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Sharp Zaurus to support Mac OS X?

Originally posted by evildead
I know that the rumor has been over done. But I know that if Apple came out with a PDA I would grab one up right away. There is demand for such a Apple device, as seen by the amount of talk.

I have been looking at geting the Sharp Zarus for some time and the only thing that has stoped me has been the lack of OS X suport. OS X suport has been slated but not yet. I need a LINUX/UNIX based PDA that I can use as a Terminal and talk to big Servers via the Console/serial port. I think I can do it with the Zarus but I wont buy it untill it has OS X support. If apple came out with a Slim OSX running PDA with a USB port on it and a USB to Serial cable, and a terminal app, I would grab it right up. I hope I dont buy the Zarus and then apple comes out with one.

-evildead
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This is curious - is this info you received from Sharp? I just purchased a 3835 iPaq about 3 months ago to replace my Newton 2000 (b/c I think Palm is a joke - no ifs and or buts about it).

PocketMac seems to work okay, but it's third-party. If the Zaurus supported Mac OS X with an OEM application, I might go looking.

Of course, I would pay BIG money for an Apple PDA - b/c as much as many of you laugh about these rumors, we all know it would be the best product around. Actually, the Newton is the best product even today - its just not around (for reasons that are beyond me).
 
Palm/System 6 interface

In a more general line of thinking...

My girlfriend received a cheaper Palm Pilot, and I played around with it for a bit. I thought it was kind of interesting how the interface and windows looked a lot like the Mac System 6 interface. Brings back a sort of nostalgic feeling.

It would be interesting if Apple made their own PDA and be compliant with many of the development tools that OS X offers. However, I am quite skepticle of an OS X-like operating system running on such a small device. My girlfriend's Palm only has 8 MB of RAM...bringing back the importance of conserving memory, but then again...it can only run one program at a time, like DOS.

However, my biggest gripe about the Palm was the handwriting recognition. I feel that the computer should adapt to me, not me adapt to how the computer wants me to write!

We'll see...
 
Re: Sharp Zaurus to support Mac OS X?

Originally posted by AudiA4

Actually, the Newton is the best product even today - its just not around (for reasons that are beyond me).
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I would say the reason is Steve Jobs. I've done some reading on the subject, and it seems that just as the Newton was becomming (somewhat) profitable Steve axed the project. I think this was because the Newton was Sculley's baby (and not Steve's) so by killing it Jobs was kind of getting the last laugh after having been ousted by Skulley all those years ago. I doubt we will see another Newton-like device anytime soon though I'll keep hoping- I would love to see a PDA running X!


Bill
 
Re: Re: it still stands...

Originally posted by michaelyoung


I dont think that anybody has said it was _so_ easy...i know I could do this for sure if a had a few days (unfortunately I am employed right now)...for those familiar video compositing and with access to the equipent this is not very complicated just time consuming...sorry
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actually... it has been said. i am the one who posted the link to the video on the first page and then was told by jadam and others that it was not a difficult thing to do and it would be easy for them to duplicate it...sorry
 
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when you get some free time then michaelyoung feel free to make us this video or something like it.

if anyone out there can make a similar movie it will end this debate on whether the video is real or not. simple enough.
 
everyone want's something different

Since we are creating our "perfect" PDA/POD rumor. Here is mine.

I don't want a PDA, I want a iWindow(tm). I want a vnc or rendezvous into my G4 sitting at home. I don't need processor spend in my palm, just a view of my home computer. No need for double apps. I don't want to download my mail, I just want to read it from my home computer. Or view pictures. Update my address book? Just enter it once and it's there at home and on the road. Never sync again!

One problem would be listen to my mp3 collection. I guess you could stream. How about "docking" your portable 10GB drive/iPod! Now Apple can get some synergy from it's other products and without competing with themselves. The iPad and iPod can work together in tandem or apart. I would love to put a vcd movie on my iPod and view it using my iPad.

I would also like to see a iPod boombox docking station and a home/car stereo dock. Maybe bluetooth would be better.
 
Typographic Analysis

Dear All,

The video certainly looks good and it's also certainly flared up the age old Apple PDA debate again which is either: exciting or boring [delete where applicable].

For what it's worth, I'd suggest that the screen is an LCD with a higher resolution placed inside a Palm shell running a customised video of OS X. As someone earlier pointed out the Palm in the video is only capable of supporting a 160 x 160 resolution and the resolution on this screen is definitely higher.

If you look at the words in the menus at the top of the screen - 'File Edit View Go 13:54' - they are typeset in Charcoal, one of Apple's system fonts. If you reset the words in PhotoShop and count the number of pixels required to render the menu items alone (i.e. not including the Apple logo and the space on either side of the menu items) it totals 184 pixels, i.e. more than 160 pixels.

Take a look at the attached .gif and see for yourself.

For what it's worth I wouldn't mind an Apple PDA, but then my whole experience of Apple of late has been less-than-savoury to say the least. After five faulty G4 PowerBooks in a row and now one faulty iPod (which is generating the most wonderfully distorted hidden info. screens) I'm not so sure. For pics. of the 'Amazing Crashing PowerBook' (and soon to be uploaded shots of the 'Amazing Crashing iPod'), check here:

http://www.fallt.com/gallery

Best,

Christopher @ Fallt | chris@fallt.com
 

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Re: Typographic Analysis

Originally posted by fallt
For what it's worth I wouldn't mind an Apple PDA, but then my whole experience of Apple of late has been less-than-savoury to say the least. After five faulty G4 PowerBooks in a row and now one faulty iPod (which is generating the most wonderfully distorted hidden info. screens) I'm not so sure. For pics. of the 'Amazing Crashing PowerBook' (and soon to be uploaded shots of the 'Amazing Crashing iPod'), check here:

http://www.fallt.com/gallery

Best,

Christopher @ Fallt | chris@fallt.com
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Weird! What is up with that TiBook & it's modem, I just watched the vidz, very odd 😱
Have you now got a working TiBook?
 
http://www.fallt.com/gallery

Dear All,

After a total five faulty PowerBooks I finally received one that works. Frankly this raises serious doubts - in my mind at least - about Apple's quality assurance. Two or three faulty PowerBooks in a row might be considered bad luck, but five?

