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Originally Posted by JeremyZ
I just wish Apple would stop naming all of its portable devices "iXxxxx." If they're so creative, they can certainly come up with a new naming convention. Maybe name it after a different species of apple? Like the "Apple Granny Smith" or "Pink Lady" or "Braeburn"
Wasn't the Newton the predecessor to the Palm Pilot, which is still going strong now in the form of cell phones?
Apple's stuff has always been ahead of its time. The Apple II was the first PC in widespread use. I still remember the highlight of one summer in the 80s as a kid playing Karateka on a friend's Apple IIe with COLOR MONITOR!! Heady stuff.
The only thing I have against Apple is that I can't afford a lot of their stuff. I'd love to have an iPhone, but am not willing to re-distribute enough discretionary income to get one.
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Would be funny but then they would be need to pay a pretty hefty licensing fee for the names because pretty much any item, even food, is now managed as a "brand" with genetically specific patents and any number of copyrights.
Still I agree, it makes sense and the marketing should write itself...
The Newton was still one of the best PDA type devices I ever owned or used. I wish I still had my original...not to use but to sell...
I really do hope Apple does come out with a tablet, probably actually will be a Slate PC as that is what that style has been tagged by the media for ages. But it needs to be a full feature computer not simply a large ebook-like device. It will raise the bar and light a fire in an industry that has been wallowing in their own excrement for a decade or more.
If you want to see a Slate PC done right look at the Sahara i440D from TabletKiosk:
http://www.tabletkiosk.com/products/sahara/i400s_pp.asp
Problem with them is they have ZERO competition so the price is off the charts too high...around $4k if you add what should be in the config and the right warranty. the iRex devices are so close to being the right device it kills me...
...of course anything Apple can do, they can do for 2x higher price than anyone.