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1.83 ghz is 2006, not 2004.

Apr 02, 08 - 08:22 am Comment from: oh no my shorts

Is Roger Kay the new Rob Enderle?

"where Apple goes, the rest of the industry tends to follow"

ya think?

OMG macdailynews please search for more clues on any possible Apple tablet/mobile internet device.....please?
:(

There is absolutely no question about it. Intel already leaked it with their advertising for Atom (picture of a device peeking out of the pocket). This was the device they were so stoked about when their VP salivated over the "devices to come" from Apple. This is the all important OS X mobile platform that Tim Cook talked about referring to the iPhone/iPod Touch

Apr 02, 08 - 08:52 am Comment from: Cubert

@brttf3,
I don't see anywhere in the article about what type of chip it is. If it is one of the late model Centrino's (ie. the first Core chips) then it may be more like 2004.

Apr 02, 08 - 08:52 am Comment from: ElderNorm

June is so far away and yet ALREADY we have the powerful Apple FUD machine running.

Apple to display functional anti-gravity. Just you wait.

Later.

MDN and Microsoft are the same. Both impose a slow and bloated product on frustrated users to make quick $.

Could an Atom chip fit in the heavily rumored new iPhone? iPhone stocks are running dry. Would/Could Apple be planning on insanely boosting iPhone's capabilities?

What would this mean to the iPhone SDK? Would there need to be a different SDK for the new cpu? Mind you, the new cpu could easily handle emulation but it doesn't wholly make sense....

As well, I couldn't imagine a THIRD SDK for a new product: 1) Mac SDK, 2) iPhone/Touch SDK, 3) Tablet SDK, so you have to assume they would want to have developers work on no more than two platforms. Granted the iPhone SDK is the same development as the Mac, you need to use a whole host of unique API's.

Thoughts anyone?

Apr 02, 08 - 10:04 am Comment from: shen

i am no engineer, but the specs on the atom just don't don't look iPhone like. maybe in a few iterations, but not now.

i really do think we have a 7-10 inch screen tablet device coming, and maybe a 5-6 inch version too. and in about 2-3 years everyone will be using them and the idea that the MBA left off the optical drive will be as funny as how people freaked over not having a floppy....

Apr 02, 08 - 10:18 am Comment from: ChrissyOne

Does anyone else notice the recent penchant for using the words 'gadget' and 'gizmo' in every article? It's making the tech press sound like octogenarian luddites waving their canes in the air.
"Damn gizmo, I can't make this durn thing tune in to Matlock! When can't I get channel 7?"
Uh, that's an iPod, dad.

Apr 02, 08 - 10:42 am Comment from: Spark

@C1--Gadget
Yeah, I complained about this last year when seeing the iPhone referred to as a "gadget". I thought it was cheapening and demeaning. I've come to the conclusion that these writers simply don't know how to classify the iPhone/iTouch any other way. I guess this is actually a compliment in that it is an acknowledgement that Apple has created a new category of device not fully define and yet unnamed.

Apr 02, 08 - 10:47 am Comment from: NeonRed

Hey C1, lighten up.
I used to be able to shake my cane but now my walker is to heavy to lift. i Like the wheels though, the're like those new-fangled travel bag gizmoes with the wheels...Dern young-uns come up with good new gadget ideas once in a while. Just can't get the gumption to toss out my green samsonite set though...

Apr 02, 08 - 11:07 am Comment from: Spark

@NeonRed
Wheels!??? You must be doing pretty good for yourself. I can't afford more than a couple of tennis balls on my walker.

Now where in heck did that phrase come from? Whiz bang? Weird.

Question: Is a Zune a gizmo or a gadget?

(Come on guys, I set you up for a witty answer here)

Apr 02, 08 - 11:18 am Comment from: ChrissyOne

If you have old luggage you need to toss, let your monkey do it.

Apr 02, 08 - 12:25 pm Comment from: Think

@ whiz bang

From "The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition"

Whizzbang, a shell used in World War I that was heard only an instant before landing and exploding.

There ya go. Explains why old timers used that expression. From WW I, that's a long time ago.

Apr 02, 08 - 12:30 pm Comment from: Ampar

Re: Gadget

I guess "Portable media player and Wi-Fi mobile platform with human-computer interaction techniques that recognize multiple simultaneous touch points" doesn't roll off the tongue.

I know. I've tried it.

Apr 02, 08 - 12:32 pm Comment from: Ampar

Whiz bang is also a good example of onomatopoeia.

Apr 02, 08 - 12:37 pm Comment from: TowerTone

"Question: Is a Zune a gizmo or a gadget?"

more like a gitmo.....

Apr 02, 08 - 02:20 pm Comment from: ChrissyOne

Very funny.

Wouldn't 'device' work, and make you sounds less technophob-y?

The clip of the article above uses 'gizmo' 4 TIMES.

I nominate 'thingy', 'whatsis', 'doodad', and 'skittamoree'.