From: Ian Robinson on
On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:11:07 +0100, David Kennedy wrote
(in article <ua2dncJtntummuHVRVnyiQA(a)posted.plusnet>):

> So, just what the devil has Ives been doing for the past two years?

Managing, probably.



> can't surely have been concentrating on the new plastic back for the
> phone can he? There must be a new iSomething on it's way...

A reinvention of the Mac hardware and interface with a touch screen device.
Not just a mac tablet but something beyond that.

Ian
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From: Roger Merriman on
David Kennedy
<davidkennedy(a)nospamformethanksverymuchyoubastards.invalid> wrote:

> On 14/7/08 15:25, Ian Robinson wrote:
> > On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:14:25 +0100, Woody wrote
> > (in article <6e15a2F4rf0vU1(a)mid.individual.net>):
> >
> >> Still a rather impressive number. I assume this means they will be
> >> scrapping the mac and becoming a phone company instead?
> >
> > I doubt it. The Mac is selling better than it ever has. The next quarterly
> > results will probably see another new sales record for Macintosh.
>
> Does anyone else feel that's it's starting to get to the point where
> another eye watering product is overdue ?
>
> We had the original iMac
> The Cube
> The iLamp
> Then the iPod and now the iPhone
> They did try to split the last two with the MacBook Air but that was a
> bit of a niche market [or non event if you prefer] and the latest
> version of the iMac is simply not as innovative as the previous two
> incarnations were.
>
> So, just what the devil has Ives been doing for the past two years? He
> can't surely have been concentrating on the new plastic back for the
> phone can he? There must be a new iSomething on it's way...

could be and i'd love it to be so.

roger
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From: Trooper on
In article <1ik4e01.yb2gsv1tnui3nN%NEWS(a)wodger.demon.co.uk>,
NEWS(a)wodger.demon.co.uk says...
> Ian Robinson <junk(a)canicula.invalid> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:11:07 +0100, David Kennedy wrote
> > (in article <ua2dncJtntummuHVRVnyiQA(a)posted.plusnet>):
> >
> > > So, just what the devil has Ives been doing for the past two years?
> >
> > Managing, probably.
> >
> >
> >
> > > can't surely have been concentrating on the new plastic back for the
> > > phone can he? There must be a new iSomething on it's way...
> >
> > A reinvention of the Mac hardware and interface with a touch screen device.
> > Not just a mac tablet but something beyond that.
> >
> i'd settle for for a mac tablet with a blend of the old and new. so we
> have proper multasking, but via something close to the iphones
> interface.
>
>

iJetpack that charges via USB dock.

T.
From: Woody on
Ian Robinson <junk(a)canicula.invalid> wrote:

> On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:11:07 +0100, David Kennedy wrote
> (in article <ua2dncJtntummuHVRVnyiQA(a)posted.plusnet>):
>
> > So, just what the devil has Ives been doing for the past two years?
>
> Managing, probably.

Sorting out his little Somerset country place I would imagine!

> > can't surely have been concentrating on the new plastic back for the
> > phone can he? There must be a new iSomething on it's way...
>
> A reinvention of the Mac hardware and interface with a touch screen device.
> Not just a mac tablet but something beyond that.

Hmmm.. phrases like 'dream on' spring to mind.


--
Woody

www.alienrat.com
From: zoara on
David Kennedy
<davidkennedy(a)nospamformethanksverymuchyoubastards.invalid> wrote:

> So, just what the devil has Ives been doing for the past two years? He
> can't surely have been concentrating on the new plastic back for the
> phone can he?

The front's changed too.

-z-

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