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Did Steve Jobs Test the iPad Using 'The Incredibles' Movie?

Did Steve Jobs Test the iPad Using 'The Incredibles' Movie?

Posted January 28, 2011 at 2:24pm by iClarified
Nathan Shedroff & Chris Noessel presented findings from their forthcoming book 'Make It So - Learning from SciFi Interfaces' at MacWorld Expo.

CultofMac reports that Noessel, an interaction designer and Shedroff, program chair of the MBA in Design Strategy at the California College of the arts, believe that Steve Jobs may have used the 2004 Pixar movie "The Incredibles" to test whether audiences would accept the idea of a tablet computer.

Taking a look at the screen captures below the tablet does look a lot like an iPad with a big Home button.


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Did Steve Jobs Test the iPad Using 'The Incredibles' Movie?

Did Steve Jobs Test the iPad Using 'The Incredibles' Movie?
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Shameer
Shameer - January 29, 2011 at 7:55pm
The movie also has find my iphone
T.C.
T.C. - January 29, 2011 at 8:56am
You know I never thought of it like that. I suppose this is the only film throughout movie history that has had some kind of tablet like interface, right? Hello? Oh.
Thatcher
Thatcher - January 29, 2011 at 7:23am
lol this is where i get all my gadget influences from.....why just the other day i bought a bike becuse i watched E.T
14586fe
14586fe - January 29, 2011 at 5:25am
I wish I got paid to write shite!!!
Yeaa
Yeaa - January 28, 2011 at 11:11pm
This makes sense because Steve jobs was the CEO of pixar.
Jay
Jay - January 28, 2011 at 9:56pm
As we speak, hundreds of people are pulling out their Disney Pixar movies looking for gadget hints!
Shameer
Shameer - January 28, 2011 at 5:13pm
The funny thing is that it has facetime
Dash
Dash - January 28, 2011 at 3:29pm
i think that it's true, because right after the movie came out online forums exploded with posts like "did you see that awesome handheld computer in the incredibles?! i hope someone designs something like that someday because i'll for sure buy it!" once again, ispeculate.com pulls through.
FadetoBlack
FadetoBlack - January 28, 2011 at 6:36pm
Gotta love sarcasm.. Haha
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