This will be available towards the end of the year. Basically all the keys are small coloured LEDs, so if you change keyboard layout, the correct key is displayed. And as you can see, it is customisable for favourite apps too. Here is a set up for Quake:
I certainly want one of these!
But this is way cooler...
Multi-touch interaction. This is a big touch screen that interprets the movements of your fingers. The stills show some of the sort of applications you can do.
On the Digg post there are many discussions as to how much Apple is involved with this. They have recently submitted a slew of patents for such GUI gestures.
Patent link 1
Patent link 2
This looks like it could be the next generation iPod, or put another way, the reincarnation of Newton...
It's Apple's 30th anniversary on April 1st, so they are bound to be working on and wanting to announce something really cool.
The pictures don't do it much justice, but there is a really good video on the site that's a must watch. You'll never use a mouse and keyboard again...
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