Apple Refining the Touch Screen Interface? Evidence for a Tablet Mac?

[yac_moda]

Apple Newton... Reborn

I have said for a couple of years now that Apple should have 2 brands and should produce more experimental products, and it occurred to me just now that they should call it ATG "Apple Technology Group" products.

These would be experimental products and products for engineers, things not completely finished or highly technical APIs that they want to charge for.

This division would be how they would ease into Robotics.

Products like the HiFi, the phone which Jobs actually said was for experimentation, and things like a tablet that everyone wants but may not be as good as Apple wants would go into this category.

AND THEN I WOULD NOT COMPLAIN AT ALL like I did with the WhyFi !!!

 

[Indiana82]

Alright - lets consider the facts.

1. There are many efforts from Apple concerning touchscreens and User Interfaces uprising in the last months.
2. These Interfaces are more than to use on an iPod only, as seen.
3. A very, very large Software (or something like that) Gigant and Apple Challanger has recently announced a Tablet PC.
4. Using of Powersaving CPU'S indicates a progress on the mobile market.
5. Apples high sucess on non esthablished markets, like the mp3 player market was once - while it still hold lesser shares on esthablished markets. This could be a new field to harvest.

And then let us pray LET US PRAY ALL TOGEHTER!!

 

[MacRonin]

Imagine this in black, with a wicked stylus & ultra-cool stereo BlueTooth headset/microphone rig...

 

[chmgd]

Tablet Mac for Apple Expo 2006 ?

I know we all see fake Tablet Mac pictures, but I receive a few days ago an ad from Apple for the Apple Expo 2006. In that mail, there is a photo of a booth, with kids (they have strange white pens in hands), around strange thin vertical screens... it's here : http://chmgd.free.fr/article.php3?id_article=39 BUT after a second look and after I put my glasses on my nose, well, it's only iBooks... just wanted to see what I dream for a long time !
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Chmgd

 

[T'hain Esh Kelch]

I know we all see fake Tablet Mac pictures, but I receive a few days ago an ad from Apple for the Apple Expo 2006. In that mail, there is a photo of a booth, with kids (they have strange white pens in hands), around strange thin vertical screens... well, perhaps its not THAT, but if you want to have a look on it... it's here : http://chmgd.free.fr/article.php3?id_article=39 (the text is in french).
I dream a little (as a looot of Mac users).
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Chmgd

Dude, those are clearly MacBooks. You can even see the bottom of it clearly.

Its probably a pencil he's holding.

 

[BigGarb]

Sure. You're wrong.

They're usable by devices such as the Cintiq graphics tablets.

For all we know, Wacom paid Apple big bucks to update tablet support in Cocoa, and it won't progress past that.

I think the above statement is likely.

I just installed software for my Wacom tablet and the "Ink" system preference appeared. "Gestures" is a palm type command where you make certain pen movements for specific functions like undo, redo, etc.

Not to say Apple won't create a tablet Mac in the future but I'm not sure if this is necessarily an direct indicator.