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iPhone Ramp Up? Analysts Weigh In on Rumors
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I'd have one in a heartbeat if they could shoe-horn one of these in
http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=6886
yeah - how far we've come
A-Maz-Ing!
Yeah, 8-core Mac Pros at MWSF, iTV too. Maybe C2D Minis. More movie partners. Leopard Preview. Es todo. No iPhone or widescreen iPod.
If Apple were planning to release Leopard at MWSF it would have gone gold master by now, and news of that would almost certainly have leaked.
No it's didn't. A PowerBook with a 970-series (i.e G5) microprocessor was never released. Intel and PowerPC chip architectures are completely different beasts.
my prediciton
I predict (10/10) that MacWorld Expo will happen on January 9th, 2007 and end on January 12th.
I also think it will start with a keynote from Steve Jobs at 9:00am at the Moscone Centre in Sanfrancisco, California.
Everything else is just a rumor.
I predict (10/10) that MacWorld Expo will happen on January 9th, 2007 and end on January 12th.
I also think it will start with a keynote from Steve Jobs at 9:00am at the Moscone Centre in Sanfrancisco, California.
Everything else is just a rumor.
I think I'm looking forward to MWSF more than Christmas!
Yeah, I know the feeling! Luckily my birthday is always around the time of MWSF so I can still revel in Christmas on its own and then focus on MWSF for my birthday instead.
Nutter said:
Precisely. Leopard will not be released until the spring, mark my words. I think we will see another preview of it and possibly Jobs will announce a formal release date, but nothing more.
You're wrong! Steve Jobs' keynote will be in San Francisco, not Sanfrancisco!
I just can't wait to see what is to come on MWSF '07...
I feel there will be something great!
There are 4 possibilities iPhone, Touchscreen iPod, iTV, and Leopard. I think we will get 2 out of 4. I am hearing that it will be the iPhone and iTV.
The iPhone may have 2 batteries one for the phone usauge and one for the media usuage, which sounds like a great idea to me. I still think that the reason the Touchsreen iPod was never released was due to the screen issue and battery issue.
35 days to go...this is better than counting down to Christmas...
I feel there will be something great!
There are 4 possibilities iPhone, Touchscreen iPod, iTV, and Leopard. I think we will get 2 out of 4. I am hearing that it will be the iPhone and iTV.
The iPhone may have 2 batteries one for the phone usauge and one for the media usuage, which sounds like a great idea to me. I still think that the reason the Touchsreen iPod was never released was due to the screen issue and battery issue.
35 days to go...this is better than counting down to Christmas...
Nooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!
No PDA iPhone 'til 3Q 2007 would be a major downer. I've been putting off upgrading my phone (have been eligible since September) to see what Apple is going to offer. If the only thing available in 1Q 2007 is a simple iPod nand / phone hybrid, I'd have to thing long and hard to get the iPhone over something like the Samsung Blackjack which is more like what I'm looking for.
No PDA iPhone 'til 3Q 2007 would be a major downer. I've been putting off upgrading my phone (have been eligible since September) to see what Apple is going to offer. If the only thing available in 1Q 2007 is a simple iPod nand / phone hybrid, I'd have to thing long and hard to get the iPhone over something like the Samsung Blackjack which is more like what I'm looking for.
Oh, and it's "opportune" and "Window's".
Actually, it's Windows' or Windows's since the product is called Windows and now Window.
analyst quoted wrong
just read the report on appleinsider.com, it looks like he said 10/10 that the iPhone would be released to manufacturing in the next 2 to 6 months, not that it will be announced at MWSF.
boo.
just read the report on appleinsider.com, it looks like he said 10/10 that the iPhone would be released to manufacturing in the next 2 to 6 months, not that it will be announced at MWSF.
boo.
i know that arn has clarified, in regards to an entirely different article, what a certain person meant when they were referring to quarters (i.e. Q1 of 07).
that being said, in this article, an analyst from prudential which deals entirely in FINANCIAL quarters in all aspects of their job, doesn't specify if this is calendar or financial quarters... any clarification on this?
that being said, in this article, an analyst from prudential which deals entirely in FINANCIAL quarters in all aspects of their job, doesn't specify if this is calendar or financial quarters... any clarification on this?
I think he's just guessing. However, Leopard was never to be released at MW. Apple has been saying Spring 07 since WWDC.
