Cnet UK reports Asus is helping Apple to develop a Mac Tablet:

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/laptops/0,39...9293967,00.htm
"Asus is helping Apple build a Tablet PC."

Sounds credible this time, they also show a photo, which looks like a 13
inch wide screen Tablet running Mac OS X, web cam, no buttons to see.

Curious what comes out of this and what it will mean for the Tablet platform
in general. I find this great news (rumour news).

Stefen
http://sniemeyer.spaces.live.com/blo...3A6C!223.entry

Hopefully it will really be a tablet and not simply a touch screen.

--
Josh Einstein (Tablet PC MVP)
Einstein Technologies
Tablet Enhancements for Outlook - Try it free: www.tabletoutlook.com


"S. Niemeyer" <S_DOT_Niemeyer@web.de> wrote in message
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> Cnet UK reports Asus is helping Apple to develop a Mac Tablet:
>
> http://crave.cnet.co.uk/laptops/0,39...9293967,00.htm
> "Asus is helping Apple build a Tablet PC."
>
> Sounds credible this time, they also show a photo, which looks like a 13
> inch wide screen Tablet running Mac OS X, web cam, no buttons to see.
>
> Curious what comes out of this and what it will mean for the Tablet
> platform in general. I find this great news (rumour news).
>
> Stefen
> http://sniemeyer.spaces.live.com/blo...3A6C!223.entry
>

From the picture it looks like, OS X already ink support, so I'm curious if
they have a killer app or a killer feature.

Stefen

"Josh Einstein" <josh@einsteintech.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> Hopefully it will really be a tablet and not simply a touch screen.
>
> --
> Josh Einstein (Tablet PC MVP)
> Einstein Technologies
> Tablet Enhancements for Outlook - Try it free: www.tabletoutlook.com
>
>
> "S. Niemeyer" <S_DOT_Niemeyer@web.de> wrote in message
> news:eoXR%23PSIIHA.5544@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Cnet UK reports Asus is helping Apple to develop a Mac Tablet:
>>
>> http://crave.cnet.co.uk/laptops/0,39...9293967,00.htm
>> "Asus is helping Apple build a Tablet PC."
>>
>> Sounds credible this time, they also show a photo, which looks like a 13
>> inch wide screen Tablet running Mac OS X, web cam, no buttons to see.
>>
>> Curious what comes out of this and what it will mean for the Tablet
>> platform in general. I find this great news (rumour news).
>>
>> Stefen
>> http://sniemeyer.spaces.live.com/blo...3A6C!223.entry
>>
>

Well, "ink support" is stretching it a bit far. Ink Well isn't very good nor
is it well integrated at all. And even on Windows, applications need to take
advantage of accessibility api's in order to get a decent pen input
experience. Fortunately, the major development toolkits produce applications
which do support those accessibility api's and they are pretty well
integrated through Windows. These are the same API's that were designed to
make things like screen readers work and make Windows easier for handicapped
people to use.

But I'm not sure how much accessibility the OSX platform has integrated.
(I'm not that technically familiar with OSX.) It would be more of a
challenge than it seems on the surface. It would be much much easier for
them just to produce a touch screen like ipod touch and iphone have. But
hopefully they won't ignore the pen!

--
Josh Einstein (Tablet PC MVP)
Einstein Technologies
Tablet Enhancements for Outlook - Try it free: www.tabletoutlook.com


"S. Niemeyer" <S_DOT_Niemeyer@web.de> wrote in message
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> From the picture it looks like, OS X already ink support, so I'm curious
> if they have a killer app or a killer feature.
>
> Stefen
>
> "Josh Einstein" <josh@einsteintech.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:924BD8C4-3E64-4692-94C1-7111B1EBF3D5@microsoft.com...
>> Hopefully it will really be a tablet and not simply a touch screen.
>>
>> --
>> Josh Einstein (Tablet PC MVP)
>> Einstein Technologies
>> Tablet Enhancements for Outlook - Try it free: www.tabletoutlook.com
>>
>>
>> "S. Niemeyer" <S_DOT_Niemeyer@web.de> wrote in message
>> news:eoXR%23PSIIHA.5544@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> Cnet UK reports Asus is helping Apple to develop a Mac Tablet:
>>>
>>> http://crave.cnet.co.uk/laptops/0,39...9293967,00.htm
>>> "Asus is helping Apple build a Tablet PC."
>>>
>>> Sounds credible this time, they also show a photo, which looks like a 13
>>> inch wide screen Tablet running Mac OS X, web cam, no buttons to see.
>>>
>>> Curious what comes out of this and what it will mean for the Tablet
>>> platform in general. I find this great news (rumour news).
>>>
>>> Stefen
>>> http://sniemeyer.spaces.live.com/blo...3A6C!223.entry
>>>
>>
>
>

On Thu, 8 Nov 2007 05:11:01 +0100, "S. Niemeyer"
<S_DOT_Niemeyer@web.de> wrote:

>From the picture it looks like, OS X already ink support, so I'm curious if
>they have a killer app or a killer feature.
>
>Stefen
>

That's not an Apple tablet, it's a modified Macbook tweaked and sold
by a 3rd party.

--
Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/
I do not work for Microsoft.

I think he means Ink Well. Apple's handwriting recognition support which
works with external wacom tablets now.

--
Josh Einstein (Tablet PC MVP)
Einstein Technologies
Tablet Enhancements for Outlook - Try it free: www.tabletoutlook.com


"Steve Jain" <noreply.-@-.essjae.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 8 Nov 2007 05:11:01 +0100, "S. Niemeyer"
> <S_DOT_Niemeyer@web.de> wrote:
>
>>From the picture it looks like, OS X already ink support, so I'm curious
>>if
>>they have a killer app or a killer feature.
>>
>>Stefen
>>
>
> That's not an Apple tablet, it's a modified Macbook tweaked and sold
> by a 3rd party.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
> http://vpc.essjae.com/
> I do not work for Microsoft.

They do, it's the little half eaten fruit logo.

--
Sven
MS MVP Mobile Devices
"S. Niemeyer" <S_DOT_Niemeyer@web.de> wrote in message
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>so I'm curious if they have a killer app or a killer feature.