The Device I Want. There is a lot of talk about what the next generation of media device/communications tool should look like. Here is what I want, and I want it from Apple, and it sounds like it might be coming. But, the specs I've heard are really vague, so this is what it should be/do:
It should be a pretty revolutionary device that seems like Newton (actually, the Motoroal Marco) and the never-shipped Sweet Pea multimedia gadget's love child on crack, in that it does simple data functions like the iPod (calendar, email and some sort of wireless communications, along with media) -- iPod should look like a Neanderthal compared to this. It should run an OSX kernel, have massive storage, a good chunk of memory and be adaptable to home/office and mobile use -- hard to say whether it should have a video-quality screen or plug into one. The intent should be that, in addition to music and some form of connectivity, you will be able to take a movie along to a friend's house, on a trip, or a presentation and full-motion video with nav abilities in a small form factor -- maybe the size of a paperback.
UPDATE: Forget to note, as it was late at night on a Saturday, that the thing that got me thinking about this a posting by Marc Canter about the Archos Jukebox Mulitmedia -- what's missing from this is the OS and a processor capable of running applications and encoding video. It's definitely a step in the right direction with the a/v-out and much else.
Posted by Mitch Ratcliffe at October 13, 2002 12:44 AM | TrackBack