I can just see 2 years after these come out. All of the once clamoring apple fan buyers see how little use they get out of the iTab and are trying to sell or trade them off.
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I can just see 2 years after these come out. All of the once clamoring apple fan buyers see how little use they get out of the iTab and are trying to sell or trade them off.
I don't really get why Apple would come out with a tablet. The iPod touch and iPhone pretty much cover anything a tablet would- I have a hard time grasping how it would be drastically different than Apple's other offerings.
The only thing the Apple line lacks is an affordable netbook option- we have the Air, but it's priced higher than the Pros. Maybe the tablet is meant to serve that market, but it's unlikely that the price would be comparable to a netbook, and so it's not -really- comparing.
I mean, I may be completely surprised, but Tablet PC's didn't catch on. I don't really see how an Apple would, either, especially given Apple's pricing.
The only thing the Apple line lacks is an affordable netbook option- we have the Air, but it's priced higher than the Pros. Maybe the tablet is meant to serve that market, but it's unlikely that the price would be comparable to a netbook, and so it's not -really- comparing.
I mean, I may be completely surprised, but Tablet PC's didn't catch on. I don't really see how an Apple would, either, especially given Apple's pricing.
Real
That's real, imho.
There is a hand shadow because it isn't a back-lit screen.
http://pixelqi.com/blog1/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-starting-production/
http://www.pixelqi.com/products
The response times are quick because the images are cached in the browser... ie, the person running the demo already visited those pages.
The animation is smooth because Safari javascript performance is top notch. I'm a web dev... using javascript and jQuery for UI work all of the time... it really does work that well when executed properly.
The animations are slow to follow the finger because... come on, have you even used an iPhone? It takes a split second to follow a drag... the computer needs to first recognize it as a drag and not just a click.. that takes a moment.
The fade in and out orientation? Really? This is IKEA's web app, not Apple's web app.. they can program it the way they want to (or at least I would hope so).
The close button in the upper left? See last comment.
Looks legit to me, folks.
That's real, imho.
There is a hand shadow because it isn't a back-lit screen.
http://pixelqi.com/blog1/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-starting-production/
http://www.pixelqi.com/products
The response times are quick because the images are cached in the browser... ie, the person running the demo already visited those pages.
The animation is smooth because Safari javascript performance is top notch. I'm a web dev... using javascript and jQuery for UI work all of the time... it really does work that well when executed properly.
The animations are slow to follow the finger because... come on, have you even used an iPhone? It takes a split second to follow a drag... the computer needs to first recognize it as a drag and not just a click.. that takes a moment.
The fade in and out orientation? Really? This is IKEA's web app, not Apple's web app.. they can program it the way they want to (or at least I would hope so).
The close button in the upper left? See last comment.
Looks legit to me, folks.
LOL.
The iPhone was the first ever consumer-grade product that brings true multi-touch technology to the masses. This is huge. Unlike what you try to make it sound like.
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!!!
Yes, absolutely. That is what an Apple product looks like. The other one does not and it has the wrong screen ratio.
Mystery resolved
Because this is video of something that came out shortly after the Newton and the eMate were released, but then it was forgotten because nobody could figure out what it was "good for".
Because this is video of something that came out shortly after the Newton and the eMate were released, but then it was forgotten because nobody could figure out what it was "good for".
Looks like it might be close
The more I look at this video, the more I think that if this isn't the actual "Mac tablet", it could be very close, possibly one of Apple's prototypes, put together on the way to making the final product.
I don't think Apple would make the Mac tablet look like just a big iPhone/iPod Touch, since they don't want people to think "It's just a big iPhone/iPod Touch--couldn't they have come up with some other form factor?" This may have guided several of Apple's decisions: they had to determine which pair of sides (long or short) would get the large, hand-hold black borders, and they may have decided that since arguments could be made for placing them on either pair of sides, that the deciding factor was to stick with not making it look too much like an iPhone/iPod Touch, and so the borders went along the longer sides. This would go farthest towards making the tablet look different from the iPhone/iPod Touch's long shape--just make it more square.
Putting the borders along the long sides may also fit in with the idea of using the tablet mostly as an e-reader, in portrait mode, where users would be gripping its sides in that orientation more often than in landscape mode. However, I wouldn't be surprised if the final product had somewhat larger black borders along the two short sides, since the placement of the camera and speakers implies to the user that landscape mode is the default "normal" orientation, so many people may choose to do their e-reading in this orientation.
I doubt if the final product will have exposed speaker "holes" as are shown in the video--they'll either be moved to one edge, as in the iPhone/iPod Touch, or if they're front-facing, their covering may look the same as the surrounding surface.
