Comments on: Touch Screen Mac in the Pipeline for 2009?

By: 为什么我会相信苹果触屏上网本传闻 | iFanr 爱范儿 ♂专注于拇指设备的小众讨论

为什么我会相信苹果触屏上网本传闻 | iFanr 爱范儿 ♂专注于拇指设备的小众讨论 — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:02:10 +0000

[...] 某些亚洲新闻媒体爆料苹果正在做一款触屏设备，传闻类似大号iPod Touch的上网本。问题在于，苹果发布一款无键盘、触屏上网本的可能性有多大？我估计它确实在做这样一款产品，正如传言说的那样。 [...]

By: ur mom

ur mom — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:39:24 +0000

knowin mac, there gonna make like a netbook that actually has ram, and a good harddrive. dont forget the graphics. heres probalby wats gonna happen..
theyre gonna make like a really thin netbook thats bout 12 inchs. bluetooth, wirlesss all of that just like a normal note book will be included. but the screen itself wil be pretty thick considering how thin they r now. im guesing it will sell for bout $600+ but then again it mught actually be worth, if they figure out how to make a multi touch, finger sensitive, motion sensitive and thin touch screen and by da looks of it…thats gonna take a while

By: OS X 10.5.7 Dramatically Increases Netbook Battery Life | i3U

OS X 10.5.7 Dramatically Increases Netbook Battery Life | i3U — Sat, 16 May 2009 09:40:37 +0000

[...] which the company seems dead-set against, but a tablet-type device that would make use of the 9.7-inch screens ordered from Wintek that have yet to appear in any production [...]

By: OS X 10.5.7 Dramatically Increases Netbook Battery Life

OS X 10.5.7 Dramatically Increases Netbook Battery Life — Thu, 14 May 2009 20:43:26 +0000

[...] a netbook, which they seem dead-set against, but a tablet-type device that would make use of the 9.7-inch screens ordered from Wintek that have yet to appear in any production [...]

By: Dave Oakley

Dave Oakley — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:56:31 +0000

What I find exciting about this is that as the touch screen emerges, as the standard screen type on all portable computers, we will start to see people interact with video in new and exciting ways. This is going to bring about a boom in interactive video and the industry that develops it. There is about to be a mad rush for this space from any directions, google, yhaoo, adobe and a heap of smaller players especially in the area of advertising. Touch screens mean we can engage with video content more deeply and learn more – about whatever it is – a brand’s identity – consequences of different choices etc.

By: OLED Technology Could Make Its Way Into a New High End Mini-MacBook - TheAppleBlog

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:02:09 +0000

[...] touchscreen “netbook type” computer according to new sources in Asia, which is a pretty widely-disseminated rumor this week, but what I hadn’t got wind of before is Richards’ report that Apple has been [...]

By: Why I Think Apple’s Touchscreen Netbook Is Real | Telecom Update

Why I Think Apple’s Touchscreen Netbook Is Real | Telecom Update — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:38:26 +0000

[...] Asian news outlets are reporting rumors that suggest Apple is working on a touchscreen device. This larger format iPod touch has been rumored for a [...]

By: {jeremyallen} » 2009 Touch Screen Mac

{jeremyallen} » 2009 Touch Screen Mac — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:50:58 +0000

[...] from The Apple Blog This entry was written by jeremy and posted on March 9, 2009 at 11:49 am and filed under [...]

By: Netbooks to Become the New OS Battleground - TheAppleBlog

Netbooks to Become the New OS Battleground - TheAppleBlog — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:52:45 +0000

[...] as we reported yesterday, seems to be working on a small touch screen device, something which seems even more likely today, [...]

By: Grace

Grace — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 09:38:47 +0000

Potentially driving the success of such a product: As boomers age, they are going to find the awkwardness of using portable devices with keyboards less and less comfortable with weakening eyes and soreness-prone shoulders. As wifi use expands, the demand for portable computers that are small enough to be used as net phones will be strong.

I’ve been holding off on buying a net phone, portable computer, new phone, kindle, etc. for over a year, hoping that something like this rumored apple product would come along.

Such devices are already available, but with price tags over $1000 for use by workers such as engineers in the field and doctors making rounds.

By: I hope Apple is building the iKindle: a light-weight, wireless, touch screen tablet.

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:42:25 +0000

[...] Apple and the crazy speculation about their recent alleged touch-screen purchases, I hope that they are finally building an iTablet. I have had some interesting epiphanies lately. M [...]

By: Why I Think Apple’s Touchscreen Netbook Is Real

Why I Think Apple’s Touchscreen Netbook Is Real — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:00:59 +0000

[...] Malik | Monday, March 9, 2009 | 3:00 PM PT | 0 comments Some Asian news outlets are reporting rumors that suggest Apple is working on a touchscreen device. This larger format iPod touch has been rumored for a [...]

By: Bob Forsberg

Bob Forsberg — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:05:24 +0000

It will never appear on the Mac side, but surely on the iPod side of the Apple product chain.

EMail, browser, e-reader and Skype with tunes and video on a much bigger iPod Touch “big screen”….more like a Kindle than a netbook….probably August 2009.

Being a iPod Touch doesn’t interfere with iPhone agreements and look at all the apps already available.

By: Touch screen Apple Mac tablette? | aldissandmore

Touch screen Apple Mac tablette? | aldissandmore — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:54:06 +0000

[...] From http://theappleblog.com/2009/03/09/touch-screen-mac-in-the-pipeline-for-2009/ [...]

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:20:09 +0000

“…They don’t like the value proposition that such a low price point offers, and cheapening the brand would detract from their general cache. That said…”

cache |ka sh |
noun
a collection of items of the same type stored in a hidden or inaccessible place : an arms cache | a cache of gold coins.
• a hidden or inaccessible storage place for valuables, provisions, or ammunition.
• (also cache memory) Computing an auxiliary memory from which high-speed retrieval is possible.
verb [ trans. ]
store away in hiding or for future use.
• Computing store (data) in a cache memory.
• Computing provide (hardware) with a cache memory.
ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from French, from cacher ‘to hide.’

cachet |kaˈ sh ā|
noun
1 the state of being respected or admired; prestige : no other shipping company had quite the cachet of Cunard.
2 a distinguishing mark or seal.
• Philately a printed design added to an envelope to commemorate a special event.
3 a flat capsule enclosing a dose of unpleasant-tasting medicine.
ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from French, from cacher in the sense ‘to press,’ based on Latin coactare ‘constrain.’

Otherwise a good read.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:05:14 +0000

While Apple may not want to enter the sub-$500 market, that was their thinking with the iPhone when it first came out. And look how the price dropped. Perhaps this time Apple will come in at the correct price point.