<strong>is it just me or does the "bootup" movie not work?</strong><hr></blockquote>
It didnt work for me in the beginning, but there was a site posted (p.7 or 8 i think) that had the movie that worked for me. I dunnno it is weird. Also TCO had some good comments on how to make it work, but they did not work for me.
I did. I used the same method agian and the text "Hello" moves as well.
Are you guys enlarging this and puting tape or stickies on your monitor for point reference? If you did, I'm sure you'd see what I am seeing. The text moves. All of it.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Yes, I did exactly that, and the hello does not move until the very end. Also look at the lines around the hello. The rest of the unit which includes the lines around it is moving up and down very slightly. However the hello remains at my exact stickies measurements till the end when that shift occurs.
In the picture showing a close-up of the web browser you can clearly see that the "bezel" of the case overlaps the screen. It actually covers the scroll bar on the right.
In between the leather case and the iWalk you can see a "ghost" pen which they have tried to hide... doh!
Bluring and obvious edits in between these two frames (a scroll wheel mouse is damned handy for this stuff).
The above mentioned "wobble" is also bloody obvious... (Mkae the movie full screen and watch the words "say hello" most obvious around 7 seconds through)
I just noticed that while the iWalk is off the screen is grey (the colour of monochromatic displays) instead of black (the colour of every colour LCD I have seen handheld or otherwise). Would Apple be using a new type of LCD? I think not. Check out a pic of a visor prisim, palm 3c, palm m505, compaq ipaq, etc. and you will see that all of them have black screens when they are off, but their b&w counterparts have grey screens when they are off. This should cast serious doubt in the minds of all believers.
Technically it is not a PC card, since it lacks the proper interface for it to be plugged into a PC card slot, but it is the same drive used by Toshiba in their series of mobile PC card drives. I think the original poster's point was that the drive was small enough to fit into this size device, and I agree.
One thing that hasn't really been addressed is how is this thing connecting to the internet? There seems to be no modem or compact flash slot. Does it use airport? It doesn't seem particularly useful for it to only be able to use the internet via airport, since that means you have to be within about 100 feet of a airport network -- you might as well use an "actual" mac. (I think it would cool to use a PDA on airport, mind you, but I don't think that this would be a particularly compelling feature for most -- I think most people would prefer some form of mobile internet).
You'll note of course that <a href="http://www.iwalk.com"; target="_blank">www.iwalk.com</a> has nothing whatsoever to do with Apple. You'd think that Apple would have secured the domain name for a product about to ship...
Sure, they changed the name of "iMusic"... but it's a lot easier to change the name of a piece of software than it is to scrape "iWalk" off the back of a pile of PDAs...
There is one thing that seems kind of odd.... in the turnaround movie....well the person seems to turn it very very quickly.... the movements don't seem natural.
However, it seems real..... I wonder what the processor is, if it has a hard disk and what the price would be......$799???
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<strong>is it just me or does the "bootup" movie not work?</strong><hr></blockquote>
It didnt work for me in the beginning, but there was a site posted (p.7 or 8 i think) that had the movie that worked for me. I dunnno it is weird. Also TCO had some good comments on how to make it work, but they did not work for me.
-Paul
<strong>is it just me or does the "bootup" movie not work?</strong><hr></blockquote>
It does work. Have you tried again? Also, go to <a href="http://www.interfacestudio.net/iwalk/"; target="_blank">here</a> they all worked for me.
<a href="http://www.stovalldesign.com/iwalk"; target="_blank">here</a>
modem users can go here:
<a href="http://151.202.177.225:8888/iwalk/bootup.mov"; target="_blank">http://151.202.177.225:8888/iwalk/bootup.mov</a>;
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I did. I used the same method agian and the text "Hello" moves as well.
Are you guys enlarging this and puting tape or stickies on your monitor for point reference? If you did, I'm sure you'd see what I am seeing. The text moves. All of it.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Yes, I did exactly that, and the hello does not move until the very end. Also look at the lines around the hello. The rest of the unit which includes the lines around it is moving up and down very slightly. However the hello remains at my exact stickies measurements till the end when that shift occurs.
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the iPod HD is a Type II PC card.
same size as an airport card. it could fit in there</strong><hr></blockquote>
No. It is not a PC card.
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No. It is not a PC card.
actually its the exact same form factor and they sell a PC card version.
no rolleyes needed ass
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No. It is not a PC card.
he meant in terms of size
-Paul
Edit: or applenut can defend himself, either way...
[ 01-03-2002: Message edited by: psantora ]</p>
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he meant in terms of size
-Paul
Edit: or applenut can defend himself, either way...
[ 01-03-2002: Message edited by: psantora ]</strong><hr></blockquote>
exactly. thank you
In between the leather case and the iWalk you can see a "ghost" pen which they have tried to hide... doh!
Bluring and obvious edits in between these two frames (a scroll wheel mouse is damned handy for this stuff).
The above mentioned "wobble" is also bloody obvious... (Mkae the movie full screen and watch the words "say hello" most obvious around 7 seconds through)
<img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />
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No. It is not a PC card.
Technically it is not a PC card, since it lacks the proper interface for it to be plugged into a PC card slot, but it is the same drive used by Toshiba in their series of mobile PC card drives. I think the original poster's point was that the drive was small enough to fit into this size device, and I agree.
One thing that hasn't really been addressed is how is this thing connecting to the internet? There seems to be no modem or compact flash slot. Does it use airport? It doesn't seem particularly useful for it to only be able to use the internet via airport, since that means you have to be within about 100 feet of a airport network -- you might as well use an "actual" mac. (I think it would cool to use a PDA on airport, mind you, but I don't think that this would be a particularly compelling feature for most -- I think most people would prefer some form of mobile internet).
Sure, they changed the name of "iMusic"... but it's a lot easier to change the name of a piece of software than it is to scrape "iWalk" off the back of a pile of PDAs...
However, it seems real..... I wonder what the processor is, if it has a hard disk and what the price would be......$799???