Apple Booth: Secret

[Nikolajf]

Apple Stores Down

FYI The Apple Store in Denmark is closed as well and what more - the message is in English (whereas everything else on the site is in Danish).
Why in the world would they do this right before a new Expo if not to introduce/upgrade something?
My bet: iPod 10GB + price cut on the current 5GB iPod.

Of course you don't really need more than 1000 songs, but why not.

 

[Nikolajf]

Japanese Expo link

Check this out if you haven't seen it yet:

http://www.apple.jp/hotnews/2002/mwt/index.html

 

[AmbitiousLemon]

Re: Apple Stores Down

Originally posted by Nikolajf
Of course you don't really need more than 1000 songs, but why not.

this is the problem with the ipod. people think its an mp3 player only. the ipod can hold ANY type of file. id have trouble filling up 10gigs with mp3s (although im sure tehre are many people who could do it) but id fill 10gigs on a data shuttle very easily. and that is all that the ipod is. its a data shuttle with itunes built in. thats what makes it worth the $400.

my question about the site being down is "why isnt the apple store usa down?" and "why would they need to take down the site if they were adding a product?" they add things to the store all the time without shutting down the entire store.

 

[Nikolajf]

iBus

iBus

 

[danielruiz]

Adobe / Macromedia

With all this speculation about Apple and new hardware (something they said wasn't going to happen until later). Maybe it's not Apple but Adobe and or Macromedia that's going to be making major announcements. "Adobe and Macromedia announce that all their major products are now available for OSX."
Something like that would be huge in the publishing world.

 

[JereIC]

Large metal box?

A large metal box on wheels with "Apple Booth: Secret" there too. I don't know why, but I keep thinking of the metal container for the velociraptor in the opening scene of Jurassic Park.

iRaptor?

 

[kirknord]

Re: Adobe / Macromedia

Originally posted by danielruiz
With all this speculation about Apple and new hardware (something they said wasn't going to happen until later). Maybe it's not Apple but Adobe and or Macromedia that's going to be making major announcements. "Adobe and Macromedia announce that all their major products are now available for OSX."
Something like that would be huge in the publishing world.

But huge publishing announcements are usually made at the Seybold conferences.

 

[Jookbox]

i'll be here laughing, when it turns out there's nothing special under that curtain... just watch.

 

[blackpeter]

Sorry to be the first to state the obvious...

The Mystery Boxes?

Remote Desktop demonstration - nothing more.

 

[lordsinforge]

Re: Re: Apple Stores Down

my question about the site being down is "why isnt the apple store usa down?" and "why would they need to take down the site if they were adding a product?" they add things to the store all the time without shutting down the entire store. [/B][/QUOTE]


I just checked out all the apple stores. It is only the ones for european countries that are unavalable. US,canada,Japan, Hong Kong etc are all up, and all of them look the same (taking into account laguage and money types.)

 

[littlejim]

Originally posted by Jookbox
i'll be here laughing, when it turns out there's nothing special under that curtain... just watch.

Of course there's something under the curtains .... a Boeing 747 and an Elephant.

---------
littlejim

 

[mischief]

wait! Just Europe?!?

It's iNet!

Apple's been looking at being an 802.11b ISP over there!!!

Laugh while you can.......i'm off to panhandle for money to buy AAPL!

 

[Xapplimatic]

Jobs is going to announce in order to ease the LCD panel crisis that new old-style iMacs are being released with CRT / G4 / Superdrive.

 

[Beej]

Apple Store Australia is up...

I've got to say I'm not real excited about this expo. I'm still waiting for my iMac from the last expo! Arrrrrrg!

The only thing I'm slightly excited about is perhaps Steve will announce better availability of the new iMacs.

 

[dongmin]

sure, it'll be something new...

but nothing worth getting giddy over. Probably a software update of some sort, iTunes 3 or maybe DVD Studio Pro. There'll be some changes to the iPod, to be sure.

If people are free to walk around the exhibition space, could it that hard to figure out what's the surprise. The iMacs are on display so they're obviously not the surprise. The PowerMacs were updated little over a month ago. iPhoto's brand new. It's just a matter of process of elimination...

 

[McFreggle]

Windows Source Code

Those black boxes contain the piles of Windows Source Code. Steve is gone burn it ritually.

 

[chmorley]

Well...

It's official.
(From the Keynote as reported on Powerpage)
--
cinema display HD (high definition)
1920*1200
US$3499
449,800 in Japan

iPod

10 GB - $499
5 GB - $399

custom laser engraving on iPod US$49
27 letters on two lines

Contacts - you can sync your contacts to your iPod via iPod Software Updater 1.1
vCard standard new "contacts" menu in ipod you can download

iMac

iMac prices went up $100
everything is more expensive
25% cost increase in components
200% RAM cost increase

they had one decision to make: remove features or raise price?
$100 increase in US
20,000 Yen increase in Japan
previous dealer orders will be honored
--
At least we got the 10 gig iPod!

Chris