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Apple Introduces "MacBook Wheel"

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the future-is-now dept.

CommonCents noted an Apple announcement a few hours before the anticipated keynote. He says "Apples' latest must have gadget does away with the keyboard. With the new MacBook Wheel, Apple has replaced the traditional keyboard with a giant wheel."

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  1. The Onion by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The onion, where it's April 1st year round.

  2. phone next? by firewood · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe next they'll invent some way to dial a phone with just some sort of rotary wheel...

    1. Re:phone next? by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 5, Interesting

      If this isn't on the iPhone AppStore already, it will be real soon. Enough folks would shell out a few bucks for the novetly of it.

      "Hey, look at me! I can dial my iPhone, just like in those old movies!"

      Mount your iPhone in a shoe, and you can play Maxwell Smart. Now that would really freak people out, when your shoe rings, and you take it off to answer it.

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    2. Re:phone next? by Hal_Porter · · Score: 5, Funny

      Dialing a phone with a rotary wheel will actually be a whole lot easier in my mind than typing an email with a whole wheel. I don't see how this process is faster than me typing exactly what I want. Imagine trying to program with that thing. Predictive text will not be any help with odd variables names and punctuation marks all over the place. This to me is definitely overkill.

      It's quick than you think. Suppose you wanted to type Whoosh! to inform someone that they had missed a joke. Once you enter Wh you can just select Whoosh! from the dropdown list.

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  3. 2 things put me off on this by geeper · · Score: 5, Funny

    1. 45 minutes to type a simple email.
    2. The dude that said "I'll buy anything thats shiny made by Apple!"

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  4. Ob ... by BESTouff · · Score: 5, Funny
    - Dear MacFan, will you defend the new MacBook Wheel without even knowing what it is ?

    - Yes, iWheel !

  5. Re:Why is this on the -/ frontpage? by wild_berry · · Score: 5, Funny

    MacWorld San Francisco is today. This content is made available to you as part of their 'driving and leveraging for increased consumer experience' toward the '"Idle" supersite subbrand of the Slashdot publishing matrix'.

    This post took 119 minutes to write on my new MacBook Wheel.

  6. Timing is everything by malice · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm sure this being on the front page of /. has nothing to do with the Macworld Expo keynote that takes place in a matter of hours...

  7. the Onion have been right before now... by advocate_one · · Score: 5, Informative

    the five blade razor...

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  8. First Post! by hansamurai · · Score: 5, Funny

    with Macbook Wheel

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