I want a bigger iPod Touch

voice- · #1 May 17th, 2009, 05:56 PM

I like how iPod Touch works. I really enjoy the interface, it is just so damn intuitive and simple. I want to hang it on my living room wall and use it to play music, but I want it with a bigger screen, something like 13". I want to throw a party and have all my friends being able to walk up to this screen and instantly know how to operate it.
The technology is there already, it's just a matter of scaling the screen now. How about it?

#1 Rhapsody · #2 May 20th, 2009, 09:52 AM

That would be nice if Apple made a kind of a tablet Mac (running Leopard). It would probably be quite expensive though

ElDiabloConCaca · #3 May 20th, 2009, 11:55 AM

Why would an Apple tablet be any more useful than any of the other tablets that have already been released?

I don't know about you guys, but I much prefer a mouse/trackpad and keyboard over having to manipulate things with my hands directly. On the iPod touch/iPhone, it's quite simple, because you rarely have to move your hand -- only your finger. On a tablet-style PC, you're required not only to move your fingers, but also your hand/wrist, and at times your entire arm. It's fatiguing to say the least.

I'm under the impression that "cool" does not automatically mean "useful."

g/re/p · #4 June 29th, 2009, 06:33 AM

I think there actually is a company that converts macbooks to tablets.

Greg_Reez · #5 June 29th, 2009, 05:09 PM

I once read sometime last year that a touchscreen tablet of sorts was in it's brainstorming stage. The tentative name was MacBook Nano. I have no idea where I had seen it, nor if it was a reputable source. But imagine an iPod Touch with a 7-8 inch screen, and just large enough to have a CD/DVD slot and a small speaker.

ElDiabloConCaca · #6 June 29th, 2009, 10:17 PM

No offense, but that's a yucky idea in my opinion. What good would it be for? What advantage would a touchscreen have over a keyboard?

While it may be "cool," Apple doesn't produce products that are cool simply for the cool factor. They produce useful products that have wide-ranging mass appeal -- and I just don't see that mass appeal with a "large iPod touch" or a "small MacBook with touchscreen."

g/re/p · #7 July 1st, 2009, 09:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by g/re/p

I think there actually is a company that converts macbooks to tablets.

But i would not want one!

lbj · #8 July 1st, 2009, 10:27 PM

Dollars to donuts there will be a Mac netbook in time for the holiday season. The market is exploding and Apple is half-way there already with its Air. While I guess I would want a full blown OS on a miniature device, the idea of an iPhone and Apps like interface would be very appealing to me if it met a significant reduction in processor and memory requirements.