little fun. And I'm sure that you know that it's fun, and then you will blow us away at MWSF. I'm okay with that. In fact, I welcome your next message. I think we're all barking up the wrong tree here... Thinking woz's gameboy is a PDA... Man some people here REALLY want a PDA... I think Apple's going to come out with something NONE of us have imagined before now. Something as revolutionary as the Mac OS. Something as revolutionary as the Segway. And I am unqualified to guess. But I will say this, Steve: Don't let us down. If you and your friends sitting in your office messing with our minds come out with a simple product revision like you did at MWNY, then I think you will be faced with some serious loss of business. But, I doubt you'll let us down. One thing about you: You know a great product when you see one. XeroxPARC, Macintosh (Raskin's idea... Your baby), NeXT, OS X, and what comes next? I think iPod was a product thrown out there just to test the water. It floats. I hope whatever comes next does as well.

And, Steve, if you do happen upon this, send me an email. I won't beg for a product list for MWSF. I'd just like to say "hi."

[mmoore00]

"They're just fooling around. They've sold everything they've got and went on a plane to the bahama's and live there forever."

There's a psychological name for this. It's actually called "Jimmy Buffet Syndrome."

[Mr. Anderson]

Whoa, with all this talk and its still 5 days away? Apple hasn't finished taunting us either! We have 4 or 5 more one liners to go, and most likely they're going to be even more sensational.

Can it keep the pace?

Seriously, they've obviously got something big up they're slieves, but to say its something they've been working on for 5 years or so might be a little much.

Someone throw some more chum in the water to really start the frenzy.

[GPTurismo]

Maybe apple purchased Adobe, and iPhoto is actually photoshop 7 and they are going to take photoshop away from the Wintel World. LOLOLOLOLOLOL.

Think about it, All the photoshop beta's are called Liquid dream and when I played with betas of 4, 5 and 6, they were all called photoshop.

Maybe they are going to release g5's, and make me mad that I bought a Dual G4 800 ;)

[agreenster]

An email from Steve Jobs? You aim high. I like that. How do you know that an anonymous poster right here on MacRumors isnt Steve Jobs himself? hmmmmm?

[PowerPod]

I just went to my local Apple dealer in Amsterdam. Checking up the price for an iBook, he suddenly went silent and then said "strange, Apple is listing somethings called PowerPod, not yet available". I saw the listing myself. Wanting to put an order on one immediately, we tried to do that. However, the listing seems to have been an error as the product wasn't able to be ordered. The seller reloaded the listing, and the PowerPod on the list was gone. Apple is messing with us!

This all makes sense: We've got the iBook and the iMac, the PowerBook and the PowerMac. We've got the iPod.... and soon we will have the PowerPod!!

My guess is that the PowerPod will be the ultimate handheld!

[markbyer]

My sources inside the US Dept of Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS) have confirmed the following:

APPLE COMPUTER HAS FINALIZED AN HISTORIC AGREEMENT WITH FIDEL CASTRO TO PURCHASE CUBA!

It seems that ol' Fidel has been longing for a bit of retirement in Vancouver, British Columbia for sometime. He's agreed to sell his country to Apple for an undisclosed sum (rumored to be in the hundreds of dollars!)

By the end of January, Apple will be giving every cuban a new iPod and they will be renaming the country to iCuba. Apple plans on relocating it's corporate offices to Havana by the end of 2002.

That's all I have for now, but I'll post further updates as the I get new information.

;-D

[agreenster]

I actually laughed out loud.

[Bartman]

OSX on x86, not going to happen.

OSX on Intel's Itanium, perhaps, and couple it with the superfast CPU emulator from http://www.transitivetechnologies.com/ and Aqua and Classic should perform as well or even better than the aging and lagging G4.

64-bit, blazing fast and OSX is on Intel's next gen processor before Micro$oft.

[blakespot]

Could this be what's coming??

http://www.chris3d.com/pictures/icar.html





blakespot

[agreenster]

The itanium has been available on the IBM Intellistation Z for quite some time now. All Windows too. I would like to see the 64 bit G5 duke it out with the itanium though.

[guest]

Apple -does- have internal builds of OSX on Windows. But at the same time, they make most of their money from hardware. Don't expect it to be an OSX wintel, unless Apple has figured out a way to release OSX on a standardized wintel box.

[kenkooler]

A new superfast 128-bit chip like the ps2

[boomertim]

It's IT
You know that thing that doesn't fall over. Apple has put it's logo on IT and IT will change the way we live.

That all IT is. IT

[agreenster]

Woah. Give me some of what HE'S drinking.

[macboy]

if apple's new stuff is way bigger than what we are thinking... lets go even bigger...

