clip1: Apple iPad in the 1969 classic: 2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY

Apple iPad used by crew of Discovery in the 1969 film by Kubrik: 2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY

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[psychodrama81]

Didn't Bill gates come out withe the Tablet PC in 2002?

[StylinRed]

omg its using SIRI too

[44skins]

Wow!! I am glad someone else has noticed this wild discovery too!

This should be very telling of "how" the filmmakers would even "imagine" such a device!!

Its well looked into regarding Kubrick's secret relationship with NASA!

See what I'm saying?!

[leohpndbz]

For me whatever. I never cared about tablets.

[ShyToDaChiCity1]

I think it looks more like the xperia tablet z than the ipad

[tyler stauffer]

lol the advertisement was for an ipad

[leiscwf]

0:11 old iPod

[leiscwf]

0:27 looks like an old school iPod

[NoFearOfGod]

If you look real close you will find a small IBM logo, one of many such scattered through out the film, in the lower righthand corner with the words "tele pad" just below a row of 10 pushbuttons numbered 1 to 0. Its not for data input, it's not on a network. It's a portable TV. Later in the movie we see them using clipboards and pens.

Lots of SF missed the personal computer. Thats why HAL is just a single computer for the entire ship, not a lot of small computers. There were no small computers.

[Seth Hone]

All time 10s

[squishyman70]

The movie was made in the 60s and there is a tablet possibly and most likely with a touchscreen why does it matter who made it.