Apple PDA? www.apple.com >> Store >> Leads to hints?
Ok...here we go!!!
I noticed something on apple.com If you go to Store >>Mac Accessories >> More Accessories ..Then click on 'PDA' the page is blank. I can't remember the exact date I first checked this ..but I think it's been blank now for over 10+ days
So ..... is this a hint that there will be a future Apple brand PDA or iPod that has a Mac OX
edit: Mac OX = Mac OS X 8)
I noticed something on apple.com If you go to Store >>Mac Accessories >> More Accessories ..Then click on 'PDA' the page is blank. I can't remember the exact date I first checked this ..but I think it's been blank now for over 10+ days
So ..... is this a hint that there will be a future Apple brand PDA or iPod that has a Mac OX
edit: Mac OX = Mac OS X 8)
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link:http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPL...&nclm=7FB6AA3C
iPod max?
A very odd page.
It has a sort button: Browse by (all iPods) as the only selection.
iPod max?
I loved the
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Firstly, an Apple "PDA" would be silly. It's an ever shrinking segment, as phones and, yes, MP3 players like the iPod take on more and more calendaring and contact functionally. Declaring an iPod to be a "PDA" at this point would be a giant step backwards.
Secondly, Apple has no earthly reason to go live with an empty web page weeks before a new product offering. The only explanation would be a mistake, and Apple doesn't make multi-week "mistakes" on its web site.
I think the likely explanation is that the PDA market is so weak that there just isn't anything Apple feels like selling at the moment, and they haven't bothered to kill the category out-right.
Anyway, that is strange. It could just be there until they find a PDA company worthy of the Apple Seal of approval.
Apple sells non Apple products too you know...
They used to have things on that page from PALM and others that are now gone. I wouldn't doubt that they were not selling that well, and just got pulled and the page is still there.
I was thinking that Apple would 'one-up' the Microsoft Zune with a new iPod that does some PDA like things...
- wifi for email checks
- Safari 'Lite'
- Apple Works 'lite'
The Zune has 'Zune-to-Zune' using WiFi .. I would strongly bet the iPod 6G will not only have WiFi but a 3" LCD. Since the iPod has most of the parts that a PDA does (Screen, Battery, Hard Drive, CPU,) -if the iPod ever adds Wifi then I see it only as something that adds to the device for little extra cost to make
Things to think about
Rumor of the 'touchless' click wheel
The last iPod was version 5.5 .... 6.0 should be something rather big
Apple already added games to the iPod... I can see them adding more
The iPod Pro should essentially be a smart phone operating on some sort of OSX lite OS. I would buy one immediately.
btw, geat catch.
iPod PDA/iPod SmartPhone
unless they brought them ...........
or
the iChat
- Mark
and what about the iPad?
stu
But they would never relegate such an animal to a page on their website labeled "PDA". "PDA" as a marketing term is essentially dead.
The question is: Why do you need this type of capability when you are mobile or at another computer without access to your usual mail application setup? When you check your e-mail using a browser, you are in and out. If you want 24/7 notification, you utilize a full fledge e-mail application; you don't keep Apple's .Mac webpage open.
On a side note: it's rather odd that this feature was never touted by Apple themselves or even any bloggers. Perhaps the reason that no blogger has written about this is that no one utilizes their .Mac services in this fashion, just as I have suggested above, yet... the functionality IS there.
The answer to the question is: Apple will be releasing some new piece of hardware (presumably mobile) that will take advantage of it to allow us to be "connected" when subscribed to a .Mac e-mail account. A something that will probably ring when you receive a new e-mail and also ring when you receive a text message and ring when you receive a phone call.
Just as the iPod is there to support the iTS and inturn the iTS supports the iPod; so too will a handheld/PDA/phone support .Mac just as .Mac will be supporting the handheld.
Well, that's all I got. No pictures or hard evidence. Just rationalization.