Posted by
michael
on from the we-love-the-leader dept.
An Anonymous Coward writes: "Pictures of what would appear to be Apple's forthcoming PDA, the "iWalk" have slipped onto the net, and this time they don't seem fake, as evidenced by the quicktime movies also included. Those interested can check out the pictures here, apparently courtesy of SpyMac."
hope this does better than the newton!
by
kochsr
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· Score: 1, Funny
Anyway... the videos downloaded too fast. An interesting question: what does it synchronize to? Outlook? I hope so. And for the users that don't use outlook? Hopefully a slimline but functional application like palm desktop. I hope they let people write apps to let this thing interface with anything.... of course i'm sure they won't let it talk to the PC.
Re:hope this does better than the newton!
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motherhead
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· Score: 3, Funny
First of all unless you rushed right out to buy a newton in it's premature birth, the newton rocked. very hard.
as for platform dependancy... well i would think apple would want to be able to jack these things on every box sold on the planet since they are up against the likes of the Compaq iPaq and the HP Journada (which don't have Mac Client apps. Apple seems serious about the gadget market and jobs hinted at a windows version of iTunes.I am just guessing that it will be more fulfilling if used with apple OSs'.
I hate to say it as a very long time Palm user, but i have been taking a long hard look at the journada 565 and i am glad i didn't blow coin on it just yet. apple makes slick toys. this may be just what i have been looking for.
oh yeah... you realize that if the videos download too fast... you can hit that arrow pointing right button, and like magic you can see the video again and again and again...
They must be real.....
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Anonymous Coward
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· Score: 1, Funny
Only Apple would use quicktime to do videos!
A dirty trick!
by
Anonymous Coward
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· Score: 0, Funny
That's a dirty trick, selling your
cheap Apple toys to young kids who don't know any better. Let me guess: you
even convinced them that iBooks were computers, right? Those poor,
damned youngsters. I don't want to see the looks on their sweet young faces
when they go out into the Real World and discover that employers expect people
to know how to use Windows.
Why, it ought to be a crime to
give Macs to impressionable kids. It's like giving them heroin... both heroin
and Macs are overpriced trash used by the dregs of society, degenerates who
mask their inadequacies under the guise of "artistic personality."
Why, I'll show you where heroin and an artistic personality will get you: dead.
Just look at Kurt Cobain. Oops, you probably shouldn't have looked at that, he isn't
too pretty without a head.
But I digress. The fact is that
giving Macintoshes to kids is just wrong. You'll set their technological
development back by fuckin' years. I mean, come on... it's a Mac,
for Jobs sake. What are these fuckin' jackbooted government thugs trying to do
to our children, buying them Macs? I'll tell you what they want. They
want these kids in on the Cult. You know, the Crapintrash "True
Believers." Those loonies refuse to use real computers, all
blabberin' on about the sanctity of Jobs' user interface -- but they can't seem
to find "jobs," get it? They're all useless bums and
criminals. I don't know why we taxpayers should fund the next generation of
dirty Mac users, suckin' welfare off the government teat while moaning about
FireWire and AltiVec. I mean, come on.
I don't have anything against
givin' kids toys, and a Mac is a fine toy for a little girl, or a boy whom you
suspect of being queer. But tellin' these kids that these toys are computers?
Why, that's an abomination! I suppose next you'll be tellin' them that
"Power Wheels" are just the same as real automobiles, and we'll have
kids gettin' run over on the highway! Tell me, people, do you want your
children being run over on the highway of life?
A Mac is a fine toy, see, but I
recommend buying your young ones GameCubes instead. Both Macs and GameCubes are
multicolored plastic toys designed for the underdeveloped mind, but at least a
GameCube doesn't have all the fuckin' stigma of a Mac. You want your
kids being part of the weak leftist politicians, "subversive" wannabe
artists, and child molesters that make up the Apple "community?" Fine.
But don't spend my tax dollars doing it, you fucking communists.
I don't expect much sympathy
from you Linux folks. You're just as much wannabe-commies and hypocritical
Windows-bashers as the Mac crowd, but you can't even afford decent
hardware. I intend to prove that each and every one of you is a terrorist,
like Anand lal Shimpi. What with all the talk of stealing copyrighted material,
violating contractual license agreements, and the like on this sorry excuse for
a weblog, I wouldn't be surprised if Osama bin Laden himself is holed up at the
Geek Compound. Probably taking
advantage of Malda's loose asshole and installing PGP from the Red Hat
Power Tools CD, so that he can further injure the American republic. You're
going down, Slashdot!
I can make a few guesses about this little mysterty
"Big, even for our standards"
"Count the days, count the minutes, count on >>being blown away"
"Beyond the rumour sites, way beyond"
"A backstage pass to the future"
How about:
Apple has finally regained its lost sanity and ported OS/X to x86 architecture. In an astounding jump, Apple, like Sega, has discovered it is better off as a pure software shop.
Or better yet:
This just in: Apple is not out of the hardware business entirely, they are also releasing an entirely new games system, called the iBox. Its going to cost over a thousand dollars and will only work with Apple brand televisions, which will be released later.
