“‘The first 30 years were just the beginning.’ Does this bold statement portend a new iPod video with a full face touch screen? A set top box that can stream video content to your television? A wireless phone that is also a full fledged iPod with the slickest design and operation you can imagine? No, these products may all very well appear at Macworld, but this has got to be about the future of personal computing. Apple did ignite the personal computer revolution and then reinvent it after all,” Bob Snow writes for O’Grady’s PowerPage.
Snow writes, “I think Apple will introduce a nano-computer, masquerading as a smart-phone . Basically a tablet computer the size of a Treo or Blackberry with a far more clever input method, full face screen and some version of iLife running on it. Ideally it would be a stand alone wireless nano-computer running OS-X. Think of all the capabilities of a MacBook combined with a phone. Dock it on your desk with a wireless keyboard, mouse and full screen monitor and it would be your home computer. Take it on the road and it would be your laptop. Put it in your pocket and it would be your phone, camera and your iPod.”
Full article here.
Only 25 hours to go!
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if that is what it is… then i want one yesterday.
now if only the wife will approve the funds…
Well duh.
Excellent MDN take.
@ frogstik
Sry, that was in response to the story, not you.
MW: ‘usually’ (type faster than that…)
Could this be my first “first post”? Was just about to read the article when I noticed there were no comments yet so I had to do it. Tomorrow might actually find me in my local Apple Store for the announcements…
With all the guessing and speculation going on, when is the last time anyone was surprised by anything at MacWorld??
Rats! I wasted so much time typing that I missed my chance.
Apple needs to add a mid level Mac between the Mac Pro and the Mac Mini. I am in need of such a computer. My PB 550 is getting long in the tooth and there is nothing in the lineup that I would purchase that fits my needs.
25 hours until my hemorrhoid operation.
It’s about time we have had some good rumors. The rumors for this years macworld have been so dull thus far.
The writer wrote…“And, one more thing….. iLife for Windows.”
I have long believed that iLife for Windows (with certain built-in limitations) would be a fantastic way to lure WinDoze users in to seeing that it isn’t just iTunes, it is inherently MAC. As far as the NANO device goes, I’d probably take one if even falling somewhere between the Blackberry/phone idea and a full fledged OSX nano-computer.
iLife for windows…. THIS will change everything!
Frogstick
Get your priorities straight. You can always find another wife.
I can’t wait until the Keynote is OVER! I’m ready to barf if I hear one more rumor or product guess about anything!
Thank God it’s tomorrow!
Alec,
I let him bring the iMac to bed with us.
What more does he want?
Charge $399 for iLife for Windows to make it compelling to just add $200 to get a Mac mini.
Don’t be mistaken… the real news from Macworld 2007 will be the release of iLife ’07 for Windows XP and Vista.
Even though we have Smart Phones (there’s an oxymoron since most use Windows Mobile!) and Blackberrys that could be called mini-computers, I can see what Snow writes about a nano-computer from Apple coming to fruition. It fits in with Apple’s concept of a digital lifestyle. And as flash memory increases in capacity and reduces in size, we will eventually reach that plateau.
Gil – There is a mid level Mac thats between the Mac Pro and the Mac mini – its called the iMac.
MDN: boy “Boy will I be glad when tomorrow is over”
That sort of device is still someway off. Neither battery tech nor processor tech can deliver all that in a package as small as a phone.
Newton II.
John:
And we never thought that we’d be able to carry around over 15,000 songs in our pockets either.
This is so exciting thatI farted.
The REAL shocker is Apple pulling out of the computer hardware biz and concentrate on OSX. The fast (relative to IBM) pace of Intel processor updates makes it impractical for a company like Apple to keep updating their product line. It’s creating too much inventory of *slightly* obsolete products. They will also have a complete office suite to compete with MS Office. They will go head-to-head with Microsoft on their own turf. They will license OSX to HP, Lenovo, Dell, etc (Gateway won’t last till then). You will be able to buy an “HP Mac” from Staples. You will be able to order a Dell with Mac OSX option. The Macintosh as we know it will no longer exist. Let the other hardware vendors deal with hardware obsolescence. Apple’s core hardware biz will center around consumer electronics: iPods, phones, iTV, etc. This transition will take place by 2009 when Jobs will step down to tend to other affairs.
More geek fantasies. No way is Apple ‘gonna release a device that does all this, it would canabilise other Mac’s.
I expect something unexpected, but this is just plain silly.
1) This will up everyone’s expectations, so no matter what SJ releases, it’ll be seen as a disappointment.
2) Geekdream products such as this, actually hurt Apple, as zombified analysts who look at Apple every few months, and see them just as another Dell/Microsoft hybrid, will see articles such as this and take them seriously, jump on the bandwagon, and make AAPL crash when these fantasy articles don’t appear.
I’m all for speculation, but let’s keep it realistic.