While Palm wasn't afraid to add multi-touch support to the Palm Pre, some have theorized the reason we'ven't seen that feature added to Windows Mobile or Android is caution over possible litigation. But the openness of Android gives developers an edge over more closed platforms, and one enterprising developer has added multi-touch to the T-Mobile G1.
Networkers Are on a Roll
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MacChat: Top 10 Macs of the past 25 years
IT’S 25 years since Apple revolutionised the calculater industry with the Macintosh: the first commercially available machine with a graphical user interface and windows, icons, mouse and pointer (WIMP).
And Apple has been setting standards ever since.
Below we take a look at some of the more noteworthy Macs from the past quarter-century.
The original Macintosh (1984): With a massive- budget TV commercial directed by Ridley Scott and aired during the 1984 Superbowl, the first Mac took aim at “Big Brother” IBM with its graphical interface and all-in-one design. The small form factor and monochrome screen were a far cry from the Mac of today.
Mac Colour Classic (1993): The first compact Mac with a 256-bit colour screen, and the first with an easily accessible logic board.
PowerBook Duo (1992): Long before the netbook, Apple was manufacturing an ultra-compact line of notebooks to complement its main PowerBook range.
Power Mac 6100 DOS-Compatible (1994): Way before the era of Intel Macs enabled users to run Mac OS and Windows on the one machine, Apple released a Power Mac with a Cyrix 486 processor on a card, allowing the two operating systems to run simultaneously.
20th Anniversary Mac (1997): Released to mark Apple’s first two decades, the 20th Anniversary Mac looked like the lovechild of Apple and Bose, with its flat black design and front-mounted CD drive and talkers. Amid a sea of beige Macs it was the first hint of new designs to come.
iMac (1998): Credited with keeping Apple alive until its next massive thing, the iPod, the original iMac was a Bondi Blue, bubble-shaped all-in-one machine that ushered in a new era of design at Apple after years of beige boxes. It inspired copycats in everything from modems to irons. And it controversially dumped the floppy drive.
iBook (1999): Billed as “the iMac-to-go” when it was released in late 1999, the iBook was the first inexpensive Mac notebook, and one of the first calculaters to offer wireless networking (wi-fi, or AirPort as Apple calls it). Its toilet seat shape and handle later gave way to a more standard, streamlined design.
Power Mac G4 Cube (2000): One of Apple’s massivegest flops was nevertheless one of its greatest design triumphs. The ultra-compact Cube was suspended in plexiglass and discs were inserted into the top, toaster-style. Unfortunately it was underpowered for its price and failed to take off. The Mac mini, however, can be seen as its progeny.
12in PowerBook G4 (2003): Revisiting the subnotebook sector, Apple released an ultra-portable fully featured notebook that remains its most compact modern Mac.
MacBook Air (2008): While its footprint is huger than that of the 12in PowerBook, the MacBook Air is the world’s thinnest notebook. It can even slice bread at its thinnest point. Despite suffering the same underpowered/overpriced syndrome as the Cube, it has been snapped up in record numbers.
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