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The New Digital Device

Trends

I know what you're saying. How about an Apple iWatchthedamnroad: a combo PDA,GPS, and PCS cell phone that operates entirely by Voice. A product designed for every trendy, SUV buying moron out there who's endangering lives driving while using one or more of these devices.
Better yet:iDarwin, a device similar to the iWatchthedamnroad but without the voice feature and a screen about 4 characters wide.
 
Re: Trends

Originally posted by mischief
...designed for every trendy, SUV buying moron out there who's endangering lives driving while using one or more of these devices...
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:mad:
MOST OF THE MORONS I'VE SEEN USING CELL PHONES WHILE DRIVING ARE NOT DRIVING SUVS.

Keep your blatant uneducated, liberal bias out of these threads and stick to Apple rumors!
 
It's true in the Bay area.

And my views on federal spending have nothing to do with my dislike for large, wasteful vehicles that never seem to fit into parking spaces. As to education: At no point will a smog breathing redneck technophobe tell me how to think speak or act. Ignorance is a choice you made on your own, don't assume the rest of us came along.
 
I like mind-candy as much as the next guy, but a PDA? I don't think so.

By way of support of this scenario, note that Apple, since the second coming of Jobs, has NEVER produced any software, the main purpose of which wasn't to entice someone to buy a Mac. Same with the iPod.

With this prime directive in mind, look at what Apple has at it's disposal:

Quicktime/Mpeg4
Firewire
Airport
Industrial Design
Low Power PPC
OSX
iMovie
iDVD
iPhoto


My Pick,

I would build a DV CAM, hard drive storage, 1394b and USB 2.0, with Mpeg4 encoding and wireless streaming, and an OSX Lite interface (as per iPod). I'd imbed iPod audio functionality in it as well. Wonder how Jonathan would package it (Carl Zeiss for the optics). I saw rumors of this awhile ago. I doubt it will happen, but I would buy one.

OT. Only thing that I can't figure out on the iPod is why there isn't recording capability built in. Seems an oversight.
 
thank u

at least AmbitiousLemon understands where I'm coming from...

it's not that I have a hatred for PDA's....but a lot of u guys are beating a dead horse with the Apple PDA situation...

could someone hand me the ipoop-sling?
 
PDA

It would have some uses for A sysadmin. I know that If Apple made one.. I would get one right away. Not only would it help me get organized, rais my MacHead status to DefCon6, and just be a cool toy. It would also be usefull at work... that is if it had a OS X like OS running on it and it had a terminal app. Currently Sharp has a Lunix based PDA with a terminal app and I am considering getting it just for that reason. I am a UNIX system admin and I would love to beable to connect directly via crossover, hub, wireless, or serial to a UNIX box or storage device to troulbe shoot or configure. When I have to travle , I would much rather bring a PDA than a laptop on a Airplane and trough all the securtiy check points. I would probably play with it more than use it for realy work... but hey... thats what being a macHead is all about. I would like to see an Apple PDA... but I just dont know if it will sell enuph to make Apple happy. Im no sales analyst so maybe there is a market for it, or a small slice out of the all ready over crowded market for Apple. I would like to see one... but I dont think we will see one.
 
Here, I've been testing this Beta

This iPoop is a 30mm,pneumatic rotary poop cannon. I had to get a Yeti and purchase the entire Venezuelan produce export for the year, but it was worth it. I've taken heads clean off at the shoulders. It's time for some serious house cleaning.

I think the camera idea is interesting.
 
Originally posted by Unregistered
I like mind-candy as much as the next guy, but a PDA? I don't think so.

By way of support of this scenario, note that Apple, since the second coming of Jobs, has NEVER produced any software, the main purpose of which wasn't to entice someone to buy a Mac. Same with the iPod.

With this prime directive in mind, look at what Apple has at it's disposal:

Quicktime/Mpeg4
Firewire
Airport
Industrial Design
Low Power PPC
OSX
iMovie
iDVD
iPhoto


My Pick,

I would build a DV CAM, hard drive storage, 1394b and USB 2.0, with Mpeg4 encoding and wireless streaming, and an OSX Lite interface (as per iPod). I'd imbed iPod audio functionality in it as well. Wonder how Jonathan would package it (Carl Zeiss for the optics). I saw rumors of this awhile ago. I doubt it will happen, but I would buy one.

OT. Only thing that I can't figure out on the iPod is why there isn't recording capability built in. Seems an oversight.
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good thinking there kid. very interesting idea.

i dont think this is too likely though. we need to take the ipod as an example of what apple is likely to do. the ipod was a new spin on what was thought to be a dying product. i think this is why people have recently become so enamoured with the idea of an apple pda. this truly is a dead-end product that could use some reinventing. but will apple do a pda? of course not lets not even get back into that. but my point is this "new digital device" needs to be an even better idea than an apple pda. i like your thinking though, its a useful manner of reasoning that my bring us to something in the end, i just dont think we are quite there yet.
 
