Posts by Nordstrodamus

http://gizmodo.com/5850406/disney-re...ctors-interact I can also imagine laser pico projectors combined with a camera to map 3d objects (project a grid across an object, take a picture and compute the topology) The point is that...

New iPhone tech should provide new opportunities for developers. RFID HD TV/radio reception 3D cameras/screens Stylus capability Near screen detection Infrared I/O Any of these capabilities could be exploited and combined in novel,...

Here's mine 1. TTS options (on double tapping word as well as continuous pref) in iBooks. Voice Over hack sucks and my kids need to be able to hear a word pronounced when they don't know it. 2. Allow third party iBook reader...

Put simply.... Something that turns the iPad into a laptop! Don't get me wrong, I love tablets. But as long as they are going through the trouble of providing a keyboard dock AND a protective sleeve AND memory card reader adapter...

Quote: Originally Posted by Carniphage The tablet is not going to be a productivity device. Period. Apple already make a thing called a Mac for customers who want productivity. The tablet is going to the opposite of that. It will be...

Quote: Originally Posted by Ireland Mac OS X touch (multitouch). For a guy asking this question you couldn't have chose a worse username Hey, I made a prediction, didn't I? I agree that Apple's skill with making attractive,...

For the iPhone it was multitouch. For the tablet it's ... what? My guess - a revolutionary way to input text. Whatever it is, it has to blow the other tablets away or only Mac users will buy it.

Quote: Originally Posted by Hiro You want to eliminate contracts and the hold studios have over long-term production. How will a show ever get on the air then! ... If there can't be a contract how do you get the show on the air. I'm...

Quote: Originally Posted by Hiro Not quite. Networks cannot own the production of the majority of their shows. I don't remember the specific threshold offhand. ... So if the law can be so easily circumvented through completely legal...

Quote: Originally Posted by Hiro Ummmm, it already is that way, by law. The studios only "own" a small fraction of the shows they air now. But now the forced-to-be independent producers want some security so they get...