G5 PowerMacs - 1 GHz, 1.5GHz & 2GHz
G5 PowerBooks - 733MHz, 867MHZ, 1GHz
G4 LCD iMac (New Design) - 733 MHz, 867 MHz, 1 GHz
G4 iBooks - 733MHz, 867MHz, 1 GHz

iPod - 5GB & 10GB
iP____ maybe iPlay?? - Hand held MPEG & MOV Player transfering movies via FireWire
iPad - hand held PDA with Mac OS X Lite. Just like Windows XP lite PDA.

iMovie 3
Mac OS 10.2

Adobe GoLive, Adobe PhotoShop, PageMaker for OS X
Macromedia Fireworks, dreamweaver & Flash for OS X

If this is going to be big... then maybe these might be it... If it is... this will sure make me happy! But I have a feeling that G5 & G4 for both the "books" and desktops well be launched... Bye Bye G3...

[mazola]

1) iTunes 2.0.4
2) pre announcement for OS X v10.1.3 (due sometimes in calendar 2002)
3) a photoshop 'bake off'
4) a twenty minute slide show on why lower MHz are better

[oskay]

http://www.applesoundshop.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Phonic_Mixers_59.html


...oops. Wrong apple.

[samy85114]

AAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, these annoncements since monday drive me crazy!!!! :-) it,S so unbelievable!!! If they are saying that is beyond the rumors, it,S because they came here or on an other rumors site, and if it,S really beyond... I CAN'T WAIT!!!!

[Klark]

Remember when Apple's site would have teasers about upcoming products?

"PRO GO WHOA!"

or the chip, shopping cart, and screwdriver (for G3, online shopping, and customization)?

Does anyone have copies of these?

[dj]

it's Compaq! they're buying Compaq!.....well it sounded like a good speculation at first...hmmmm

[kenkooler]

Jan 7th....SJ walks out, all in black of course.....and up the the screen pops "G5"...and the crowd goes crazy....and then one more word slowly fades below G5....
"everything".....SJ explains after the audience finally stops clapping and screaming that the new G5 chip is so good, so revolutionary, so fast and cool that it is imediately being put into the New Power Mac, the new TiBook, the new LCD iMac and the new iBook....iMac and iBook at 1 Ghz, TiBook at 1.2 and 1.4 GHz and Towers at 1.6, 2.0 and 1.8 Dual......

just dreaming....

[ptogel]

Originally posted by blakespot
Could this be what's coming??

http://www.chris3d.com/pictures/icar.html




blakespot


The price is missing! When can I buy it? Is there a version for fat people?

;-)

[agreenster]

I dont think its that the rumor sites are guessing low, its that we are guessing WRONG. Ive seen so many G5 rumors I could pull my hair out. I dont think its that we arent thinking high' enough, we arent thinking 'left and right' There's probably strategies we havent thought up, nor the products that come with them.

[Klark]

It's hard to believe this was almost 4 years ago!

http://www.apple.com/thinkdifferent/prohw.html

(follow the "next" links at the bottom to see everything)

[kenkooler]

Originally posted by Klark
It's hard to believe this was almost 4 years ago!

http://www.apple.com/thinkdifferent/prohw.html

(follow the "next" links at the bottom to see everything)

Wow! Do Apple still keeps that?

[Zaren]

Another news site mentioned an announcement from IDG regarding the moving of the keynote. I did some digging for this announcement and found something interesting:

http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/f_headline.cgi?bw.010202/220022043&ticker=IDGTS

It mentions a long list of exhibitors presenting new products, including:

- VPC5, OS9 and OSX native
- VectorWorks 9.5, OSX-native CAD program
- LightWave 3D version 7

As well as several other interesting apps. The two that really caught my eye, however, were the following:

- "Six Degrees, a new product set to transform the desktop by allowing content creators, creative professionals,
marketing professionals and digital file authors to quickly navigate through the clutter of the desktop in a powerful new way"
- "ThinkFree Office, a Microsoft(R) Office compatible suite of word processing, spreadsheet and
presentation graphics applications, which uses Java technology to support a wide variety of operating systems and device platforms"

Go to http://www.thinkfree.com for that last item... this looks VERY interesting...

[nahaliel]

tomorrow's headline:
"It's going to be big. No, not that big macboy."

[Rocketman]

Originally posted by kenkooler
Jan 7th....SJ walks out, all in black of course.....and up the the screen pops "G5"...and the crowd goes crazy....and then one more word slowly fades below G5....
"everything".....SJ explains after the audience finally stops clapping and screaming that the new G5 chip is so good, so revolutionary, so fast and cool that it is imediately being put into the New Power Mac, the new TiBook, the new LCD iMac and the new iBook....iMac and iBook at 1 Ghz, TiBook at 1.2 and 1.4 GHz and Towers at 1.6, 2.0 and 1.8 Dual......

just dreaming....

I got chills just reading your speculative post.

