iWalk photos/video

[Nebrie]

Re: prototype?

Originally posted by eyelikeart
What do u guys think about the possibility that what we were seeing was some sort of prototype machine that hadn't, and probably won't see the light of day? I know there are a lot of reasons to point the finger and say the videos weren't authentic, but what if it were real and the videos were mocked up because the units didn't completely work properly (provided they were simply prototypes)?

I find it no surprise that the pics & videos were pulled from the site, but do they normally have "due to the request of Apple Computer Inc.?" Would it really make a difference who requested them to be taken down if it's really a legal matter?

Still, there is a patent applied for on Sept. 5, 2001 for a "gigawire" device. Does anyone have any thoughts on that?

So, you think that video is of an authentic prototype. Tell me, after watching this video, is this also an authentic prototype?: http://homepage.mac.com/a_holck/say_hallo_to_iJerk.mov

 

[eyelikeart]

that video looks very fake

that video is clearly fake...the screen stays completely still while the hand holding it jumps around....not much be watching with a close eye can see...

from where did u get that video?

 

[dantec]

Yeah that video posted...

by Nebrie is fake... The hand jumps around but the iJerk does not!

That device looks ugly anyway... but the OS isn't that bad but looks to squashed...

Wouldn't apple have opted for a wide screen tablet to accomadate the dock etc...

 

[Doraemon]

To me the iWalk looks like a Palm PDA in a new case. So, to me it is a fake (altought someone spend a lot of time building it).


Besides, if it really was a new prototype where should these movies possibly have come from? An Apple engineer won't just film a presentation of the prototype. The best he/she would do is to perhaps shoot a picture but no more! Otherwise, he'd loose his job pretty fast. And if you say it was perhaps a friend of this engineer, I'd still doubt that he could have either took the iWalk home to film it or to film it in the Apple labs. Sorry, but that's just too unlikely!

 

[arn]

screen was too big for a palm

arn

 

[dantec]

Maybe...

Spymac stole the prototype from the lab...

About engineers passing around prototypes... or filming them isn't something new. You have to face it, we have many defiiant, lying, untrustworthy people in this world!

 

[Doraemon]

I still doubt that someone can really shot a movie of a couple of minutes lengh in Apple's labs. Do you know how well they're protected? They even have locked waste baskets!

 

[huxley]

i think we're all forgetting the big picture here - if they're fakes, so what? two things to remember: 1. we all would really love to see Apple come out with a PDA, and 2. without our Macs making those fakes wouldn't have been possible now, would it? I hope they're is an iWalk or some sort of PDA come Monday AM, i'm sick and tired of Palm treating me like a second class citizen 'cause im on a Mac.

 

[kaneda]

Spymac

Spymac will get their (_|_) burn on this one if it is really fake.

I don't see anything special about the iwalk. It is look like a palm pilot to me and with colors. :O) I didn't see the MAC OS X interface anywhere.

Damn, what happen to all the rumors about G5. I still want to know about it. I don't give a crap about PDA thing! I want a FASTER COMPUTER!!! It doesn't have to fit in my palm. I got two hand to carrying around if I have to...:O)

 

[Xapplimatic]

Videos fake.

I would have thought the videos authentic were it not for the power-off state having a platinum grey color, the same as that of a black-and-white Palm Pilot when it's in the off state. Color screens aren't grey in the off position. Other than that, it does look that they definitely have a prototype moch-up of something... but who knows what. To fake the unit itself would have been quite a bit of work.

 

[thornz]

why is the real question. people (on this thread and others) keep saying spymac is an incredibly unreliable source of info. are they trying to alienate their already small audience even more by posting 100% bunk? THAT is the only reason i have for believing this. Other than that...