I bet Apple's hiring of game developers would probably mean more for the Mac Platform for games. Apple could really improve its standing in the PC gaming industry, and with boot camp, they really could capture a lot of casual PC gamers. I don't think they would get the really hardcore ones as most of them build their own machines.
Good to see the iPhone is probably going to happen. They better say something at MWSF, if not release it.
Good to see the iPhone is probably going to happen. They better say something at MWSF, if not release it.
And you meant to write "not" instead of "now"... bitchy response gets a bitchy response
So something that would sync flawlessly with your mac and would have a 4gb hard drive and blah blah blah whatever all the other rumors is something you'd have to think about over a clunky windows mobile phone that isn't all that attractive?
Hrm... are you on the right forum?
I really don't think Apple has a place in the video game market. Sure, they might be able to, but Microsoft is leading the way. Even Rockstar's new priority is 360, not PS3, so the next GTA will either be both or Xbox only. Also, no matter how good a console is, it's the games that count. Consider that Xbox got Halo, Gears of War and many of the best shooters, plus other of the best in their class like PGR etc.
Apple would really have to pwn to win the gaming market. Also, I'm gonna buy an iPhone. Screw a smartphone.
Is "video games" not just used as an synonym for "computer games" anymore? I'm wondering whether they'll do a Microsoft and get some first party games on the Mac itself.
Weird... I don't know why I was under the impression that it was supposed to be MWSF... oh, well.
I'd have one in a heartbeat if they could shoe-horn one of these in
http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=6886
yeah - how far we've come
If you're going to put a HDD in the iTV, why not this one? Plenty of space to buffer a stream from your computer and work as a PVR. On the PVR side, don't allow transfer up to the computer for "permanent" storage. To keep forever/own, you still need to buy from the ITS.
I'd have one in a heartbeat if they could shoe-horn one of these in
http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=6886
yeah - how far we've come
No, please. No mechanical parts in a cell phone. It's bad enough in an iPod. I am super gentle with my iPod, and my second one's hard drive just died after less than two years. No way in hell I'll ever buy another hard drive-based iPod.
It would not have to be "unstable and/or buggy". I deal with software releases all the time. Will have a long list of features in the pipeline and we have to decide where to draw the line. For example the next thing I relaes will be called "1.9" but if the boss wants a 1.9 release next week he gets a short list of features if he can wait another moth he gets more. I always maintain a stable build that works. This build is always available for release on short notice. I assume Apple works the same way.
The question is do they NEED the features. It would be a disaster if Loepard was not differnt enough from Tiger. No one would buy it not for the $125 price.
My guess is that leopard will have some completely new features that no one has now. Not just a cleaned up Finder and other tweeks. My gues id for full multi-media messaging integration. The Phone, email and chat will be treated as one thing. Voise mail and email are just two way to send the same data. I will be able to use iChat and the built in mic on the macbook to call a phone or I could send an audio file via email. iPhone users can get their voice mail via email'd AAC attachments or hear thweir emailed texxt message read aloud over the phone -- integraded messaging is got to be one of the "supper secret" loepard features
This si the only way Apple can beat Microsoft exchange, make something that is SO MUCh better that people will buy macs just to get it.
I think I'm looking forward to MWSF more than Christmas!
Truer words have never been spoken.
What about the tablet and the "True" video ipod? Also, will Adobe and Microsoft be there? Photoshop CS3, and a universal binary Office would be nice.
"Video" Games...
At this point all it means is a "game" using a "screen"....
Apple tried before with a Pippin (I happen to have one). The games on it were LAME and didn't compare to Sega Saturn or 3DO or Playstation...
It will just mean more iPod games, maybe playable on an iTV and iPhone. Maybe playable through iTunes as well?
The Mac gaming will be still up to third parties...
Apple will be like Tivo when it comes to games. My Tivo Series 2 has a few puzzle games on it....
At this point all it means is a "game" using a "screen"....
Apple tried before with a Pippin (I happen to have one). The games on it were LAME and didn't compare to Sega Saturn or 3DO or Playstation...
It will just mean more iPod games, maybe playable on an iTV and iPhone. Maybe playable through iTunes as well?
The Mac gaming will be still up to third parties...
Apple will be like Tivo when it comes to games. My Tivo Series 2 has a few puzzle games on it....