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I want one whatever it's going to be

Oct 01, 09 - 03:43 pm Comment from: Priused

@Lava_Head

Yep, we all want to get our hands on one. More specifically, we want to get both of our hands on one.

Oct 01, 09 - 03:48 pm Comment from: Macintosher

@Priused

And our wrists!

Oct 01, 09 - 03:58 pm Comment from: bjh

You certainly have to hand it to Apple. And give the finger to Micro$oft.

I don't see any way this device is simply a larger iPhone/iPod touch. To do so would severely limit the potential of the device. I'm hoping it is a full-fledged Mac, complete with interfaces so you can run any software you currently own.

If it's going to be announced in January 2010 and available in April, I may need to just get a MacBook Air until then. The old, reliable PB G4 12" is driving me nuts with its slowness.

Oct 01, 09 - 04:00 pm Comment from: bjh

Not to mention Palm. I hope they knuckle under. Otherwise Steve might bring out the thumbscrews and nail them.

Oct 01, 09 - 04:03 pm Comment from: YoYo

but does it work with feet and toes? I'd like to buy a second device just for my feet use.

Oct 01, 09 - 04:15 pm Comment from: Ray

With porn apps on iTunes now...all body parts are allowed.

just my $0.02

Oct 01, 09 - 04:35 pm Comment from: TowerTone

Ray
are you saying it might be addicting....?

Not so much a tablet, but the new Mac Book with no keyboard. Replace it with the new interface and the whole (or most of) the lower face of the mbook is the input, whether being used as a keyboard or mouse or image manipulation.

People thinking tablet/netbook are limiting themselves too much to past technology

Oct 01, 09 - 05:09 pm Comment from: Anonymous©

Shocking, that is my idea! I was working on the idea that a touchscreen input system would adapt to a person's hand size and shape. This is what makes it so neat. Right now we have keyboards that are called ergonomic but are hardly very ergonomic, as you have to adjust them, and then lock them in-place. With a multitouch screen input system, you can use the screen to dynamically track your digits, and place the keys in the right place, base upon your hand shape and position. That's truly ergonomic.

Oct 01, 09 - 05:16 pm Comment from: Sir Gill Bates

How about putting our elbows to work? They just seem to hang around, mooching off of our arms. Lazy-ass bastards.

Oct 01, 09 - 05:37 pm Comment from: HolyMackerel

You place all ten fingers on the touch screen to bring up the keyboard. It remembers where you pressed and places a stretchable QWERTY virtual keyboard next to where your fingers are, centred on the middle row of the keyboard and space bar. This way you don't need to look at your fingers to begin typing.

Oct 01, 09 - 06:17 pm Comment from: JKPinPDX

I got a feeling this mac tablet (or whatever its going to be) isnt going to be "just a big iPhone" or a "netbook killer" I think its going to be a whole new way of using a hand-held device, a whole new way to cruise the net... a whole new way of computing. PLUS it will solve the newspapers/magazine declining subscription problems across the country... APPLE FTW!!! (again)

Two hands on screen can really only mean that the screen size is 13-15 inch size.
Yeah there will also be a 10 inch media pad... but also touch screen MacBooks

So this device calls for an easy integration with Palms. I hope it isn't Pre-announced!

Oct 01, 09 - 07:37 pm Comment from: clinicaltechmaster

I want it to read my lips and facial expressions.

NO MEDIA PADS, just mac touch (or whatever it is going to be called).

apple does things incrementally. The first iTablet may be a big iTouch - easy integration with app store, easy to bring developers along. next step will be a more standalone prduuct

"PLUS it will solve the newspapers/magazine declining subscription problems"

Sure, but will it solve the crossword puzzle?

I recall reading the other day about something similar to this that Microsoft was working on. I'm guessing though from this though that Apple is going to have dibs on the patent. LOL!

OMG has no one seen the iPhone emulator in OSS dev tools? MacTab will be full snow leopard with iPhone emulation for apps.

Oct 02, 09 - 01:37 am Comment from: almux

Or just a revolutionnary way to replace key-board AND tablets by a new concept of workflow adaptive device!!!!!
Yesssss!

JKPinPDX - I think you are right, at least for what I would want. If it does not really revolutionize the way we use a smaller device, then all I really want is a really smaller (12") MacBook. For me, it must be able to run the present programs I depend on while traveling.