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Patent: Apple Details Multi-Touch Mac User Interface
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ugly hand
Poor person looks like they have arthritis, but hey my freehand drawing would have been worse.
The hands are actually "cupped," try it yourself it will look the same from that angle. Does that mean you all have some deformity.
Not sure if this Touch Tablet will be revolutionary, I dislike the keys on the Touch and iPhone being enlarged once pressed too many "curious" people around to take a glance at your password or something else.
Rather than enlarge the buttons going to be pressed, however about the buttons to the left and right moved apart. Might make it difficult to type for a speed typist however its a virtual keyboard tradeoff.
Not sure if this Touch Tablet will be revolutionary, I dislike the keys on the Touch and iPhone being enlarged once pressed too many "curious" people around to take a glance at your password or something else.
Rather than enlarge the buttons going to be pressed, however about the buttons to the left and right moved apart. Might make it difficult to type for a speed typist however its a virtual keyboard tradeoff.
With some of the markups floating around the web. I wonder if this patent hints at the size of what they may be releasing? Here are some close markups I have seen. I only chose a few as God knows there are 100's of guess. Personally I like the last 2 options. If the touch tablet had enough power or the dock would give it a boost in power (not sure how), then I could see forgoing my macbook and getting a tablet/imac combo. With my Wacom, I now only type if I have to write long letters/messages or do programming. Everything else is just click, sketch, or handwriting recognition.
One word of advice - don't ever have inkwell/handwriting recognition turned on and then turn on omnidazzle without stopping the inkwell - talk about your conflict and perpetual beachball and fans kicking on extra high. I had to shut if off and turn the macbook back on.
If Apple releases a tablet they are really going to kick the crap out of MS. Many companies have tried a tablet and failed, however I think Apple can pull it off.
I know I will buy one, I do see a big use for it. Especially, if it somehow can connect or work with the AppleTV. Not talking iTunes, I mean applications. Could you imagine if Apple got into the game market with a tablet and AppleTV ? Not sure how well it would do, but OMG you would be able to create some cleaver applications.
I know I will buy one, I do see a big use for it. Especially, if it somehow can connect or work with the AppleTV. Not talking iTunes, I mean applications. Could you imagine if Apple got into the game market with a tablet and AppleTV ? Not sure how well it would do, but OMG you would be able to create some cleaver applications.
Tablets and copy and paste, oh my!
Apple tablet. January announcement. And displays with touch screens that tilt down almost flat on the desk. I'm tellin ya!
Possibly those two products are the same thing - take a tablet and add Apple Remote Desktop to it. What have you got? A secondary wireless display, that's what!
And here is a post in my blog that explains exactly how Apple can implement copy and paste on the iPhone and this new tablet, without requiring alien fingers or adding weird multi-finger gestures to the OS.
Apple tablet. January announcement. And displays with touch screens that tilt down almost flat on the desk. I'm tellin ya!
Possibly those two products are the same thing - take a tablet and add Apple Remote Desktop to it. What have you got? A secondary wireless display, that's what!
And here is a post in my blog that explains exactly how Apple can implement copy and paste on the iPhone and this new tablet, without requiring alien fingers or adding weird multi-finger gestures to the OS.
The same way you type on any keyboard with both hands. You put the keyboard/laptop/tablet on a table or your lap.
Maybe I'm not understanding your question.
I don't think the problem with the success of tablets in the marketplace is as simple as the clichéd "Windoze sucks" mantra.
Typing on a keyboard with a stylus is just not a natural way of entering data to a computer. And handwriting recognition systems continue to remain sub-par at recognizing input the way people naturally write. Sure, I can train myself to write in a certain way at a certain speed to allow the software to have the best chance of correctly interpreting what I am writing, but that defeats much of the perceived benefit of being able to "write" on my machine.
Tablets certainly have a market, albeit a small one. And multi-touch keyboards will help by allowing people to type with their fingers (however the lack of any tactile feedback will likely result in a high error-rate). But I just don't know of a feature (or feature-set) in OS X that is so compelling when executed on a tablet that it will immediately drive the sale of a million units a quarter - which may very well be what we're going to need to see for Apple to launch the product.
It's designed by aliens! They have three hands silly! Doesn't everyone know that?
I rarely post and even more rarely beg, but oh please please please come out soon! I've been using my iPhone more and more and it's just too small for some things yet my Macbook is too large to carry constantly. A nice 5x7 or perhaps a bit larger touchpad would be perfect.
My Pastor has the newest iphone, he hates it.
1. Copy and past not an option.
2. Cannot highlight and delete a whole section at a time like you can on the palm smart phones.
3. His old smartphone allowed him to work on Word docs, this one won't you can only view it.
4. It does not have vioce recognition for "Call xxx", "Open Word". like his old smart phone did. He downloaded an app from the Appstore and it only has 70% reliability and only can be used to call people.
After comparing features side by side with my Palm Centro, the iphone is only better at 2 things.
1. itunes
2. Web Surfing.
Other than that it has a LONG way to go to become a real PDA. maybe this tablet will fill the gap and give Apple an idea on how to improve the iphone for those who want an phone/PDA in one unit.
tablet is inevitable, and if anyone can do it, apple can. i just hope the price point isn't prohibitive for the average user. i'd love it, but doubt i'll be able to afford the first few versions until they've worked out the R&D and manufacturing costs.
If thats what is going to come out....im sooo going to buy it. :hyper:
Intel did say they were helping Apple with a unit that was 1.5 times larger than the iPhone/iPod Touch.
Intel did say they were helping Apple with a unit that was 1.5 times larger than the iPhone/iPod Touch.