Okay, I'm just kidding, okay. JUST KIDDING. Comprende?
-- www.avacal.com -- the home page of pete shaw
Re:There's a good chance it's fake...
by
Bob+Abooey
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· Score: 2, Funny
BLASPHEMY !!!
The assumption there is that Mac users can somehow manage to figure out how to use a keyboard with over one hundred little tiny keys yet they are too stupid to be able to figure out how to use a mouse with more than one button. I mean Sweet Jeusus at the bus stop, it would have been more innovative for them to sell mice with a great big "L" on the left button and a great big "R" on the right button. That way the Mac user could figure out the difference between a right click and a left click.
The whole "one button mouse is easier to figure out than a two button mouse" is one of the biggest urban myths ever propagated.
--
All the best, --Bob
Apple secrets revealed
by
briggsb
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· Score: 3, Funny
It's not a PDA or a giant robot that's going to be revealed at the expo. Finally Apple will be taking the wraps off the next generation dMac. There's pictures on this site an everything.
Re:If it stays up is probably a fake
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bribecka
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· Score: 5, Funny
"Beyond the rumor sites. Way beyond."
I figured out what it is. Jobs was so enamoured with the IT/Ginger/Segway, he's integrating everything into it. It's a scooter that can hold 1000 MP3s but only has one button.
--
Where are we going and why am I in this handbasket?
This rumor has an unfair monopoly; we all know how much monopolies suck! So all you free market champions out there: I challenge you to produce evidence of an equally compelling new Apple product that is going to change the face computing. Whip out your Gimps, Photoshops, and other varied authoring tools and whip up a new and improved rumor! We can't in good conscience let this one take over the market;-)!
-ghostis
--
Computer Science is all about trying to find the right wrench to bang in the right screw. -T.Cumbo?
Re:There's a good chance it's fake...
by
zsazsa
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· Score: 5, Funny
I remember the last so-called Apple product fake - the G4 Cube. The now-defunct site The Mac Junkie claimed that the leaked photo of the Cube was an utter fabrication. He gave some "evidence" of why he thought he was right, such as "Photoshop fingerprints."
Courtesy of archive.org's cached copy: "To conclude, I will eat my hat if Jobs unveils this very machine tomorrow. No, wait - I'll eat my hockey puck mouse."
The following morning, after Jobs announced it at MacWorld, the site went down temporarily and then permanently not long after. Oh well!
Maybe they're planning to announce the iSegway -- it comes in four different colors!
-- On stereophonic equipment, the monaural sound obtained through multiple channels will enhance your listening pleasure.
Re:There's a good chance it's fake...
by
msouth
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· Score: 5, Funny
The following morning, after Jobs announced it at MacWorld, the site went down temporarily and
then permanently not long after. Oh well!
Geez, what do you expect? He's going to be in any kind of shape to keep a website running after eating a mouse? Even a translucent cute one? And just what would he be using to update his website?
That guy is probably sitting there right now, integrity intact, mouse in digestive system, with no way to interact with his iMac. You should be honoring him, not flaming him.
-- Liberty uber alles.
Re:logo there for a reason
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oliverk
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· Score: 2, Funny
Besides, would YOU want a huge, single function button..."
Have you seen the mac mouse? It *IS* a huge, single function button:)
-- ----
Please be nice in case my Slashdot karma ~= my real life karma.
Re:they have a tough NUt to crack
by
Anonymous Coward
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· Score: 1, Funny
Please don't make sweeping statements that don't hold water with me.
That's right, Lumpy. From now own, submit all your postings to wessto for approval before posting them.
Slashdot Mirror
Anyway... the videos downloaded too fast. An interesting question: what does it synchronize to? Outlook? I hope so. And for the users that don't use outlook? Hopefully a slimline but functional application like palm desktop. I hope they let people write apps to let this thing interface with anything.... of course i'm sure they won't let it talk to the PC.
Only Apple would use quicktime to do videos!
That's a dirty trick, selling your cheap Apple toys to young kids who don't know any better. Let me guess: you even convinced them that iBooks were computers, right? Those poor, damned youngsters. I don't want to see the looks on their sweet young faces when they go out into the Real World and discover that employers expect people to know how to use Windows.
Why, it ought to be a crime to give Macs to impressionable kids. It's like giving them heroin... both heroin and Macs are overpriced trash used by the dregs of society, degenerates who mask their inadequacies under the guise of "artistic personality." Why, I'll show you where heroin and an artistic personality will get you: dead. Just look at Kurt Cobain. Oops, you probably shouldn't have looked at that, he isn't too pretty without a head.
But I digress. The fact is that giving Macintoshes to kids is just wrong. You'll set their technological development back by fuckin' years. I mean, come on... it's a Mac, for Jobs sake. What are these fuckin' jackbooted government thugs trying to do to our children, buying them Macs? I'll tell you what they want. They want these kids in on the Cult. You know, the Crapintrash "True Believers." Those loonies refuse to use real computers, all blabberin' on about the sanctity of Jobs' user interface -- but they can't seem to find "jobs," get it? They're all useless bums and criminals. I don't know why we taxpayers should fund the next generation of dirty Mac users, suckin' welfare off the government teat while moaning about FireWire and AltiVec. I mean, come on.
