SillyDog701

[DJGM]

Having just looked at some pictures of the old "Newton" PDA's that Apple use to make, it got
me thinking . . . Since Apple have got such a riproaring success on their hands with the iPod,
what if they were to re-enter the PDA market, and introduce a brand new PDA device with a
design based heavily on the current iPod? With a larger screen, and the ability to do what
your average PocketPC can do and more, but in that unmistakablely unique Apple style.





So, I came up with . . . the iPad!



Click the image to see it full size!

The "iPad" would have everything you'd expect on a PDA. The OS would be a miniaturised
version of Mac OS X, and would run condensed versions of popular Mac OS X apps, such
as iTunes Mini, QuickTime Cute, and the Safari MicroBrowser, enabling users to listen to
their digital music collection just like on an iPod, and also be able to watch videoclips
downloaded from the internet, or video messages sent from "3G" cellphones, as
well being able to have "the worldwide web in your pocket".

The "iPad" display would be a hi-res touchscreen LCD, and the unit would come with a
an "iPen" to navigate the GUI. Also, it would be built from the exact same materials as
the iPod, made with an acrylic front, and mirror-like metall finish on the back. It would
also feature the famous "clickwheel" to navigate and scroll documents and webpages.

It would contain the same sort of HDD as the iPod. The entry level model would have
a 40GB HDD, while the mid-range model has 80GB, and the top end model has 120GB.


Here's a mock promotional advert I've created for the "iPad" . . .



Click the image to see it full size!


So, what do you reckon?




(Bear in mind that I created these images using PowerPoint and PaintShop Pro!)

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[Al]

Wow, nice. I don't think the 4 buttons and the middle thing will be in it, it could be something simailr to Palm's

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[Antony]

Nice design, except...

if the clickwheel was of the same size of the one in iPod Clickwheel or iPod photo models, then the above PDA device would be extremely large.

I would suggest a touchpad instead of clickwheel.

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[Al]

Those aliens will agree with DJGM,Antony,Andrew, and some other people like me that the iPad will be a huge success, like the iPod

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[DJGM]

Those aliens will agree with DJGM, Antony, Andrew, and some other
people like me that the "iPad" will be a huge success, like the iPod.

Except for the fact that the "iPad" is a totally fictional, and non existant product, so it won't really be any
sort of success unless Apple boffins actually read this thread and create a PDA device based on my idea!

As for the clickwheel issue that Antony mentioned earlier . . . the one on the iPad wouldn't be the same
size as the clickwheel on the iPod, but made a bit smaller. It'll still be a size that's big enough not to be
considered difficult and fiddly to use, and would be big enough to navigate the GUI and the on-screen
menu without making the total overall size of the device, too big too fit in your average pocket.

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[Al]

Unless iPod turns into iPad in 2005, we would be shocked. Boffins=Apple people. Idoits=Microsoft people

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