Produced by Benjamin Bachmeier of Germany, the 40” tabletop is supposed to look like a really, really large white iPhone 4. Bachmeier has indeed managed to get the whole look down with the only thing looking out of place being the thickness and the bezel around the screen.
It’s made up of a Toshiba LED-LCD Full HD 1080p display, a DVD player, a 4.1ch sound system, your usual USB/HDMI/eSATA/Ethernet ports and a 5.7 megapixel camera with 720p video recording. Inside, there is a 2GHz processor, 4GB of DDR2 RAM and a 500GB hard drive. It runs Mac OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard and Windows 7 Professional.
The buttons on its sides are actually useable since they perform the usual functions of increasing/decreasing volume, powering up the computer and resetting it etc.
What is iTableous?
The idea came while watching various DIY projects on the net. The idea to build an iPhone in the form of a table is not new. The implementation has mot nearly convinced me so far. This is probably because I like to expect a certain functionality of the products I use. In short, I wanted to do it better and have tinkered four months.
What can iTableous?
Quite a lot and I think for a “table” enough. This includes Full HD TV reception via DVB-T, an integrated DVD player, a mini-ITX board with dual boot option (OSX SL and Win 7), a 4 +1 sound system, a HD-cam, of course a microphone, external connections (Line In and USB), iPhone-Connection via Apple AV Composite Cable under the home button and other small things.
Unfortunately, this isn’t a multi-touch screen nor does it run iOS. It really basically is your average PC placed inside a meticulously crafted white iPhone 4 case.
Bachmeier says there will only ever be on iTableous produced. If you were thinking of getting one, I’m afraid you’re out of luck. However, I’m sure if he gets paid right, he wouldn’t mind producing one.
You can read more about the project here.
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