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| by Stan Beer | |
| Monday, 15 December 2008 | |
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Page 2 of 3 So - if there is going to be a dual-core Atom processor
for netbooks, one with enough oomph to keep the legendarily Steven P.
Jobs happy, and to convince him the netbook market isn't as nascent or
"junky" as it once was, chances are Apple will get it first.Featured Whitepaper
5 Best Practices for Smartphone Support
Given that Apple has patented its multi-touch magic, for the iPhone at least, a netMac with a multi-touch "glide pad" and a multi-touch screen, possibly even a rotatable "tablet PC" style screen, is not out of the question. This would result in a cross between an iPhone and a MacBook, one that could easily run Mac OS X today (especially seeing as hacked copies of Mac OS X are running on the single core Atom-based MSI Wind nicely enough), but also an iPhone. iTunes exists and runs on OS X, thus giving the netMac full iTunes capabilities, but a dedicated touch interface could also be made available at the click of a button to emulate the iPhone/iPod Touch interface. The larger screen makes e-books far more practical, movies more watchable, games more playable, digital media more manipulatable and documents easier to create - especially with these 92% sized keyboards that finally make typing a breeze on 10-inch netbook devices. Although you'd expect Apple's "lozenge" keys to make an appearance, potentially forcing Apple into a slightly larger 11-inch configuration, perhaps also "just to be different" as it so loves to be. CONTINUED Page 3 |
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