Apple Feb 28th Media Event Coverage

MacRumors · Feb 28, 2006, 12:49 AM

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Apple's Feb 28th Media Event takes place at 10:00am Pacific at the Apple Town Hall Building in Cupertino, California.

The most likely products for release include an iPod Boombox and the Intel Mac mini.

Meanwhile, Intel iBooks and Touch Screen iPods are said to be coming soon, but not necessarily at the event.

Live coverage of the event will be limited due to the invite-only aspect of the event. MacRumors.com will link to live coverage and provide a running summary of events as they take place.

catchbar · Feb 28, 2006, 12:57 AM

counting down the hours!

MAC411 · Feb 28, 2006, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by catchbar

counting down the hours!

Maybe hint of things to come later today. By the way the films are in wide format!

Stella · Feb 28, 2006, 08:22 AM

I had a dream last night about this event.

Apple would release a robotic vacuum cleaner, similar to the Roomba!!

No iBook, no Mac Mini.

Lol.

dogcowabunga · Feb 28, 2006, 08:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stella

I had a dream last night about this event.

Apple would release a robotic vacuum cleaner, similar to the Roomba!!

Will it be called the iSuck?

miketcool · Feb 28, 2006, 08:28 AM

Guys, guys! I will be up in the mountains at the time shooting some photography and probably will miss the event entirely! If only I had a device that I could write notes on to send to here with messages like "status x." Or maybe this device could operate on 3G networks and I could just read the webpage on the full version of Explorer, hoping I dont get too many popups on something that size.....
Hey, I gotta run, I need to write these ideas down quick. A name, a name! It would be constantly changing and small enough that it would be like delicate origami! Oh man, I'm a genius, I need to call Paul and let him in on this. Guys I'll have a press conference later tonight. Dont buy the first one, it wont be out to next Christmas as a Developer betaBETA test. I finally have an iPod killer!

Keebler · Feb 28, 2006, 08:54 AM

I'm a mac geek...i'll admit it

i'll be taking the kids to the dentists and then whammo! checking the site as soon as I get home!

i expect them to launch a movie dload service considering it was yahoo or google who announced this last month. this would make sense with apple acquiring the data centre.

if they do, for the love of God, i hope they let other countries in on it. i realize there are copyright laws and stuff to get through like itunes, but i'm a stay-at-home Dad...like i get time to hit the theatres!!!!

go apple go!

Derwood · Feb 28, 2006, 09:08 AM

UK Apple Store has been unavailable since sometime around 12:00 GMT (a full six hours ahead of the Cupertino announcements). Hmmmm... does this point towards a more substantial overhaul than in previous announcements? Give me Dual Core MacBook. Gimme, gimme, gimme.

joshysquashy · Feb 28, 2006, 09:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Derwood

UK Apple Store has been unavailable since sometime around 12:00 GMT (a full six hours ahead of the Cupertino announcements). Hmmmm... does this point towards a more substantial overhaul than in previous announcements? Give me Dual Core MacBook. Gimme, gimme, gimme.

Apple Store UK is online now, must have just been a technical fault.

peharri · Feb 28, 2006, 09:29 AM

Jobs walks on stage

Hi there, and welcome again to Apple Computer. We've had a great year, iPod sales are through the roof, just sold our billionth song on iTunes. Intel Macs are well on the way, we just started mailing out MacBook Pros. And it's just the start of the year, and we have some great products in the pipeline. I thought it'd be great to have a little get together where I can show you some of the new fun products we have ready for production. So, without further ado.

First stop: it's a green iPod nano. Yep, green. Nobody predicted that. We're thinking "Great sales every St Patrick's Day" with this one. 25c from every sale goes to charity, we haven't decided which one, but we'll figure it out over the next few months. See how well it sells and then figure out who needs that kind of money.

Audience is beginning to get restless

Now, moving right on, we have some great apps in our iLife suite. iMovie downloads movies from your DV camera, lets you play with them, turn them into a finished edit. iPhoto does likewise with your regular camera. And iCal integrates with your PDA or phone and lets you edit a calendar you can share with your phone or camera. Now, that wasn't part of iLife, but we were figuring, what if we made a really good version that was? So, presenting iTime. Now, not only does this work as a calendar, but it can send SMS messages to remind you of stuff directly to your phone. Is that cool or what? It's part of iLife '07, but we're sending a preview version via Software Update right now.

