7 inch would be to small....
If men would stop overestimating the size of their johnsons, you wouldn't be saying that.
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Jobs "Extremely Happy" with Upcoming Apple Tablet and a Surprise?
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If men would stop overestimating the size of their johnsons, you wouldn't be saying that.
It has to be "Facial Gestures" with the built in iSight.
It has to be "Facial Gestures" with the built in iSight.
..my guess.
http://www.tgdaily.com/business-and-law-features/39190-apple-submits-voice-finger-gaze-and-facial-recognition-patent-application
http://www.geekologie.com/2009/03/control_your_ipod_with_facial.php
It has to be "Facial Gestures" with the built in iSight.
..my guess.
http://www.tgdaily.com/business-and-law-features/39190-apple-submits-voice-finger-gaze-and-facial-recognition-patent-application
http://www.geekologie.com/2009/03/control_your_ipod_with_facial.php
Are the people posting about "eye movement sensing cameras" joking? Seriously? Firstly, that's completely ridiculous that a camera would be that sensitive, and secondly, what would it achieve? I mean, why would you want the cursor to move with your eyes? If there's touch screen, then surely it'd be more practical to just jab where you wanted? You're still going to need to click with your finger anyway. Do you intend to use it like a finger swipe to change pages or apps? what about when you want to look somewhere other than the 7 or 10" screen? Do you want to turn a page every time you look right or left?
I could see gesture tracking being useful, what with swipes etc, but eye or facial recognition? I think the tablet could be a big hit, but only in the right price bracket. I think it'd have to be mid to low hundreds here in the UK. If it'd the cost of the Macbook, then it'd be crippled from the get go. Probably...
I could see gesture tracking being useful, what with swipes etc, but eye or facial recognition? I think the tablet could be a big hit, but only in the right price bracket. I think it'd have to be mid to low hundreds here in the UK. If it'd the cost of the Macbook, then it'd be crippled from the get go. Probably...
7 inch would be to small....
I dunno, it's twice the size of the iPhone, I'd rather see 10 inch but 7 would cut it.
small?
There also coming out with 10" one..just to please you..lol
7 inch would be to small....
There also coming out with 10" one..just to please you..lol
Yep, and for you a vaginal attachment, so we can hear you think inside the box
Don't have to be that low in your expression....may be it is good to get it of your system so that you come out clean...
I love quotes like this.
What holds back Apple, in some cases, from being taken in is a lack of ability to work in a mixed enviroment.
As more applications move to the web Safari especially on the iPhone has issues.
We are a 99.9 percent Microsoft based company, we do everything from day to day support to application developement, most of it web based.
I recommend the iPhone to everyone of my customers if they buy Exchange from us, and I will sell the living crap out of this tablet thing IF it fixes some of Safari's issue with asp.net apps.
I will buy one in a heart beat if it comes with 3G connectivity and it'll work with Microsoft Dynamics CRM, I don't even care about the cost, I'd pick up another $60 a month in a second if it will do what I want it to do. My number 1 compalint is that CRM is not Safari compliant, and yes you can blame Microsoft but I have a lot more invested in our CRM system than I do in an iPhone and if I had to switch I would.
That is what some of the Apple fanboys don't get, people in business want things that work and work well together. Apple/Mac's do NOT work well in a business situation unless your 100 percent Apple. If you have someone smart enough on staff to make it all work, then your paying for that talent and it comes at a cost most do not want to incur.
My first printer I used for our advertising kept blaming "my PC" for the artwork not coming out right. Well lady, your MAC issues just cost you the job and I moved somewhere else.
In the end she could have made it work(I spent years working in the industry doing digital pre-press), but she chose to whine about the PC, keep whining, my dollars are going somewhere else.
I can see myself bundling up a tablet, CRM, and a few other things into a easy to use sales tool we could bundle and resell.
...Etch-a-Sketch on the back side, I may not get it.
...and it will let me talk to myself, read the minds of subway-riders and cloud the minds of Mac Rumors commenters (see last 10 pages), who know that the price will be no more than $1000 and no less than $601; that it will not be operated by owners but will operate the owners, automatically casting votes for or against single-payer health care for parakeets; that you won't have to turn it on or off because Jobs will be turning it on and off for you. Sorry I can't reveal anymore. Ignorance forbids me.
Vulcan mind melt!
The new Apple tablet computer will be able to mind-melt, vulcan style, simply by inserting two tiny probes into your eyeballs!
The new Apple tablet computer will be able to mind-melt, vulcan style, simply by inserting two tiny probes into your eyeballs!