Originally posted by eyelikeart
let's start our own "Anti-Apple PDA" club mischief! :D
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I'm in it too, im really getting sick of people begging for a damn PDA, get a notebook and a pencil
 
I'll have to build more iPoops.

We're gonna be fighting on all sides. It's hard to get across how useless PDA's are to sheltered geeks. I hate fighting our own. How about a more accurate name? Rather than "palm-top" or "Lap-top" how about "Arm-top" as the clipboard size makes more sense.
 
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A device must (at least) fit two things:

1.- Do what it's supposed to do.
2.- Do it efficiently.

It's clear that every PDA out there doesn't fit any of these. These "organizers" disorganize a lot. So, what we need? Someone who release a real PDA. And, what is the perfect company for doing a device that fits the two things?

Please Apple, do it again. Save us.
 
You'd read twice before talk.

I'm talking 'bout EVERY device, not only PDA's. I don't expect for an Apple PDA 'cause Apple don't want to release one. Their market strategy is near Palm today, so they're not going to compete (it also occurs with VPC). I only say that Apple is, IMO, the only company ready for going beyond all that crap devices, PDA's, MP3 players, phones, cameras...

Please, try to go beyond the next time.
 
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Originally posted by deusvede
A device must (at least) fit two things:

1.- Do what it's supposed to do.
2.- Do it efficiently.

It's clear that every PDA out there doesn't fit any of these. These "organizers" disorganize a lot. So, what we need? Someone who release a real PDA. And, what is the perfect company for doing a device that fits the two things?

Please Apple, do it again. Save us.
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ok...but u mentioned the need to release a "real PDA" and u just asked Apple to do it again....oh forget it....

this is so dumb....I really shouldn't even put effort into it.... :eek:
 
We get iTunes then iPod
We get iPhoto then ??? Digital camera with 5GB HD attaches via Firewire or maybe some kind of Digital photo display device?

The only good PDA is a TiBook the size of my hand with a holographic display.
 
hey eye, 600!

you are coming up on my old handle really fast

i rather like this political discussion

the suv's are very common in california and they do annoy me so and they bug people both liberal and conservative

one day we will have to switch to a new energy source for cars and dual g4s
 
my two cents

I agree that Apple in it's current cult-monopoly-leadership will not do a PDA as we know them - I too am intrigued by the Palm mailing - unless wireless is built-into the thing I am not interested.

Given the iPod is simply a stealth device that is really a reason for Apple to sell more iBooks (no kidding, I convinced a few colleagues to by their kid an iBook cause the kids kept buggin them about wanting one.
 
Hard drive based DV camera

I've thought this was coming for awhile. Makes sense to me. Might even be cheaper than the competition without the need for a tape mechanism.
 
The hard drive DV camera would be great. Or even hard drive with tape combo. The only problem with a Hard Drive unit is that you are stuck with a set amount of time. Yes you can download, but tapes do make a gerat storage medium with no detail loss. Still I would buy one.

Apple should not get into the PDA market. The PDA market is going to die in a few years anyway when phones are running something like a Palm OS. And also Apple already made the best PDA so for them it would be taking a step backward. They need to come out with something that is ahead of the curve again.

A firewire add-on that would turn your Mac into a Tivo would be cool. It could also contain a hard drive in the device that stored the video. and could be pulled from the computer and hooked into a normal TV some how, making it a portal Tivo that can hook into your computer......just an idea.....
 
now a video camera is something I could get into....but I feel we're still a bit too far away from seeing something of the sort...

has anyone actually read anything regarding such a device?
 
re: video camera

we all know how steve jobs likes sony and sony has this miniature laptop with a built in digital video camera lens in it with zoom and relatively high resolution

though something like that would be well over two grand, it would be cool but i fear since it runs the less familiar mac os, it wouldn't justify the tens of millions that a product like that would cost in research and development to the store shelf

i mean the dalmation color scheme on the imac took a year and a half and cost a lot of money only to fail miserably and hurt the imac product forever in the eyes of many

apple is just one company and a camera, a pda, and other devices cannot be made all at the same time and be expected to sell enough to justify the enormous cost it would take to come out with a full line of digital hub accessories by apple
 
Re: re: video camera

Originally posted by networkman
we all know how steve jobs likes sony and sony has this miniature laptop with a built in digital video camera lens in it with zoom and relatively high resolution

though something like that would be well over two grand, it would be cool but i fear since it runs the less familiar mac os, it wouldn't justify the tens of millions that a product like that would cost in research and development to the store shelf

i mean the dalmation color scheme on the imac took a year and a half and cost a lot of money only to fail miserably and hurt the imac product forever in the eyes of many

apple is just one company and a camera, a pda, and other devices cannot be made all at the same time and be expected to sell enough to justify the enormous cost it would take to come out with a full line of digital hub accessories by apple
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id tend to agree with this except for one thing - the ipod. i think the ipod sets a new precident with apple and has shown that apple can design and sell something to its limited market and still come out on top.
 
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