Audience is looking at Jobs quizically, waiting for "One more thing"

Now, look at this. It's like a bird, and you pull it on one end, and it does a kind of pecking thing. Nothing to do with the iPod, but it's hilarious, so we're putting it on sale on the Apple store.

Audience is getting aggitated

Ok, ok, I have a new computer to announce.

Audience breathes sigh of relief

It's the new Mac mini. Now, we haven't got the Intel design ready yet, so we're upgrading the clock speed at little. For $499, it's a 1.5GHz G4, and for $599, it's a 1.66GHz G4. Also we're going to throw in the airport card and bluetooth for free. It's like the old Mac mini, only it's better.

Audience is going wide-eyed

Now, one last thing. How many times have you walked around and said "You know what would be cool? If I could plug my iPod into some really cool stereo speakers. So here we have them, the iPod Boombox. Comes with a cool white cable, 3.5mm jack on the end. Just plug it in, and the twin-50W speakers will fill an entire bathroom sized room with sound. And you can buy them now for just $399.

Audience is now furious

"I paid $9 for this?"
"I paid $10!"
"Boo!"
"Dude, I am, like, so totally getting those speakers."

Tomatoes are thrown, Steve makes hurried exit

drb6 · Feb 28, 2006, 09:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Derwood

UK Apple Store has been unavailable since sometime around 12:00 GMT (a full six hours ahead of the Cupertino announcements). Hmmmm... does this point towards a more substantial overhaul than in previous announcements? Give me Dual Core MacBook. Gimme, gimme, gimme.

ooohhh.....i hope that does mean something. Although the US store is still not offline. What does that mean?

Edit: oh nev mind...only a glitch.

tjwett · Feb 28, 2006, 09:57 AM

more iPod/iTunes crap. this is a press event. the press couldn't care less about Macs. the invite was sent out from the iPod/iTunes team. zzzzzzzzzzzz.

Platform · Feb 28, 2006, 10:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Derwood

UK Apple Store has been unavailable since sometime around 12:00 GMT (a full six hours ahead of the Cupertino announcements). Hmmmm... does this point towards a more substantial overhaul than in previous announcements? Give me Dual Core MacBook. Gimme, gimme, gimme.

UK is up

peharri · Feb 28, 2006, 05:15 PM

Well, for once my predictions came true...

(Actually I think my prediction was better...)

Elrond39 · Feb 28, 2006, 10:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by miketcool

Guys, guys! I will be up in the mountains at the time shooting some photography and probably will miss the event entirely! If only I had a device that I could write notes on to send to here with messages like "status x." Or maybe this device could operate on 3G networks and I could just read the webpage on the full version of Explorer, hoping I dont get too many popups on something that size.....
Hey, I gotta run, I need to write these ideas down quick. A name, a name! It would be constantly changing and small enough that it would be like delicate origami! Oh man, I'm a genius, I need to call Paul and let him in on this. Guys I'll have a press conference later tonight. Dont buy the first one, it wont be out to next Christmas as a Developer betaBETA test. I finally have an iPod killer!

HAHAHAHAHA nice one!

DontBurnTheDayy · Feb 28, 2006, 01:00 AM

Oh! The anticipation!

pyrex · Feb 28, 2006, 01:00 AM

this event will hopefully rock all of our socks off, i cant wait to see what gets released, second post!

virus1 · Feb 28, 2006, 01:02 AM

sweet.

the ipod hi-fi is quite a mystery as to what it does, and i can't wait to know.

heres to the miniscule chance of the ibooks tommorow!

powermac_daddy · Feb 28, 2006, 01:03 AM

remember my post about the intel ibook.

freaking macrumors.com deleted it, biatch!

anyway... believe me or not, my info was from the inside.

Yvan256 · Feb 28, 2006, 01:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by powermac_daddy

... believe me or not, my info was from the inside.