Tactile Onscreen Keyboard
I bet it is going to utilize one of Apple's patents and actually raise the screen on demand where the keyboard pops on screen and so you will have the advantage of a physical keyboard, but without having one.
I bet it is going to utilize one of Apple's patents and actually raise the screen on demand where the keyboard pops on screen and so you will have the advantage of a physical keyboard, but without having one.
lol same use for a £1300 MacBook Air that does less than a standard MacBook - i'm seeing this Tablet as a larger iPod Touch with multi-task capabilities, HD capability other iWork/iLife capabilities - with the standard iPod Touch/iPhone apps (not sure about camera?) - advanced multi-touch gestures - 3/4 fingered swipe/controls like on latest trackpads - Happy Christmas
two button mouse/trackpad.... nah it's Apple lol not sure they actually know what two buttons are lol - probs could see button... but not aesthetically pleasing so probs be full touch screen
Originally Posted by kmiahali
I can't wait to see what kind of new tech Apple has up their sleeve. Afterall, they have never failed to surprise customers.
True. Unfortunately some of those surprises have been let downs. Hmm, the iPod shuffles latest incarnation comes to mind. Woopie with it's early B movie voice capability. Cheese!
I hope this tablet wow's folks like the iPhone did but like many have stated here, I think it's simply a niche market that won't sway those other than the dyed in the wool apple fanatics.
I can't wait to see what kind of new tech Apple has up their sleeve. Afterall, they have never failed to surprise customers.
True. Unfortunately some of those surprises have been let downs. Hmm, the iPod shuffles latest incarnation comes to mind. Woopie with it's early B movie voice capability. Cheese!
I hope this tablet wow's folks like the iPhone did but like many have stated here, I think it's simply a niche market that won't sway those other than the dyed in the wool apple fanatics.
Super Touch or full blown Tablet?
After months of rumors, I can no longer fool myself into believing that this will be a high end Mac Tablet. It seems as though they are going to shoot for the media player market. That is where most of their profits have come from lately. Those of us hoping for a tablet capable of laptop functionality with a touch screen may just have to go the Axiotron route. Although, I must say that with all of the technological advances Apple has made in the last few years, the tablet they could produce would be amazing. The advances in unibody aluminum books, iPhone/Touch specs, battery life, etc are so far ahead of the other computer manufacturers. Really, there are no limitations for Apple other than what the market will bear and what products in their line-up will be stepped on by competition from their own tablet. Still, one must follow the money in business and that screams medium format media player.
After months of rumors, I can no longer fool myself into believing that this will be a high end Mac Tablet. It seems as though they are going to shoot for the media player market. That is where most of their profits have come from lately. Those of us hoping for a tablet capable of laptop functionality with a touch screen may just have to go the Axiotron route. Although, I must say that with all of the technological advances Apple has made in the last few years, the tablet they could produce would be amazing. The advances in unibody aluminum books, iPhone/Touch specs, battery life, etc are so far ahead of the other computer manufacturers. Really, there are no limitations for Apple other than what the market will bear and what products in their line-up will be stepped on by competition from their own tablet. Still, one must follow the money in business and that screams medium format media player.
Knowledge Navigator
If Apple even comes close to things they envisioned years ago then I'd be extremely happy too. It all depends upon how big of a push Apple actually makes to advance technology. Some possibilities might be below:
What we will see is entirely dependant on just how hard Apple pushes technology. It is not just a hardware problem though, true agent based services are bleeding edge, especially at the level I could imagine.
As to people wondering what one might do with such a tablet and no keyboard. Well the combination of a touch and voice interface could be extremely potent. It comes down to how fluidly the device can interface with the user.
Dave
If Apple even comes close to things they envisioned years ago then I'd be extremely happy too. It all depends upon how big of a push Apple actually makes to advance technology. Some possibilities might be below:
- SMP support with 2 to 4 processors.
- Possibly multiple SMP machines running in their own address space.
- All this computational power will be needed to support intelligent agents. That is AI will be central to the user interface.
- While those SMP processors will be ARM cores they will be supported by additional hardware to accelerate a wide variety of tech. That is a programmable array of logic that is more than what is commonly accepted yoday. Nueral network support would easily supported on the array. The machine or actually each core dynamically reprograms the array as needed for the processes running on the core.
- Voice input, recognition and parsing is fully supported. In otherwords instead of just stroking your tablet to get it to do what you want you can also talk to it.
What we will see is entirely dependant on just how hard Apple pushes technology. It is not just a hardware problem though, true agent based services are bleeding edge, especially at the level I could imagine.
As to people wondering what one might do with such a tablet and no keyboard. Well the combination of a touch and voice interface could be extremely potent. It comes down to how fluidly the device can interface with the user.
Dave