I think nobody has speculated my favorites. An ipod device for the car, an ivideo camera device, raid option for everything, and of course software and interface to make it all compelling.

There is an outside chance G5 2.4ghz a realistic initial top end.

Rocketman

[agreenster]

The fastest 64bit Processor selling right now is made by Intel, called the itanium. Its 800mHz, and it does the job better than any chip out right now. So, it doesnt have to be 2.4 gHz to be unbelievably fast.

[macboy]

\Originally posted by nahaliel
tomorrow's headline:
"It's going to be big. No, not that big macboy."


I hope so!!! PLEASE APPLE!!! It would make my day if my name was on their site!

[daveg5]

what has apple been very weak in lately?
GAMES!!!
I predict that Apple has signed a deal with either Sega which we produce games for apple including the highly rated 2k sports series,{they are producing games for every one else or with Sony which will allow Apple to make an emulation progam that will run playstation 2 games on all 500MHZ or higher ati rage pro128 or higher Macs
What I would like to see is a full 1year tech support in addition to the 1 year warranty. The same imac software bundle will be included with pro systems with the addition of techtool pro lite, iphoto, games{chess,checkers, tony hawk 2, virtua fighter, shemmue2, etc}, final cut pro light and get this , an actual big thick manual!!
wishful thinking huh?
a fire wire adapter for ipod that will allow musicians and journalist to capture up to 24bit sound thru a built in stereo condenser mic or mic and digtal inputs along with a standard leather case and belt clip 6month warranty upgradable to 2 years {repairable} and a price of $299.
All powermacs will be duals
dual 1.2 apollo dvd/cdrw 80GB 512MB gf2 $1799
dual 1.4 apollo dvdrw/cdrw 100GB 1GB gf3 $2399
DUAL 1.6 G5 dvdrw/cdrw 120GB 1.5GB GF3 twin $2999
the G5 will have a titanium finish trimmed in gold with a lcd info panel on front
all powermacs will have tv-in/out svhs cable connectors
and will be able to be used as Tivo devices
A digital camcorder co -developed with sony that uses no tape but instead a 7200rpm 10GB version of ipods
hard drive
A 5 megapixal camera with the ipods 5GB hard drive co devoloped with canon with interchangeble lenses and firewire and usb printing directly from the camera.
WISHFUL THINKING?

[eric_n_dfw]

Lot's of mentions of PS2/XBox emulation but what about Nintendo? The GameCube is so hot right now that many retailers are hard pressed to keep them in stock. It runs on a custom IBM G3 chip and ATI graphics (and sound I've heard).

How hard would it be to make a Mac run those games?

Just a thought.

[daveg5]

Apple will completely bypass the one ghz mark with thier latest Powermacs, all but the low end will be at least 2GHZ!!.
duals will come in july along with a new case, 6slots, 4 memory slots, 3 hot swappable drive bays 2 -5.25 drivebays, with covers-(pre Quicksilver lcd display on front and the industry's quietest pro enclousure

[kenkooler]

Originally posted by eric_n_dfw
Lot's of mentions of PS2/XBox emulation but what about Nintendo? The GameCube is so hot right now that many retailers are hard pressed to keep them in stock. It runs on a custom IBM G3 chip and ATI graphics (and sound I've heard).

How hard would it be to make a Mac run those games?

Just a thought.

Not so much... if the CD/DVD can read them

[agreenster]

One Word: Nah.

[sunwukong]

"I fear what is coming."

"I fear that the purchase frenzy that it will put me in will cause my wife to divorce me."

HA! You and me both, brother! I've been on 'hardware probation' so long, it hurts! ;-)

[mum]

Originally posted by mbcastleman
I don't know but Nokia is finally announcing the introduction of their communicator. Maybe Apple has a phone PDA. Maybe a camera that leverages airport.

Hasn't it been out for a year soon? I've used one for six months now.

[thinmann]

a friend of mine was in a forum last night and he said that the major topic was the ipad. could be a tablet or a pda....

who knows

[macfreek57]

HYPERCARD 4!!!!!!!!

[rumormill@loudthing.com]

aaaah. the iPad. apple gets into the property market and starts to sell apartments. with built-in old stock items. complete with the iPet, a dog with a built-in airport card.

could it be a g4 mac in the shape of a cube. an iCube perhaps. prior to the announcement will be the unveiling of a new device for selective memory deletion.

finally, the iPatch....

[elgruga]

Digital camera that uses iPod for its storage is too obvious - but probable.

Merger is the most likely - but its a product merge, not a co. merge.
Apple and Sony combine to bring you the killer game thing or something.
Apple and IBM combine to bring you OS X on PowerPC on IBM laptops - Now that could work.....
OS X Server running on IBM PowerPC big iron - yes.

Some how this involves IBM, Sony and Apple shooting for yet another challenge to M$.

And this time - WE WIN!