In any case, this is SOMEBODY'S tablet.
The more I look at this video, the more I think that if this isn't the actual "Mac tablet", it could be very close, possibly one of Apple's prototypes, put together on the way to making the final product.
I don't think Apple would make the Mac tablet look like just a big iPhone/iPod Touch, since they don't want people to think "It's just a big iPhone/iPod Touch--couldn't they have come up with some other form factor?" This may have guided several of Apple's decisions: they had to determine which pair of sides (long or short) would get the large, hand-hold black borders, and they may have decided that since arguments could be made for placing them on either pair of sides, that the deciding factor was to stick with not making it look too much like an iPhone/iPod Touch, and so the borders went along the longer sides. This would go farthest towards making the tablet look different from the iPhone/iPod Touch's long shape--just make it more square.
Putting the borders along the long sides may also fit in with the idea of using the tablet mostly as an e-reader, in portrait mode, where users would be gripping its sides in that orientation more often than in landscape mode. However, I wouldn't be surprised if the final product had somewhat larger black borders along the two short sides, since the placement of the camera and speakers implies to the user that landscape mode is the default "normal" orientation, so many people may choose to do their e-reading in this orientation.
I doubt if the final product will have exposed speaker "holes" as are shown in the video--they'll either be moved to one edge, as in the iPhone/iPod Touch, or if they're front-facing, their covering may look the same as the surrounding surface.
In any case, this is SOMEBODY'S tablet.
Too much space dedicated to black bars as opposed to, well, screen. 
After all it is a touch screen computer which will likely maximize the amount of touchable surface. Apple has a patent for ignoring hands resting on a touch screen surface which should eliminate the need for large black bar "dead zones". Also, if they come are ready to deploy their patent to place camera lens w/in the screen itself, that would eliminate the need for bars on at least one portion of the device. That would only leave the pesky home button and if this thing runs full OSX you shouldnt need that either.
After all it is a touch screen computer which will likely maximize the amount of touchable surface. Apple has a patent for ignoring hands resting on a touch screen surface which should eliminate the need for large black bar "dead zones". Also, if they come are ready to deploy their patent to place camera lens w/in the screen itself, that would eliminate the need for bars on at least one portion of the device. That would only leave the pesky home button and if this thing runs full OSX you shouldnt need that either.Starting to really see this now...
I have always been a fan of tablet computing, but have waited for Apple's implementation. Now that I am seeing some of these mock-ups and have both a wireless Apple keyboard and mouse, I can really imagine the benefits. I can see where it will work its way into more than one of my typical workflows. As a stand alone media device, a tablets bennies are obvious. As a replacement for light laptop duties (when combined with Apple's lightweight wireless devices and a stand) it will be great. Slip into my studio for some editing of video or graphics and it becomes an input device. There are so many possibilities. Okay, now I wait in heavy anticipation.
I have always been a fan of tablet computing, but have waited for Apple's implementation. Now that I am seeing some of these mock-ups and have both a wireless Apple keyboard and mouse, I can really imagine the benefits. I can see where it will work its way into more than one of my typical workflows. As a stand alone media device, a tablets bennies are obvious. As a replacement for light laptop duties (when combined with Apple's lightweight wireless devices and a stand) it will be great. Slip into my studio for some editing of video or graphics and it becomes an input device. There are so many possibilities. Okay, now I wait in heavy anticipation.
Too much space dedicated to black bars as opposed to, well, screen.
If Apple can get the software working well for ignoring hand contact while the tablet is held from the sides, that would be nice.
I'd forgotten about Apple's work on putting the camera lens within or behind the display itself. Maybe they'll do that, but something makes me think that won't appear on their first tablet. A camera lens on phones, etc. is pretty tiny, so I think it will be put along one of the borders. Though putting the camera within/behind the center of the display sounds very cool.
I agree about the home button--not necessary on this type of device, and it would make the user think it was a big iPhone/iPod Touch.
sorry if it has already been posted, but there is a second video "demoing" the "device"
http://www.nowhereelse.fr/apple-mactablet-tabletmac-video-decembre-2009-27703/
http://www.nowhereelse.fr/apple-mactablet-tabletmac-video-decembre-2009-27703/
sorry if it has already been posted, but there is a second video "demoing" the "device"
http://www.nowhereelse.fr/apple-mactablet-tabletmac-video-decembre-2009-27703/
This clearly looks as if it's from the same source. Love the UI on both. Can't even be bothered to comment on the design of the tablet as I'm sure Jonathan Ive will come up with something that moves the iPhone on this year and the tablet will follow the same style.
