macsimumnews.com — Apple’s new accelerometer patent reveals a tablet PC,” it’s all about a wild new video game application for Apple’s accelerometer technology. It provides specific gaming examples of user as a driver and pilot and even provides a glimpse of how the accelerometer will be used in First Person Shooter games. Check it out!
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jjarmocJan 28, 2006
"I for one have bought my last Apple product. ( The nano )"Dude, you just bashed a company, and then said you bought one of their flagship products in the past year... LOL!
bashibazoukJan 28, 2006
Man, I know the age group on this site is young but you think some of you would know some gaming history. The apple II and IIe were comparative gaming power houses compared to what was out there at the time. No one in my high school paid any attention what so ever to the crappy IBM clones, they were all huddled around the Apple II's playing Castle Wolfenstein (the original). Of course they tried to distance themselves from gaming once the Mac came out in order to appeal to the business market. One of their biggest mistakes IMO. It gave the clones the push to equal and then pass Apple in moving graphics. Never say never. It would be a hard road back to being competitive in the video game market but they were once there, it could happen again.
Closed AccountJan 28, 2006
Sounds Gymiky
jewdassJan 28, 2006
@RiddickRom: Way to miss a perfect product branding opportunity.It will most certainly be called the 'iBrator'
mabhatterJan 29, 2006
I'm hoping the next iBook is really a tablet PC. All the pieces are in place already for OSX to have a tablet version, and intel would love to get another chance to show off the toys. I could see an iPad? as the cheap version of the G5 and Macbook combine. Include the built in iSight and microphone along with bluetooth and wireless that their entire line already has and it seems pretty logical. It would have the same sleek look that the iMac already has, just be portable. They already have a standard line of wireless keyboard and mice so it's just at packaging thing. Like the mini mac, I think it would be sold without accessories to keep the sticker price down. iBooks are all about small, and tablets work best on the smaller side. They need to make something an "upgrade" from iPod, but without entering the PDA market.. so it has to be a smaller mac. They obviously have plans for another mini mac... check out the intel demo at the show earlier this month... it was just screaming "mini mac" so much I figured it would be the first intel mac out the door. Right now the whole tablet thing is stuck over interface, not technology. I still find current tablet PCs to be contrived and not intuitive at all. When apple gets a tablet simple like an iPod then they'll release it. perhaps they'll use a "tippy" feature for mouse cursor navigation. With Front Row they're showing that they're looking for new ways to use interfaces for "routine" tasks. I'm waiting to see... i fit could come in under $1000 like 799 or 899 I think it would klinch the market.