But no.
Apple has started this 'centre of your digital
universe type of thing', so its a product merge with Sony or similar.
Every one is hurting financially, so you combine with another big quality co. and both sides benefit.

BTW, sorry for starting the OS X on Intel thing.....!
I dont really think it will fly, and my 'logical argument' on the OS and quality hardware was flawed, to say the least.

[zerocool90]

yea, ok my grandma works at sears..she comes home yesterday and tells me that sears told her that they were cancelling her service agreement on her imac cause they wouldnt be able to get replacement parts after june or so...make your own call.

[huxley]

there HAS to be a PDA in there somewhere. but unlike the Palm, one that actually works, perhaps?

[CandymanDan]

It's going to be the G5's with a monitor built into the flip-down side panel.

[zaltar]

I got it everyone. It’s going to be the iMower. It’s a lawn mower attached to IT with a built in flat screen panel with a G5 running at 1.6 GHz. It will also have a firewire port and huge speakers built in so it can dock with the iPod. It will retail for $1699.

They said beyond didn't they?

Back to reality now. Im still gonna bet on some type of digital hub device we haven’t thought of yet.... Oh the possibilities.

[jayscheuerle]

Originally posted by agreenster
The fastest 64bit Processor selling right now is made by Intel, called the itanium. Its 800mHz, and it does the job better than any chip out right now. So, it doesnt have to be 2.4 gHz to be unbelievably fast.

Of course, itaniums are $15,000....

[networkman]

you are right on, i think

look to other sources like sears like the segway rumor sites looked to the patent office and got the real facts

sears is like a giant compared to apple so if what your grandmother says is accurate, we are in for a totally redesigned imac (short necked crt and smaller footprint imac would be almost as cool as lcd)

the flat panel lcd imac will do more for apple than a g5 or dual g5 or an apple-segway licensed scooter because the imac will be aimed at the regular person and new users and that is what will make apple's valuation go back up again

lcd imac, that's all, but that's really enough and we will be excitied

my 2 cents

[deusvede]

What about a digital blackboard?
No keyboard, no mouse, a really minimalist computer in the mood of the iMac. A computer to go,a no-computer, a granma's computer, a redefinition of Digital Lifestyle. Let's do what everybody fear to do. Let's be Apple.

[erosner32]

has Microsoft or any other pc company ever been able to excite their customers to the level that Apple always delivers......my advice...buy Apple stock!! They are ready to bust out....I say it is a hipster cell phone/inewton running osx lite .

[Mausabiest]

Well folks todays headline on the apple homepage was a real blow. Think big, thats what it seems to be about. I read all of the 86 comments till now, and I think there will be a lot more. Lets see what tomorrow will bring. The nearer the day gets the more exited gets the Apple community, it is like a virus with infects everybody who has an Apple. I just hope that Billy will cure us all on January the 7th. Think positive, think big, think different !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[eyelikeart]

This would actually make sense, provided the story is true...

[Catfish_Man]

There's no way Apple can live up to the hype they just created. Unless something extremely wierd happened (like Motorola suddenly figuring out how to make G5s for 5 bucks a piece), this could be very very bad for Apple.

[Catfish_Man]

...I'll start making wild predictions like everyone else :)

low end powermac:1.6Ghz G5
medium:dual 1.6Ghz G5s
High end:quad 1.6Ghz G5s
Digital device: iCureForCancer ;)

[sumsugar]

Guys. its gonna be a very, very fast processor. Lets thin about what apple is saying.

1. "Big even by our standards"

Apples standards have for a long time been "Its not the cpu speed its other factors", "Its not just megahertz", and the "Megahertz Myth."

2. "Beyond the rumor sites, way beyond"

Rumor sites are expecting something to break the 1 Gig barrier.


I THINK APPLES GONNA ANNOUNCE 2 GIG PROCESSOR.

It has to be about the speed.

[Falleron]

I think everybody is wrong!! When apple said "big" I think they meant some sort of v.large server!

[Catfish_Man]

This is one of Apple's booths. I don't see any completely new categories, but it might be being kept secret for now.

Product Category Subcategory

* Graphic Design/Illustration/Effects
* Home: General Use & Recreation
* Optical Drives/Players - CD/DVD
* Streaming Media/Content Delivery
* USB
* Web Apps Dev/Programming Tools
* CD/DVD authoring/editing
* Desktops/Desktop Environments/OS
* Digital Video Production/Editing
* Entertainment: Gaming/TV/Movies
* Multimedia Content Creation
* Educational: K – 12, Higher Ed
* FireWire IEEE 1394
* Website Development Tools
* Wireless:Laptops/Handhelds/PDA’s

[Catfish_Man]

...is a bit more interesting. It doesn't list ANY product categories. Seems a bit odd to have a booth with no products, doesn't it?

[Catfish_Man]

...the IRS is exhibiting at MWSF......

