Or even regular physics.Yeah, who actually uses calculus or the laws of physics any more...
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Apple Hints at a 'Product Transition' and a New Product Soon?
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me too on my vista hp
You are part of the 1% crowd!
1% who hasn't had any problems with Vista
Yeah, who actually uses calculus or the laws of physics any more...
yeah but the name newton. not math here. just the name.
plus apple seems to have gone with the "i" in the name and the ipod touch and iphone names are fine.
plus doesnt jailbreak do the same things that the newton did. people need toi stop wining about the newton
NEVARS!!!!!111!!1one
I miss the Newton and think now is the right time to reintroduce a new and improved model using Intel Atom and various other tech. Put that Inkwell to some real use.
I think it is more having to do with the Newton being ahead of its time, plus it never really got good backing from Apple (think Mac Mini/AppleTV). It it had iPhone level of support I think it would have crushed Palm and we would have been using a mobile phone version four years ago.
That's funny. My dog is actually named Newton, though it's after Sir Issac (or the fig cookie), not an ill fated Apple product. So yes, I hear that name in the 21st century daily.
well thats just you. you named your dog that. We, as in the other 6,713,362,759 people in the world dont really hear it that much as its an older name not used.
Plus I thought apple went to the "i" prefix.. iNewton? I think its better updating current products instead of making more and confusing everyone
Thats not the point the point is, its 2008 and i'm sure apple is not gonna bring back an old name. Sure they may bring back the newton but not the name.
Its like bringing back the apple II or the Macintosh performa names you dont commonly hear today
you guys are so light headed
Hah
I don't see the name "newton" coming back either.
ahh well sorry for the misunderstanding and the "lightheaded" part....
Ok, take this for what its worth but I think its worth some serious looking into.
Some guy over at appleinsider just laid a hint saying that a friend in silicon valley told him some details concerning the Apple product transition. He said that when it finally hits its going to hit like a nuke!
And while he didn't have permission to talk into detail he did leave a one word clue:
Motorola.
And that its not what you would first think.
Does anyone have any idea what this hint might be about?
Feedback please!
Some guy over at appleinsider just laid a hint saying that a friend in silicon valley told him some details concerning the Apple product transition. He said that when it finally hits its going to hit like a nuke!
And while he didn't have permission to talk into detail he did leave a one word clue:
Motorola.
And that its not what you would first think.
Does anyone have any idea what this hint might be about?
Feedback please!
That's not a product transition.
If the source is valid... motorola still doesn't make much sense to me. Set top boxes? PowerPCs? Custom chips? Phones?
Its a theory yes. But even so, I wouldn't dismiss this as not making much sense. The motorola situation right now is fairly complex. They are breaking up into multiple units to position themselves to bought up piece by piece by other companies.
There is an article on a site that suggests that Apple was in the process of acquiring the motorola phone unit so as to better position itself marketsharewise. Read it and tell me what you think. It even suggests (with that pic of a phone prototype) that Apple will produce a combo iphone with a keypad for business users. I doubt it but it is a very interesting article.
http://mobilearsenal.com/new/apple_buys_motorola_s_mobile_department.html
Yeah, who actually uses calculus or the laws of physics any more...
Not me! I have refused to obey the laws of physics since The Matrix opened my eyes.
who says? You?
As the guy above said, rumor apple wants to buy out the phone unit, nothing worng with that. times change. Apple isnt this small compney anymore. they are growing.....
Agreed. Only those science geeks really give a damn about laws of physics.
they kid, times DO change.
I'm not dismissing it - I'm saying it doesn't make much sense to me as it stands.
However - I am also saying it's not a product transition. That doesn't mean something isn't happening of course - just that it's an unrelated rumour (and probably not relevant to the article that started this thread).
In a thread about something intriguing Apple has verifiably said, there's little point in discussing an unrelated rumour.. which is why I'm trying to see how it fits.
edit: !!!!! check the date on your article! (my discussing left in, perhaps I should blank it all)
The article seems to make 3 main points
1) Apple would gain marketshare (by owning & selling Motorola phones)
2) Motorola has good camera agreement with Kodak which Apple wants.
3) An Apple patent shows Apple is designing a low memory high speed smart phone with Motorola.
None of these address how this would be a product transition for Apple that would affect gross margins as they've described - so I still can not see how this is what Apple meant.
As a general possibility, sure it's possible. But I wouldn't see much gain for Apple in those 3 points above. If Apple bought Motorola for its handset marketshare and customers, then I'd hope that Apple gains something that enables them to convert motorola's market share into Apple products and marketshare.
Absolutely. When I say "It makes no sense to me" it is me saying it!
And feel free to take it as a request to explain why it makes sense to you.
Who said Apple was a small company?
Anyway, no he didn't say Apple wants to buy the phone unit. He said the rumour was one word, "motorola". You guess it's a phone buyout. However, in a subsequent post he links to a different written on April-fools-day that says Apple has already bought Motorola.
That doesn't mean that the original one word "motorola" doesn't have some meaning, perhaps it does. Perhaps it even relates to this thread about a mystery product transition and a new product.
