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Origami Revealed.

jsnuff1 said:
Just imagin if apple came out with one of these...iPod like, a little thicker than an iPod and slightly smaller demensions than these origami things, with an iTablet version of OS X...omg id buy one in an instant.
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People keep talking about the size, weight, and battery life. It ain't magic, folks. Apple has access to the same tech as everyone else. If they use an HD, it's gonna be heavy and an inch thick. If they use a larger battery with more cells, the system is also gonna be heavier, maybe even heavier than the Samsung and Asus offerings.


However, they could use today's tech and still make it better. Using a 5-6" screen (smaller, less power consumption), using flash memory-based storage rather than an HD......these things will add up. However, then you'd complain about price..... :rolleyes:
 
I have to say that this is what I have always wanted. - a Apple designed one obviously will be cooler but here is why I want one. I am an Architect btw.

1. Ability to carry around [in a smallish package] a tablet to review what is being built against my drawings - invaluable on a big site. There is nothing worse than having a load of drawings to wade through. A digital copy where I can mark up on a tablet is fantastic [the bigger tablets are just that, too big]

2. Can show clients walkthroughs and proposed work [far easier than a notebook]

3. Easy to take home to look at the internet whilst in my lounge / garden where ever.

Ok, battery life could be a lot better, but this is what I have always felt was ideal for my job and home.
 
gilleszeimet said:
I do not know if Apple brings out a new 12 inch anytime soon, but if you buy a PC notebook you will even be able to run Vista at the end of this year. Buying this new devices is a waste of money and a clear sign for the absence of taste.
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Does this thing even have an optical drive to install Vista with? Didn't think so. I've always hated subcompacts that didn't include a built-in CD drive. Makes it lighter, they say. More crap to carry, I say. Who uses that on the go, they say. I sure as hell do, I say.

patrick0brien said:
-dejo

Yeah great, another OS iteration with a huge name:
"Microsoft Windows Vista Super Kinda Small Tablet-Thingy 2006 Professional Premium Edition"
"Microsoft Windows Vista Halfway-Between-Tablet PC Edition-and-Mobile Edition 2006 Professional Premium Platinum Edition"
"Microsoft Windows Vista Strange Small Tablet-Like-But-Not-Really-A-Tablet 2006 Professional Premium Platinum Please Buy Our Stuff Because We Do Really Try To Make An Effort To Convince People That We Innovate By Using Re-Baked Ideas Repackaged Edition"
But seriously folks...
"Microsoft Windows Vista 2006 Small Tablet PC Edition"
...no, really, I wasn't trying to be funny on that last one.
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Actually, 33 different editions. Linkety
 
boncellis said:
I think the next innovation should come in the area of touchscreens. It's an intuitive input, and the range of possibilities is certainly wide, but I think styli are a thing of the past. If Apple can integrate a touch-sensitive screen into everything from the iPod to the notebooks and even the Cinema Displays and do it the right way without smudges, that may be the next evolutionary step in computing.
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That would be awesome. Can you imagine Apple dropping the bomb on the computing world while MS and Dell are still peddling their garbage?
 
I tried the high-end HP tablet a few years ago. It was cool looking, but pretty useless. BUT, I WILL be bying one of these as I'd like to test the form factor/features as a POSSIBLE solution at work... even though we are Mac-based. I said POSSIBLE.
Get on the ball apple.
 
useless form factor

Well, considering the beating that PDA's have suffered, I'm not sure this type of device has much of a future. If it doesn't have a reasonable sized querty keyboard and a reasonable display (1024x768, 12") I don't see it being much use for doing any real work. It is just an expensive toy. You'd be much better off buying a feather weight 12" notebook of some type. The slight savings in size over a notebook is not worth the loss of functionality for most people. Sure, there will be a niche market, maybe for certain commercial applications.

