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[MAC Rumors]Apple准備返回PDA市場?

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发表于 2007-9-27 11:44 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
Apple Inc, which helped spawn the PDA market with its Newton MessagePad line in the early '90s, plans to give the concept another go with a modern day reincarnation of the old fan favorite based on the company's new mutli-touch technology, AppleInsider has learned. For Apple, the ongoing project represents its second stab at reinventing the PDA since the Newton met its fate in the late 90's -- the first of which never saw the light of day and is only known to have existed based on a one-off comment from chief executive Steve Jobs over three years ago. Speaking at the 2004 edition of the Wall Street Journal's D: All Things Digital conference, Jobs stated that he was proud not only of the products Apple had released in recent years, but also the products the company had decided not to ship. When asked by an audience member to elaborate, Jobs said simply, "an Apple PDA." It appears that Jobs and Co. never gave up hope, and instead returned to the drawing board. For the past 18 months, well-respected sources tell AppleInsider, a small team of Apple engineers have been at it again, this time tapping the company's revolutionary multi-touch technology as a foundation. During that time, sources have observed the project slip in and out of limbo, as Apple struggled to meet its self-imposed June, 2007 launch date for the iPhone. In at least two instances, the company pulled software engineers off the project to assist in the completion of the iPhone software, only to return those same engineers to the their original task months later. With the initial iPhone now out the door and two successive models well underway in Apple's labs, it's believed to be full steam ahead for the modern day Newton project. Like iPhone and the iPod touch, the new device runs an embedded version of Apple's Mac OS X Leopard operating system. Externally, the mutil-touch PDA has been described by sources as an ultra-thin "slate" akin to the iPhone, about 1.5 times the size and sporting an approximate 720x480 high-resolution display that comprises almost the entire surface of the unit. The device is further believed to leverage multi-touch concepts which have yet to gain widespread adoption in Apple's existing multi-touch products -- the iPhone and iPod touch -- like drag-and-drop and copy-and-paste. More broadly characterized as Apple's answer to the ultra-mobile PC, the next-gen device is believed to be tracking for a release sometime in the first half of 2008. Assuming the project remains clear of roadblocks, sources believe it could make an inaugural appearance during Jobs' Macworld keynote in January alongside some new Mac offerings. Still, manufacturing ramp and availability would seem unlikely until closer to mid-year, those same sources say. As AppleInsider has hinted in recent months (1, 2), the next-gen PDA will signal the advent of a fifth core business segment (fourth if you discount Apple TV) for Apple, but at the same time represent just smidgen of what's to come from the company's new multi-touch platform, which has already proven to be a game-changer.
10多年前,蘋果曾經推出過名為Newton的PDA產品,也幾乎是目前市場上各種PDA的鼻祖之一。而根據ApppleInsider得到的消息,他們可能即將重返這一領域,給目前日漸萎縮的PDA市場注入一針強心劑。 早在2004年,喬布斯就曾向媒體透露過他們開發過一款PDA產品,但最終決定不推向市場.看來,這種努力從沒有停止過.在近一年半的時間裡,可靠消息源透露蘋果公司內部有一小隊工程師重新開始了這一計劃,並將搭載iPhone和iPod Touch已經應用的MultiTouch多點觸控技術,讓PDA有一個脫胎換骨的改變. 雖然許多人認為剛剛上市的iPod Touch已經可以看作基本的PDA,但從目前的消息來看,蘋果的PDA會有一個超薄外觀尺寸,大概是iPhone的1.5倍,擁有720x480的大尺寸屏幕,幾乎覆蓋了整個表面.該設備將使用Mac OS X Leopard操作系統,並利用MultiTouch功能實現比iPhone和iPod Touch更為先進的操作方式. 據稱,蘋果PDA可能在明年上半年發布(MacWorld 2008?).而另一家網站Gizmodo則相信,這款PDA根本就不能叫做PDA,而是同樣傳言已久的蘋果超薄平板電腦MacBook Touch. ★★★

 

 

 

发表于 2007-9-27 17:03 | 显示全部楼层
考虑到mac在欧美的市场占有率和iphone的命名 jobs很可能打出类似sp和ppc这样的产品推广牌~
发表于 2007-9-27 19:15 | 显示全部楼层
哈哈 有机会一定整一个ihpone玩一玩!!!!
发表于 2007-9-28 12:09 | 显示全部楼层
原帖由 ejun_2006 于 2007-9-27 19:15 发表 哈哈 有机会一定整一个ihpone玩一玩!!!!
呵呵,现在价价格掉的很快~~还是很诱惑人的
发表于 2007-9-29 08:52 | 显示全部楼层
呵呵。 我昨天搜了一下。ihpone真的超级漂亮。 继续关注。
发表于 2007-9-29 12:15 | 显示全部楼层
也来关注下这边的情况~~
发表于 2007-9-29 13:58 | 显示全部楼层
IPHONE还不成熟,很多缺点比较明显,期待APPLE进行改版
发表于 2007-10-1 12:39 | 显示全部楼层
下一款新机何时发表?????
发表于 2007-10-1 15:41 | 显示全部楼层
IPOD TOUCH就差不多了
发表于 2007-10-20 10:05 | 显示全部楼层
如果出的话.估计又一轮抢购风潮.
发表于 2007-10-20 16:17 | 显示全部楼层
抢购 说不上吧 中国不像美国那么富有 穷人多呀! 我看也只是有钱人的玩偶!
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