Apple Interactive Displays?

[MacRumors]

One unverified source provided some interesting information prior to today's Airport Express release.

This source predicted "new airport base stations" with Audio/Video outputs. The new base station was said to be about the size of an iPod and cost around $99.

Except for video out, the description accurately describes Apple's new Airport Express. Of more interest is another prediction for "Interactive" displays coming from Apple from the same source. These new displays are compared to Wacom's Cintiq tablet which is described as follows:

Wacom's Cintiq 18SX and 15X interactive pen displays combine the advantages of an LCD monitor with the control, comfort, and productivity of Wacom's patented cordless, battery-free tablet technology. By working directly on the screen, you navigate much more quickly and naturally

Apple tablet rumors infiltrated the Mac Rumor scene in early 2003 but has since led to no actual product releases.

It's unclear if the recent whispers of hangable displays is related rumor or not.

 

[rdowns]

Holy reality distortion field, I'm ODing on all these rumors.

 

[proglife]

Holy crap! This sounds a lot like my "thinking out loud" last night!

A central CPU and maybe little portable tablet-like browsers on the cheap. I dunno....Apple could really do it up here.

 

[hob]

you're telling me

new headline: "Arn's head falls off due to excessive updates!" This is a bussssy time of year! I love june 😀

Hob

 

[mark_wilkins]

Apple tablet rumors infiltrated the Mac Rumor scene in early 2003 but has since led to no actual product releases.

Then there's this article from AppleInsider:

Jobs: Apple developed, but did not ship Apple PDA

-- Mark

 

[Macmaniac]

WOW what a day, the rumors are pouring through the flood gates. June is going to be sweet, I hope a lot of this comes true! MMMmm displays 😱

 

[Abu Reno]

Still waiting to see a 30 inch ......

 

[applekid]

I load MacRumors and I see a new topic in the Rumors forum. I go to the front page, and it's another rumor!

Busy day and night 🙂

 

[DreaminDirector]

Still waiting to see a 30 inch ......

A 30" tablet! yeah. No, I'm kidding. I know what you mean.

This sounds great. I mean I can imagine how this might help the graphic design world! Now, I'm excited for WWDC!

 

[hob]

Then there's this article from AppleInsider:

Jobs: Apple developed, but did not ship Apple PDA

-- Mark

OMG! They could at least let us see what it looks like. No doubt we'll see it in 10 years or something 🙁

Imagine the amount of manpower wasted though! They'd have had to develop OS X for PDA!

 

[thrillz3]

I am going to be glued to my monitor during the WWDC Keynote.

 

[LaMerVipere]

:-O

SO...MANY....RUMORS.....IN......ONE........DAY...........

CAN'T............


TAKE.................


MUCH.....................


MORE................................

😱 😱 😱

 

[DreaminDirector]

I thought of something interesting. The Wacom is quoted to have "patented cordless, battery-free tablet technology". Battery-free? How is that, I thought...

Now, Firewire can carry power, right? If 802.11g can carry a signal, is there any knowledge whether the new wireless firewire (there was an article about and I apologize I don't have the link...) can carry power? Wireless power?

Is that even possible?

 

[Freg3000]

This is AMAZING!

I can't keep it all straight.....and most of these are all rumors are pre-WWDC.....can you imagine what it will be like the days before the keynote!

The past few rumorless months have been made up all in one day!

Hanging displays seem very cool, and if it is from the same source that fairly accurately predicted Airport Express.....🙂

Good things are in store for us.

 

[evil]

that "interactive display" if true will be amazing.

 

[copperpipe]

cintiq???

has anyone here used the cintiq display/tablets? I am an avid user of the wacom tablet, and was wondering if it really is that much better or pros/cons of the cintiq...

 

[mvc]

Bring it on!!!!

Graphic Designers and Artists of the world would rejoice - Oh Let it be true! I have been waiting for this solution since 1987 when I first used a Drawing Tablet (with a Puck!) on a crusty old XT and thought - Damn, wish this thing had a screen in it as well!

😉

 

[aussiemac86]

I thought of something interesting. The Wacom is quoted to have "patented cordless, battery-free tablet technology". Battery-free? How is that, I thought...

Now, Firewire can carry power, right? If 802.11g can carry a signal, is there any knowledge whether the new wireless firewire (there was an article about and I apologize I don't have the link...) can carry power? Wireless power?

Is that even possible?

Not really possible.
To get the required power through the air to power a device such as a display would require an enormous output at the source (basestation etc). Like it would have to be far more than what you can draw out of a powerpoint at home. Also the inverse square law states that for every increase in radius(range) the strength decreases by a factor of four. So at most you might be able to have it sitting right next to the basestation. These levels of power going through the air are not healthy as well, and would cause cancer and **** pretty bad.

 

[Laslo Panaflex]

Sounds good. I can't wait to take to morning off and going to my friends house to watch the keynote on his projection screen like I did last year. He has one of those old satelites, guess they are usefull after all/.

 

[appleface]

soon

i'll be able to set my closed pb on the shelf, hold my apple pda in my hand, and control my monitor that is hanging on the wall (that is connected via usb 2.0 to my airport express? and connected wirelessly to my pb). apple technology is sweet.

 

[.a]

... all the video stuff sounds expensive .. well as a graphician i would like to invest in something like that!
.a

 

[GFLPraxis]

Wow, I'm actually posting on the first page!

I hope really, REALLY bad they put this in a powerbook, if it is true 😀

I've always wanted a Tablet, for Math class. It's a nightmare to take notes with the keyboard, though I've gotten quite good at it.

 

[davecuse]

I thought of something interesting. The Wacom is quoted to have "patented cordless, battery-free tablet technology". Battery-free? How is that, I thought...

Now, Firewire can carry power, right? If 802.11g can carry a signal, is there any knowledge whether the new wireless firewire (there was an article about and I apologize I don't have the link...) can carry power? Wireless power?

Is that even possible?

By cordless they mean the Pen is not connected by a cord. The actual tablet still hooks through a wire. If you read any specs on even the cheapest Wacom tablets, they are cordless as well.

 

[windowsblowsass]

no one picked up on the fact that the article said they would probably beoled

 

[scottkle]

In response to a previous post, cintiq tablets are nothing short of incredible.

What I don't understand though is why Apple would want to make wacom mad by stepping in on their turf.

And, if they are going to release such a tablet, why would they stop there? The tablet based mac is just another step up. I know they aren't doing well in the PC world, but that's because it's in the PC world. Apple could do it.

My credit card is going to be maxed out this month.