Why doesnt Apple make something like this.
I was looking through P.I.G. magazine and saw this. It's all in italion so I cant read it but it looks awesome. Why couldnt Apple make their furture iPod like this? Mac OS X, Quicktime, Itunes... etc... I would buy one. The actual casing looks like something Apple would make.

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Originally posted by Krob81
The actual casing looks like something Apple would make.
No it doesn't.
Originally posted by Krob81
I was looking through P.I.G. magazine and saw this. It's all in italion so I cant read it but it looks awesome. Why couldnt Apple make their furture iPod like this? Mac OS X, Quicktime, Itunes... etc... I would buy one. The actual casing looks like something Apple would make.
http://oregonstate.edu/~kendalro/apple-huh.jpg
Ah, they'll get around to it.
Originally posted by Krob81
I also just found this. If you "read" through the text, it talks about iPhoto, PDA, Apple, Mac OS... check it out.
...and his web site says they are made up items
www.applele.com
This is surreal. They have their own G4 Cylinder! Who are these people?
Originally posted by Krob81
They have an aswesome Gallery page.
"They" is actually a singular "he" (Isamu Sanada) and he has been making 3d prototype Apple designs for years.
People frequently used to try to pass off his images for "leaked" Apple designs here at AI and on other sites. Pretty funny.
So the product has legs. However as Apple has been evolving video compositing beyond the cpu (and hopefully this will continue) can they get a fast harddrive paired with a fast, embedded G3 and graphics accelerator in a box smaller and curvier than that for under $500? Soon I hope, I would like to iSynch my trailers and Flash animations!!
I bet if you walked in the secured/locked labs you'd see stuff that would blow your mind.
Then you'd go to Microsoft and see the same kinds of things, and go to DELL and see more similar stuff, and go to Xerox and see stuff that blows away everyone else's stuff, and then go to MIT and see stuff that only people at MIT could come up with...
Back here on Earth however Apple is a BUSINESS that is in busines to make MONEY. They do this by making product that people want to use and add value to products they already own.
If this kind of device would sell hundreds of thousands of units and had a reasonable price/margin Apple would be right in there selling their version.
Since you haven't seen one it obviously doesn't make sene for Apple to be in this market (whatever it is) AT THIS TIME.
One thing that I find interesting is that Album Artwork is embedded INSIDE the music file (MP3, AAC). Why go through all the trouble to do this to the file when you can just stuff an image file in the music folder that iTunes uses (like on Windoze)?
The graphic gets duplicated in EACH file, not very efficient. But the image goes WITH the file, even if you stream it wirelessly to some other device.. ooh what a concept. Now how would this be useful?
Maybe Apple already has something in mind. Do you think they came up with Zero Conf the week before Mac OS X 10.2 was released? How many other elements had to be in place before it was possible to do what it does (NBP, DNS, TCP changes)? Mac OS 9 even has pieces of Zero Conf in it.
Never underestimate what Apple is CAPABLE of doing. If it makes business sense it will come out (the original Mac was a side project without official support).
Originally posted by monkeyastronaut
I just got wireless internet at home and I could really see some great uses for this kind of mini tablet. I could just carry something like this all over the house/campus and check my email on the go or whatever, vote on online polls while watching Monday Night Football, weather, read the paper... this is awesome. Apple needs to make one of these.
Long years ago...when the "Tablet Thread Wars" began...I thought of a tablet as a coffee table device that was large enough to do what you are saying and as an adjunct to TV. WebTV has been a bad version of both.
Originally posted by MacGregor
Long years ago...when the "Tablet Thread Wars" began...I thought of a tablet as a coffee table device that was large enough to do what you are saying and as an adjunct to TV. WebTV has been a bad version of both.
yeah here's hoping someone can get it right this time. I hope Apple does it.
Originally posted by MacGregor
Long years ago...when the "Tablet Thread Wars" began...I thought of a tablet as a coffee table device that was large enough to do what you are saying and as an adjunct to TV. WebTV has been a bad version of both.
how bout this
remote, wiresless web browsing, insane pricetag!
http://www.pronto.philips.com/