I don't have anything against givin' kids toys, and a Mac is a fine toy for a little girl, or a boy whom you suspect of being queer. But tellin' these kids that these toys are computers? Why, that's an abomination! I suppose next you'll be tellin' them that "Power Wheels" are just the same as real automobiles, and we'll have kids gettin' run over on the highway! Tell me, people, do you want your children being run over on the highway of life?
A Mac is a fine toy, see, but I recommend buying your young ones GameCubes instead. Both Macs and GameCubes are multicolored plastic toys designed for the underdeveloped mind, but at least a GameCube doesn't have all the fuckin' stigma of a Mac. You want your kids being part of the weak leftist politicians, "subversive" wannabe artists, and child molesters that make up the Apple "community?" Fine. But don't spend my tax dollars doing it, you fucking communists.
I don't expect much sympathy from you Linux folks. You're just as much wannabe-commies and hypocritical Windows-bashers as the Mac crowd, but you can't even afford decent hardware. I intend to prove that each and every one of you is a terrorist, like Anand lal Shimpi. What with all the talk of stealing copyrighted material, violating contractual license agreements, and the like on this sorry excuse for a weblog, I wouldn't be surprised if Osama bin Laden himself is holed up at the Geek Compound. Probably taking advantage of Malda's loose asshole and installing PGP from the Red Hat Power Tools CD, so that he can further injure the American republic. You're going down, Slashdot!
-- The_Messenger
e-walk, but some guy named Lucas threatened to sue. (Also couldn't get NSYNC to agree to perform at product launch.)
Would anyone consider this iWalk thing to match these descriptions?
No, but then I remember all the hype about Ginger, and we all know how earth-shattering that was.
- fader
I can make a few guesses about this little mysterty
"Big, even for our standards"
"Count the days, count the minutes, count on >>being blown away"
"Beyond the rumour sites, way beyond"
"A backstage pass to the future"
How about:
Apple has finally regained its lost sanity and ported OS/X to x86 architecture. In an astounding jump, Apple, like Sega, has discovered it is better off as a pure software shop.
Or better yet:
This just in: Apple is not out of the hardware business entirely, they are also releasing an entirely new games system, called the iBox. Its going to cost over a thousand dollars and will only work with Apple brand televisions, which will be released later.
Okay, I'm just kidding, okay. JUST KIDDING. Comprende?
www.avacal.com -- the home page of pete shaw
The assumption there is that Mac users can somehow manage to figure out how to use a keyboard with over one hundred little tiny keys yet they are too stupid to be able to figure out how to use a mouse with more than one button. I mean Sweet Jeusus at the bus stop, it would have been more innovative for them to sell mice with a great big "L" on the left button and a great big "R" on the right button. That way the Mac user could figure out the difference between a right click and a left click.
The whole "one button mouse is easier to figure out than a two button mouse" is one of the biggest urban myths ever propagated.
All the best,
--Bob
It's not a PDA or a giant robot that's going to be revealed at the expo. Finally Apple will be taking the wraps off the next generation dMac. There's pictures on this site an everything.
"Beyond the rumor sites. Way beyond."
I figured out what it is. Jobs was so enamoured with the IT/Ginger/Segway, he's integrating everything into it. It's a scooter that can hold 1000 MP3s but only has one button.
Where are we going and why am I in this handbasket?
This rumor has an unfair monopoly; we all know how much monopolies suck! So all you free market champions out there: I challenge you to produce evidence of an equally compelling new Apple product that is going to change the face computing. Whip out your Gimps, Photoshops, and other varied authoring tools and whip up a new and improved rumor! We can't in good conscience let this one take over the market ;-)!
-ghostis
Computer Science is all about trying to find the right wrench to bang in the right screw. -T.Cumbo?
I remember the last so-called Apple product fake - the G4 Cube. The now-defunct site The Mac Junkie claimed that the leaked photo of the Cube was an utter fabrication. He gave some "evidence" of why he thought he was right, such as "Photoshop fingerprints."
Courtesy of archive.org's cached copy: "To conclude, I will eat my hat if Jobs unveils this very machine tomorrow. No, wait - I'll eat my hockey puck mouse."
The following morning, after Jobs announced it at MacWorld, the site went down temporarily and then permanently not long after. Oh well!
Ian
Maybe they're planning to announce the iSegway -- it comes in four different colors!
On stereophonic equipment, the monaural sound obtained through multiple channels will enhance your listening pleasure.
Geez, what do you expect? He's going to be in any kind of shape to keep a website running after eating a mouse? Even a translucent cute one? And just what would he be using to update his website?
That guy is probably sitting there right now, integrity intact, mouse in digestive system, with no way to interact with his iMac. You should be honoring him, not flaming him.
Liberty uber alles.
Have you seen the mac mouse? It *IS* a huge, single function button :)
---- Please be nice in case my Slashdot karma ~= my real life karma.
That's right, Lumpy. From now own, submit all your postings to wessto for approval before posting them.