Here is the other thing. It certainly won't ever REPLACE a laptop for most current laptop users. And many folks also already have cell phones, mp3 players, etc. It could be Apple, Samsung, or whoever- it wouldn't matter. It is just a bad idea.
 
dpaanlka said:
I would imagine it's because the PC industry doesn't really have anything else very exciting to talk about.
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Very true... when I think of Apple and their creativity is makes me feel. Apple has always had a way of making people feel, "connect", and get excited enough to wanna dance. It's been mentioned before, but I'm interested in seeing what Apple's going to make of their patent barrage... like paper, origami's going to crumple. :cool:

fyi: the link has nothing to do with tech... but I thought it captures excitement, which happens to be synonymous with Apple. =^)
 
jrichie said:
I have to say that this is what I have always wanted. - a Apple designed one obviously will be cooler but here is why I want one. I am an Architect btw.

1. Ability to carry around [in a smallish package] a tablet to review what is being built against my drawings - invaluable on a big site. There is nothing worse than having a load of drawings to wade through. A digital copy where I can mark up on a tablet is fantastic [the bigger tablets are just that, too big]

2. Can show clients walkthroughs and proposed work [far easier than a notebook]

3. Easy to take home to look at the internet whilst in my lounge / garden where ever.

Ok, battery life could be a lot better, but this is what I have always felt was ideal for my job and home.
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Im sure that there will be many people who will find a genuine use for it, just like yourself...but the number of people who will hav a genuine use will be a very small percent of the computing market.
 
8" widescreen multi-touch LCD
1.06GHz ULV Core Duo CPU w/2MB shared cache
533MHz FSB
512MB NAND flash memory
2GB DDR2 SDRAM (two SO-DIMM slots)
80GB 1.8" HDD
Intel GMA950 integrated GPU
WUSB (wireless USB)
AirPort Extreme
BlueTooth
Quad band cell capabilities
Pivoting iSight camera
stereo BlueTooth headset w/microphone
Stylus
Lithium-Ion polymer nano-tech battery pack

About the size of a DVD case (which is really close to a 16:10 ratio) and half again as thick...

US$666

Happy 30th Birthday Apple Computer
 
man the effing haters on this site are ridiculous.

talk about freakin fanboys.

Sometimes i'm ashamed to enjoy macs.
 
I want one. I think it would come quite in handy for a lot of things. It's no less portable than an ibook. It does so much more than a PDA, but not quite as much as a full featured laptop, so it falls inbetween with features.
 
Origami excellent - I will have to convert

Origami is an excellent concept, perfect for many people. I will keep Apple at home but will probably move the mobile part to Origami. That means I will have to find ways to transfer all my Email and some data. Also, new cell phones are coming out and Apple has obviously dropped updates for ISync. No new Nokias have been added for months. On the Windows side things are moving fast.

I was very disappointed with the new MacBok pro. I was expecting new design improvements and all I got was a magnetic plug. Not even a detachable screen. Apple has been doing well but obviously success makes lazy sometimes and they are relaxing too much. Microsoft on the other side has been reacting out of fear, and sometimes pressures helps improve.

I hope Apple will one day come out with an Origami equivalent, but for now, unfortunately, I have to go with the best.
 
yeah i saw the Origami on CNN yesturday. I admit it looks nice and more useable then one of those Compaq PDA. Is apple ever going to be in the PDA market. Because it needs to. bring back the Newton.:rolleyes:
 
ordin12 said:
Origami is an excellent concept, perfect for many people. I will keep Apple at home but will probably move the mobile part to Origami. That means I will have to find ways to transfer all my Email and some data. Also, new cell phones are coming out and Apple has obviously dropped updates for ISync. No new Nokias have been added for months. On the Windows side things are moving fast.

I was very disappointed with the new MacBok pro. I was expecting new design improvements and all I got was a magnetic plug. Not even a detachable screen. Apple has been doing well but obviously success makes lazy sometimes and they are relaxing too much. Microsoft on the other side has been reacting out of fear, and sometimes pressures helps improve.

I hope Apple will one day come out with an Origami equivalent, but for now, unfortunately, I have to go with the best.
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1 post and you give us this. Uh. Yeah. iSync is not dropped, in fact, the last two OS X updates have updated sync features (.Mac and home directory) which indirectly involves the underlying code that iSync uses. Also, the MacBook Pro gets you far faster graphics, processor, RAM, etc.

