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Old PDA Rumors Never Die (3/12/01)
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Ah, Mac OS Rumors; where would we be without you? For those of you who don't keep apace with the granddaddy of all Apple rumors sites, you should be aware that the dirt is getting shovelled fast and furious these days. We'll let you folks decide how you want to tackle the intriguing prospects of Apple's allegedly imminent push into the home automation game, or this risky business about a flat-panel LCD iMac that's supposedly going to debut next year for the low, low price of $499. What we focused in on instead was the stuff about Apple's real-soon-now retail stores.
And in fact, we didn't even home in on the goods that has everyone else buzzing-- namely, Blue Herring's QuickTime footage of the construction of Apple's flagship store in downtown Palo Alto. Truth be told, Blue Herring emailed us about his candid videowork quite a while ago and we just never got around to squeezing it into an episode. (That's strange, when you think about it, since blurry, overcompressed secret footage that's so shaky it makes The Blair Witch Project look like it was shot with a Steadicam is, frankly, right up our conspiracy theory-riddled alley.)
No, the tidbit that grabbed our wandering attention and held it for a record-breaking thirteen seconds was this: "the reader... noted hearing something about an 'iPad pavilion.'" An iPad? You know what this means, don't you? The glorious resurrection of the venerable Apple PDA rumor! That's right; the can of worms is open once again for your squirming pleasure, kiddies. Ever since Steve nuked the Newton over three years ago and stated that Apple would return to serve the "affordable mobile computing" market in 1999, people like us have dreamed of a new Apple PDA. Of course, 1999's return to "affordable mobile computing" turned out to be the iBook-- not exactly something you want to throw in a coat pocket.
Of course, the rumors of a new Apple-branded PDA have survived on a thin stew of faint clues and hearsay for three years, now, and so this latest "iPad" development is really just par for the course. It's a single third-hand unsubstantiated report of an alleged overheard conversation, sure, but that's more than enough to get people whispering about Apple's imminent and triumphant return to the PDA market it created. Color us convinced. iPad, here we come!
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 3/12/01 episode: March 12, 2001: So that's the Cube's true calling: playing DVDs in "concept cars." Meanwhile, another teensy rumor about the Apple iPad keeps the flame of hope flickering for another week or two, and word has it that professional users may soon gain slots galore in the form of an Apple-branded expansion chassis dubbed "Thing 2"...
Other scenes from that episode: 2916: G4 Cars: The Future Is Now (3/12/01) Finally, Apple knows just what to do with all of those unsold Cubes moldering in dusty warehouses; a slew of them will be shot into space, and the rest are going into goofy-looking automobiles. Don't believe us?... 2918: "Slot Jockeys Rejoice!" (3/12/01) Ah, the age-old scuffle we lovingly refer to as "Slot Wars"; Apple ships fewer PCI slots to keep costs down and margins up, while a tiny but important (and very, very vocal) minority screams for more expansion room...
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