[Rand_Race]

First of all:

>>Anyone can reply / add comments to news articles.<<

Is BS. Now, let's see if I can remember what I wrote.

Robotics! Yes, robots. Apple branded light utillity robots for the home and yard controlled via Airport by an OS X Mac. The first, iBot, will be an indoor floor maintenance droid that sweeps, vaccums, mops, and waxes around the home. The second, PowerBot, will be an intellegent lawn tractor that will do the same for the yard; mowing, leafing, trimming, even picks up sticks!

This is a wide open market that overworked people around the world have been yearning many years for. Apple, with it's fantastic brand name and industrial design, is a perfect match for this unplumbed market.

For a prediction not simply pulled out of my ass: I happen to know a major appliance manufacturer has been doing some very hush-hush, tell no one type of pre launch advertising. iFridge perhaps? I doubt it as one of my users would have clued me into anything that cool, but ya never know...

[Djk515]

"Guys. its gonna be a very, very fast processor. Lets thin about what apple is saying.

1. "Big even by our standards"

Apples standards have for a long time been "Its not the cpu speed its other factors", "Its not just megahertz", and the "Megahertz Myth."

2. "Beyond the rumor sites, way beyond"

Rumor sites are expecting something to break the 1 Gig barrier.


I THINK APPLES GONNA ANNOUNCE 2 GIG PROCESSOR.

It has to be about the speed."

That's the smartest thing I've heard today. It does make a lot of sense. "Beyond the rumor sites." As in, beyond the 1 GHz barrier. And "big even by our standards." As in beyond what Apple conisders big (Megahertz Myth).

Uh Oh. MWSF will prob let a lot of people down if this is true tho now that they're hyped it up so much. Maybe we've responded in the wrong way.

[eyelikeart]

http://www.powerpod.com/

Now I know I'm not getting caught up in this PDA hype!! :)

[Aeolius]

Perhaps:

An Apple/McDonalds collaborative project: the iBig Mac

An Apple/Sony robotics experiment: the AIBO DogCow, a.k.a. iMoof

An Apple/Ginsu kitchen appliance: iMac the Knife

An Apple agricultural assistant: iMacDonald

A high-end server for naval applications: G5...you sank my battleship!

[ClassicMac]

this thread is getting really long

[iapplemac]

iSlice

its just like bread, but sliced.

they will make millions

[mischief]

How 'bout putting up 10-mile range Orinoco Wi Fi towers and partnering with AOL/TW. Complete broadband access from literally any point via iNet.

Add in a simple Web-appliance style device, not quite a PDA but not a full laptop either. The thing'd have modest stats but full Airport and built-in encryption and Banking.

So: iBank
iNet
iGo
It'd stomp M$ flat.

[NextBrian]

Steve Jobs is a major financial backer of Segway. Apple Design Group has designed a new model called iSnoway. Jobs says it will change the way city governments plow snow, "It's revolutionary, just think, no more shoveling snow, IT just blows it aside...this changes everything...what fun!" Dean Kamen says, "Grandma will never have to get her hip replaced, iSnoway will take her to the mailbox and back, never taking one step on the ice. Think of it as an enhancement on Moon-boots. Steve just keeps coming up with these ideas, I don't know how he does it." iSnoway will have a 20" clearing path, topping out at 5mph with a distance of 2 city blocks per charge. iSnoway has been seen being tested in Buffalo, NY this past week, though no one has been able to catch one on film. IT will sport storage for an optional winter survival kit ($399) and a built-in handy iPod clip. iSnoway is set to retail at $10,399 (not including snow-chains, $399 add-on) and will go on sale starting June at the San Diego, CA Apple Store. Rumor has it, iSnoway will be available "Slush Grey", "Husky Yellow", "Washer-fluid Blue", "Hockey-fight Red" and special edition "Black Ice". I have an exclusive PR photo of iSnoway, follow link below.

Mr. Freeze!

http://isnoway.billadeau.com

[Klark]

Dave Winer writes that he's heard that Apple is prepping the iDock:

http://www.scripting.com/

"... which is a flat-screen on an 802.11a network that moves your desktop anywhere you want to work in the home."

802.11a - a typo?

[atlascott]

IBM and Motorola have developed a 1024 bit processor running at 16 MHz (just like my first Mac) that is 1073.76% faster than a 2.0 GHZ Pentium 4, requires less than 1/100th of the power, generates less than 1/100th the heat, and can be manufactured for about one dollar. Laptop battery life is about 3 days.

imacs/ibooks will get one 16MHz processor, pro Macs get quad (4) 16MHz, and Powerbooks get two. Apple's new graphics card runs using the same design processor, and is 390% faster than GeForce 3 and 420% faster than ATI Radeon 8500.

Anyone who has purchased a Mac within one year qualifies for a "half off" rebate for being a loyal Machead.

