applegazette.com — For every Apple product we see on the shelves, there are dozens that never make it to production. Sometimes, these rare gems surface on the web for us to take a look at, and ponder what might have been.
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Closed AccountNov 28, 2006
Yes, but back then they didn't realise prepending "i" to all your product names is the key to success. The next version will undoubtedly be called something along the lines of "iPad".
kilraqNov 28, 2006
Shame, the WALT looked like a good idea. Clever, useful and helpful to ones daily lives. The others are just ho humm, I am sort of glad they never made it into the main market.Interesting to see the older stuff that still seems like wild ideas. And there are some corporations that would still like to see these products like these out and active, making THEM money.Good stuff, good link.
flaminioNov 28, 2006
One of the best things Jobs did is bring disipline to the skunkworks. No point in trying to bringing something to market if it isn't marketable.
porkstackerNov 28, 2006
It's just too bad Apple Computers Inc. forgot to patent all their seemingly useless design prototypes. If they did, surely Microsoft, Sony, Creative, etc. etc. would be paying them out the ass right about now.
Closed AccountNov 28, 2006
Oh wow, I didn't realize the Paladin was from 1992. I just checked that and your'e right. I guess small pictures are hard to judge by when you aren't familiar with the product history. Yeah, I figured it was one of those $5+K prototypes that pretty much were useless even in their own time from WAY back. (I want to say 20+ but I'm sure that's extreme. I really can't remember how insane the prices were back then, t'was before my time)Sorry for any mistakes I made, I really have no knowledge of Apple products. I wasn't trying to give an expert opinion, just personal opinions based on the descriptions (and some guessing which was apparently off). Hmm, as for why I don't own an Apple? Well they don't really do what I need them to. First and foremost, a computer has to be able to play games for me to even consider them. As for other Apple products, I guess they're just too expensive for me, plus I like being able to customize stuff a lot easier. I've got a Creative Micro Zen mp3 player that works just fine for me, and I know that even once it's dead and useless that I can use the innards for some small fun project. Besides appearance, there just really isn't anything that Apple impresses me with. About the wireless cards, well I guess it's a matter of opinion there. I have extremely high standards. I'm very unhappy that our technolgy in the states is so far behind other some other industrial nations. Cost per value of use, I still consider the modern mobile wireless cards to be unacceptably slow and unreliable. I just did a quick check on your card and service, and it looks like it's $160 for the card and $80 per month for the service. Considering that that's almost what we pay for for digital cable, cable internet, and digital telephone in our house, that just doesn't seem worth it to me. I'm sure it's invaluable for someone like yourself, and I'm not bagging on it, I'm just saying we've got a ways to go before the technology and cost can be considered addapable by the general masses.Thanks for your comments and questions. I'm new here to Digg and the community aspect is alot more interactive and positive than I thought it'd be. =)
bandomacNov 28, 2006
"Then what do you call Microsoft's Origami?!"The liquid version of a fart...
thuktunNov 28, 2006
Some individuals with strong privacy convictions configure their browsers to do that, or use a proxy to strip them out.
theb0bNov 28, 2006
There are good things on digg but I dont like the way they censor articles they dont like.ie www.roughlydrafted.com<a class="user" href="http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/Q4.06/9F19EF9B-9AA5-424A-9EF9-F15C8256B4AC.html">http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/Q4.06/9F19EF9B-9AA5-424A-9EF9-F15C8256B4AC.html</a>"quote"This content has been censored on Digg. Digg ranks and displays online news for tens of thousands of Internet users. The system purports to be openly run by its users, who vote for submissions in order to raise the profile of online content.However, Digg is sponsored by Microsoft, and has signed sponsorship agreements that limit freedom of speech regarding Microsoft and its products. Microsoft also sponsors online users to post astroturf and dispute accurate information that is in any way critical of the company and its products.Recently, a small minority of anonymous Digg users have worked to censor anything from RDM posted to Digg by any of its users, and harrass anyone on Digg supporting RDM.Digg's official response has been to ban all RDM articles, and delete records of them on its site, along with all user comments involving Microsoft and the censorship and sponsorship of the Digg system. When asked to review its censorship of RDM, Digg responds by saying it will continue to ban all RDM articles because it does not want to receive ongoing complaints from users who do not like RDM content. You can balance the feedback Digg receives by letting it know what you think about censorship and slanted information sources pretending to be legitimate and open.
rickcarsonNov 29, 2006
There could be a number of reasonsMaybe he's one of the build it yourself from spare parts enthusiasts (too cheap).Maybe he's a top end gamer who likes to replace their video card every three months (Effectively unlimited budget - buys ultra expensive, we'd have to assume that even the Mac Pro doesn't provide enough grunt).Maybe he's just never looked at the Apple stuff at the right time in their product cycle.Maybe he already has a whole lot of computers with 50 different flavours of open source operating systems.Maybe he has some weird requirements, such as a tablet form factor.Maybe his purchase sweet spot is in the iMac range, but he thinks he wants a big ugly box form factor instead.A year and a half ago, we could have said "maybe he has that one last piece of Windows software that he just can't abandon" - but that doesn't apply anymore. Maybe it is an emotional thing. Most large purchases are based on emotion rather than logic. And most of the reasons you see in online discussions for not buying a Mac aren't at all logical. He could be:Scared of trying something new.Suffering from 'battered user / hostage syndrome'.Maybe he just loves being called up for tech support by all his friends and relations, and realises that once they know he's switched to a Mac they won't call him anymore at 3am because the coffee cup holder is broken.
canadian0Nov 30, 2006
With all of these Apple phones in development, it is surprising that they haven't perfected and released one yet.