“A video iPod, with a colour screen derived from the Ericsson T68i mobile phone, could be among future products. Fitted with Bluetooth, it could become a sort of storage hub for images, music and other data transmitted over the mobile-phone network. Apple could be contemplating a tablet-style computer. Perhaps significantly, Apple owns Inkwell,a sophisticated handwriting- recognition software that traces its origins back to the now mothballed Newton handheld computer. One might also forecast the appearance of much faster Power Macs, the big machines that are the favourites of the graphics and multimedia industry. Or Apple might move back into the handheld market to challenge Palm, Handspring, Blackberry and iPaq,” writes Garry Barker for The Age. Full article here.
3 Comments
Leave a Reply
Siri AI is REALLY good — WSJ’s Joanna Stern’s week-long test proves it (with video)
After more than a decade of memes, frustration, and unfulfilled promises, Siri is good. Like really good. With a week of intensive beta…
Apple Watch dominates Q1 2026 smartwatch market with 21% shipment surge
The Apple Watch continues to set the pace in the global wearables race. Apple powered much of the smartwatch industry’s modest recovery…
Drake tops Apple Music’s all-time most streamed artists list; Taylor Swift close behind at No.2
Apple Music just dropped its official ranking of the Top 20 Most Streamed Artists of All Time, and the results are sparking major…
Apple Original Films to bring beloved children’s book ‘Little Santa’ to the screen
Apple Original Films today announced it has landed “Little Santa,” a new animated feature based on the popular and beloved children’s book…
Apple TV’s new comedy series ‘Brothers,’ starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, debuts September 23rd
Today, Apple TV announced that its new eight-episode comedy, “Brothers,” will make its global debut on Wednesday, September 23 with…
huh?
Wow, this article is wrong on almost every count. A color screen from the T68i? It’s only 256 colors! What, so I can see my album titles in green or red? Jobs would never go for that. 256 colors for video? Nope. Bluetooth for media transport? Nope, waaay too slow, especially when they have 802.11g options. Handheld? Tablet? Never, ever, ever. Again, Jobs would never be so stupid.
The only thing here that’s right is the sharing data over mobile networks. P2P will start to spread to cellular soon, which will be very cool. But there are already some folks on it: http://www.sunsaar.com/
What may it be that Apple, Palm, and Sony were working on together, or so it was rumoured?
A video iPod should have 320 by 240 resolution and thousands of colours, just like on most of the colour PDAs. Of course PDA makers do not use FireWire and a hard-disks like Apple does with the iPod.