Looking quite a lot better than the thrown-together mockup David Sieger used to illustrate his theory of an upcoming iPod Touch-based MacBook tablet, possibly reviving the Newton name, this fan-made creation manages to capture the current state of Apple design. They’ve even developed the idea of an iMac style docking station into which an Apple sub-device would slot so as to allow access to full-sized peripherals.
“[T]he Keyboard Wireless Dock connects to the dock using Wireless USB. It also has a bigger hard drive, some sort of DVD player/burner, inputs for your USB and Firewire devices. The whole keyboard part itself is used as a large multitouch track pad. Since the keys need to be depressed when hit, you can do lighter touches as you move across the whole thing” Design’s creator
Could such a device be on the cards for Macworld on the 15th? Given Apple’s notoriously tight-lipped attitude to new products, it’ll have to be a case of waiting and seeing.
I want one, NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was holding out on an iPhone or iPod Touch. Trying to sell my old G4 Dual and/or eMac to raise funds. MacBook maybe. I have a Toshiba 400 tablet whose fan stopped that I may sell for parts. And a Tapwave Zodiac 2, an extra Sony video camera and assorted other gadgets. Watch for the yard sale.
For a Tablet Mac I would have a built in infared project keyboard or use the iSight and be able to display the keyboard on the screen and show where your finger with an outline.
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