With the soon to be announced iPhone 5 to be announced I was thing at what point did the rumor mill start on the forums about Apples first iPhone.
Looking back through old threads going back to 2001 there are some amusing comments from forum members. Made me laugh how some people are absolutely resolute about what direction or what products Apple were investing in, also quite scary how accurate people were too.
The following quotes are not here to embarrass people, remember they were written well before anyone knew anything, but the quotes are just to show how much thinking has changed.
Read on:
https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/108349/
Why the surprise that there was no PDA?! SJ has said long ago that Apple had no interest in going back down that road, and it has way enough to concentrate on than to make a second attempt at tapping the market.
If anything, they are probably going to ride the coattails of Cingular and any PDA/Phone they support...why the hell would they compete with a partnership?
https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/108365/
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Originally posted by Sun Baked
But look how close Apple is to a new PDA with the iPod now - just add a trackpad and inkwell. No need for huge memory in the iPod just a nice little VM engine to make use of the HD.
And just look how powerful it would be with a 20 GIG hard drive built in!
A multi-functional unit with as much capacity than that, a nice LCD colour display - AND a cut-down version of OSX - would be an amazing feat. The masses would be swooning over it.
https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/108424/
I also think that you guys are heading down the wrong road.
Think about it...what kind of semi-portable device would work perfectly with all the new technologies?
A TABLET!!
I 100% believe that Apple will release one sometimes relatively soon. (not months, but maybe within the year)
-Pete
https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/108503/
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Originally posted by eyelikeart
u guys are completely hopeless...
and people wonder why I fight against the PDA issue so much...
Kind of makes you wonder what these jokers are smoking, doesn't it eye.
To add a touchscreen to the iPod would be moronic (as are those wanting it). The iPod is adding features to give people access to specific types of data that they input through their computer (not directly from the device). That is NOT a pda.
Get over the fact that Apple will not be going down the pda path again. Move on with your 'life'.
Full thread here
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/7999/
Looking back through old threads going back to 2001 there are some amusing comments from forum members. Made me laugh how some people are absolutely resolute about what direction or what products Apple were investing in, also quite scary how accurate people were too.
The following quotes are not here to embarrass people, remember they were written well before anyone knew anything, but the quotes are just to show how much thinking has changed.
Read on:
https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/108349/
Why the surprise that there was no PDA?! SJ has said long ago that Apple had no interest in going back down that road, and it has way enough to concentrate on than to make a second attempt at tapping the market.
If anything, they are probably going to ride the coattails of Cingular and any PDA/Phone they support...why the hell would they compete with a partnership?
https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/108365/
Quote:
Originally posted by Sun Baked
But look how close Apple is to a new PDA with the iPod now - just add a trackpad and inkwell. No need for huge memory in the iPod just a nice little VM engine to make use of the HD.
And just look how powerful it would be with a 20 GIG hard drive built in!
A multi-functional unit with as much capacity than that, a nice LCD colour display - AND a cut-down version of OSX - would be an amazing feat. The masses would be swooning over it.
https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/108424/
I also think that you guys are heading down the wrong road.
Think about it...what kind of semi-portable device would work perfectly with all the new technologies?
A TABLET!!
I 100% believe that Apple will release one sometimes relatively soon. (not months, but maybe within the year)
-Pete
https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/108503/
Quote:
Originally posted by eyelikeart
u guys are completely hopeless...
and people wonder why I fight against the PDA issue so much...
Kind of makes you wonder what these jokers are smoking, doesn't it eye.
To add a touchscreen to the iPod would be moronic (as are those wanting it). The iPod is adding features to give people access to specific types of data that they input through their computer (not directly from the device). That is NOT a pda.
Get over the fact that Apple will not be going down the pda path again. Move on with your 'life'.
Full thread here
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/7999/
