lazyrighteye
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Agreed on the saliency.
And as far as naysayers now using iPods - nearly every... single... one of 'em.
Tho I bet there's one stubborn SOB that proudly uses their Walkman.
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Steve Jobs Meetings, Tablets, and iPhones
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Agreed on the saliency.
And as far as naysayers now using iPods - nearly every... single... one of 'em.
Tho I bet there's one stubborn SOB that proudly uses their Walkman.
People are funny.
Innovative Approaches to the Tablet
I would love to see something innovative from Apple in the tablet market as I believe people secretly want the touch screen functionality but it just hasn't been implemented correctly as of yet. I'd love to see something such as a 12" MacBook Pro with a fully detachable screen. It could communicate with the other half via some kind of High Speed Wireless technology (WUSB for example). 🙂
I have seen the swivel screen tablet/notebook hybrids at work but they are far too chunky, ugly and impractical. I think a detachable (LED?) screen is a slightly more natural progression from the existing computer setups we have used for so long. It would be extremely lightweight and far more effective as something you can hold in your hands.
You could use the MacBook for word processing and then simply whip off the screen, place the base back in to the laptop bag and do a bit of drawing/design work directly on the screen. Especially with that Multi-Point technology listed in Apples patent filings.
You could go further by integrating a Flash Drive into the screen for buffering/temporary storage that could sync with the base wirelessly or when you reconnect the screen and the base together.
There are a few fresh angles to approach the tablet computer and Apple could turn the currently niche market into something very exciting. It doesn't mean it's going to happen though unfortunately. 🙁
I would love to see something innovative from Apple in the tablet market as I believe people secretly want the touch screen functionality but it just hasn't been implemented correctly as of yet. I'd love to see something such as a 12" MacBook Pro with a fully detachable screen. It could communicate with the other half via some kind of High Speed Wireless technology (WUSB for example). 🙂
I have seen the swivel screen tablet/notebook hybrids at work but they are far too chunky, ugly and impractical. I think a detachable (LED?) screen is a slightly more natural progression from the existing computer setups we have used for so long. It would be extremely lightweight and far more effective as something you can hold in your hands.
You could use the MacBook for word processing and then simply whip off the screen, place the base back in to the laptop bag and do a bit of drawing/design work directly on the screen. Especially with that Multi-Point technology listed in Apples patent filings.
You could go further by integrating a Flash Drive into the screen for buffering/temporary storage that could sync with the base wirelessly or when you reconnect the screen and the base together.
There are a few fresh angles to approach the tablet computer and Apple could turn the currently niche market into something very exciting. It doesn't mean it's going to happen though unfortunately. 🙁
3CCD
macrumors member
Interesting but then you would need battery power for your monitor when it detached which would make it thicker and most people wouldn't like that. Maybe they would I don't know, but communication w/ the other half and power consumption is an issue if they could do that.
There definately would be huge issues but Apples engineering team can perform magic now and again. 😉 - It all boils down to me loving the idea of a touch screen but never seeing it implemented correctly. It's a major major issue. The Video iPod (or MacPhone) will probably kick start it off in the Mac sector though.
I imagine the detachable screen as a huge 12" iPod Nano. Im sure you could get it as thin as the Nano with some clever file syncing and power recharging when connected to the MacBook Base.
balamw
Moderator emeritus
My take on it is similar to yours except I take it a step further. Put the battery and everything else behind the display like a Mini iMac (or Macro iPod) w/battery, so the lower part of the "case" is essentially just a keyboard. touch sensitivity could be an option, but not necessary.
Use the KB if you want to or use a remote for media applications.
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mischief
macrumors 68030
Why bother with a kybd at all when Leopard has had rumors of a dock-resident keyboard? Tap lower left corner, tap "keyboard lock" softkey, type away.😀
solvs
macrumors 603
That was already posted. It's the Axiotron/OWC thingy. I was planning to be at that booth for the presentation anyway, hoping I can even get close now. Looks neat.
EagerDragon
macrumors 68020
You hit it on the head
I am one of those weird people that would like one ...... so long as it is not crippled!!!
It has to have the power of a MacBook Pro or what ever else there is at the time.
As to phone.... I want something like a PDA not just a normal phone. Key for me will be full integration with my mac.
I am one of those weird people that would like one ...... so long as it is not crippled!!!
It has to have the power of a MacBook Pro or what ever else there is at the time.
As to phone.... I want something like a PDA not just a normal phone. Key for me will be full integration with my mac.
I'm still looking for a phone that doesn't take pictures of the inside of my pocket. I went for a flip phone so i wouldn't have to remember to lock my keypad. Now there are keys on the side that won't lock.
I for one would like a cell phone without frill. Or at least one that's annoyance-free.
