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The Apple Tablet Interface Must Be Like This

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the something-to-think-about dept.

kylevh writes "On one side, there are the people who think that a traditional GUI—one built on windows, folders and the old desktop metaphor—is the only way to go for a tablet. In another camp, there are the ones who are dreaming about magic 3D interfaces and other experimental stuff, thinking that Apple would come up with a wondrous new interface that nobody can imagine now, one that will bring universal love, world peace and pancakes for everyone. Both camps are wrong: The iPhone started a UI revolution, and the tablet is just step two. Here's why." There are lots of cool UI ideas in there, even if it is entirely speculation. It's worth a read just to think about what the future could be like.

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  1. This is how it will all play out by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    http://www.theonion.com/content/video/apple_introduces_revolutionary

  2. my "stove top" app has been accepted by Apple by peter303 · · Score: 2, Funny

    It turns the center of iSlate into a heater good for making coffee or heating ramen noodles. The CPU is right under that spot. All I do it run a program that counts how much Steve Jobs is making and it heats up real quick.

  3. Obligatory... by Hognoxious · · Score: 4, Funny

    It would have the right number of buttons

    That would be one, then? [ducks for cover]

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    Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
  4. Re:yawn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    i hereby nominate apple speculation as the most boring internet subculture

    Wow! Duke Nukem Forever must really be dead .......