http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/ Engadget Comments for Frog Design outs the Apple tablet that could have been... in 1983 http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/Jan 24th 2010 8:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/Well I hate Apple Tablets. >:@]]>Jan 24th 2010 8:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/
This is too cool. Think about it, even to this day we suffer from horrible design cues in Windows thanks to designs in MS-DOS.

Kinda makes me ill when I see those Windows7 commercials "I though of that", featuring some teenager spouting off about Windows 7 shutting down faster.

Really? Did you think of that? 'Cause we've been asking for it for over a frickin decade, b*tch. ]]>Jan 24th 2010 8:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/
Wow! Just Wow...]]>Jan 24th 2010 9:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/
Erm, i think the adverts are trying to say that microsoft is giving the public what they asked for. Hence them saying "windows 7 was my idea"

But great way to a rant about windows on a post that has nothing to do with it!]]>Jan 24th 2010 9:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/
However, Apple doesn't exactly listen either. Otherwise they would've had two-button mice, windows you can resize from any edge, real Delete keys on their laptops, and other important UI revisions years ago.]]>Jan 26th 2010 1:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/I've been able to right and left click for years. With Apple mice.
Why use a delete key?
I honestly don't understand that?
Not being a fan boy, but if I make a mistake when typing, I rectify it by going backwards and pressing backspace. Not clicking before the character and pressing delete.
Plus, back space deletes something if you click it.
Really, saving space on a keyboard by removing one key which doesn't have to be used is a pretty decent idea.]]>Jan 26th 2010 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/Jan 24th 2010 9:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/Apple was first to bring out a tablet!! ]]>Jan 24th 2010 9:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/Jan 24th 2010 9:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/
WRONG !!!
The freakin' sumerians brought out tablets before Cupertino had even been built.]]>Jan 24th 2010 9:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/
I thought it was Psion who bought the first tablets out although Apple did invent the acronym PDA.]]>Jan 24th 2010 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/Jan 24th 2010 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/
Maybe not the first, but probably the best. All the Microsofties are going to be squirting tears when Apple sells a few million of their tablets in six months and Microsoft couldn't sell a million tablets in a six years.

M$ should just duct tape two Zune HDs together and call it a Courier Book for the M$fanboys. That way they could sell twice as many Zune HDs to clear stagnating inventory.]]>Jan 24th 2010 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/Jan 24th 2010 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/
Million in six months?

The TabletPC sold over a million units back in 2004, are you new or just silly?

There are more TabletPCs in use in the world than the total of Mac computers combined. How do you like them Apples?

]]>Jan 24th 2010 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/
this reply thread is now closed because Apple fanboys just got TOLD]]>Jan 24th 2010 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/Jan 24th 2010 9:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/I'm so fan.

On a serious note :
C'mon morrons, say it : Apple is 20years ahead.
Anyways, if it's been created just so we can look at it... That's stupid.
Let's see if this so-called iSlate/iPad show off soon... :)]]>Jan 24th 2010 9:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/When thinking about what you said i believe they are designing products way ahead of their time but they are producing them a few years after they have been introduced. I can say a lot of things about apple, their cool, smart, innovative e.t.c. But one thing is sure, they are not pioneering anymore because they seem stuck to revamping previously presented technologies, at least from my point of view.]]>Jan 24th 2010 10:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/
what it says to me is that they release products at the RIGHT time, not just right now.]]>Jan 24th 2010 8:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/Jan 24th 2010 9:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/Jan 24th 2010 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/well i hate capitalism. >:@]]>Jan 24th 2010 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/Jan 24th 2010 9:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/Jan 24th 2010 9:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/
People like you want 2030s technology today, but at 1980s prices]]>Jan 24th 2010 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/
1980 computer prices were nothing to desire. ]]>Jan 24th 2010 9:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/
I am with you, except for the part where I don't make loads of cash....]]>Jan 24th 2010 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/did..hell...the Sumerian bible was w]]>Jan 24th 2010 9:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/Jan 24th 2010 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/Jan 24th 2010 9:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/Jan 24th 2010 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/
lol ! +1 for sheer cheek !]]>Jan 24th 2010 9:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/Jan 24th 2010 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/
Nope, it just reminds me of an '80s etch a sketch. Don't be so defensive.]]>Jan 24th 2010 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/Looks like Apple used somone elses idea... what a suprise. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynabook]]>Jan 24th 2010 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/Jan 24th 2010 9:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/Ever heard of Alan Kay? He's one of the real geniuses, not a poser like Gates. Hew worked for Apple. The Dynabook was his idea.]]>Jan 24th 2010 10:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/Why are you trying to bullshit about this?
Alan created the Dynabook concept in 1968. Added an OS in 1972 after joining Xerox in 1970. It was in 1982 when he joined Apple. He created the concept at Xerox, not Apple. Douche.]]>Jan 24th 2010 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/
Anyway I have to admit that this thing looks pretty cool considering it it was built almost 30yrs ago. I would have loved to have been playing with this in grade school instead of those old Apple IIGS.]]>Jan 24th 2010 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/
The exact same reason that Evangelicals throw rocks at women outside Planned Parenthood. ]]>Jan 24th 2010 10:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/Oh fuck off, or at least learn to read. I never said Dynabook was created by Apple, I said it was Alan Kay's idea. Yeah Kay worked at PARC, but Xerox wouldn't let them explore products like the Dynabook, and that is one of the reasons why he left. Apple has been working on the Dynabook since '83, and you will see Jobs hold rev1.0 in his hand next week.
]]>Jan 24th 2010 11:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/
"Hew worked for Apple. The Dynabook was his idea."

I'd say that is a pretty leading comment so fuck off yourself LOL]]>Jan 24th 2010 12:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/
Oh right, I forgot, only Apple can "innovate", and everything everyone else makes inferior in every way, and if it isn't somehow worse than Apple, it's not "innovation", it's just "stolen from Apple". ]]>Jan 25th 2010 2:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/Jan 24th 2010 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/Jan 24th 2010 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/keyboards have always been an option for devices with bluetooth. Apple just wanted to be a douche and crippled bluetooth on the iphone and ipod touch.
I can easily pair my bluetooth kb to my fujitsu tablet when I need to type a lot of stuffs]]>Jan 24th 2010 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/Jan 24th 2010 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/24/frog-design-outs-the-apple-tablet-that-could-have-been-in-198/Well, I just plain hate Apple. ]]>Jan 24th 2010 10:05AM