[Newborn77]

Maybe Disney will finally buy Apple... LOL :D

[ob]

Why??

Well the Apple ad on the side of the old Molsons Building in downtown Toronto is gone. The iPod ones are still on the sides but the main one is being replaced.

It use to be the Burn...something something ad and its about 20 storeys high. So its gotta be big....

Mabybe an iBrew or an Apple micro-brewery!!

[mischief]

I've been making Mac R&D employees look like they're gonna vomit with guesses like that one. I even got one to blanche, mumble something about confidentiality and make a hastey retreat without finishing his game shopping. This iDea has been around for about two years here in Silicon valley. It is rumoured that M$ will come out with a similar product in 6 months, using the X box as a "base station".
I have ties to some of these developers so I'll just leave names out of this....... Needless to say it's my own research through educated guessing and basic stress analysis. (IE: once you guess close to home all the blood drains out of their faces and they shut up.)

[eyelikeart]

u know they are sitting back in Cupertino laughing hysterically at us all....

[mischief]

The Idea here is to get close enough that I get pulled aside and taken bound and gagged backstage when I go to see the keynote.

[spita111]

Okay, how about this?
How about the G4 cube, or G5 cube with some kind of hologram screen technology where the screen is actually a holographic 3D image projected just above the cube unit.

[mischief]

How about a G5/Airport that installs just behind the ear. Plugs into the Visual Cortex. Airport connect to iPod2.

[av11d]

It's gotta be a portable music video player!!! Like, the ipod with a screen! the ipod was a test to see if people liked the combination of Apple and music!! iPlayer ! It supports all formats and will be synchronized with Quicktime 6(supporting mpeg)!!!

[Brent Turbo]

OSX will not be available on Intel machines. Period.

Read the above sentence as many times as necessary until it sinks in.

[samy85114]

I hope not( about oSX on PC ) it,S the Apple's
pride to have made that Superb and powerful OS.
But for sure, they're a lot of money to do there!
XP is ****!

[rikderris]

"quote"
"OSX on Intel
OSX will not be available on Intel machines. Period."



It will if Apple builds intel machines!!!
Steve had to devise a way to kick Micheal Dells ASS!!!

Apples new PC is called iWin!!!!!

[detroitsuperfly]

•1 tHz flat panel iMac.

• fully animatronic Steve Jobs to keep you company in your desolate geekiness

•The new Wozniac 2 Simulated Brain® processor.

•Apple iFood-a-racacycle food simulator.

•iToilet, for those who are too engrossed in their computers to get up for 3 minutes. With the optional G-Whiz attachment

• iYank for those lonely Mac mavens. (optional with the Steve Jobs animatronic)

• All new encasements for the Powermac made out of salami.

[Catfish_Man]

... beta starts the same day as MWSF.

[mischief]

How about a little "Gray Alien" that's a robotic IT butler. It does all the connectivity and storage.GUI is supported by conversation and a holucinogenic HUD. Dependant on Apple supplied Ganja.

Product name: i and i

[macfreek57]

where did the subject of warcraft III come from and hasn't it been out for some time now (Mr. Anderson)?

[mischief]

Nope. There's just been so much hype, it feels like the game is as old as it's predicessor.

[Beej]

You know what'd really throw a spanner in the works? Tomorrow on apple.com:

"Hey, yeah, someone at Mac Rumors guessed it!"

[rekras]

you junior members and guests are getting just plain annoying with your geeky humor that only amuses yourself, imower, ifridge, imoof, give it a rest, stupid "i" things jokes are done.

[mischief]

that they'd be able to say "beyond the rumor sites" is if they're doing something truly rude. Lets say: Apple, Citibank, AOL, Sprint and IBM in partnership with Sony and Motorola drop a bomb like: "iNet, no matter where you go, there you are."
Banking, Internet, Storage, Phone service, Access to all of Time/Warner's archives as pay on demand streaming feeds, AOL built into X.2, all at once. Apple provides the interface.

[mischief]

can I buy you a sense of humor?

[rekras]

i think you should use it towards yourself yours is out of wack

[mischief]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[detroitsuperfly]

Take a happy pill and relax! This isn't a hardcore serious discussion. If we want to joke about this, then we have the right. We're not hurting anyone in the process, so stop getting so hysterical.

[detroitsuperfly]

Rekras iDiot.

[Classic]

Originally posted by detroitsuperfly
Rekras iDiot.

HAHAHAHA!!! ROFL!!!!

[newamiga]

Interesting side note from Apple's press release on their MWSF plans.. another special event on tap ..
Feature Presentation:
“Power of X”—Avie Tevanian, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering, and Philip Schiller, Apple’s vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing.

