April 1st Event? New Communication Product?

Ooooo.....

I'm hoping we see an invitation soon, it's coming up to Tuesday over there eh? One week seems to be the norm for a media event press release.

CMon Intel iBook replacements!!!

i would love to see a new ibook (macbook). im not so sure about the apple phone though. it seems like apple is stepping a little out of their market on this one

The Tuesday after the 1st seems more likely to me.

And 7 colors? Even the popular iPod only comes in two. Jumping all the way to 7 would be a surprise.

some chap on the thinksecret forums is claiming to know someone working on a commercial for an apple phone. All very tenuous but all part of the puzzle. We'll know in a fortnight!

easymac800g4 said:

im not so sure about the apple phone though. it seems like apple is stepping a little out of their market on this one

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In summer of '02, Steve Jobs announced a "partnership between Apple, Cingular, amd Sony-Ericcson. I know because I was in the market for a phone and a service provider, so I chose a Sony phone and Cingular service.

It seems obvious now that Sony-Ericcson has been replaced by Motorola, probably because of a strained relationship based on the fact that Sony has had it's mp3 playing arse handed to it by Apple's iPod and iTunes. [Does Sony even still have it's online music download service? What was that called, Sony Connect? Just wondering...].

Point is, was SJ's announcing a partnership with Cingular simply for iTunes integration in other manufacturers' phones 3 years later? It's possible, but I doubt it.

I think Apple's been building their MVNO phone network option and accompanying iPhone / MacPhone for several years now.

easymac800g4 said:

i would love to see a new ibook (macbook). im not so sure about the apple phone though. it seems like apple is stepping a little out of their market on this one

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yes i think it kinda out of their league but it is definitely will be a very cool phone...

1st April bring it on as it's my Birthday Yay

iBooks would be nice but i'm looking for them pro apps being ready

Really can't wait to see an intel iBook. I hope Apple have something special lined up for it.

Seven colors can mean only one thing!

No new iBooks please! I just bought mine... 8 months ago

I'd love to see how the new iBooks would look like, I do expect a major change in form factor, or atleast it should become slightly thinner.

But what up with the name "Ultimate"? Doesn't sound like a something Apple would name, unless it's "Mac Ultimate": An Octal Core Mac! but I doubt such a product would come in 7 colours!

Aghhh... The next week or so are going to be really tough on my hype nerves. Apple has already anticlimaxed me in the last month so no more hype for me.

iMeowbot said:

Seven colors can mean only one thing!

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Oh hell yeah!! We need a Blue Dalmatian version too.

iMeowbot said:

Seven colors can mean only one thing!

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That's lush

Who the heck would rate this negative?

Macrumors said:

Apple has been widely speculated to hold some sort of media event surrounding April 1st, but no reliable information has confirmed it.

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April 1st..... If it's before 12 could this be an April Fools Prank?

Or maybe it's the news on the *new* G5 Powerbooks


But seriuosly I think Apple will be cooking up some hot new products for their BIG Aniversery.

if you think of it as the Ulti-Mate, then a blackberry-style device springs to mind, running osx mobile and doing live syncing to .Mac accounts all over the place...

just pondering...

Nig.

aswitcher said:

Aghhh... The next week or so are going to be really tough on my hype nerves. Apple has already anticlimaxed me in the last month so no more hype for me.

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iPod Hi-Fi ... in seven new colours! Imagine the reaction

EGT said:

iPod Hi-Fi ... in seven new colours! Imagine the reaction

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Vomiting perchance?

i'd love to see a PDA phone... although i agree that it's highly unlikely.
still, it's always worth a hope! PDA, 3G iPhone.
i could care less for a new iBook, but that seems like the most obvious candidate. then again, i thought the HiFi was pretty silly, but now i'm a believer

Seven colors can only me one thing!

2 additional colors for Apple's Anniversary. Hurrah!

i doubt we'll see an "iphone"... it'd stray too far off-market for apple.

EGT said:

iPod Hi-Fi ... in seven new colours! Imagine the reaction

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As far as the colors go, you are completely correct - ugh. However, I did get to see one this weekend in the Apple store and they do sound REAL nice. They definately did their legwork with sound quality.

I wouldn't call it a show stopper, but it is a much better product than I gave it credit for earlier.

Preannouncement of upcoming ...

... April fools entry. Nothing more, nothing less.

Not really

sam10685 said:

i doubt we'll see an "iphone"... it'd stray too far off-market for apple.

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Think about hp they now hve smart phoes and i heare dell isnt far off either.