NO WAY that piece of junk is real. At best it's a touched up vid of a torpedoed prototype. Did you see how he gingerly touched the on 'button', and gingerly 'turned' the wheel? Please... And it's the same clumsy size as the Newton. And watching that handwriting nonsense just made feel sick. It's impossible, we CANNOT be going back to 1993! Jobs is unpredictable but he ain't stupid. If he delivers this crap on Monday I WILL write him a letter telling him his posters are OFF MY WALLS FOR GOOD!
<strong>That is a little strange, but I would attribute it to a loss of frames in the video or something, rather than evidence of fakery ...</strong><hr></blockquote>
Then how do you explain the fact that the finger moves smoothly but the wheel "jumps"?. And also, why does the finger go "through" the wheel at that point when the wheel is purported to be a solid material?
First of all this is a low res video. Secondly, the same "it's a fake" comments preceeded the pre official unveiling of the see -thru iMac revision... most said it was photoshopped and absolutely fake. (Of course it turned out to be right on). If this is a fake it is a very elaborate one. Because of the poor res the screen does look like black and white in some photos. However, it definately is a color screen. The dark color is probably due to a polarizing sheet over the screen to cut down on glare. Wanna bet the videos and photos disappear before the end of the day?
Then how do you explain the fact that the finger moves smoothly but the wheel "jumps"?. And also, why does the finger go "through" the wheel at that point when the wheel is purported to be a solid material?</strong><hr></blockquote>
Codename?! Did you see my post in "G5 - The Truth" where I said you should change your name to Nostradamus? Did you actually listen to my suggestion heheh
<strong>First of all this is a low res video. Secondly, the same "it's a fake" comments preceeded the pre official unveiling of the see -thru iMac revision... most said it was photoshopped and absolutely fake. (Of course it turned out to be right on). If this is a fake it is a very elaborate one. Because of the poor res the screen does look like black and white in some photos. However, it definately is a color screeen. Wanna bet the videos and photos disappear before the end of the day?</strong><hr></blockquote>
If I wasnt in England I'd bet you $100. Who was it pointed out handwriting is a layer (made in something like After Effects)? Just watched that video clip again, yup it's a layer. These things can happen as artifact of compression, but not this time, because the date header on the screen is stable, while the handwriting jitters. Watch the clip carefully, your eyes focused in the space between the header and the handwriting, and you'll see, it's unmistakeable.
Why oh why do SpyMac bother? Wasting people's time like this, getting them to register? We all used lame Hotmail addresses for that right? So f**k spymac, I'll never go there again. Wankers.
<strong>This one proves to me, that this iWalk thing is a fake. In the "Bootup" movie, the hand moves the wheel, but the wheel stays where it is. But after some moments, the wheel snaps to the point where the finger is.
yep... i noticed that too. it´s obviously a fake. looks like spymac is trying to get some hits on their webpage. i mean, maybe we´ll get an pda, who knows, but if, it won´t be what you are delivered on the spymac website.
Codename seemed to be hinting at this very device a couple weeks ago in the "G5 - The Truth" thread. The image he posted looks like the identical interface/OS to that shown in the iWalk.
Makes me think this is legit - however, I do think it is a prototype, not the final product.
Codename seemed to be hinting at this very device a couple weeks ago in the "G5 - The Truth" thread. The image he posted looks like the identical interface/OS to that shown in the iWalk.
Makes me think this is legit - however, I do think it is a prototype, not the final product.</strong><hr></blockquote>
No. One of the big things this year at Macworld will probably be MPEG4 related...
Ooooh yea listen to Nostradamus people he predicted it all long ago in the 12th "Bvke of Fayingf und Prophefy":
"In the Yar of Kabbage, during the phirft month of the Moon menftrual cycle, a klok maker of klokf wiser than the Fwiff kukoo klok fhall make a think of many thinkf, like a pasture of three meadowf one atop the other, rich in the goodies of life, and to this by the will of the Providence they fhall add a fourth meadow, that keepeth all the fheep of the worlde, and it will be magik. Holland will profit greaatly by it. All fhepherdf fhall want a klok of this kinde."
Well, I think that's pretty clear, don't you? He's obviously talking about an iPod 2 device doing wizard stuff with MPEG 4 and Firewire...
