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New Plastic Enclosure?

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Now that Slashdot posts are credible sources, here's something I picked up on today's discussion about OLEDs (Organic Light Emitting Displays):

his may be the first Kodak product that uses their own OLED technology, but does anyone remember the article (I think it was from CNET) which contained a quote by a Kodak executive saying they were already shipping 8-inch OLED displays in quantities to a "manufacturer" who they couldn't disclose? A very high resolution screen that would be used in a product that they didn't know much about but that would be a revolutionary one and be released in the first half of 2003?

Somehow, the article has vanished. Even from Google.
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Seems like an 8" diagonal screen would fit perfectly into an, oh, I don't know....FIVE BY SEVEN ENCLOSURE? </church lady>

A lack of a backlight would really help with battery life.
 
The Message Pad MP 100... Prototype?

quote:
Originally posted by bennetsaysargh
>>>>>does anyone have the measurements for a newton?
because now i think that there might be an iNewton or whatever they will call it<<<<<

The MP 100 (one of which I have) is about 4" by ahhhbout 6 inches.

It feels... right.

Sam's Club has/had notebooks called "Omni" that were exactly 5 x7 inches. Very convenient, fit the hand well, more comfortable than an 8.5 by 11 inch notebook. Very easy to balance standing up, too.

Just sorta wonder if APPL was 'prepping the market' somehow.:)

Aries 1B
 
i think the original report was that Kodak was going to ship 2" OLED screens, not 8"

oleds are still too expensive in large sizes for things like this. granted i'd love to see it, but...

pnw
 
Originally posted by paulwhannel
oleds are still too expensive in large sizes for things like this. granted i'd love to see it, but...
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Then again, Apple did stumble upon some ubercheap LCDs... If the 23" HD Cinema Display can drop $1500 in one day, I'd say anything is possible!
 
Re: My grand Idea

Originally posted by fleetwood
I think the missng link for home computing is a remote...
Hear me out.
Why not have a RF device that has the functionality of a remote control for your computer..
This is the one devise that has been completely absent from the computing industry.

Icontrol
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It already exists, it's called a bluetooth adapter, a T68i and a program called Sony Ericsson Clicker.

And yes it does rock.
 
While I have absolutely no faith in the idea of Apple releasing a tablet, this is what I'd like to see in it if they did:-

CompactFlash type 1/2 slot (be a nice companion to digital camera)
G3 (gobi?) proc
decent amount of RAM - 256 or 512
PDA-style docking via iSync and cradle
Apple Remote Desktop License for setting up and running the machine at home from another mac
Airport Extreme
IR port
iPod HDD
*NO* FW800 - would push costs up needlessly
OSX with modified interface for such a small screen - at most it would be around 550 pixels across at the narrowest point.

In theory theres a lot they could do with the system - for example they could run OSX on the thing with a custom interface program over the top for ease of use while mobile, or allow people to run in native OSX if they choose... - it could be used as a PDA, a mobile media machine, even for dumping photos off their cameras.

The main reason I don't see such a thing happening is battery life. If they can come up with something good that is essentially like an OQO (www.oqo.com) running OSX (preferably with some sort of optional PDA interface available if you want it) with a decent battery life then I for one would buy it. But, like I said I can't see it happening, and unless the price is somewhere in the region of the bottom-end iBook I can't see it selling either...

However, this is one time I would love to be proved wrong.

Tablet PCs have their uses, its just not what a lot of people seem to think they are :)
 
Well, from the geek standpoint: Yay! Video ipod!

But from the more realistic standpoint: Yay! Apple branded firewire superdrive. If you think about it, the superdrive is the only major hardware that was dropped from the new towers at the retail level.
 
appl patent for display on case

a couple months back there were items on MacNN and other sites about Apple being granted a patent for color display on exterior case. That could explain the lack of screen.

