New Apple Communication Device

joekjoek
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in Future Apple Hardware edited January 2014
http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2003/...21115609.shtml



Quote:

Details are sparse... but reliable sources have indicated that Apple is going to be unveiling a new "communicating device" in the next few weeks... (potentially along side the April 28th announcement)



Reports indicate that the new device will not be a Phone or a PDA, but will be able to be connected to both a Cinema Display and a PowerBook.



Apologies for the cryptic information... no other details available.



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  • Reply 1 of 81
    gandalf the semi-coherentgandalf the semi-coherent Posts: 187member
    Of course... it's a Universal Translator!



  • Reply 2 of 81
    estevan2737estevan2737 Posts: 14member
    I'm guessing the Apple Post-It.



    Can't think of anything else I can use to communicate with and can be attached to my Powerbook and my Cinema Display.



    It must be a Post-It!!!

  • Reply 3 of 81
    bigcbigc Posts: 1,224member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Gandalf the Semi-Coherent

    Of course... it's a Universal Translator!







    Yeah, it's probably for deciphering those Macbiddouille rumours.

  • Reply 4 of 81
    thegeldingthegelding Posts: 3,230member
    an apple webcam





    nuff said, next topic



    g
  • Reply 5 of 81
    keyboardf12keyboardf12 Posts: 1,379member
    yep. something visally cammy, like a webphone or more likely a web cam that can do ip telephony type stuff only with high frame rates.. ichat 2.0 like stuff.
  • Reply 6 of 81
    son of gibson of gib Posts: 68member
    i want a iCam so i can talk/see my mommy
  • Reply 7 of 81
    not unlike myselfnot unlike myself Posts: 2,037member
    Mayhaps a SMS message device. Bluetooth or Airport. I'd love to be able to zap messages to my iSMS buddies.
  • Reply 8 of 81
    keyboardf12keyboardf12 Posts: 1,379member
    buy a t68i



    you can do all that now
  • Reply 9 of 81
    kennethkenneth Posts: 832member
    a webcam would be nice.. since I couldn't find any good OS X driver support so far... but the webcam market isn't that big, right..
  • Reply 10 of 81
    keyboardf12keyboardf12 Posts: 1,379member
    check out the new link on page 2 of macrumors.com



    more unconfimed info...





    erricson?!
  • Reply 11 of 81
    keyboardf12keyboardf12 Posts: 1,379member
    but i could see how apple makes the market bigger by doing ip telephony "right"



    better interface, easier setup, kick ass frame rates etc..
  • Reply 12 of 81
    kidredkidred Posts: 2,402member
    It would suck if it is a web cam [unless Apple releases a well documented how-to] because I can't seem to get any connection to my mac because of my linksys router. I can see others on cams, but no one can connect to me.



    I hope it's something that i can use.
  • Reply 13 of 81
    macsrgood4umacsrgood4u Posts: 3,007member
    It's a in-home device to control your computer, hi-fi, maybe tv. It will have, purportedly, an 8 X 10 TFT screen. One site says the casing is being manufactured (MacWhispers?). Its a tablet of sorts. It will be unlike anything else on the market.
  • Reply 14 of 81
    vinney57vinney57 Posts: 1,162member
    No, you've got the wrong device dude. There are two things going on here; 5 x 7 in (A5) comms, pda, remote contol, (phone?) iThing and the 8 x 10 in (A4) tablet, remote screen, thin client iThing.



    Anybody got any clue what the hell is going on? How am I supposed to afford all this stuff (which I will have to buy obviously)
  • Reply 15 of 81
    audiopollutionaudiopollution Posts: 3,226member
    Where's Harald when you need him?



    Time for him to spill the beans, I think.
  • Reply 16 of 81
    macsrgood4umacsrgood4u Posts: 3,007member
    Quote:

    No, you've got the wrong device dude.



    I don't think so. But who knows?



    I think the silliest thing is this constant wish for an iPhone. It simply isn't going to happen. I've posted before, but phones are in themselves unprofitable for the service providers. They make their money on the service plans. Apple, since it is not a manufacturer, would have to buy the devices from a company that does. No profits in phones. Too many systems, too many regulations. Bad idea me thinks.
  • Reply 17 of 81
    piwozniakpiwozniak Posts: 815member
    It's ...iTeleporter.

    it will instantly teleport u to a nearest apple store.



    Oh, i forgot to add... *CONFIRMED*
  • Reply 18 of 81
    jeffx342jeffx342 Posts: 47member
    Apple Pro mouse w/ bluetooth support?
  • Reply 19 of 81
    kidredkidred Posts: 2,402member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Jeffx342

    Apple Pro mouse w/ bluetooth support?



    That would be an 'input' device.
  • Reply 20 of 81
    nebagakidnebagakid Posts: 2,692member
    iThing?



    ugh....



    why not call it iShit and get the horrible naming over with
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