This looks pretty cool. Too bad they aren't waiting to use the regular MacBooks... But it's cool, all the same. You can buy one on eBay when they put the next one up.

There is obviously a demand for these, the first auction ended at $1500! Anyone see what i-tablet went for? A little shady is the fact that the web site shows a perfect photoshopped unit, i-tablet looked pretty homemade, which is cool as long as you understand thats what your getting. If you read the auction description, these guys build the unit only after you buy one. Have they built a prototype yet and what will it really look like?

why would you buy something like that if its not even compatible with inkWell?

they also claim on their website to have "The only OS X tablet sold. Ever."
well, thats just not true.

It sold for $1,500 because it's unique, not because it's actually "in demand"

Though, I confess, if Apple produced one (it would be much better), that in of itself may create demand.

Looks like this would be a better option. It uses the same driver (I think) that the i(-)Tablet does. Plus, you've still got a usable keyboard. If you really want full tablet functionality, though, the iTab is currently your only viable option. This seems to be right up your alley, xbetterforworsex... You could try modding one of the TrollTouch iBooks.

isnt that the same company used to create the i tablet?

Indeed it is so.

I am so into this idea. How difficult would it be to rebuild the hinge on myiBook with one from a PC tablet, Like this one:


http://www.macmod.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=44&stc=1&d=1140871689

allowing the screen to rotate? Difficult yes but I think it would work, as long as the cables have enough play for the slightly different routing. Even if you could not rebuild the hinge, you could always use the fixed flip-screen set up like iTab.

Much harder nut to crack is the tablet. Its not a touchscreen, but a tablet in a real tablet PC, made by Wacom, The thin breadboard sits behind the screen. Look here:

http://www.wacom-components.com/english/product.asp

If you read the data sheet it basically a serial port. Wiring this is a little out of my league but I think it could be done.

i think the troll touch technology uses a completely different engine than the itab, because the i tablet is compatible with inkWell, right?

Touchscreens do not a tablet make, they only emulate a mouse and don't work, as far as I know, with inkwell which requires a proper, pressure sensitive tablet. iTab is not compatible with inkwell. With a touchscreen only one thing, stylus, finger, frenchfry, whatever can contact the screen, so no resting your hand on the surface as you draw or write. Try writing with your hand completely off the paper and see what I mean.

yes, but i thought that the i tablet was? correct me if im wrong, but i thought that a troll touch system was compatible? i realize that simple mouse emulation is not good for a proper tablet, but it seems as if that is all that can be achieved until someone finds a way to combine an ibook with a wacom.

Troll Touch screens are compatible with Inkwell, as seen in the i(-)Tablet.

I agree that the touchscreen is most likely the way one would have to go on this. Even if you managed to hook up an internal tablet from a PC laptop you would have no driver. I find conflicting info on inkwell. Troll Touch web page says no but i-tablet mod guide says yes. I am not sure if the type of touchscreen matters or if there is some simple hack to get inkwell running. The troll touch FAQ is a depressing list of "no you can't do thats" I say ignore it and see what can actually be done.