Here's the MacSlash iWalk thread,

Cory Doctorow 7:21 am Thu Jan 3, 2002

Here's the MacSlash iWalk thread, with some convincing arguments suggesting that the iWalk is a hoax:

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* FCC Tags, etc. but no Serial Number? Prototypes have big "NOT FCC APPROVED" Stickers, and Final products have Serial Numbers

* It's in Germany. The speaker says "Simply Amazing" in the turnaround.mov in German. There is a European power plug in the desk. The site is German(Just get a 404 error). Prototype units don't leave the US of A.

* An Audio In port? No New Mac has Audio In…what would you need this for? Recording? It might be useful, but why not an actual built-in Mic?

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What is that middle port supposed to be? It resembles a Palm sync port, in size anyway, but that's what firewire(or gigawire) would do, sync and charge.

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