funny thing....
with all this "iTablet" going around, I remember a few years ago, when I was a junior in high school, I designed a product I dubbed the "iPad", which is essentially what people are calling the "iTablet".
now that I am seeing more of this talk about a tablet mac, I'm just wishing that I had applied for a patent back when I originally thought up the thing .
my teacher(CAD class) thought my idea a dumb one, and he gave me a C for my project, even though my model was the best out of the lot.
MY original design incorporated an OLED screen, approx 8", with Li-Ion battery technology(which was becoming more mainstream in 2004/5), now of course, its in EVERY cell phone. Batteries would be swappable, similar to the prev. generation MBP's, and the tablet had a SSHD with approx 80gb of storage. loaded down with 2-4gb of ram, and running OSX, it had FW400/800, as well as USB slots(3). no cd-drive, to keep weight down, but a separate cd/dvd burner drive could be hooked up via USB, similar to the MB air ones today. dual-core processor(laptop breed) would be in there, with a heat-pipe to the outside world, keeping things happy, and quiet at the same time. There would also JUST be ONE button, dead center under the screen, like the Iphone's have. keeping things simple, that was my motto.
sadly, I didn't get my model back, being that the school had teachers switch rooms, and I turned in my project somewhat late, so school ended, and my model got tossed by the janitorial staff...
oh well, I'm sure apple has thought of something like this, and they might have it ready to launch at the next stockholders meeting, who knows.
maybe I should become a product designer, and offer a 'consulting' business to designers at Cupertino? might be easier than photography, and allow me to pursue that as a passion, rather than a career.
naw..... I'll stick with photography, and do it the other way 'round .
happy 2010 everyone!
-Dan
<EDIT> the screen also was touch, with a camera incorporated into the top of the screen, like today's mbp's and imacs. only a 2mp one, not the crappy ones they put in today.
prices would start at $1499.