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Claimed Tablet Video Sparks Questionable Speculation of Apple Tablet
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I agree. The position of the close gadget is not evidence that this isn't an Apple device. By the same logic an iPhone isn't an Apple device because because it lacks an Apple menu.
To clarify, simply the fact that the position of the x doesn't disprove that this is an Apple device shouldn't imply or suggest that it really is.
I'm not arguing on the fake part - just that you said it was unlikely that it was an anti-glare screen, but that is what else popped up this week with the hybrid screen thingy. While i don't have a film background - i do have a photo one and can do a decent job nit-picking most special effects. Which i try to not let interfere with my entertainment.... try.
The video was too poor quality for me to discern much - because frankly, i don't care enough. I watched the embedded one on the web page.
The concept however, i really really like and hope that when we do see something that it is like this.
And that the screen is anti-glare/matte.
Looks pretty nice (no comment on real/fake).
Seems closer to iPhone OS than Mac OS X, which is what I'd expect. I like the two toolbars as well as the animations.
Seems closer to iPhone OS than Mac OS X, which is what I'd expect. I like the two toolbars as well as the animations.
I'm not saying it's real, but on a screen this large, it would make sense to move the 'X' to the right so that the majority of users (right-handed people) could reach them easier, regardless of what the mouse-based OS X and small-screened iPhone do. There would probably also be an option to toggle it.
Edit... just watched it again. That is totally fake.
Edit... just watched it again. That is totally fake.
I'm not saying it's real either, but it's worth noting this.
This could be why, but I'm not sure how many people would have thought of that.
EDIT: Saw your edit. If it's fake it may be that the faker thought through all of this.
Despite what I said about anyone's demeanor, I too think it's a fake.
I've been following MR for many years and have seen some incredibly convincing fakes float through here. And while I can't quite put it into words, there's something about this video that doesn't feel right to me. I think it's the moment in the video where the user shakes the tablet. It doesn't appear to me that the screen blurs even slightly which leads me to believe the screen image was superimposed.
Still, there's a gray area about fakes. Sometimes there are people in-the-know about upcoming Apple products who put together these fakes so they can show what they've seen without actually showing the real product. That's happened a few times. So while the video may be fake, what we're seeing may be a real indication of what's to come.
Looks like the REAL thing to me...it would be absolutely fantastic if it worked and looked like that.
I think it's most likely fake, but one thing about the video stands out to me. If you notice when the tablet screen changes from dark to light or from light to dark, the video camera auto-adjusts the exposure accordingly. Watch the area around the tablet and you'll see it adjusting as the screen changes, especially noticeable at the very end of the video.
i went back and watched the video and was just looking for things to stand out as fake. the X on the right makes sense for a tablet, it wouldn't surprise me if there was an option for left handed users.
i really do think this is real and that we could be seeing a tablet come March.
FAKE! Bummer
Get your iphone, and try to reproduce that shadow that he gets on the left hand side. You just can't do it, because the screen is white!
I agree, chroma key, or whatever. It's a fake. I hate it when people do this. I get all giddy, and then it's back down to earth again.l
Get your iphone, and try to reproduce that shadow that he gets on the left hand side. You just can't do it, because the screen is white!
I agree, chroma key, or whatever. It's a fake. I hate it when people do this. I get all giddy, and then it's back down to earth again.l
If fake, then I'd say it's a video being played on a handheld LCD of some type.
And for those saying the right-hand close proves it's fake, perhaps you should see what the developer of ikea's website normally does.
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/categories/departments/kitchen/
Just click on any + symbol and see where the close cross is....
Perhaps the "tablet app" has been developed by the same web developer.
But really, who cares?
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And for those saying the right-hand close proves it's fake, perhaps you should see what the developer of ikea's website normally does.
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/categories/departments/kitchen/
Just click on any + symbol and see where the close cross is....
Perhaps the "tablet app" has been developed by the same web developer.
But really, who cares?
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That makes a lot of sense. If a majority of the users are right-handed, they're going to hold the tablet with the left hand and manipulate with the right. You could make an argument that the UI should include the close button on the right side (so you can close windows without reaching all the way over to the left side of the tablet) with a preference setting to switch sides for lefties.
The shadow is possible and expected if the tablet is using a Pixel Qi screen, which it is heavily rumored to be.
At the 5 second mark - about 3 frames in - you can see the rotoscoping/match-move fail on the top left upper corner of the screen inlay. The edge 'lifts' and flaps for a frame or two.
But very well done, never-the-less.
But very well done, never-the-less.
If the tablet has significantly higher specs than the iPhone (which I'd expect), that would account for the speed.
100% fake
It's unquestionably a chromakey fake, all the hallmarks are there - constant lighting on the left hand, shadows on the screen, absence of contrast around the edges of the right hand (key fuzz)... but it's very good.
It's still pretty exciting because we know it's completely feasible. Can't wait for the real thing!
It's unquestionably a chromakey fake, all the hallmarks are there - constant lighting on the left hand, shadows on the screen, absence of contrast around the edges of the right hand (key fuzz)... but it's very good.
It's still pretty exciting because we know it's completely feasible. Can't wait for the real thing!
The only benefit from having a supersize iPhone is possibly just faster hardware and better touch interface. Other than that, I'm perfectly content with an iPhone...
BUT IT LOOKS SO SHINY1!!
BUT IT LOOKS SO SHINY1!!
I think this may be an actual prototype of an Apple Device in development and not a fake. I'd be more inclined to think it a fake if it were demonstrating some other software, esp. an eBook reader as that would be very telling in the UI aspects than the Ikea software being demoed (which, in my mind, looks like that sort of software should behave on an apple tablet). The placement of certain UI elements or hardware controls in a prototype just demonstrate possible design considerations in the evolution of the final product. Just consider how the iPod evolved over the course of several years right up to just a few months before it actually shipped.
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hopefully someone will quote this comment this time next year when you have 7 tablets