On second thought, they should just call it Powerbook G5.

itchytooth

iGot Touched
TouchBook
CoverFlow Pro
MultiPod

itchytooth

Personally, due to liking consistency, I would like to see a new, smaller model of the mini with the moniker "Mac nano", the iMac renamed "Mac classic", and the new tablet to be called the "MacBook Touch".
I realize that in this naming scheme the shuffle and Mac Pro would be odd ones out, but I can't imagine a need for an iPod Pro, or a Mac(Book) shuffle.
Oh, and on that note, why is Pro the only capitalized secondary name?

jawzxy

@gotsmart: I'm shackled to a desktop at work, but my personal computer is a Tablet PC, which I also use when tutoring math.

sumocat

@Ericnet69:

My physics teacher uses a tablet PC to write notes (which he projects onto a screen) while he teaches the class. It's a pretty good idea because that way, he can answer problems right in from of the class and have the option to email the notes to an student who misses notes due to an abscence.

That being said, I wouldn't buy a tablet from Apple. I prefer XP.

freeway8989

Tapple

glibberthwix

My guess is that the picture is from MacWorld where the ModBook was introduced, to be sold by OWC ([eshop.macsales.com]), but never shipped.

I'll let ya'll infer whatever you want from this.

swooshdave

Well, the name "Newton" obviously was chosen because of "Newton's apple". So, what other figures have strong correlation with apples?

• Adam (or Eve)
• John, Paul, George or Ringo
• Snow White
• Walter (William Tell's son)

I dunno.... I kinda like Walter.

"You're not wrong, Walter. You're just an asshole."'

Dearhaw

I thought the son-of-Newton was the iPod Touch.

I guess the Touch is too small and portable to truly be a Newton successor. A true Newton has to be too big to fit in a pocket, yet too small to be truly useful.

All kidding aside, i'm a big fan of the Newton and still have a MessagePad 120 kicking around. I lusted after a MessagePad 2000, which i think qualified as having the most technology-per-cubic-inch back in the day. I think it's only recently that smartphones and handhelds have begun to eclipse its stunning capabilities.

Does anybody actually USE tablet PCs anyway?

gotsmart

Mac Touch
Mac Touch Pro

nutbastard

@Ericnet69: Thats very far from the truth. I would gladly purchase an Apple Tablet as it would benefit me in design, development and meetings with clients. I think we will see more and more touch tablet like devices in the near future and eventually I think they will be a general item.

@sumocat: Whoa! hah

@Broncoskip: Depending on what the surface is made out of, there will be an assortment of items that would most likely be made to accompany this product. A specially lined case to provide a soft interior against the screen, a plastic overlay to protect it from scratches and so on.

ImTheKing

Imagine the RSI for the guy in the patent application picture ...

phoomp

@sumocat: LOL

pcdsim

It could easily be a convertible tablet... And I'm not a doctor... I'm studying EE right now, and I like my R1F (the original Asus Tablet, which, for some inexplicable reason, is called the R1E in the newest update.... we're moving up letters, apparently). It only had one crazy niggling battery issue which was fixed with my second battery. I like it. Being about to convert handwriting into text is fun and useful, and so is being able to further my use of technology as a crutch to my lack of artistic ability (paper does not have an undo button, or a transform ability, or copy/paste, at least not in the cleanest sense).

On the other hand, if it has not been blessed by the hands of Wacom tablethood, multitouch is nothing more than a pretty little toy, to me.

Reilao

it should be called IScratched, cuz how will you protect the screen when you cant fold it shut for transport?

Broncoskip

@sumocat: BURNED!

Cleverboy

@Ericnet69: True enough. Most people are not doctors, teachers, mathematicians, artists, linguists, editors, mobile professionals, or folks who otherwise have need for pen input and/or mobility when computing. On the other hand, why should the educated minority be as limited in their computing options as a moron who can't spell?

sumocat

I still like buttons...physical keys and buttons.

slingblade

@Ericnet69: well obviously you won't be buying any sort of tablet pc any time in the near future.

Hell, if the price was right, I'd buy one. it would be nice to have something ultra-compact to take to meetings etc that wasn't a full laptop.

med

why do you need this, are you a doctor or somthing. I am usually sitting when i go on the computer and i dont need to rest it on my lap and have my neck hurt from looking all the way down. These things are only usful for people who carry charts around or stand around writing for hours. Everyone else in the world gets to sit down and write... If it has a fold out stand a small key board then it might be good. I dont see a point in the screen typing with tacfeed back because all it is is a wast of screen for keyboard which is expencive.

Ericnet69

how about crap!!!

Ericnet69

Damn, I think I have to take out asecond mortgage on the cardboard box I've been living in ever since I sold my house to buy an iphone. There is no help for it, I must have one of these.

TrevorJ

lets be reasonable apple if it doesnt have wimax we dont want it.

Actually you should make sure any device you put out in the near future
to have wimax. Except the iphone of course, the crappy deal with at&t
will hold that back until 2012.

ookees

My spouse uses a tablet computer in her government job to compile data for the consumer price index. When on the road she enters info on the touchscreen into forms. It's a Fujitsu that runs some ultra-secure version of Windows XP, and has a wireless keyboard and a stand-up dock for when she's at her desk and transmitting data to Uncle Sam. Great idea, as it replaced reams of paper in 10-pound binders, but in this case the execution is flawed, and you've never heard a lady curse so much like a merchant marine when she yells at the thing for numerous operating glitches.

jimmyg

I use a tablet PC everyday. I'm a designer who went paperless 3 years ago. A lot of my time is spent interviewing people and sketching. OneNote's ability to search my ink notes (without converting them to text first) and its note-synchronized audio and video recording are priceless.

No more big binders of notes and sketches. No more searching for that one thing someone said. Plus, with the ink searching, I only have to transcribe what I need to publish!

I use a Motion Computing LE 1600 - probably the best choice at the time. Still going great!

My interest in a Mac Tablet would be more as a personal information device, so if it were as big as a tablet, I'd probably stick with windows. If it's something more UMPC-ish (but with Apple's design sensibility), I might be interested.

leMel