What: A presentation on the world’s most advanced operating system
When: Tuesday, January 8, 12 p.m. PST
Where: Moscone Convention Center, South Hall Rooms 103/104

This means no big talk from Steve J during the big event about OS X. Now he has 2.5 hours sked ..looking for him to break Gil Amelio's 3 hour mark and he wont talk about X much .. humm.. Or could this be a place holder for another Apple session to reiterate the new and special toys for those who didn't make new travel plans. In either case it should be interesting.

[elgruga]

Originally posted by rekras
you junior members and guests are getting just plain annoying with your geeky humor that only amuses yourself, imower, ifridge, imoof, give it a rest, stupid "i" things jokes are done.

As we like to say where I come from: Bollocks, mate!
You are just plain wrong.

[SPG]

Well, since there haven't been any leaks of photos or anything, all we can do is speculate and make jokes, but I think we could come up with something more than the old iJoke here.
________________
"Don't believe the hype!" -Flava Flav

[mnkeybsness]

wouldn't it be fun to just go sit in front of your mac for about 2 hours, with the power off, just staring at it, and dreaming up what types of things apple will be coming out with.....



.....NO, i like hearing what other people have to say, but not when it's total BS like PDAs and VWs with apple logos on them, or dodecahedron enclosures

[SPG]

Aside from the opinions and guesses, have we any proof? Nope, Any hints? Any clues?

[Androo]

I believe that it is very possible for Apple to release OSX on Intel. How? Release a single version of it and sware to never update it. That would make them a great deal of cash because a good deal of the x86 folks will go running to try it on their boxen, nobody from the PPC world would ever think of jumping ship if the operating system would never again be updated for the x86 platform and if enough people like OSX on their machines it's very possible they'll make the switch to Apple hardware.

Of course there are problems in that theory ... but that's the only way it could possibly ever happen without Apple going out of business.

[iapplemac]

I do hope the the next line of products from Apple are into called i---- this i---- is so 1998. New Year, New Names

[SPG]

Apple could think different OSX, a watered down version or something that would run a wintel box better than XP, but not quite the same as OSX on a Mac.

[marco114]

The only problem is that OS X on Intel has been a rumor forever, and it's WAY BEYOND that.

We are not thinking the right direction, yes Apple will release some cool new G4/G5's, Yes, Apple will have some new Mac to replace the iMac.

What else could Apple possibly make better that there is so little of? Broadband.

If Apple can create some sort of Broadband access that can be accessed from anywhere, anytime. They'd be the richest company in the world. No joke.

There was a lot of talk of wireless Firewire awhile back that Apple had developed.

Another Road Less Travelled: Xerox Parc's Reasearch facility comes up with some really cool stuff including paper-thin monitors. (Actually paper thin).: (an excerpt):

"Digital Document Media
Gyricon Media Incorporated (GMI), a company recently spun out of PARC, is developing electrically addressable, re-writable substrates for a range of applications, with an initial focus on wireless, battery-operated signs for the retail signage market. A PARC group is conducting research on devices and applications for a variety of mobile, hand-held applications. "

http://www.parc.xerox.com/projects.html
http://www.gyriconmedia.com/smartpaper/index.asp

[chewbaccapits]

I agree with rekras...Stop the iJokes...Its still not funny...
Move onto something more creative...Or make fake mock-ups of your stupid jokes...Think different

[BurntCalc]

Originally posted by mnkeybsness

.....NO, i like hearing what other people have to say, but not when it's total BS like PDAs and VWs with apple logos on them, or dodecahedron enclosures

Ummm, the Dodecahedron enclosure is the rumored new G5 enclosure, due in April. It's not some fantasy concoction, or a joke. What's pretty sure is that Apple is toying with a dodecahedron shape, but knowing apple, it's probably one of many new designs, and probably won't see the light of day.

And a PDA? Dunno if that counts for total BS either. Just very unlikely.

[JonesBonk]

ok really - this is it...

Apple will announce that they have purchased Transitive Technologies and plans to incorporate Dynamite (which in TTL's own words, "dynamically accelerates object code without recompilation") into OSX 10.2.

Instead of porting OSX to Intel, they create within OSX, the inherent ability to run XP applications at near native speed - transparently in OSX. It's a great idea - first, they don't cannibalize hardware sales by offering X on Intel (not to mention the bad press they would get when these PC knuckleheads have a tough time running X on their P3 450). Second, they create a safe window for windows users to move to the Apple platform without having to sacrifice their collection of software. Then, when it comes time to upgrade, they will have seen the advantage in moving to native X apps, and take the plunge completely!

Considering the sad flop that VPC5 is (and always has been, for that matter), this will be a prime opportunity for Apple to appeal to the other 95 - who are just looking for a way to dump M$ once and for all.

Sales of 2Ghz G5's will go through the roof since it'll run XP faster than any Intel or AMD box available!

I can hardly breathe!

