I have to admit, the iWalk was one of the best product hoaxes ever. Who ever had the time to make that prototype, whether they fabbed a real object or used 3D software to composite it in, did a fab-oo job. Of course, one could deduce that they had no life.....
Any chance we could get an automatic ban on any first timers who post anything so painfully out of the loop? I mean, this is Apple ?Insider,? isn't it?
There are several features of the iWalk that make me think that it was not a fake. It may have been an internal Apple mock-up or concept video, but not a compete hoax by a uninformed 3rd party, IMHO.
Remember, the iWalk pre-dated the iPod, iMac 2, and Jaguar...
1) The OS exhibited some trends that we didn't know about until Apple previewed Jaguar (i.e., brushed metal appearance and inkwell). As a former Newton user, I saw the iWalk video expand on Newton functionality (it was not OS X lite).
2) The chrome Apple logo. It is too coincidental that this design element would appear in a hoax months before the its debut in a real Apple product -- The New iMac.
3) The dial. This feature also appeared in a different form on the iPod. Again, this is too coincidental for someone to fake without some inside knowledge.
I want to go on record and say that I think the iWalk was something more than a complete hoax.
<strong>There are several features of the iWalk that make me think that it was not a fake. It may have been an internal Apple mock-up or concept video, but not a compete hoax by a uninformed 3rd party, IMHO.
Remember, the iWalk pre-dated the iPod, iMac 2, and Jaguar...
1) The OS exhibited some trends that we didn't know about until Apple previewed Jaguar (i.e., brushed metal appearance and inkwell). As a former Newton user, I saw the iWalk video expand on Newton functionality (it was not OS X lite).
2) The chrome Apple logo. It is too coincidental that this design element would appear in a hoax months before the its debut in a real Apple product -- The New iMac.
3) The dial. This feature also appeared in a different form on the iPod. Again, this is too coincidental for someone to fake without some inside knowledge.
I want to go on record and say that I think the iWalk was something more than a complete hoax.</strong><hr></blockquote>
The ipod came first. that was one of the reasons that it was so obviously fake.
there were many discrepancies in all of the videos. They were very obviously fakes. Movement of the dial video, remember?
I think it's real too. I've studied the videos at length and there isn't anything solidly wrong with them, and they are low enough resolution to make photoshoping impossible to see.
At the time SpyMac broke iWalk, there was incredible hissing and moaning which seemed mainly due to a new rumour site getting an exclusive over AI/MOSR/etc. The bitching goes on still...
It is interesting seeing iWalk now, 18 months on. It is in the style of the iPod & iMac2 - a style which was not fully developed then - and it is doing things Ink will make possible.
The sad fact is that no Apple PDA will be believed until Steve waves it at us. Too many people are hell bent on proving things fake
<strong>iWalk was about 6 months before iPod...</strong><hr></blockquote>
Maybe you meant to say "6 days". Apple invitated the press for October 23rd, and while most rumor sites said that it was an mp3 player for sure, some claimed it was a PDA with the ability to mp3s - so iWalk was born, and SpyMac delivered lots of fake videos and pics and information.
[quote]<strong>It is interesting seeing iWalk now, 18 months on.</strong><hr></blockquote>
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Man.. you're soooo late
Hey everyone! THE iWalk is BACK!!!
haha funny
ADMINS???
*sigh*
good for a laugh every now and then, I guess.
ciao,
michael
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Seriously its just a troll post from over at SpyHack or Crack or whatever it is.
Whooopeee!!! <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" /> <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" /> <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" /> <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" /> <img src="graemlins/surprised.gif" border="0" alt="[Surprised]" />
Remember, the iWalk pre-dated the iPod, iMac 2, and Jaguar...
1) The OS exhibited some trends that we didn't know about until Apple previewed Jaguar (i.e., brushed metal appearance and inkwell). As a former Newton user, I saw the iWalk video expand on Newton functionality (it was not OS X lite).
2) The chrome Apple logo. It is too coincidental that this design element would appear in a hoax months before the its debut in a real Apple product -- The New iMac.
3) The dial. This feature also appeared in a different form on the iPod. Again, this is too coincidental for someone to fake without some inside knowledge.
I want to go on record and say that I think the iWalk was something more than a complete hoax.
<strong>There are several features of the iWalk that make me think that it was not a fake. It may have been an internal Apple mock-up or concept video, but not a compete hoax by a uninformed 3rd party, IMHO.
Remember, the iWalk pre-dated the iPod, iMac 2, and Jaguar...
1) The OS exhibited some trends that we didn't know about until Apple previewed Jaguar (i.e., brushed metal appearance and inkwell). As a former Newton user, I saw the iWalk video expand on Newton functionality (it was not OS X lite).
2) The chrome Apple logo. It is too coincidental that this design element would appear in a hoax months before the its debut in a real Apple product -- The New iMac.
3) The dial. This feature also appeared in a different form on the iPod. Again, this is too coincidental for someone to fake without some inside knowledge.
I want to go on record and say that I think the iWalk was something more than a complete hoax.</strong><hr></blockquote>
The ipod came first. that was one of the reasons that it was so obviously fake.
there were many discrepancies in all of the videos. They were very obviously fakes. Movement of the dial video, remember?
This is so silly.
<strong>
The ipod came first. that was one of the reasons that it was so obviously fake.
there were many discrepancies in all of the videos. They were very obviously fakes. Movement of the dial video, remember?
This is so silly.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I must be going senile. I really thought the iWalk was the rumor and the iPod was what Apple released.
Some people just
won't
let
it
die.
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I think it's real too. I've studied the videos at length and there isn't anything solidly wrong with them, and they are low enough resolution to make photoshoping impossible to see.
At the time SpyMac broke iWalk, there was incredible hissing and moaning which seemed mainly due to a new rumour site getting an exclusive over AI/MOSR/etc. The bitching goes on still...
It is interesting seeing iWalk now, 18 months on. It is in the style of the iPod & iMac2 - a style which was not fully developed then - and it is doing things Ink will make possible.
The sad fact is that no Apple PDA will be believed until Steve waves it at us. Too many people are hell bent on proving things fake
Anyways, like i said, I am sorry if this has been posted before.
I obviously just signed up!
<strong>iWalk was about 6 months before iPod...</strong><hr></blockquote>
Maybe you meant to say "6 days". Apple invitated the press for October 23rd, and while most rumor sites said that it was an mp3 player for sure, some claimed it was a PDA with the ability to mp3s - so iWalk was born, and SpyMac delivered lots of fake videos and pics and information.
[quote]<strong>It is interesting seeing iWalk now, 18 months on.</strong><hr></blockquote>
It's been half the time actually.
<strong>Sorry I don't live on the internet like most of you and know everything.
Anyways, like i said, I am sorry if this has been posted before.
I obviously just signed up!</strong><hr></blockquote>
If you don't mind my asking, where exaclty did you happen upon this relic?
ciao,
michael
What if this one is real, will you buy it ?
This is not same as iWalk which Spymac was showed before.
It is close with i****v1. Let see waht will happen.
Also check this and we will see very interesting sunmmer as when iMac was introduced before.
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<strong>AFAIK SpyMac took them down because Apple Legal "forced" them to.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Well, that's significant.
Now you and your groupies go back to your hotel room and get it on......we're busy making fun of SpyMac right now.