Re: [NTLK] iWalk?

From: ROBERT DOWNS (rkadowns_at_mac.com)
Date: Thu Jan 03 2002 - 09:37:03 EST


On 1/3/02 7:08 AM, "Michael J. Hu=DFmann" <michael_at_michael-hussmann.de> wrote=
:

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> Robert Benschop (rbenschop_at_mac.com) wrote:
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>> BTW, go to http://www.spymac.com/digitalfuture03.html and read the comme=
nts
>> on the iWalk video, some nice insights why it's a fake ;-)
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> While the display is obviously grayscale, it displays a blue Apple logo
> in "bootup.mov". Some close-up shots show evidence of barrel distortion,
> but the display's content isn't similarly distorted. The recognized
> handwriting in "sayhello.mov" appears to dance above the display. The jog
> dial looks much like a miniaturized version of the PowerBook/iBook PSU.
> And then there's the German voice saying "Das war Spitze!" (a remark the
> late game show host Hans Rosenthal was famous for, but I have my doubts
> anyone in Cupertino ever heard of him).
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> - Michael
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> Michael J. Hussmann
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> E-mail: michael_at_michael-hussmann.de
> WWW: http://michael-hussmann.de
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Good eye. But oh how I wish it wasn't a fake.

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