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Claimed Tablet Video Sparks Questionable Speculation of Apple Tablet
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That thing is hideous! How does it look in 8.5x11 mode? The black bars on top and bottom dont work and would not satisfy Mr. Jobs IMHO. Great UI, but poor hardware execution. I still like the mockup from Gizmodo. If there are bars on the screen it will be on top and bottom in the vertical orientation.
This is apple tablet goodness!!!
That thing is hideous! How does it look in 8.5x11 mode? The black bars on top and bottom dont work and would not satisfy Mr. Jobs IMHO. Great UI, but poor hardware execution. I still like the mockup from Gizmodo. If there are bars on the screen it will be on top and bottom in the vertical orientation.
This is apple tablet goodness!!!
Think about it. You need the black bars in landscape mode to prevent accidental touches when viewing web pages etc. In the vertical orientation you are more likely to be reading a book/pdf/etc. and would not have links on the page to accidentally click.
When he tilts it and shakes it it reflects the whole room. His hands are constantly seen in the screen as a reflection.
If this is green screen, it's some amazing tracking the ENTIRE way through. That's where the mistake would occur. If someone were able to track it this well and put this much interface production and device production into it, I don't think they'd just make a crappy youtube video.
But, if someone was going to grab a quckvideo with their phone, then this would be what you would get. Of course, that's what they might want you to think!
So not saying it's real. But it doesn't read as green screen to me.
exactly what caught my eye right off the bat that it was a fake.
it amazes me how people will go to such great lengths to make a fake
Didn't people say the same thing about the new key layout of the (real) leaked aluminum keyboards in 2007?
https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/3977498/
Of course, that doesn't mean it's real either.
This looks like the real thing to me.
1. Ikea is a perfect initial partner and example of the potential for presenting products using this device. It fits the audience this device will be marketed to, which is younger well-off women and men.
2. People are correct to say that Apple would not deviate from their existing GUI with adding a big x to close the window in the top right. What they are not realizing is that this interactive Ikea catalogue is a Tablet App, not some direct implementation of the Tablet OS. Therefore, the GUI is however Ikea's multimedia designer wants it.
I think people are getting hung up on the fact that there is a cover-flow-like depiction in app, which is simply a re-use of the coverflow concept. There ase already public libraries for recreating the coverflow interface for the iPhone SDK, I'm assuming the developer either adapted these, created their own coverflow like interface or that this interface is packaged as a UI item in the picker for the new Interface Builder for the Tablet.
Rob
www.neutrinosllc.com
1. Ikea is a perfect initial partner and example of the potential for presenting products using this device. It fits the audience this device will be marketed to, which is younger well-off women and men.
2. People are correct to say that Apple would not deviate from their existing GUI with adding a big x to close the window in the top right. What they are not realizing is that this interactive Ikea catalogue is a Tablet App, not some direct implementation of the Tablet OS. Therefore, the GUI is however Ikea's multimedia designer wants it.
I think people are getting hung up on the fact that there is a cover-flow-like depiction in app, which is simply a re-use of the coverflow concept. There ase already public libraries for recreating the coverflow interface for the iPhone SDK, I'm assuming the developer either adapted these, created their own coverflow like interface or that this interface is packaged as a UI item in the picker for the new Interface Builder for the Tablet.
Rob
www.neutrinosllc.com
IKEA = Well off young people?
You do know that you have to actually build the furniture out of the 10,000 pieces that come in the box right? There is nothing well off about manual labor.
I do agree with the balance of your post but still think that the hardware is wrong. Perhaps they gave the launch group of developers a prototype that wont be used to work from so that they could not spill the beans.
You do know that you have to actually build the furniture out of the 10,000 pieces that come in the box right? There is nothing well off about manual labor.
I do agree with the balance of your post but still think that the hardware is wrong. Perhaps they gave the launch group of developers a prototype that wont be used to work from so that they could not spill the beans.
Well off is relative.
The Tablet from my view is targeted at people who would find an interactive Ikea catalog engaging and useful for planning out purchases of new (reasonably priced) furniture for an entire room (as shown in the video). This is not quite the same "well off" young person cruising for a used Malm bedframe on craigslist, though they would probably aspire to buying their Ikea furniture new.
Your comment about this being beta hardware is probably dead on.
Hasn't been removed yet?
*strokes incredibly long goatee* Hmmmmmmm.....
Cool video tho, I'd expect the real thing to be a lot like this.
Yeah, like that waste of money iPhone piece of crap. Who even uses one of those?
*strokes incredibly long goatee* Hmmmmmmm.....
Cool video tho, I'd expect the real thing to be a lot like this.
