The prediction of the 4G iPhone and the new device might be correct. but the timing doesn't make sense.
We are too close to WWDC not to wait for that event to release the IPhone 2nd Gen.
go to apple store website. Click iphone then click. Window->Activity.
Notice lots of image files and others double click them and they will open.
Scroll Down some more
There is one that says this: http://a248.e.akamai.net/7/248/2041/1424/store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Images/violator_new_iphone.gif
But when u double click it it comes up a blank image. Strange- "New iPhone"
Why would it have to be for a product launch this time? Why not for the launch of a new pricing/service plan: a price subsidy for the iPhone with an AT&T contract (as rumored)?
Many of y'all are blowing the 3G issue out of proportion. Yeah, it'll be nice to have that capability, but 3G service isn't even available in many areas. It's a geek upgrade, not the sort of thing Apple or AT&T is going to do a publicity blitz for.
Here's my tea-leaf-reading theory: 3G-capable iPhones will be showing up in stores soonish, with the current (or minor rev) software. Maybe with the 3G capability disabled, to be sneaky. Then in June after WWDC, AT&T will start selling discounted iPhones, and Apple will continue selling them at current prices... unlocked from AT&T. At the same time, they release the 2.0 software (enabling the 3G) as a free update to current owners, and of course the App Store. That combo would be worthy of some major media attention, and would get people stampeding into both the quiet little AT&T store and the already busy Apple store in malls across America.
If there's a tablet or some other not-an-iPhone product to be announced, that's just One More Thing...
The tablet would be really sweet. It makes sense, CNN already has the big screen multi touch technology, and a handful of other companies have the tablets. It's Apples turn. I think they release the 3g early and introduce the tab and discuss the new features of the iphone at the WWDC. Just my guess.
This statement is far from true, many people can benefit from the tablet and I think it would sell fine. It would go to hospitals, schools, union etc. Its small, fast and easy to access data and keep track on information.
even just something say, twice the size of the iPhone/iPod Touch as long as I could connect a bluetooth keyboard to it to take notes at school, I would buy it in a heartbeat. And please don't tell me I should just get an MBA. The fact that it is lighter than my G4 12inch PB is offset by the fact that would take up more space in my backpack. I need something small and light that I can take to school that won't put a huge burden on my back. Also, the MBA doesn't have enough RAM capacity for me to even consider it. I realize that with some kind of iPod Touch XL, I would not get as much either but my expectations would be different for something like that than they are for a laptop.
I was talking with an industry insider who claims to have actually seen the new iphone first hand. He claims it will be announced on June 9 (WWDC) and released about a week later (definitely not on the 9th or 10th). I know this isnt much new info but I figured id chime in to quell some of the rumors of a May release
Old, old news.Yo dudes and dudettes, check this out....A website that is selling
tablet version of the macbook
http://eshop.macsales.com/Customized_Pages/modbook/modbook_info_p1.html
...new Mac UMPC this june??
Check this out this is a chat i had with an online apple store agent
Hi, my name is Judy. Welcome to Apple!
How may I help you today?
Hi I have been looking to buy an iphone but the past 6 days they have been
sold out is something wrong?
We do not have any currently available and do not have information on when new ones will become available.
new ones?
She Never Responded after that
I believe they MAY be releasing a new product to combat the sporadic introduction of new devices into the world of mobile computing.
Recently, HP just released their new HP 2133. Kinda affordable as well.
http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/view.php?cid=14&id=2527
Hmm.. maybe the tablet is to combat these UMPCs???Who knows![]()
hahaha that's funny... not.![]()
True that it is a tangible product but false that it meets my requirements. I want to be able to install an absolute minimum of 3GBs of RAM and I want something that fits in a smaller footprint. Basically, I would like something with the footprint of my 12inch powerbook or smaller, and the weight of the MBA. I know such things exist except that I also want it to run the Mac OS.I wasn't really going for funny, it just makes sense to go for the tangible product that already meets your requirements (at the cost of maybe a new 1" wider backpack) than hold out for a fantasy device.
...a reliable source of mine...
That's simply standard procedure for Apple sales/retail employees. They never comment on future availability because they have no information about future availability... whether "new ones" means "new model" or simply "new units of the same old model". If an Apple employee ever hints to you that he knows something... it's because he read it on MacRumors.Check this out this is a chat i had with an online apple store agent
Hi, my name is Judy. Welcome to Apple!
How may I help you today?
Hi I have been looking to buy an iphone but the past 6 days they have been
sold out is something wrong?
We do not have any currently available and do not have information on when new ones will become available.
new ones?
She Never Responded after that