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Apple iWalk: Mac OS-X based PDA?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the holy-cow-that-looks-sweet dept.

Per Wigren noted that SpyMac claims to have pictures of the iWalk, the mysterious secret project scheduled to be announced any time now. It is apparently something between a subnotebook and a PDA running a scaled down OSX. Supposedly it can be a portable MP3 player, and it has apple's airport stuff built in. CT Nope. They announced the iPod instead, a lame MP3 player.

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  3. What color's the sky in your world? Oh, its Aqua. by Thag · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    1. Apple didn't invent the GUI, Xerox Parc didn't even invent the GUI. There were experiments being done back in the 60's.
    2. Apple didn't perfect the GUI, either. It's still being perfected. I like multiple mouse buttons and wheels, for instance.
    3. Apple didn't invent the PDA. There were many experimental PDAs produced at the time of the Newton and before. HP's calculators had been PDAs for uber-geeks for some time. The Newton was a worthy attempt though, if it hadn't been rushed to market before it was ready it might have been more successful. Still, it ended up being too big and too expensive to really hit the mark.
    4. The Newton was out three years before the Palm, not five.
    5. As for "everything I want," I want my PDA to fit in my shirt pocket.
    6. Finally, as far as being "ahead of its time," maybe. Lots of people saw PDAs as being a big new market, but the big deal was coming up with the winning form factor. Palm was the first to do that. It's not like you could relaunch the Newton today and expect it to be a success: it's still too big and too expensive. Tablet PCs are a niche market.



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  4. Typical Mac User Hyperbole by avdi · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    The amazing feature is that mp3 files don't have to be stored locally on the device but can be streamed via AirPort from any Mac that has an AirPort-card and iTunes 2 installed which is going to be released on Tuesday as well.
    Typical Mac users, getting all googly-eyed over age-old technology.
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