Gasu E. said:I think you're supposed to carry this in your off-hand. That leaves your main hand free to hold a sword or mace or something.
Best laugh of the day so far.
Gasu E. said:I think you're supposed to carry this in your off-hand. That leaves your main hand free to hold a sword or mace or something.
Peyton said:What stupid company would come out with a product like this and put a 6 year old OS on it? Wait till vista fellas, then release it. gosh.
Do these designers get paid less than retail workers? I could sketch something better than that in like 2 seconds. SOOO ugly. and sorry, I like big screens, what could be more frustrating than messing with Windows XP but on a screen so small you can hardly see the virus warnings?? Forget it
Danksi said:It's a communications device, plain n' simple, which is probably why it's fairly successful.
IJ Reilly said:And look how successful it's been. The lesson of the Blackberry and the iPod are the same: do one thing people need, and do it well.
IJ Reilly said:Best laugh of the day so far.![]()
Jerence said:Take the 12" iBook - shrink it a bit more. Put the guts behind the display, not under the keyboard. Make the display detachable from the keyboard (keyboard is like a docking / charging station). Make the screen touch / pen sensitive. Add something like a backstrap on the back of it to make it easy to hold in one hand, while intefacing with it with the other (makes it more "notepad like" and even easier to use as a portable phone/videophone)
Voila.
A portable, keyboardless, completely Mac-ish unit, runs all Mac software, has wireless, bluetooth (and to bring it up to date, iSight in it too) - it would do it all. Bigger videos - more music - and everything else you love about your mac, without having the laptop / folding enclosure form factor. But you can still have this if you want it - just dock it to the keyboard... which also could dock you to your big monitor, all your USB peripherals, etc.
I would buy this in an instant.
jrk07 said:I think its funny that if it was running OS X then I bet at least half of the people who are saying it is a horrible device would be frothing at the mouth for this thing.
That being said, I can't wait to see one with a big ol' blue screen error.![]()
Philsy said:Just had a thought. Maybe losing the keyboard is a bad idea - it's the way we're all used to inputing. How about a sub-12in (8in maybe) Powerbook with an ultra-slim form and a normal, but small keyboard.
Remember the old Psions and you'll get the idea. Call it a kneetop if you like![]()
Evangelion said:again, I'm not saying that Blackberry sucks. I'm saying that it's stupid to compare it to a computer, since they are meant for different things, and computers have a lot more capability.
M-theory said:I agree that there's an adjustment to removing the keyboard, which I think is countered with the touchscreen keyboard. Because of our history with Microsoft, well, my history, I am skeptical and pessimistic that it would be any good, after seeing it, and the specs., my hunches are correct and it's going to flop.
I like the idea of around a 6-8" touchscreen macbook pro with all specs previously mentioned. I am also suspicious that Apple is watching very closely and waiting to be the white knight after this fails miserably.
Lastly, I think the IBM convertable notebook tablet is a quality product and step in the right direction, and again, Apple is paying attention to how it is received very closely.
IJ Reilly said:True. Nobody knew that they needed an iPod until they held one in their hands. But unless this product turns out to be much better than it appears, I predict it's going to be a dud.