Nice transition, too. "I will use Apple at home-- but I'll get one of these for on the road, and it is Apple's fault that I chose incompatible software." Get an IMAP account.

Although I guess I should read my out 'tar.
 
direzz said:
what?
the newton was a piece of garbage!
i am so sick of this forum claiming the newton was some sort of superior device! get over it, IT WASNT SUCCESFUL.
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Gawd, the ignorance. :rolleyes:
Do you actually use a Newton, or did you ever use one for more than five minutes? No? Thought so. "Success" in the market may or may not be a sign of a superior product.
 
Bad Beaver said:
Gawd, the ignorance. :rolleyes:
Do you actually use a Newton, or did you ever use one for more than five minutes? No? Thought so. "Success" in the market may or may not be a sign of a superior product.
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The problem with the Newton was that it was way too expensive. I bought a used one, and I liked it, but I would have never been able to afford a new one.
 
andiwm2003 said:
haha, good catch. i originally wanted to add to my above comment that "it won't be successful but i thought the same about the ipod." but then i left it out.

you're right. it's hard to predict if it becomes a trend like the ipod.
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Yeah. To clarify - I don't think it'll be a huge success, but I can see it being a nice little niche market. And I'd like to see what Apple's industrial design team could do with the concept - just as they took the pre-existing category of "hard disk MP3 player" and turned it into something incredibly cool.
 
balamw said:
IMHO where they go wrong with this device is simple.

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2) Thickness of the device, needs to be well under 1"
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Actually, here I'd disagree with you. If you're trying to write on something while holding it in your left hand (right hand for all your lefties), thicker is better - more comfortable and easier to grip.
 
Apple innovation and ISync

Mechcozmo said:
1 post and you give us this. Uh. Yeah. iSync is not dropped, in fact, the last two OS X updates have updated sync features (.Mac and home directory) which indirectly involves the underlying code that iSync uses. Also, the MacBook Pro gets you far faster graphics, processor, RAM, etc.

Nice transition, too. "I will use Apple at home-- but I'll get one of these for on the road, and it is Apple's fault that I chose incompatible software." Get an IMAP account.
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Look at the list of compatible ISync devices. Apart from a couple of ROKR phones that nobody buys anyway, the list has not been improved for one year at least. If you are on Nokia, the latest is what, the N-Gage?

And the MacBookPro might have faster everything but the design is starting to age and I was really expecting something revolutionary.

I want to keep using Apple but in order to do that I have to keep my 2003 devices. A Nokia 6600 that works well with ISync, and a Macbookpro that was essentially designed in 1999, just faster. It's still OK now, but the moment that my phone needs to be changed I will probably change everything because I want to Sync and exploit all the new features.

Their new search engine live.com is just great. And I have to admit, for email on the go Origami seems to be a great concept. I am no Microsoft fan but this year they are aggressive ane the real innovators. If I want to stay with Apple I will have to wait for their new IBook, that's as close as I'll get to Origami. If I want to reply to a message I need to sit down with a nice 90 degrees posture and type. Laptops haven't changed for the past 20 years and Apple is no exception.

Now my fear is that I will have to face that horrible world of viruses and trojans again.
 
They released the specs...

A THREE hour battery life makes it useless, and a total failure. The Celeron is a complete waste of silicon. Just goes to show you of the brilliance of something like the Nano, or even the Palm 515. Let's wait for Apple to announce the next generation of a truly useful handheld. And once again MS shows their complete lack of design know-how, and their complete disregard of how gear REALLY needs to work in the hands of a user.
It figures.
I said earlier I'd HAVE to buy one to test in my world, but I shant bother.
 
Philsy said:
Tell you what, this thing is getting loads of news coverage

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4789496.stm

Microsoft obviously has better PR people than Apple...:rolleyes:
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SO MS releases something that LOOKS cool at first, only to find out later (we WILL) that it's a huge failure.
Apple only needs breathe to generate REAL press coverage. Why? The answer is even MORE obvious with the release of this monstrosity.
 
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