Forget the iWalk, this is what Apple is releasing (with proof)
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"Concept for a mid-sized PDA (Newton). Industrial Design: Apple Computer: Robert Brunner. September-November 1990."
The iThing in the MacDirectory brochure is an old Newton prototype. Its in the book AppleDesign on page 142 (plate 189).
I would post the picture but I don't have a scanner
The iThing in the MacDirectory brochure is an old Newton prototype. Its in the book AppleDesign on page 142 (plate 189).
I would post the picture but I don't have a scanner
kenny
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It is a Newton prototype. The original picture is in the AppleDesign book, and the picture that was posted from the badge is simply a doctored version to de-colour the Apple logo. I've scanned the original from the book so you can see the whole device.
I assure you, this is not the new Apple PDA....
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Another Problem with the movies:
ON the bootup movie the user changes the jog wheel supposedly so that the screen format will be changed from horizontal to vertical. If you look closely you can see that the turning of the wheel does not shange the screen, rather the supposed power button on the bottom does. The user makes a quick little hit of this button. Its quick, but its undeniable. This all purpose button seems to suggest that the on screen action is actually a movie with some slideshow like features.
Thats all for now.
Oh yeah, i though that the iWalk was cool, but im glad that its fake so that i can go through the suspense of a show.
ON the bootup movie the user changes the jog wheel supposedly so that the screen format will be changed from horizontal to vertical. If you look closely you can see that the turning of the wheel does not shange the screen, rather the supposed power button on the bottom does. The user makes a quick little hit of this button. Its quick, but its undeniable. This all purpose button seems to suggest that the on screen action is actually a movie with some slideshow like features.
Thats all for now.
Oh yeah, i though that the iWalk was cool, but im glad that its fake so that i can go through the suspense of a show.
theCaptain
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I must applaud the kids working over at Spymac. You had a lot of us convinced including myself for a while that this "iWalk" was legit. This video was the creation of a very dedicated fan(s). Wow, I mean I don't know what to say. Truly impressive.....Truly impressive!
simX
Unofficial Mac Genius
www.appleturns.com actually has some REAL content (suprise, suprise -- no, I'm actually a fan of the show. ). They have 4 also-convincing points that the iWalk is a fake.
It did look kinda cool, but I agree that the size and the name of it were pretty dumb. Oh, well. So much for an Apple PDA.
Efoivx: What? You're actually going to release Classic? as a dockling so it doesn't hog disk space or memory! I'm sure THAT would be a surprise.
And I'd have to agree with The Captain that this was a VERY convincing fake.
). They have 4 also-convincing points that the iWalk is a fake.It did look kinda cool, but I agree that the size and the name of it were pretty dumb.
Oh, well. So much for an Apple PDA.Efoivx: What? You're actually going to release Classic? as a dockling so it doesn't hog disk space or memory!
I'm sure THAT would be a surprise. And I'd have to agree with The Captain that this was a VERY convincing fake.
Wow. Kudos to Spymac, that is one damn impressive fake. Had me totally fooled. I'm still a bit confused though. Is the whole thing a 3D render, animation and all? Or are we saying it's a real physical object dummied up and composited with type effects? Cuz if that's a 3D animation, holy crap is that good. If it's a dummied up model, that's also pretty damn good.
I personally would not be the least bit surprised if Apple is purposely paying and planting people to develop distraction evidence such as this. Car companies do it all the time. Mancow did it with his fake ihatemancow.com site. Classic strategy.
Thinking clearly now, I would be very surprised if Apple hopped back in the PDA market again. 1) Newton bombed (cool as it was) 2)The whole PDA market is nosediving 3)I have no need for one, so therefore nobody else should
I'm glad it's a hoax (I guess) cuz I was ticked that I was lured into looking at all the pix and movees when I really wanted to just be totally surprised on Monday. Monday is my Xmas!
[Self: "Must fight urge to click on Spymac movie link, fight it, fight...(click)]
I personally would not be the least bit surprised if Apple is purposely paying and planting people to develop distraction evidence such as this. Car companies do it all the time. Mancow did it with his fake ihatemancow.com site. Classic strategy.
Thinking clearly now, I would be very surprised if Apple hopped back in the PDA market again. 1) Newton bombed (cool as it was) 2)The whole PDA market is nosediving 3)I have no need for one, so therefore nobody else should
I'm glad it's a hoax (I guess) cuz I was ticked that I was lured into looking at all the pix and movees when I really wanted to just be totally surprised on Monday. Monday is my Xmas!
[Self: "Must fight urge to click on Spymac movie link, fight it, fight...(click)]
kilowatt
mach-o mach-o man
Here's how I think they did it (the fake):
First, a very high quality mock-up was made. It may have been a sooped up sharp or other existing pda. The fcc lables and apple logo could have been copied off of an iPod or something.
The screen was just blue paper. Using real basic or project builder, they created a fake 300x100 operating system which was 100% user-interface (no real computing needed). They ran the UI on a power book, and captured the video onto something with adobe after effects or premier or final cut pro.
By using a blue-screen-like effect, they replaced the mock-up's screen with portions of the captured video.
For the text, they simply added in text in the editing program. You can tell this, because, as is allready pointed out, the text remains *perfectly* still while the iwalk slightly moves. See, the blue screen on the iwalke moved as well, so the super-imposed operating system shifted too, but not the text which was supposedly written.
The shadows are of course perfect because a real, physical object was used.
I for one actually hope apple waits a few years before they release any sort of pda. And I also think iWalk was a beta-name for the iPod (like a walkman, sort of).
First, a very high quality mock-up was made. It may have been a sooped up sharp or other existing pda. The fcc lables and apple logo could have been copied off of an iPod or something.
The screen was just blue paper. Using real basic or project builder, they created a fake 300x100 operating system which was 100% user-interface (no real computing needed). They ran the UI on a power book, and captured the video onto something with adobe after effects or premier or final cut pro.
By using a blue-screen-like effect, they replaced the mock-up's screen with portions of the captured video.
For the text, they simply added in text in the editing program. You can tell this, because, as is allready pointed out, the text remains *perfectly* still while the iwalk slightly moves. See, the blue screen on the iwalke moved as well, so the super-imposed operating system shifted too, but not the text which was supposedly written.
The shadows are of course perfect because a real, physical object was used.
I for one actually hope apple waits a few years before they release any sort of pda. And I also think iWalk was a beta-name for the iPod (like a walkman, sort of).