It’s a music player, a digital picture frame, a weather station--and a holophone. It’s a do-everything kiosk for all that informs and entertains.
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No one really needs the iCom. But once anyone sees the iCom, it becomes a necessity--because it’s a gift from the future and probably the coolest tech toy ever created. Simply put, the iCom is a slick, svelte, semi-stationary command station that wirelessly sucks down content from your Wi-Fi connection and showcases it on a touch-controlled display.
If you think its interface bears a resemblance to your iPhone’s, you’re right. The iCom’s LCD screen can display three iPhone app-sized interfaces side-by-side, along with a scrolling toolbar populated with a near infinite number of icons. The iCom comes with most of the “standard” iPhone apps, but you can also download third-party apps, some designed specifically for the iCom’s special talents. Want to turn the iCom into a digital picture frame with a rotating slide show? It can do that. Want it to stream music from your iTunes collection, while running a pulsating light show on the screen? It can do that. Want it to display continuously updated news feeds for weather, sports, and stock information? It can do that.
Or how about this: You can place the iCom in your corporate lobby and set it to display a continuous rotation of feel-good brand messaging. Or you can prop it somewhere in your cubicle and have it suck down fuzzy-wuzzy kitty photos via your “LOLCat-a-Day” app. Whether you display three apps side by side or choose to let one take over the screen, the iCom always presents a visual feast.
And the main course of that feast is undoubtedly the iCom’s holoscreen. In March 2008, Apple filed a patent application for a “realistic holographic 3D display experience,” and now that technology is introduced via the iCom in 360 degrees of outrageous, mind-blowing wonder.
Remember that pulsating light show that synchronizes with your iTunes music? Well, the visual theatrics grow a thousand-fold when you have a go-go-dancing holographic avatar bopping along to the beat. Whether you want the holoscreen to display something as mundane as the current time or as engaging as a real-time holochat session, it’s always a stunning treat for the eyes. And with bundled software, you can design your own custom holochat avatars, should you want to represent yourself as a 300-year-old transsexual lemur or even Steve Jobs.
Help us, Obi-Steve KeJoby! You’re our only hope!
Next, tips on creating your own Apple Fauxtype.
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I can tell you all right now, Apple does have these prototypes and they do work.
I have the proviledge of knowing someone working for the R&D department at Apple. Through this individual, I was able to see these prototypes.
The tribook is amazing....they are planning on making some changes to it before releasing it, but you can definitely count on seeing these hitting retail stores with-in the next 3 to 4 years.
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Hello applefreak72,It seems that Apple can indeed make a silk purse out of a sows' ear. I have been selling the MacBook Air, light, sexy, under powered, over priced with a perception of weakness in the shell and that, "I am afraid I'm going to break it feeling." If folks will spend $2,700 for a 17" MacBook Pro - What would they pay for a triBook? The iCom is a real winner, I can see a number of those devices in every home... Well done to Jon Phillips and Adam Benton. Imaginative and fun...
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December 02, 2008 at 4:43pm
while these products most likely won't become a reality, its nice to dream. i think it would be great to have any of these products. especially the tri-book and icom.
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December 02, 2008 at 1:52pm
The problem with the triBook is that the screen's obnoxiously wide. Not only will it annoy people nearby, but imagine some guy accidentally elbowing a screen off...
Also it looks kinda ugly and there's too much bezel between the screens.
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December 02, 2008 at 10:40am
Maybe we overestimated our audience's familiarity with Apple and its practices? Because with all due respect, it's well established that Apple doesn't share *any* prototypes with anyone, ever, let alone "outrageous" ones. Regardless, I apologize for the confusion.
