Is this the new MacBook Pro?
The picture above claims to be a camera phone pic snapped by an Apple employee on the design team.
If the picture is real, it means the new MacBook Pros, expected to be unveiled October 14, have a few design changes:
1. It has a unique two-tone case. A first for Apple. The lid looks like it’s made of glossy black plastic, with an aluminum bottom.
2. The lid dispenses with hook clasps in favor of a magnetic latch mechanism, like current MacBooks.
3. There’s no multitouch sensitive “glass touchpad,” as rumored.
The Apple source also sent an ad featuring the MacBook Pro that is destined for Apple’s website.
The MacBook Pro ad after the jump.
The ad, however, looks patently fake. As does the tagline:
“A blend of beauty meets beastly power.”
That doesn’t sound like Apple at all.
Via ModMi.com
Written by Leander Kahney on October 2nd, 2008 with no comments.
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Flickr user Sandy’s Shots! claims this photo came from an Apple employee. The black border on the screen replicates the image rumored to have been spotted earlier this month in Germany, and there appears to be some speculation about a glass trackpad and the dock that seems to be reflected - embedded? - therein.
Let us know what you think in comments below.
Written by Lonnie Lazar on September 30th, 2008 with no comments.
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Here’s hoping that Apple’s feverishly-anticipated “Brick” project is the world’s first all-screen laptop — like this mockup of the OLPC version 2 by designer Yves Behar.
There’s slim chance, of course, but I for one would love a computing device like this: A hybrid iPhone-meets-Macbook-Air that would put hot netbooks like the EeePC to shame.
Apple’s “Brick” would be a hybrid laptop/tablet/ebook that dispenses with a physical keyboard and trackpad in favor of a virtual, adaptive UI that blends multitouch, gestures and its own orientation to switch between different modes:
Laptop — When the Brick is held horizontally with the two screens at an angle, the bottom screen turns into a virtual keyboard and touchpad. There’s no tactile feedback for touch typists, but never mind, corrective text handily makes up for the myriad errors. The top screen acts like a regular laptop screen, except that it also is touch sensitive, and is responsive to multitouch gestures like double-tap to zoom, pinching and scrolling.
Tablet — When the two halves are opened fully they snap together in the middle to make a tablet with a continuous touch-sensitive screen. This mode is best for surfing the web, browsing and editing photos, and displaying mind-altering music visualizers.
eBook — Like laptop mode but held vertically. Each screen transforms into an electronic page for easy reading. Displays eBooks, eMags or specially laid out websites. Readers navigate by swiping the screen to turn the pages.
Tabletop — Like tablet mode but for two people. When an onscreen button is pushed, the screens are oriented for two users sitting opposite each other. Great for collaborative tasks and especially games.
And why’s it called “Brick”? Because it smashes Windows!
More pictures after the jump.
Inspired by Computerworld columnist Mike Elgan.
Picture by Yves Behar/OLPC.
Written by Leander Kahney on September 28th, 2008 with no comments.
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The first unlocked iPhones may be selling through Apple’s online Store in Hong Kong, according to a report this morning in at a Singapore-based blog. Techgoondu is reporting online shoppers at the Apple web site in Hong Kong are beingn told ““iPhone 3G purchased at the Apple Online Store can be activated with any wireless carrier. Simply insert the SIM from your current phone into iPhone 3G and connect to iTunes 8 to complete activation.”
The 8GB is HK$5,400 ($695) and the 16GB is HK$6,200 ($798). Ouch. Shipping is free, and they are supposed to ship “within 24 hours”. Apple’s warranty for the iPhone 3G is local only - “Warranty service is restricted to the country where Apple or its authorized distributors originally sold the iPhone.”
Honk Kong-based carrier Three enjoyed a brief two and a half month exclusivity deal with Apple and recently sweetened its iPhone rate plane to include “free unlimited wifi.”
Written by Lonnie Lazar on September 26th, 2008 with no comments.
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