[AppleJunkie]

I think It will be a PDA of some sort. Apple still uses the Newton name too... If you go to http://www.newton.com it takes you to http://www.apple.com . Also I think there will be a huge speed bump 2+ghz and new flat panel i-macs.

; )

[SPG]

Run windows apps on OSX properly? Hmmm, I like it.

[mmoore00]

Originally posted by SPG
Run windows apps on OSX properly? Hmmm, I like it.

Wait a sec... Didn't I hear once that XP runs more with more speed and stability on PowerPC processors? That's probably a just a rumor... But this is "MacRumors."

[iapplemac]

spymac.com is posting an item caled the iwalk BS or the real deal?

[zaltar]

Its gotta be somthing we haven't thought of yet. Im gonna say its prolly not OS X for wintel, prolly not a PDA. And yea I hope they come up with a better name than i___ somthing. What would be cool is a digital hub device thats basically a multimedia settop box with a HD, DVD/CD-rw (possibly a superdrive) and a striped down version of X. And this would all connect to your TV and Sound system. I'd have a modem and ethernet for a broadband connection and would allow you to stream quicktime media (hopefully QT6 with mpeg4) on your TV. The hd would be used to store mp3s ripped from the drive. It's possible. I bealieve there is a product out there that will stream real player stuff to a HD...

Well its just a speculation, just somethin i thought would be cool.

[Gus]

Ok guys, I'm sorry , but that spymac movie looks pretty dang real to me. I have seen my share of fakes. but this looks like the real deal. I hope it is so I can poo-poo all of you people who have pissed on me for the PDA hopes.

Gus

[Gus]

Sorry, just a little pent-up anticipation leaking out.

Gus

[chmorley]

So I've been following this discussion all along, and feel a need to chime in. I am surprised no one else has stated what seems an obvious possibility--that the iPod does more. Having bought one already, I am impressed with what it can do, but I don't think that it is at all "revolutionary."

Unless it does more.

Jobs called it a "digital hub." To me, this implies that it is a central switching point for other devices. While it sort of meets this criteria already, what if it has an inherent ability to connect to other devices that Jobs has planned--such as a DVD player, stereo, or coffee maker? Through either bluetooth or 802.11b technology (as Apple is clearly leading the way into the wireless future), the iPod could serve as a switching station for other devices. While there are clearly other ways to accomplish this, it's the only way that I actually see it as a "digital hub."

The most obvious argument against this is that it potentially makes it less stationary--after all, what good is your wireless digital network if it stops working when the hub goes with you for your workout?

Still, I can't help but think that the iPod might have been the first device in a whole new "home" line Apple has planned.

Just a thought.
Whatever it will be, I believe it will be insanely great.

And yes...the PDA video looks very convincing. Interesting...

CJM

[elfin buddy]

for anyone who watched the ipod's press release (apple still has it on their site), it is obvious that apple is planning a bunch of iDevices. jobs gave 4 areas that he said apple wanted to cover in their digital hub strategy and said that ipod covered the music quarter. two of the others were video and pictures. i dont remember what the last one was. it is likely that all other idevices will follow in the footsteps of the ipod, so they will all be similar (size, shape, color, specs, etc....). chew on that =)

[Hellweek]

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0%2C1282%2C39262%2C00.html


Becasue if it is I dont need it!!!

[irmongoose]

Seems that the name iWalk is already taken....
this is what it is...

http://www.iwalk-free.com/images/cody.jpg

No, not the guy, but the crutch he is using...


So, I guess this adds another point to why the iWalk videos might be fake....

BUT... remember that the name iPod was already taken too??
So if Apple got around that obstacle, it could get around this one, too, if iWalk was real....



irmongoose

[gooddog]

IT IS OBVIOUS .......

T E L E V I S I O N !!!!!!!!!!!

A 27" LCD TO ECLIPSE THE CINEMA DISPLAY :

EITHER FUSED MULTI-PANEL OR ORGANIC LED.

16 X 9 ASPECT RATIO , HANDLES ***ALL****

POSSIBLE HDTV AND REGULAR SIGNALS.

INTERFACES WITH iPOD , G5 , NOTEBOOKS ,

TELEPHONE / CELLPHONE , .... LIKE SJ SAID

OF THE iPOD " WE ALL LOVE MUSIC --- IT'S NOT A

SPECULATIVE MARKET " ------ ONLY HDTV IS

POISED IN PARALYSIS .... AN AVALANCHE WAITING

FOR SOMEONE TO KICK-START IT. HE WILL

SAVE US $THOUSANDS BY COMBINING TV VIEWING

WITH A DESKTOP MONITOR --- NO DUPLICITY IN THE

EXPENSIVE DISPLAY ASPECT OF THIS.

/

: * ] AAAAARRRRRFFFFF !!!

\

--- GOODDOG

PS sorry to yell , I'm too excited to be civil :)