Mike Schramm reports for TUAW, “Talk about burying the lead — Shufflegazine did a fluffy little piece on Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Hwang [sic] during a visit to Dubai recently, in which he talks about how much he and his family love their Macs, and Apple’s machines add value, and in his house it’s just ‘Mac, Mac, Mac,’ and OH MY GOD, what is that SITTING ON THE TABLE in front of him?
“This picture just appeared with Shufflegazine’s little piece and… there’s not word one about that tablet or anything like it in the piece, no hint of any other hardware or partnership announcement,” Schramm reports. “It could be a prototype, it could be another tablet we’re just not recognizing, or yes, Hwang could have just thrown it down on the table during the interview, and Shufflegazine could have just completely missed it.”
Full article here.
Shufflegazine’s article is here.
MacDailyNews Take: For Huang’s and Nvidia’s sake, we hope that’s not an Apple prototype, especially since it seems to be suffering from Microsoft’s patent-pending Red Ring of Death.
Nvidia’s CEO has access to prototypes and also access to hardware/software built to spec for his own use in managing a large multi-national enterprise.
Well Hell. It looks like a big iPhone. It even has a little button at the center edge to Hwang.
If it’s a Mac, I would guess it is not Atom based and running 10.6.2.
and OH MY GOD, what is that SITTING ON THE TABLE in front of him?
Settle down. It’s just a bottle of water….
It has an apple logo on it…….
It’s the protopype of the new MaxiZune…
What’s with the red ring around what might be the home button?
Is that a red light around the button? Cuz apple wouldn’t have that on any of their products.
It’s my grandmothers vanity mirror
“It’s the protopype of the new MaxiZune…”Or Maxipad. No wait.
Nice!
Here’s what it’ll look like with my iPhone home screen,
If it is a iTablet prototype, he’s taking a really big chance taking it on a trip and another big chance having it on the table while his photo is being taken.
In this picture he looks like a guy who was caught by his wife looking at porn.
Looks like a Samsung screen-?
1.His name is spelled Huang. Not Hwang.
2. Although it could be an Apple tablet prototype, I doubt that Huang would reveal it for a photograph.
3. I believe it is a Modbook Pro by Axiotron or else a prototype of the Modbook Pro (which is not yet available to consumers).
http://www.axiotron.com/index.php?id=modbookpro
The small LEDS to either side of the webcam are typical of the new Modbook Pro design and provide functionality related to the Modbook/Macbook.
Unless the photog was using a seriously wide-angle lens, that’s one big bit of kit! About the size of a MacBook screen!
Of course, they could have shot it with a near-fish-eye lens. It could be as small as … 9″? Maybe? We’re still talking about a pocketful of screen.
Does anyone else remember when Osbourne (and Kaypro, and Compaq) marketed their goods as “portables”? And the magazines decided “transportables” suited better? I’m not saying this is as big as any of those, but it may not suit as a “tablet”, either.
@ iPhoner
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Good one
Does it have a matte screen?
Not an Apple device.
Shit happens, sometimes ®
@ almux: MaxiZune – is that a larger version of MaxiFlush..?
Intentional leak. Kudos to Apple marketing.
“Jen-Hsun Hwang [sic] d”
Huang Zhenxun. Standard Hanyu Pinyin form.
And for the record. There is no one correct way to SPELL his name. It’s 3 Chinese characters.
PS. I live in Shanghai.
The thing looks bent..
Or is it me?
Or the picture…
Or the lens..
Is he saying ‘ yes and you should have seen the size of the PC version’?
mike,
MDN has it right. Go by Nvidia’s corporate bio page: It’s Huang.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/bio_huang.html
It’s a coaster.
For a very large, rectangular, highball glass.
Yeah.
No.
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@ mike
Good to know, but it is spelled “Huang” (at least using english alphabet letters) according to Nvidia. Not contesting your knowledge of Chinese.