Oh, those fun rumors. Supposedly a tablet called Newton 2.0 MacBook Touch will be able to run App Store programs, including, presumably, eReader and the forthcoming Mobipocket for the iPhone. Not to mention such promising newcomers such as Stanza and BookShelf? Yep, that’s the original Newton of yore. Wouldn’t it be great if an e-book-friendly update materialized after all these years?
BoingBoing Gadgets, however, depicts the MacDaily News item as most likely balderdash, and I myself am skeptical, but for what it’s worth, here’s the supposed lowdown:
"Think MacBook screen, possibly a bit smaller, in glass with iPhone-like, but fuller-featured Multi-Touch. Gesture library. Full Mac OS X. This is why they bought P.A. Semi. Possibly with Immersion’s haptic tech. Slot-loading SuperDrive. Accelerometer. GPS. Pretty expensive to produce initially, but sold at ‘low’ price that will reduce margins. Apple wants to move these babies. And move they will. This is some sick shit. App Store-compatible, able to run Mac apps, too. By October at the latest."
That’s a load of crap, that MDN item. SuperDrive with a tilting accelerometer? Puhleeze!
It’s the iPod Air that’s coming:
http://mikecane2008.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/and-so-the-ipod-air-is-coming-after-all/
And, geez, Rothman, are you getting my emails?!
http://mikecane2008.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/the-reasons-why-ebooks-are-next-for-apple/
Mike, see link added at end of this post–perhaps around the time you were bitchin’. As for the iPod Air, keep it cheap enough, and perhaps people will pay attention.
Cheers,
David
http://mikecane2008.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/the-reasons-why-ebooks-are-next-for-apple/
You need watching, Rothman. That’s all I’m sayin’.
Watch away, Mike. 😉 May the sights be scenic! Half our traffic is probably from repeat visitors/editors; and I like that. I learn a lot from ’em. To be specific, have appreciated your iPhone pointers and related jogs. Let’s see what the cost of the Air is.
Cheers,
David
I bet they won’t use the name “Newton”. Seeing that was not a Steve Jobs project, and Jobs cancelled it when he came back to life, etc.
Besides there’s no “i” in the name…
🙂