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- Zettabyte, on 05/09/2008, -3/+30And play photoshop and err..Final Cut with it!
/back under the bridge. - inactive, on 05/09/2008, -4/+28When MS does it, it's a gimmick. When Apple does it, it's INNOVATION!
- Keffmaster, on 05/09/2008, -5/+21Worst headline ever: most remotes are 3D, unless drawn on paper. we do live in a 3D world
- Planets, on 05/09/2008, -1/+14Interesting finding these in the same sentence:
"a new patent" ... "that would mimic the functionality of the Nintendo Wii controller"
So...what exactly are they patenting? - jesuswuzanalien, on 05/09/2008, -2/+14Wow I wonder where they got THAT idea.
- estvir, on 05/09/2008, -4/+11And when MS 'copies' someone, it's the end of the world. When Apple does it, we turn a blind eye!
Yay hypocrisy! - mark076h, on 05/09/2008, -1/+7go cry a ***** river
- piratehead, on 05/09/2008, -0/+6Insanely Good in 2010: the iStationBoxBoy. It costs 10% more than the other consoles, it requires you to have an iTunes account to activate it, and only Apple-approved game companies can develop for it. Apple fans everywhere rejoice!
- virtualball, on 05/09/2008, -0/+5The Apple logo on it?
- weech, on 05/09/2008, -0/+4dude how hard is it to just use a damn remote these days? because clearly having to wave your arms to change the channel rather than simply pressing a button on a remote clearly makes you appear to be less of a douche.
- bluearyus, on 05/09/2008, -1/+4Digg analyzes each submission and calculates a weighted score based on certain keywords being able to attract fanboys and anti-fanboys of the topic.
This topic summary contains both Nintendo and Apple....Now to see what trolling and flaming will ensue :D - EvansHall, on 05/09/2008, -0/+3Will it have more than one button?
- Tamant, on 05/09/2008, -0/+3Don't give them ideas................
- RyeBrye, on 05/09/2008, -1/+4That would be a major improvement over the pathetic number of buttons we have now.
- joemofo214, on 05/09/2008, -2/+5must we be reminded of...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Pippin - amigiac, on 05/09/2008, -0/+3More likely the other way around.
- MrTito, on 05/09/2008, -1/+4They'll find something. Not a critique of Apple per se, just the patent system in general.
- punkcat, on 05/09/2008, -0/+2you would patent your method of achieving the effect.
- Wootstapler, on 05/09/2008, -2/+4Apple "mimicking" someone? NO! It can't be!!!
- StealthTomato, on 05/09/2008, -0/+2Not to copy-paste from someone else, but you obviously didn't get it the first time:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Pippin - AshTR, on 05/09/2008, -1/+3Why the hell is everyone stealing the Wii Remote idea and making their own versions?
- MioTheGreat, on 05/09/2008, -1/+3Oh really? Look at C#. They clearly had Java in their minds when they designed it, and managed to create a superior language.
- lrdntwnd, on 05/09/2008, -0/+1I'm pretty sure they have a patent for that already. And, they have that patent for a stand-alone input device that would change simply based on the position of the user's hands to become a keyboard, "trackpad," or drawing tablet. It would also be a screen which could change based on those same criteria and could allow developers to add the ability to build custom "physical" interfaces for users. Imagine having the Photoshop tools palette on your drawing tablet with everything right there in front of you? Plus, you just move your hands into "trackpad"/gesture mode and move the mouse to change properties on your main display. The possibilities are staggering... I can't wait until all this stuff finally gets made...
- ANT1138, on 05/09/2008, -4/+5Generally, when Apple copies something, they make it better. MS always makes things worse.
- lrdntwnd, on 05/09/2008, -0/+1I don't think Apple will really be going up against the Wii or really any other gaming platform. The Apple TV will remain, first and foremost, a box that gives you iTunes on your TV. They will probably add gaming capabilities to it, but the majority of those games will be casual games like those from PopCap... I don't think Apple will be marketing the next version as anything more than a full entertainment center for the whole family.
- Axim, on 05/09/2008, -1/+2this comment is too good to be true
- Risingashes, on 05/09/2008, -0/+1Is there really any reason whatsoever that anyone would want a 3D remote?
It'd take about 45 seconds to get sick of it.
Any half competent cameraman will continue to do as good a job as I could- and with far less effort on my end. - gabe37, on 05/09/2008, -2/+3How about a new mouse? I'd like a better mighty mouse.