First movie obviously shows some app development rather than web browsing and this makes sense with all the publishing speculation. Second clip makes a good case for a digital Guinness book of records - just having something with a record search facility would help but this seems to add some worthwhile interactivity.
Fake or not - looks good enough to buy, especially if it's as light as it looks in the videos. What are the extra Apple tablets shown in the second clip?!?
sorry if it has already been posted, but there is a second video "demoing" the "device"
http://www.nowhereelse.fr/apple-mactablet-tabletmac-video-decembre-2009-27703/
This shows that the person doing this mock-up reads MR.
Notice the "X-close" icons.
Old one is on the right ( the wrong side )
New one is on the left ( the correct side)
It's obvious he saw the error and fixed it.
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How the hell is he holding it? What's he grabbing onto?
Spray-painted cardboard frame on a netbook screen running a video through WMP full-screen mode
Ok, probably a little more elaborate, but I echo the sentiments here: it looks nice and if the real deal turned out similar, I'd have no complaints. I want something more involved than the iPhone OS, but I'm not sure I want full-blown OSX either. Something in between sounds nice and, visually speaking, this video looks really good on that front.
Spray-painted cardboard frame on a netbook screen running a video through WMP full-screen mode
Ok, probably a little more elaborate, but I echo the sentiments here: it looks nice and if the real deal turned out similar, I'd have no complaints. I want something more involved than the iPhone OS, but I'm not sure I want full-blown OSX either. Something in between sounds nice and, visually speaking, this video looks really good on that front.
That looks bigger then 10.1
This looks pretty close to what I think it would look like.
....and this is what I want it to look like.
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FAKE. Timing his movements with the video.
It's a fake. The device is playing a video and he is timing the movements.
At :33secs into the video, watch his finger follow the first color swatch. His finger dips a little but the swatch does not.
The same thing happens on the 3rd and 4th swatch but to a lesser degree.
Here is a video "trick" showing an iphone being used as an x-ray machine.
He too was timing his movements with the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcB8CKa73B0
It's a fake. The device is playing a video and he is timing the movements.
At :33secs into the video, watch his finger follow the first color swatch. His finger dips a little but the swatch does not.
The same thing happens on the 3rd and 4th swatch but to a lesser degree.
Here is a video "trick" showing an iphone being used as an x-ray machine.
He too was timing his movements with the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcB8CKa73B0
Look at this video: http://www.nowhereelse.fr/tablette-tactile-tablet-pc-windows-7-27715/
Clearly not a fake.
Now look at the mac tablet one.
Why would they film the two videos so differently? Cos the mac one is chroma key and needs a certain set up to work.
Clearly not a fake.
Now look at the mac tablet one.
Why would they film the two videos so differently? Cos the mac one is chroma key and needs a certain set up to work.
Shuffle makes no sense in context of a retail catalogue app. When you direct to a list of available products in a category, you want them ordered in some fashion either favorable to the retailer -- higher-priced items first -- or convenient to the customer -- most popular, price low-to-high, etc. Go to an IKEA store, they snap their fingers and all the stock is instantly in a different place. They do this every few minutes. See how long you stay.
And if it's an Apple prototype on loan to IKEA for their in-house corporate developers to produce an early demo app for the new tablet, why is everyone in the background speaking French, not Swedish?
Of course it looks and operates like the real deal. How many different ways do you think Apple would release a tablet?
And if it's an Apple prototype on loan to IKEA for their in-house corporate developers to produce an early demo app for the new tablet, why is everyone in the background speaking French, not Swedish?
Of course it looks and operates like the real deal. How many different ways do you think Apple would release a tablet?
I think all your points are valid. I hadn't followed the history of elaborate fake videos of hardware demos that I'm reading about now. At least it is an illustration of how the tablet would behave.
Seriously needs to do more than be a $1000 machine to read an IKEA catalogue.
Apple- make it a laptop replacement for people who need ultraportable for work (external keyboard with perhaps a dock) and a tablet device for those who want multimedia capabilities
Apple- make it a laptop replacement for people who need ultraportable for work (external keyboard with perhaps a dock) and a tablet device for those who want multimedia capabilities
Regardless of fake or not it's the new possibilities for media that this opens up.
Tech + design/content + business model is what will make this successful for Apple.
If you're not convinced yet, see this:
http://vimeo.com/8217311
Tech + design/content + business model is what will make this successful for Apple.
If you're not convinced yet, see this:
http://vimeo.com/8217311