I hope it's a color ipod/newton combo. I know we'd by 12 right off the bat.
 
dont mean to rain on the parade but...

could it be possible that this is going to just be a box used in the Apple Stores? If anyone has even been in them everything is white and specially made for or by apple. The only hting that does not match the decor is the small black box you sign your credit card purchases on. i would love it to be a video ipod/tablet thingy but in all honesty I wonder if we are just all Rumor crazy.
 
Re: dont mean to rain on the parade but...

Originally posted by dickrichie
could it be possible that this is going to just be a box used in the Apple Stores? If anyone has even been in them everything is white and specially made for or by apple. The only hting that does not match the decor is the small black box you sign your credit card purchases on. i would love it to be a video ipod/tablet thingy but in all honesty I wonder if we are just all Rumor crazy.
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Of coarse we're all Rumor crazy :) Aint that what this site is for?
 
mpeg4 video "iPod"

This is apple new portable video player, allowing users to view mpeg4 movies (http://www.apple.com/mpeg4/). Soon these type devices will be as common as mp3 players are now. There are already several portable video players available now and several planned to be released soon:
(http://archos.com/lang=en/products/prw_500375.html?country=us)
(http://www.designinteract.com/news/11086.html).

As with the mp3 players, it will take Apple to show other manufacturers how to do it the right way (just look at the link to the "less than attractive" design by Archos). The device will use Quicktime 6.

This device is a logical next step for Apple. At some later point they will offer a completely different device that will be a full fledged tablet, when better display and battery technology will allow for a thinner device than the clunky tablets we see in the PC world. This first iPod-like video device will, however, have it's focus on video, just as the iPod does with music. There will also be licensing agreements with content providers for movies and video, similar to what we will be seeing announced soon for music with iTunes and iPod.

There you have it.

See also these links:
http://news.com.com/2100-1040-979747.html

http://windowsfordevices.deviceforge.com/news/NS9077555094.html
 
Enclosure

I know that lots of times for even just R&D purposes they will create and produce large amounts of new cases or anything like that just for mass testing. I wouldn't completely rule out the idea of R&D.
 
Here's What I Want

I want to have these features in this enclosure:

- OS X running on a 30GB+ Disk w/ 256 mb RAM.

- Inkwell, iLife, whatever...., iSynch....

- Cell phone, music, movies via speakerphone and mike or bluetoothed headset.

- TiVo capabilities

--------------------------

Multi-useful as in taking a call, choosing to record it, link recording to datebook....

Or recording a business mtg while taking notes and watching a Keynote presentation w/ spreadsheets. Print via rendezvous! Fax via cell phone!

What would you pay for this? What do you think
Apple would have to charge?

- let the good times roll.
 
Originally posted by Chimaera
"...If they can come up with something good that is essentially like an OQO (www.oqo.com) running OSX (preferably with some sort of optional PDA interface available if you want it) with a decent battery life then I for one would buy it.)
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BTW, when the hell is this thing going to come out?...The first half of 2003? It already seems OLD to me...BOOO..
 
now this has almost nothing to do with the box itself but the tablet.
if they were to take an ibook
and replace thekeybord and trackpad area with the screen so it is one peice with screen on the top, keep all/most of the components the same motherboard/ports/optical drive
and you could easlly put it on a stand and attach a keybord and mouse (bluetooth) if you wanted a real computer, but for sitting on the couch, surfing the web via your airport extreem, using a combonation of inkwell and/or an onscreen keybord a la palm this would be perfect. now make it in 12" 14" and new 8" size and youve got yourself a product
 
tablet

When i first saw the 17" Powerbook, I wondered if the screen could flip and close to display up...and turn into a tablet. I still think it could be possible someday and that's my hope at least that someday they just turn the powerbook into having tablet capabilities....touch screen and closing/flip screen.

Christopher

Originally posted by chewbaccapits
BTW, when the hell is this thing going to come out?...The first half of 2003? It already seems OLD to me...BOOO..
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