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I'll be crying if Apple cant produce one, or something similar.</strong><hr></blockquote>
And this is why lame rumor sites are bad. <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />
<strong>That is a little strange, but I would attribute it to a loss of frames in the video or something, rather than evidence of fakery ...</strong><hr></blockquote>
Then how do you explain the fact that the finger moves smoothly but the wheel "jumps"?. And also, why does the finger go "through" the wheel at that point when the wheel is purported to be a solid material?
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Fake... but i want something like that without the wheel and with a bigger screen... an iPad Tablet !
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Then how do you explain the fact that the finger moves smoothly but the wheel "jumps"?. And also, why does the finger go "through" the wheel at that point when the wheel is purported to be a solid material?</strong><hr></blockquote>
Codename?! Did you see my post in "G5 - The Truth" where I said you should change your name to Nostradamus? Did you actually listen to my suggestion heheh
<strong>First of all this is a low res video. Secondly, the same "it's a fake" comments preceeded the pre official unveiling of the see -thru iMac revision... most said it was photoshopped and absolutely fake. (Of course it turned out to be right on). If this is a fake it is a very elaborate one. Because of the poor res the screen does look like black and white in some photos. However, it definately is a color screeen. Wanna bet the videos and photos disappear before the end of the day?</strong><hr></blockquote>
If I wasnt in England I'd bet you $100. Who was it pointed out handwriting is a layer (made in something like After Effects)? Just watched that video clip again, yup it's a layer. These things can happen as artifact of compression, but not this time, because the date header on the screen is stable, while the handwriting jitters. Watch the clip carefully, your eyes focused in the space between the header and the handwriting, and you'll see, it's unmistakeable.
Why oh why do SpyMac bother? Wasting people's time like this, getting them to register? We all used lame Hotmail addresses for that right? So f**k spymac, I'll never go there again. Wankers.
<strong>This one proves to me, that this iWalk thing is a fake. In the "Bootup" movie, the hand moves the wheel, but the wheel stays where it is. But after some moments, the wheel snaps to the point where the finger is.
View it here in slow motion:
<a href="http://www.olivergruber.ch/stuff/iwalkfake.mov"; target="_blank">www.olivergruber.ch/stuff/iwalkfake.mov</a></strong><hr></blockquote>
yep... i noticed that too. it´s obviously a fake. looks like spymac is trying to get some hits on their webpage. i mean, maybe we´ll get an pda, who knows, but if, it won´t be what you are delivered on the spymac website.
<a href="http://forums.appleinsider.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=000058&p=7"; target="_blank">http://forums.appleinsider.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=000058&p=7</a>;
Codename seemed to be hinting at this very device a couple weeks ago in the "G5 - The Truth" thread. The image he posted looks like the identical interface/OS to that shown in the iWalk.
Makes me think this is legit - however, I do think it is a prototype, not the final product.
<a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2101964,00.html"; target="_blank">http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2101964,00.html</a>;
<a href="http://www.spymac.com/archive102301.html"; target="_blank">http://www.spymac.com/archive102301.html</a>;
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Codename seemed to be hinting at this very device a couple weeks ago in the "G5 - The Truth" thread. The image he posted looks like the identical interface/OS to that shown in the iWalk.
Makes me think this is legit - however, I do think it is a prototype, not the final product.</strong><hr></blockquote>
No. One of the big things this year at Macworld will probably be MPEG4 related...
Ask Kormac.
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No. The big thing this year at Macworld will probably be MPEG4 related...
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Now you're talking... I do think there'll be new hardware, but it'll be along these lines. NOT a Newton2002/iWalk.
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Ask Kormac.
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ARRRGH!
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It's fake simply for the fact that Apple said they would not release a PDA.
PDAs are dead, people.
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No. One of the big things this year at Macworld will probably be MPEG4 related...
Ask Kormac.
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Ooooh yea listen to Nostradamus people he predicted it all long ago in the 12th "Bvke of Fayingf und Prophefy":
"In the Yar of Kabbage, during the phirft month of the Moon menftrual cycle, a klok maker of klokf wiser than the Fwiff kukoo klok fhall make a think of many thinkf, like a pasture of three meadowf one atop the other, rich in the goodies of life, and to this by the will of the Providence they fhall add a fourth meadow, that keepeth all the fheep of the worlde, and it will be magik. Holland will profit greaatly by it. All fhepherdf fhall want a klok of this kinde."
Well, I think that's pretty clear, don't you? He's obviously talking about an iPod 2 device doing wizard stuff with MPEG 4 and Firewire...