What was worse was Apple's extremely laid back approach to the whole issue. My business ground to a halt for the duration of the fiasco and their customer surface throughout was attrocious. To have to wait a total of six months for a repair is frankly ridiculous (and that's with the three year AppleCare plan).

If you think the PowerBook screenshots are weird, wait till you see what I've coaxed from my iPod since it crashed. About thirty-plus screens of extremely lo-res, badly pixelated typography which looks fantastic.

All will be revealed in due course at:

http://www.fallt.com/gallery

We also plan on releasing a screensaver using the beautifully damaged screens that the 'Amazing Crashing PowerBook' generated. If anyone would like a copy of the screensaver, drop me an email at chris@fallt.com

Best,

Christopher
 
totally unrelated MP3 question

Hey everyone,

I posted this question a few weeks back and got one answer, but I'm still looking:

What mp3 swap services are available for the mac?

Thanks.
 
Re: totally unrelated MP3 question

Originally posted by Curiousstrngmint
Hey everyone,

I posted this question a few weeks back and got one answer, but I'm still looking:

What mp3 swap services are available for the mac?

Thanks.
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Swap services?? Are you talking about how/where/what to use to download MP3 on the mac?
 
Re: Re: totally unrelated MP3 question

Originally posted by verbose101

Swap services?? Are you talking about how/where/what to use to download MP3 on the mac?
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Exactly. Swap services, exchange, search, whatever...for example, on the PC, Winmx, Audiogalaxy. You see, I'm about two weeks from buying a computer for college, and I would love to get a powerbook--but if I can't find a way to download music, I don't think I'll be able to rationalize it, especially with the extra $ involved. :-(

The person beforehand recommended Sputnix, which used the Audiogalaxy network. But Audiogalaxy just surrendered to the RIAA, so it's pretty useless now.
 
MP3's...

Well.....HOTLINE! or even better KDX (google:KDX) have fun....BTW, did any of you know HL was originally a MAC-BASED p2p service only...It began with mac-heads.....Then the crapdows got a handle of it and polluted it with caca...
I just found that out..Yeah...I'm a tard, but...just felt pretty proud of that tidbit....
 
Re: totally unrelated MP3 question

Originally posted by Curiousstrngmint
Hey everyone,

I posted this question a few weeks back and got one answer, but I'm still looking:

What mp3 swap services are available for the mac?

Thanks.
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How about asking in the correct forum and thread? This has nothing to do with Apple PDA rumors.
 
Fake movie? So who did it?

They say that if you’re looking for an arsonist, the first people you should ask are the firemen.

So which one of you lads made the OSX/Palm movie and posted it to Spymac?
 
They won't stop at the iPod

The iPod is a great product, but it is very limited in what it can do: play music, and maybe some contact stuff... it is just a stepping stone for apple to go to a new platform of computers...you think the scroll wheel could not be used in a PDA ?? that would be something to maybe replace the stylus ? If anyone could pull off a OS that could do it apple can. They give us the iPod to test if we can use or like the interface...we do, they move on the they next in the evolution.
 
found this at ipodhacks.com

iPod PDA...?
Date Tuesday, May 07 @ 06:31:54
Topic iPod General
Just received a curious account from an individual who spottted something rather curious:
"I saw something last week on Friday I thought was pretty interesting after an Apple event in San Jose...There was this guy with an iPod showing it off taking in a voice "command" and then it converted the words into a 'partial' contact. Everything he spoke in to it was converted (I'm guessing like Via Voice) to text.
He was using a headphone set similar to those seen for cell phones, except with two ear pieces. Maybe the iPod REALLY IS Apple's version of a PDA afterall??"
It seems questionable as to whether Apple would add significantly more PDA functionality (we do have Contacts...) to the current iPod form factor. Still, an interesting report (made somewhat more interesting by Apple's mention of the new OS X Inkwell HWR technology, taken from the Newton).
 
Yo know....

what's funny about this whole "HOOPLA" PDA threads and rumors....Is that no matter what BIG Apple event springs up, ANTI-PDA'ers and PDA ZEALOTS will always "anticipate" the down play of... or realization of this rumors...So, even if you believe wholeheartly that no such event will EVER happen....WE (zealots) know in the back of your mind your WAITING for it.....Just my 2¢...BOooWWAAAAAHAHAHAHH!!!!
 
Re: Yo know....

Originally posted by chewbaccapits
what's funny about this whole "HOOPLA" PDA threads and rumors....Is that no matter what BIG Apple event springs up, ANTI-PDA'ers and PDA ZEALOTS will always "anticipate" the down play of... or realization of this rumors...So, even if you believe wholeheartly that no such event will EVER happen....WE (zealots) know in the back of your mind your WAITING for it.....Just my 2¢...BOooWWAAAAAHAHAHAHH!!!!
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um.. that was a weird post 😛 .. but anyways...

i think if you really went down to it, most people arent actually anticipating a PDA after all this spymac crap, etc... i know i dont..

heh, we should make a poll...
 
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