Yeah, like that waste of money iPhone piece of crap. Who even uses one of those?
You can't be serious!
When the real deal comes out it will revolutionize the way we work and play just as the "useless" iPhone has done.
Obviously a fake but very clever never the less.
THANK YOU! I was going ape **** in my head reading about all of these people and their X theories (yet making myself read all of the responses before replying like a good forum reader) when really all you had to do was go to the ikea site and see that the X on the right is standard operating procedure.
I hope you're still around and realize your error.
I'm with you guys also. Just wanted to throw this out there as an explanation for the shadow/reflection...isn't one of the main goals for the new tablet to work as an ereader. ereaders do not use backlighting. This screen may be something completely new...a more "reader friendly" screen. Just something to think about.
This will revolutionize nothing, it will be no more useful than an iphone. Its a huge ipod, it wont be good for much unless it has a wireless keyboard. The only thing that the iPhone did was have the first very good UI for a touch screen phone.
Not to be mean, but I'd like to know how you could have possibly not been aware of that before? Are you a young student?
+1
It is easy to dismiss the tablet as simply being a bigger iPhone or iPod touch. However, in my view, this stance is both shortsighted and unimaginative because it neglects to show any exploration into the implications of having a bigger screen coupled with Apple's Touch platform and the broader (evolving) iTunes ecosystem.
It is hard to blame those who don't see the tablet as much more than an innovation because the computing environment leading up to today has focused on marketing the incremental functional benefits around mobility from laptops and netbooks. There are some sweet laptops and netbooks out there but all of them fail to address a growing market that does recognize social and and user interface pitfalls of these devices.
In order to understand the computing revolution that the tablet can provide, you must first acknowledge and accept that what people are after is a device that lets them engage others by sharing digital media first hand, not by proxy in the form of tweeted or emailed links. Curling up on your couch and reading a subscription-based, ad-free copy of the New York Times on your own is a baseline aspect of this device. The tablet is about the power of show and tell.
Secondly, you must have a firm grasp of the amount of change Apple's touch platform has already ushered in and realize that the biggest implications of the introduction of this device won't be known until it is in the hands of innovators outside Cupertino for months or even years.
mmmm Tablets... aaaghuhaaaaghuhaaaaghuh [Homer Simpson salivation]
In my opinion I think it might be the real deal that's been leaked...
It has two speaker ports top left / right in landscape and a front cam or speaker port center top...
The shadow/ reflections are both correct... the light is from left to right towards the screen so both are visible on the reflective display.
Ikea fits pretty well with the tablet pitch to media and retail outlets as an app and they're probably salivating if it turns out to be real...
The French can't keep a secret either...
I understand some people faking it up... and there is a flicker persistent only with black areas which miht be the video and device frequencies matching?
And that which creates the appearance of motion or lag...
The background Newtons might be an ID device to imply evolution or something like that...
I like it...salivating... in my briefcase going to my office... kewl!
In my opinion I think it might be the real deal that's been leaked...
It has two speaker ports top left / right in landscape and a front cam or speaker port center top...
The shadow/ reflections are both correct... the light is from left to right towards the screen so both are visible on the reflective display.
Ikea fits pretty well with the tablet pitch to media and retail outlets as an app and they're probably salivating if it turns out to be real...
The French can't keep a secret either...
I understand some people faking it up... and there is a flicker persistent only with black areas which miht be the video and device frequencies matching?
And that which creates the appearance of motion or lag...
The background Newtons might be an ID device to imply evolution or something like that...
I like it...salivating... in my briefcase going to my office... kewl!
One major part of that is the assumption that just because the tablet may run some sort of iPhone OS, it'll have the same functionality as an iPhone or iPod touch, including a lack of tablet-specific apps running on the iPhone OS.
I don't think Apple will take a magnifying glass to the iPhone or iPod touch to make a tablet.
I would love this to be real, just not totally convinced.
It would be great if it could act as a smart remote control hub...replacing all my remotes with one master tablet would be really useful...
Vanilla
It would be great if it could act as a smart remote control hub...replacing all my remotes with one master tablet would be really useful...
Vanilla
Well, as it is a touch screen, it makes sense to place the X in the upper-right corner. It means that your hand does not obstruct the view of the active window.
I personally believe it to be fake because in the first three seconds of seeing the 'tablet' it screamed "I am made out of cardboard", to me at least! The UI looks great but I highly doubt Apple is going to just stretch the iPhone form factor and be done with it... but you never know!
Only if you are right handed.
Although after seeing the IKEA website as pointed out by MacTech68, it's pretty clear why the right side was chosen.
As to wether it's fake or not; absolutely no idea, but i won't be disappointed if it turns out to be real!
