Since we couldn't speculate here, what are some of the guesses that the AI crowd came up with prior to the announcement? Why were you led to believe that the annoucement would be your guess?
I had no idea. Well, I had ideas, but none of them measured up to the hype. I was hoping it wouldn't be a big expensive box to attach to a hi-fi system, like some predicted.
I thought that the mp3 functionality would be a given.
But I really thought that they might include a small color lcd to watch streaming video on, plus a little color video camera. The idea would be that you could vid conference with other owners of the device as well as people running "iPhone" software on OS X. Not to mention watch QTSS broadcasts provided by Apple. Boom, instant ad revenue. Tied in with Airport networks, this would make a pretty useful corporate tool. For example I'd be able to walk around the plant at work and show our vendors/customers things on the production floor, etc.
Set top recording box MPEG 2, or 4 with Airport & Digital sound out & in.
So the set up would go like this:
You can record a TV show at anytime, no subscription.
Airport used to transfer MP3's to the box, and from (like making the sound from a TV show into a MP3, or grabbing something off whatever is hooked up to your sound system)
Can play quicktime files (what you send over with airport)
Can transfer video capture to your mac (airport)
of course airport might be to slow so a gigabit ethernet port too.
An audio interface for you home entertainment system, that connected to you mac via Airport and played MP3's in the Mac's iTunes library, from the Mac'd hard drive. It could be really cheap, maybe $199.
An Airport-enabled MP3 player that let you sync either with a USB cable or wirelessly but also play songs off your computer or streamed off the internet wirelessly as well. I imagined a larger unit than the iPod with a bigger and better screen featuring an "iTunes lite" interface. Greyscale with EL backlight. You could manage everything wirelessly with this interface kind of like how you could browse the file directory of your Mac via your Newton with the Newton Connection Kit. That is what made me think of the idea in the first place. Didn't consider a hard drive. Figured it would have 128MB and CF slot. Still wish this is what they came out with...
I thought it would've been the iBrator with a 64MB solidstate memory chip with speaker that connected and charged through firewire. It would automatically connect to iPorn.com and download the latest naughty Mp3s for her pleasure (or his... depending on your sexual affiliation).
People have wanted Apple to drop the 'i' branding, but how can they? It's pure genius, everything sounds good with an 'i' in front of it. iBrator! hahahaha. Or how bout the iTool instead if iTools? Litium-polymer powered marital Aids anyone???
i thought it was going to be pretty much what the iPod is now, only with a larger full color Palm size screen (what is that about 3 or 4 inches?). with a version of OS X Lite or something like that in it that'd be used as a PDA/mp3 player thing
<strong>i thought it was going to be pretty much what the iPod is now, only with a larger full color Palm size screen (what is that about 3 or 4 inches?). with a version of OS X Lite or something like that in it that'd be used as a PDA/mp3 player thing</strong><hr></blockquote>
Huh? You thought it would be what it is now only a fully blown PDA?
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the ultimate digital hub and the center of the home entertainment system. oh well.
[ 11-18-2001: Message edited by: applenut ]</p>
The return of the Newton, basically, only with modern styling and a lot more functionality than just a standard PDA from Palm or Handspring.
I was thinking PDA, address book, to-do list, calendar (all the usual stuff), plus e-mail/contact capability and a built-in mp3 player.
Looks like I was trying to pack everything cool into one device. Of course, it would've cost $899 too, so...
I knew it would have nice features and be priced out of most people's range.
[ 11-18-2001: Message edited by: Scott H. ]</p>
But I really thought that they might include a small color lcd to watch streaming video on, plus a little color video camera. The idea would be that you could vid conference with other owners of the device as well as people running "iPhone" software on OS X. Not to mention watch QTSS broadcasts provided by Apple. Boom, instant ad revenue. Tied in with Airport networks, this would make a pretty useful corporate tool. For example I'd be able to walk around the plant at work and show our vendors/customers things on the production floor, etc.
I thought the mp3 playing would be secondary.
So the set up would go like this:
You can record a TV show at anytime, no subscription.
Airport used to transfer MP3's to the box, and from (like making the sound from a TV show into a MP3, or grabbing something off whatever is hooked up to your sound system)
Can play quicktime files (what you send over with airport)
Can transfer video capture to your mac (airport)
of course airport might be to slow so a gigabit ethernet port too.
Darn was I wrong...
I guess iPod's cool too.
apple_otaku
[ 11-19-2001: Message edited by: apple_otaku ]</p>
At least I go the firewire part right
People have wanted Apple to drop the 'i' branding, but how can they? It's pure genius, everything sounds good with an 'i' in front of it. iBrator! hahahaha. Or how bout the iTool instead if iTools? Litium-polymer powered marital Aids anyone???
<strong>i thought it was going to be pretty much what the iPod is now, only with a larger full color Palm size screen (what is that about 3 or 4 inches?). with a version of OS X Lite or something like that in it that'd be used as a PDA/mp3 player thing</strong><hr></blockquote>
Huh? You thought it would be what it is now only a fully blown PDA?