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Designer Philippe Starck Says Working on 'Revolutionary' Product with Apple, Release in 8 Months

Macclone said:
Wow. You already know the size and price. How about giving us all the specs? You sound like an ANALyst.
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i am one on the forum ;)

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Macclone said:
Wow. You already know the size and price. How about giving us all the specs? You sound like an ANALyst.
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spiderman0616 said:
First of all, nobody knows the pricing.

Second of all, nobody knows what it will do.

And finally, nobody knows if it's even a TV yet.
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my research says otherwise :D
 
If he is really working on such a product he is for sure not allowed to talk about it. :rolleyes:
 
Apple TV ..... if the programmes **** its doesnt matter who made the TV! That would of rung true a few years ago but with the TV now edging towards the home hub Apple may have something interesting.
 
Hmmm, I can't see it being a TV if it's taken seven years as that seems to long to me, but I have no idea what it could be so it may well be a TV.

Whatever if it's taken seven or eight years to develop I expect something utterly fantastic!!
 
apolloa said:
Hmmm, I can't see it being a TV if it's taken seven years as that seems to long to me, but I have no idea what it could be so it may well be a TV.

Whatever if it's taken seven or eight years to develop I expect something utterly fantastic!!
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Well Jobs was working on a tablet since the 80s.

Not really a surprise.
 
Nice, Will go well with the other Starck designs in my home: a toilet bowl and a sink :)
 
niuniu said:
No, you saw the word 'hip' and your brilliant mind jumped on a 'hipster' meme that was contrary to the point at hand.

At least try to be relevant when reposting someone else's work.
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Ladies, ladies, calm down. Let's all hug it out, b'okay? :p
 
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Interestingly, it was Philippe Starck who once ran into Dieter Rams at a party, and cried out "Apple is copying you!" in reference to Ive's designs.

Rams responded that he saw Apple's designs as a compliment to his work, a stance that Apple themselves don't take when they think they're being copied in turn.
 
kdarling said:
Interestingly, it was Philippe Starck who once ran into Dieter Rams at a party, and cried out "Apple is copying you!" in reference to Ive's designs.

Rams responded that he saw Apple's designs as a compliment to his work, a stance that Apple themselves don't take when they think they're being copied in turn.
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Isn't there a difference in being inspired by classic designs from, say, 30-40 years ago and copying something released 4 years ago? Sorry I have a hard time seeing all these MacBook Air wannabees as a compliment to Apple's work. Or anything else for that matter. When Samsung releases a phone that looks almost exactly like the 3GS we're supposed to believe they're doing so because they have great admiration for Apple's ID team? LOL

And before anyone cries 'Sony invented ultra thin laptops, so really they're all copying Sony, even Apple, where were all these Ultrabooks prior to the Air?
 
Rogifan said:
And before anyone cries 'Sony invented ultra thin laptops, so really they're all copying Sony, even Apple, where were all these Ultrabooks prior to the Air?
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There were only a handful "thin" laptops prior to the Air.
The term "Ultrabook" is simply a renaming of the Ultra Portable class of laptops.
The original thin laptops were simply too expensive to build to catch on.
Even the original Air was expensive when you consider what you were actually getting.
Third rate CPU, crappy graphics, minimal storage and soldered on memory (you can't replace/upgrade it).

IBM's X series were around long before the Air or the Vaio series from Sony. It too was a wedge design, but was limited by the fact it had to use a traditional 2.5" HD. (1.8" drives didn't exist back then.)
The X40 weighed approx 2 lbs (almost a pound lighter than the Air) and was only 1" thick closed. Not bad for a product released in 2004. But it cost over $2k.
I believe Sharp had one around 2003. Can't recall the name.

The original Air was slow and had crap for SSD storage (64GB).
Even the available traditional HD was only 80GB and slower than HD's found in other laptops.
Other than its exterior design, it was a piece of crap internally and still expensive considering what you got.
 
I am pretty sure him releasing this information is a carefully controlled PR stunt. Apple still controls what info is leaked to the public. And a few leaks to get people all hyped up about a product is not a bad thing. Well it obviously worked. The Apple fanboi sites (this one MR included) did put this news on the front page.
 
the8thark said:
I am pretty sure him releasing this information is a carefully controlled PR stunt. Apple still controls what info is leaked to the public. And a few leaks to get people all hyped up about a product is not a bad thing. Well it obviously worked. The Apple fanboi sites (this one MR included) did put this news on the front page.
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Isn't it quite possible Apple had nothing to do with this and Stark is not working on some 'revolutionary' product. It very well might be a PR stunt from him just to get attention. And no better way to do that than mention Apple. Plus it's not like the Apple rumor mill needs someone like Stark to get people all hyped up. :rolleyes:
 
Rogifan said:
Isn't it quite possible Apple had nothing to do with this and Stark is not working on some 'revolutionary' product. It very well might be a PR stunt from him just to get attention. And no better way to do that than mention Apple. Plus it's not like the Apple rumor mill needs someone like Stark to get people all hyped up. :rolleyes:
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And if this is just some PR from him. Apple would not confirm or deny it. because doing either would give an indication as to whether he was or was not making a product with Apple.
 
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