You've got a really interesting idea with the detacheable tablet. Why not take it one step further? A tablet without the base.
It doesn't need to be a full computer. A simple processor, and ipod-size harddrive with no music support. Wireless and optional built in GPS.
It could communicate to a computer through WiFi for syncing or getting live data.
You could read the newspaper or an ebook, have slightly better support for entering info than a palm pilot. But not compete with a computer. That could be a drastically lower price-point. And it wouldn't be the same market that palm's live in.
How about connecting to a projector for doing presentations? GPS for GIS applications. Medical applications could stream live data.
Most of all it could be light <2lbs, and inexpensive compared to a laptop.
Hi,
Are people STILL NOT GETTING IT? Graphic Artists DRAW. They DRAW. Right now, they draw ON PAPER. A Tablet Mac would be a GODSEND for almost every professional artist I know of.
I could care less about the medical industry, about the business sector, about people who only use the computer to lookit teh googles. I want a Mac I can DRAW ON.
-Chilton
Are people STILL NOT GETTING IT? Graphic Artists DRAW. They DRAW. Right now, they draw ON PAPER. A Tablet Mac would be a GODSEND for almost every professional artist I know of.
I could care less about the medical industry, about the business sector, about people who only use the computer to lookit teh googles. I want a Mac I can DRAW ON.
-Chilton
Stella
macrumors G3
Chef Medeski
macrumors 6502a
Have you ever tried working a physics problem out on a computer?
Drawing a simple diagram of a see-saw?
Those are impossible to do and the idea of a tablet is to allow for the final plunge of work into the virtual world. PDA and smaller laptops have allowed almost all forms of information to be stored, processed, moved, and used very easily and efficiently everywhere virtually. Except if you want to hand write, which helps for taking notes and making diagrams. I'm this close to going all virtual at college. All my books are in searchable PDF. All my notes record the lecture audio wise with text. The only thing I am missing is a way to get diagrams in on the fun.
Here is a simple one.... signatures on a computer.
Correcting a paper. Kinda hard and arduous now... but a lot quicker using a tablet. The only problem before was lack of multi-touch that made a keyboard amust. Yet, with multi-touch you can now have a dynamic on screen keyboard a la Origami that means you could have a slate tablet that never fails.
And to the guy that says a slate tablet would scratch up in a school bag. I put my laptop even though it has a lid in a case cause its fragile. You think I would do anyless for a tablet? And if its in a case its not goin scratch.
Machead III
macrumors 6502
I'm willing to bet that Apple, in it's shortsightedness, will probably, without even having to, release the iPhone initially in the US only - despite the fact that Europe and E Asia are infinitely larger phone markets, with an audience much more fine tuned to the cutting edge of the market.
No phone manufacturer in their right minds releases a handset in the US first - it's usually the EU and Japan/Taiwan first, then China, then the US.
But Apple's not a phone manager, and stubbornly lives in the world of 18th Century trade where they assume you've always got to ship to the US first, because it takes so long for those damn galleys to cross the atlantic!
No phone manufacturer in their right minds releases a handset in the US first - it's usually the EU and Japan/Taiwan first, then China, then the US.
But Apple's not a phone manager, and stubbornly lives in the world of 18th Century trade where they assume you've always got to ship to the US first, because it takes so long for those damn galleys to cross the atlantic!
I agree that a tablet would not work for Apple
I had a top-of-the-line Toshiba tablet not long ago for work and I was not impressed. Only really worked for specific tasks and the rest of the time it was annoying to use vs. a standard notebook. Even the convertible ones seemed to be a compromise. So it does not surprise me that Apple is steering clear of this market....
I had a top-of-the-line Toshiba tablet not long ago for work and I was not impressed. Only really worked for specific tasks and the rest of the time it was annoying to use vs. a standard notebook. Even the convertible ones seemed to be a compromise. So it does not surprise me that Apple is steering clear of this market....
as for the Graphic Artists ...
They're not portable (for normal definitions of "portable) and are accessories to your Mac/PC, but Wacom does do some serious graphics tablets...
As much as I'd like to replace the spiral bound notebook on my desk with a digital tablet, the tech does seem a bit awkward (from playing with PDAs and PC tablets). Apple could change that; but I'm guessing it'd then cost too much.
My guess is we may see a touchscreen device of sorts - at least as a glorified remote and at most a PDA but no way near a tablet PC.
They're not portable (for normal definitions of "portable) and are accessories to your Mac/PC, but Wacom does do some serious graphics tablets...
As much as I'd like to replace the spiral bound notebook on my desk with a digital tablet, the tech does seem a bit awkward (from playing with PDAs and PC tablets). Apple could change that; but I'm guessing it'd then cost too much.
My guess is we may see a touchscreen device of sorts - at least as a glorified remote and at most a PDA but no way near a tablet PC.
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