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Apple PDA- this would be sweet!
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tacojohnellenich
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Jul 8, 2001, 07:12 PM
 

The iPad
233 G3
first PDA to feature 128 RAM
3 inch x 5 inch 16 bit TFT touch screen (320 x 240)
PC card slot and compact flash slot type III (fits IBM microdrive)
Airport buit in for wireless web
USB and Headphone/video out
PDA version of iTunes, Appleworks (for presentations) Mail.app, and OS X
Lith-Ion Batt. for 10 hours of battery life
You can hotsync via airport, but a USB cable is included for those who do not have Airport
$599
This would be sweet!!!
What do you think??

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Jul 8, 2001, 07:51 PM
 
Won't fit in my pocket..

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Jul 8, 2001, 11:24 PM
 
That's too big, and seems to be trying to put a slow Mac in a form factor that is too big to carry all the time, yet not big enought to do 'real' work on. Sorry.

It's got to fit in a pocket. Not hanging out, or uncomfortable in the pocket. The screen has to make maximum use of the case size, being as big as structural rigidity will allow.

A PDA shouldn't do everything. It *should* keep all the information you need handy, and available in seconds. Aqua isn't designed like that. Database-type programs are the most functional. Things like car logs, money management, and anything else you need to keep track of.

You want to know what would be interesting? Bluetooth. Build it in, and develop embedded controlers and software for various industries to cheaply install in their products. Running all that together with 802.11b would provide the framework for the digital lifestyle. The Mac'll be the hub, and the Newton will be the managing and controlling device.

Take it all just a little further, and build in a tiny UPC reader.
     
tacojohnellenich  (op)
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This thing is small- about the size of a Palm m505, the user can add devices with the USB port- mice, UPC scanner, whatever they would like, even a CD burner and burn a CD with pocket iTunes. The Video out is like the video out in the headphone jack on the ibook, so you can do short presentations with pocket appleworks, and with Newton X os- you can run all of the old newton software! The wireless hotsync works over the airport network, but if someone doesn't have an airport network they can use a USB cable. Also with the compact flash slot the user would be able to add a 1Gb IBM microdrive, for MP3 storage or whatever. It would be priced at around $599- not bad when you look at the features you are getting. More ideas?
     
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Jul 9, 2001, 05:20 AM
 
Great BUT with THOSE features (G3@233MHz) is impossible to be priced arount $599...
It would be a little too big and, surely, too expensive...

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Jul 10, 2001, 06:11 AM
 
IMHO, very impressive spoof - but the 18th will show!

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