From Intel, then?

shrimpdesign · Feb 28, 2006, 01:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yvan256

From Intel, then?

Hahaha

Nice corny joke.

Doctor Q · Feb 28, 2006, 02:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by powermac_daddy

remember my post about the intel ibook.

freaking macrumors.com deleted it, biatch!

anyway... believe me or not, my info was from the inside.

If you mean this post from last month, it was not deleted. By "release in April" did you mean announced in April or first shipping in April?

beatle888 · Feb 28, 2006, 10:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Doctor Q

If you mean this post from last month, it was not deleted. By "release in April" did you mean announced in April or first shipping in April?

your avatar looks like the head of a funky black and white cow

admanimal · Feb 28, 2006, 01:04 AM

Does "link to live coverage" mean the normal macrumorslive deal or is there a third party site that is doing live coverage?

arn · Feb 28, 2006, 01:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by admanimal

Does "link to live coverage" mean the normal macrumorslive deal or is there a third party site that is doing live coverage?

there will probably be a few sites doing live coverage, but not us directly. so, we'll link to whoever is offering it, so people can get their fix.

arn

Feb 28, 2006, 12:49 AM	#1
MacRumors macrumors bot Join Date: Apr 2001	Apple Feb 28th Media Event Coverage http://www.macrumors.com/images/macrumorsthreadlogo.gif Apple's Feb 28th Media Event takes place at 10:00am Pacific at the Apple Town Hall Building in Cupertino, California. The most likely products for release include an iPod Boombox and the Intel Mac mini. Meanwhile, Intel iBooks and Touch Screen iPods are said to be coming soon, but not necessarily at the event. Live coverage of the event will be limited due to the invite-only aspect of the event. MacRumors.com will link to live coverage and provide a running summary of events as they take place.

Feb 28, 2006, 08:22 AM	#4
Stella macrumors 68040 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada	I had a dream last night about this event. Apple would release a robotic vacuum cleaner, similar to the Roomba!! No iBook, no Mac Mini. Lol. __________________ iPhone: The cell phone for communists and censorship

Feb 28, 2006, 08:28 AM	#6
miketcool macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jun 2003	Darnit! Guys, guys! I will be up in the mountains at the time shooting some photography and probably will miss the event entirely! If only I had a device that I could write notes on to send to here with messages like "status x." Or maybe this device could operate on 3G networks and I could just read the webpage on the full version of Explorer, hoping I dont get too many popups on something that size..... Hey, I gotta run, I need to write these ideas down quick. A name, a name! It would be constantly changing and small enough that it would be like delicate origami! Oh man, I'm a genius, I need to call Paul and let him in on this. Guys I'll have a press conference later tonight. Dont buy the first one, it wont be out to next Christmas as a Developer betaBETA test. I finally have an iPod killer!

Feb 28, 2006, 08:54 AM	#7
Keebler macrumors 68020 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Canada	i'll be checking as soon as I get home I'm a mac geek...i'll admit it i'll be taking the kids to the dentists and then whammo! checking the site as soon as I get home! i expect them to launch a movie dload service considering it was yahoo or google who announced this last month. this would make sense with apple acquiring the data centre. if they do, for the love of God, i hope they let other countries in on it. i realize there are copyright laws and stuff to get through like itunes, but i'm a stay-at-home Dad...like i get time to hit the theatres!!!! go apple go!

Feb 28, 2006, 09:08 AM	#8
Derwood macrumors regular Join Date: Dec 2005	UK Apple Store already offline... UK Apple Store has been unavailable since sometime around 12:00 GMT (a full six hours ahead of the Cupertino announcements). Hmmmm... does this point towards a more substantial overhaul than in previous announcements? Give me Dual Core MacBook. Gimme, gimme, gimme.

Feb 28, 2006, 12:57 AM	#2
catchbar macrumors newbie Join Date: Jun 2005	counting down the hours!

