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Gestures, Apple Tablet and iPod Images and Mockups

odedia said:
I see this technology used in the following manner:

The laptop, while closed, looks exactly like the 15.4 inch macbook, although thinner.

However, when you open this thing up, BOTH SIDES of the computer is the screen, meaning there's no keyboard or anything. OLED technology allows for flexible displays, so this can happen. You can open up the screen to have a gorgeous 20"+ widescreen display laptop to be used for the gesture user interface, of it can be closed half way like a "regular" laptop, with the botton side of the screen turning into a visual keyboard and mouse.

If they really want to go crazy, they can allow a tablet "flip" option to have a very portable table-like laptop with the gesture interface.

This can be really amazing. I can just see myself going thorugh my digital book library in PDF with with this gesture user interface (BTW, isn't it cool that it still remains GUI as initials? :) ). Delicious library can be so cool for this type of thing.

Oh, one more thing: Is it just me, or does this video of sorting through pictures looks amazingly like Apeture? check out the "light table" feature on Apple site's video compared to the feature we see in this demo video. It looks like its exactly the same. How cool will it be for photographers to actually have an LCD light table that they can sort through using the Gesture User Interface?

Oded S.
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We can dream, right? :eek:
 
jtquick2001 said:
I hope those controls in the "vpod" fade out after not useing them. It looked like a pain seeing king kong behind controls.
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Bah !
Of course they will !
 
MrCrowbar said:
PS: The next iPod will be huge - an eight pounder with a 10" screen"
sound like a tablet to me :D
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Sounds a little too heavy, that's getting on 4kg. Perhaps Steve Jobs was referring to the prototype version he had back at the office and we will see it drop to about 2.5kg.:rolleyes:
 
Well I do know one thing. Illustrators will buy these in droves. Wacom tablets were sooooo last millennium anyway.
 
Wouldn't it just be easier to have a nice screen coating that simply won't get finger prints on it? :rolleyes:
On a bigger model I could see something like a windshield wiper that cleans your screen instead of a screensaver. LOL
 
McCrab said:
How about carving one inside that giant pineapple
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what lives in a pineapple down under? MacBob ApplePants (store)!

and, am I the only one thinking what a nightmare it would be to play games (especially FPS) on a tablet? not that it's not a cool idea, but...
 
See the story about the job for a Gestures engineer that was posted on the 12th.

A day or two after I told Apple how to do Gestures without having the hands in the way of the view. :eek: :eek: :eek:
 
Butler Trumpet said:
Yes... those hands look really strange.... I cant get my thumb to move like it shows in the mock ups!
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I found the art inspirational. Clearly, Apple is finally getting a virus as Windows users have been rooting for, except it'll be a genetically tailored virus to help us interface with Apple tech with splendiferous new hands!
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I got HP TC1100 tablet…I had for over half a year and I have to say it’s the best thing since slice bread. It’s a slate style, so the keyboard is removable and I carry it with me all the time…I don’t notice the 3 lb weight. I do drawing on it using Alias sketch and since it has an nvidia graphic chip, I also do light Maya work. The character recognition is great for light writing, but I recommend a keyboard for heavier writing. I have a friend at work, who also have the same model, and he swears he can also do heavy writing using just the pen. For artists, this is an awesome tool. A couple of complaint are I wish there were more programmable hotkeys along the edge of screen for quick tool access when using drawing or 3d programs and I wish the video card had more power for heavier Maya work and the occasional video game.
 
Mac World '06

1. OK you know a little about apple!
2. You streamed Mac World '06!

This is my podcast!

"Super secret apple rumors. Featuring the hottest rumors about our favourite company. I have some pretty good sources inside apple and this is what i'm hearing. The next iPod will be huge! An 8 pounder with a 10" screen.
Also apple is working with some other companies to get iPod everywhere!
Well that's all for now, see ya next week!"

All joking aside, I think there was a hidden message in Steve's podcast.

"The next iPod will be huge!..... 10" screen"

Maybe he was actually hinting at something, to judge how the rumors sites would react! And I know everybody has seen all patent drawings, they look about 10" inces if my guess is correct!

Very, very interesting!
 
Why would Apple do an IPO for the iPod ?!?!?!!?

And why would they let Disney invest in it, why not keep all those IPO stocks to yourself ???

BECAUSE THEY WANT TO SHIP SOMETHING THAT WILL COMPETE WITH THE iPod RIGHT NOW !!!

Like a small hand held computer for shooting video that can easily do music as well.

OR iGlasses that integrate a new type of 3D camera and they essentially replace music players because IO is handled through WiFi.

If the iBALLs are really good they would completely replace a regular screen so new computer buyers would a headless pocket Mac.

Have you ever thought of THAT, if the new Intel processors have low enough power requirements and they used a new type of display that had its own separate power supply then you could definitely use the 12 year batteries to run the CPU.

Nuclear MACchine !!!

NOW THAT WOULD BE INNOVATION !!!
 
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