Come on, Apple! Where's the iPad?

[Kar98]

What's wrong with that one? I've got nano and it's ok for me (and believe me, I'm not a toddler :dummy: )

I feel like Bruno the Ham-Fisted Mountain of Muscle trying to use the center thingie :yinyang: And I don't really have large hands.

 

[Kar98]

that little wheel is no where near functional.

Well, PDAs do have some sort of a "4 directions, 1 Enter" pad nowadays

I'm surprised nobody has noticed the lack of a front-side speaker though

 

[MacDaddyDave]

:bomb:

Cool design, but only usefull it were touch screen capable.

Maybe Apple is concidering that: Check out this patent article I came across:

http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1737

 

[campayne]

old news

 

[MacDaddyDave]

old news

I suppose it is old news, but in the context of the possible iPad idea, it has relevancy. But thanks for playing. :bomb:

 

[Kar98]

Ahahaha!

South Korean phone maker Pantech has launched a mobile phone with an iPod-like clickwheel control it describes as a "revolutionary touch-wheel sensor". The company said it was pitching the product, which goes on sale today in Hong Kong and Taiwan, at "digital generation" music fans.

The PG-3600V is a slider phone with a 1.9in, 262,144-colour display mounted above the clickwheel, which "enables easy navigation by allowing users to sweep the wheel key with their fingers", Pantech said. The control not only operates the phone's music player, but is used to zoom the phone's 1.3-megapixel camera and to track through MPEG 4 videos recorded on the handset.

The unit has video editing software on board and 512MB of memory to store content. There's a memory card slot to add more. The device features all the usual phone features, including stereo audio-enabled Bluetooth.

The PG-3600V measures 10.2 x 4.7 x 1.8cm and weighs 94.1g.

 

[DCraver]

Just have some kind of on-screen toch pad click wheel and make the screen larger.

And put definately more than 1-4GB because with OSX on there, it would fill up quick. Try 100 or 120GB.

 

[tenbellys]

dislike the fact that there is the click wheel. That is very ipod, and it would not be useful..

completley disagree with this comment.

Imagine a PDA with loads of emails and files on it and you need to keep tapping to scroll down.

also handy for scrolling around web pages on a small screen.

 

[Ex_PC_Puke]

So what OS would it run ---- Is there a light-weight version of OS X ?? If you want to run the typical apps you need a compatible OS :dummy:

 

[campayne]

i wish i had a phone that ran osx

 

[Kar98]

So what OS would it run ---- Is there a light-weight version of OS X ?? If you want to run the typical apps you need a compatible OS :dummy:

That's where I am (and Apple, too, I assume) stuck. New (to them) CPU, yet another port of the OS, or a WM2005 SE skinned to look like OSX, in exchange for Apple licensing OSX to MS (for them run skinned to look like Windows)?

 

[Kar98]

Discuss

Well, where's my royalty check?

 

[joec1101]

The check is in the mail! ;D

 

[technologist]

Well, where's my royalty check?

Royalty check? I bet they sue you instead!

 

[dreamylynda]

well, ipad is just like a bigger itouch

 

[ezcompane]

well, ipad is just like a bigger itouch

That's actually a compliment if you think about it.

 

[janusoo]

I would definitely want a fully functional tablet computer, so if it's not that, I will definitely be disappointed.