Feb 28, 2006, 09:29 AM	#10
peharri macrumors 6502a Join Date: Dec 2003	Jobs walks on stage Hi there, and welcome again to Apple Computer. We've had a great year, iPod sales are through the roof, just sold our billionth song on iTunes. Intel Macs are well on the way, we just started mailing out MacBook Pros. And it's just the start of the year, and we have some great products in the pipeline. I thought it'd be great to have a little get together where I can show you some of the new fun products we have ready for production. So, without further ado. First stop: it's a green iPod nano. Yep, green. Nobody predicted that. We're thinking "Great sales every St Patrick's Day" with this one. 25c from every sale goes to charity, we haven't decided which one, but we'll figure it out over the next few months. See how well it sells and then figure out who needs that kind of money. Audience is beginning to get restless Now, moving right on, we have some great apps in our iLife suite. iMovie downloads movies from your DV camera, lets you play with them, turn them into a finished edit. iPhoto does likewise with your regular camera. And iCal integrates with your PDA or phone and lets you edit a calendar you can share with your phone or camera. Now, that wasn't part of iLife, but we were figuring, what if we made a really good version that was? So, presenting iTime. Now, not only does this work as a calendar, but it can send SMS messages to remind you of stuff directly to your phone. Is that cool or what? It's part of iLife '07, but we're sending a preview version via Software Update right now. Audience is looking at Jobs quizically, waiting for "One more thing" Now, look at this. It's like a bird, and you pull it on one end, and it does a kind of pecking thing. Nothing to do with the iPod, but it's hilarious, so we're putting it on sale on the Apple store. Audience is getting aggitated Ok, ok, I have a new computer to announce. Audience breathes sigh of relief It's the new Mac mini. Now, we haven't got the Intel design ready yet, so we're upgrading the clock speed at little. For $499, it's a 1.5GHz G4, and for $599, it's a 1.66GHz G4. Also we're going to throw in the airport card and bluetooth for free. It's like the old Mac mini, only it's better. Audience is going wide-eyed Now, one last thing. How many times have you walked around and said "You know what would be cool? If I could plug my iPod into some really cool stereo speakers. So here we have them, the iPod Boombox. Comes with a cool white cable, 3.5mm jack on the end. Just plug it in, and the twin-50W speakers will fill an entire bathroom sized room with sound. And you can buy them now for just $399. Audience is now furious "I paid $9 for this?" "I paid $10!" "Boo!" "Dude, I am, like, so totally getting those speakers." Tomatoes are thrown, Steve makes hurried exit

Feb 28, 2006, 09:57 AM	#12
tjwett macrumors 68000 Join Date: May 2002 Location: Brooklyn, NYC	more iPod/iTunes crap. this is a press event. the press couldn't care less about Macs. the invite was sent out from the iPod/iTunes team. zzzzzzzzzzzz. __________________ "The spice must flow..."

Feb 28, 2006, 05:15 PM	#14
peharri macrumors 6502a Join Date: Dec 2003	Well, for once my predictions came true... (Actually I think my prediction was better...)

Feb 28, 2006, 01:00 AM	#16
DontBurnTheDayy macrumors member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Michigan	Oh! The anticipation!

Feb 28, 2006, 01:00 AM	#17
pyrex macrumors member Join Date: Jan 2003	this event will hopefully rock all of our socks off, i cant wait to see what gets released, second post!

Feb 28, 2006, 01:02 AM	#18
virus1 macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: LOST	sweet. the ipod hi-fi is quite a mystery as to what it does, and i can't wait to know. heres to the miniscule chance of the ibooks tommorow! __________________ No, really. I completely understand you. (Pay no attention to my 'tar)

Feb 28, 2006, 01:03 AM	#19
powermac_daddy Banned Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Philadelphia & Northern California	remember my post about the intel ibook. freaking macrumors.com deleted it, biatch! anyway... believe me or not, my info was from the inside.

Feb 28, 2006, 01:04 AM	#24
admanimal macrumors 65816 Join Date: Apr 2005	Does "link to live coverage" mean the normal macrumorslive deal or is there a third party site that is doing live coverage? __________________ Macbook Pro 15" 2.66GHz, 4GB, 320GB 24" LED Cinema Display Macbook Air 1.6GHz, 2GB, 80GB iPhone 3GS 16GB (White) iPod Touch 8GB

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