- punkcat, on 05/09/2008, -0/+1nice how they jump to the conclusion of gaming from that drawing.
how about its an alternate idea to browse the AppleTV categories? nope, its all of a sudden its tiny cpu is a powerhouse for gaming. - jo21, on 05/09/2008, -2/+3sixaxis and the nintendo wii controller already does this,
so what new about this? - inactive, on 05/09/2008, -1/+2What's your explanation to why it's slow and sluggish as hell? I won't even go into writing about how often it crashes.
Moreover, if this is true, why would Photoshop (the industry standard imaging editing software) be run on Mac's in 90% of all the marketing agencies those in the industry? - allthosemoments, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1This is great, I really like apple products and hope they make a competitive console. Maybe they can bring some more innovation to the industry that has been sorely lacking in recent years (wii notwithstanding although all the games are pretty much the same). Apple has a fabulous track record of innovating and I hope they bring this to the gaming realm
- StealthTomato, on 05/09/2008, -2/+3Yeah, like when they took a BSD core, added more vulnerabilities, and made it closed-source. Yaay!
- StealthTomato, on 05/09/2008, -0/+1Oh come now, there's always turtleneck defender!
- inactive, on 05/09/2008, -0/+1What a waste of first comment.. anyways. Nintendo already has the place that in a 'fanboy perfect world' would belong to Apple: white glassy and minimalistic console design. The good thing is that Apple knows about design, if they can make a console innovative enough that they immediately gain attraction and be on top in the innovative department then they can make it, they need an iPhone like momentum for its consoles, if they build just a wii-like console they will have a hard getting to any gamer other than the usual fanboys.
- coadyj, on 05/09/2008, -0/+1yeah, because the pictures really tell you whats going on.
- lrdntwnd, on 05/09/2008, -0/+1They are patenting their particular method of achieving this functionality. I assume it's different from that of the Wii or the patent wouldn't be granted... Well, at least if the patent system worked it wouldn't be... It's the same way multiple companies have methods for including vibration in gaming controllers that don't infringe on patents of other companies (though sometimes they do, like when they steal the idea, i.e. Sony's DualShock 2).
- inactive, on 05/09/2008, -0/+1I'll wait for the Harmony version.
- amigiac, on 05/09/2008, -0/+1I'm happy with my Apple TV, the only Apple product I have bought.
It's a bit pointless unless you hack it tho, with the hack it can play any codec an Apple computer can play and (in the UK) I can use it to watch BBC iPlayer. - macmangb, on 05/09/2008, -1/+1Apple could just buy Nintendo anyway. It would be a good match since the Big N takes its cues from Apple anyway :)
- inactive, on 05/09/2008, -3/+33D? Or motion sensitive?
- inactive, on 05/09/2008, -0/+0marfa
- Sidepocket2600, on 05/12/2008, -0/+0Nintendo did not copy the idea from anybody. Its called "Natural Progression of Technology". Look it up sometime.
- virtualball, on 05/09/2008, -3/+3Nintendo? No wait, it might be a trick question.... umm.... H.R. Pufnstuf? :)
- GodisGood, on 05/09/2008, -3/+3I'm waiting for v2, not take-2, to take the plunge.
- screwy3333, on 05/09/2008, -2/+2as long as they also make a 3D virtual interface i'll be bought
- lrdntwnd, on 05/09/2008, -3/+3@Mio:
They didn't have Java in their minds... They had J# which failed miserably and they realized that Java wasn't a good enough platform for what they wanted to do with .NET... So, they took C++ (for which they already had a great environment) and mutated it to work with their libraries in a way that no one else could steal it... Taking a great, open language and creating a closed system that they can charge hundreds of dollars to use is not making a superior anything... just my two cents... - BMANZZS, on 05/09/2008, -1/+1We're in the future O_o
- Giga, on 05/10/2008, -0/+0So much more memory on PC's? As a PC user I would like to see some proof of this. Windows is still mostly 32bit which has a 4GB limit (closer to 3 once the memory mapped IO steals some of the address space) and the 64bit versions have a lot of driver problems.
- Sidepocket2600, on 05/12/2008, -0/+0Who the hell said you were going to change the channel with motion. Its more like this: Try navigating the Wii Menu for 10 minutes and then immediately switch over to navigating your On Demand Cable Box.
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