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Apple.com: 'The first 30 years were just the beginning... Welcome to 2007'
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Ok, here is my uber-sucky analysis of such things. (Although it is probably too early to really say...)
-Apple is either just quite simply wishing us all a Happy New Year, or they are a bit giddy about their soon-to-be-unleashed exciting and innovative new products and decided to create some (more) hype.
-No one knows what the heck is going to happen at WWDC. There may be the predictable: iLife '07, iTV, Leopard updates, "we now have a bunch of Apple Stores" or there could be the not-so-predictable: 6G iPod, a 98' Cinema display, or (really doubt it) an gorgeous Apple Phone. The thing is with Apple, you can't always tell what they are going to do.
-And the definite: The single particles in the rays of light on the homepage, don't secretly spell 'iPhone' if you enlarge it x89 and tilt you head at a 20 degree angle, it's Apple, not 'the Lion King' (ok they have some ties but still...).
Let's all hope something incredible and ground-breaking comes out of Macworld next Tuesday, and unfortunately that is about all we can do.
-Apple is either just quite simply wishing us all a Happy New Year, or they are a bit giddy about their soon-to-be-unleashed exciting and innovative new products and decided to create some (more) hype.
-No one knows what the heck is going to happen at WWDC. There may be the predictable: iLife '07, iTV, Leopard updates, "we now have a bunch of Apple Stores" or there could be the not-so-predictable: 6G iPod, a 98' Cinema display, or (really doubt it) an gorgeous Apple Phone. The thing is with Apple, you can't always tell what they are going to do.
-And the definite: The single particles in the rays of light on the homepage, don't secretly spell 'iPhone' if you enlarge it x89 and tilt you head at a 20 degree angle, it's Apple, not 'the Lion King' (ok they have some ties but still...).
Let's all hope something incredible and ground-breaking comes out of Macworld next Tuesday, and unfortunately that is about all we can do.
Well based on that comment, i think that logo screams new ipod. lets be honest, there are no other markets that apple can really eclipse at the moment, so a new super ipod could eclipse soon and everything else. It could be apple's "check mate".
iTV, Purchase as you channel surf
If iTV had the ability to record tv content, and has a internet connection, then it could open up more content providers to the apple market place
if the iTv is interfacing the incoming tv signal then it can "link" to the "channel" and a menu would come up where you could buy/record the show. This way you can channel surf and purchase shows to view later.
If iTV had the ability to record tv content, and has a internet connection, then it could open up more content providers to the apple market place
if the iTv is interfacing the incoming tv signal then it can "link" to the "channel" and a menu would come up where you could buy/record the show. This way you can channel surf and purchase shows to view later.
Leopard is ready for PC!
Yep, Steve jobs will be offering Leopard for purchase this summer. You can buy Leopard for the mac for 129.99(Mac Version) or you can purchase the 299.99 (non-mac PC version). Non-mac Tech support will be available in Summer 2007.
P.S.- Take that Micro$oft.
Yep, Steve jobs will be offering Leopard for purchase this summer. You can buy Leopard for the mac for 129.99(Mac Version) or you can purchase the 299.99 (non-mac PC version). Non-mac Tech support will be available in Summer 2007.
P.S.- Take that Micro$oft.
Perfect
, there is plenty of time for the one last thing It would be cool if Jonathan Ive came out and pulled out X# of mock up TelePods to tease us and show the public the thoughtfulness of design apple infuses into their products.
As Dana Carvey as George Bush, Sr. might say "Nah gah do it. Wouldn't be prudent."
You buy clothes?!
That would be like forcing your workers to drink Pepsi at a Coke factory. Don't see it happening.
I am hoping for FCP 6. There was some rumor about it about this time last year. It also surfaced around April. Since then, nadda. I am also hopeful iWork 7 will help close the gap between it and Office Basic. That alone will allow me to increase my company's Mac presence to ~50%.
I disagree. Typically, when every Wall Street analysts start predicting a product...it happens (esp when the analysts start having details of the products).
you ever wonder if he actually has an account on this site or others. for all we know he is in this forum as we speak, just playing with our heads. he may have said his "predictions" and we may have passed them off as just another guess.
I hate to read too much into the graphic on the homepage because the light behind the logo could just mean its the start of a New Year.
But, the way this could be read is the light is shining on a rising Apple logo...as if to say that 2007 will be the year that Apple transforms itself into a new "Apple"....a consumer products company (ie Macs, iPod, iTV, iPhone, HDTV, etc)
Also, the colors are similar to the iTunes UI, suggesting that Mac OS X is about to get a totally new UI, like some rumors have predicted.
But, the way this could be read is the light is shining on a rising Apple logo...as if to say that 2007 will be the year that Apple transforms itself into a new "Apple"....a consumer products company (ie Macs, iPod, iTV, iPhone, HDTV, etc)
Also, the colors are similar to the iTunes UI, suggesting that Mac OS X is about to get a totally new UI, like some rumors have predicted.
As everybody is making things up I'd like to add my ideas as well...
First; It will be named the iPod Phone. In one or two years, there will be no iPod without a phone (except the Shuffle...), and the added name will be dropped, like the iPod Video/Photo before.
Second; It's very unlikely that they would try this without including the PC-platform. All functions will be the same on both the Mac and the PC. The iPod market is so much more than the Mac.
Third; The phone will, like today's iPods, connect to a computer through iTunes. Why iTunes? Because it's the only Apple-software on the PC-platform (I know QT, but get real!). Therefore all syncing will be made through iTunes, if they would not chose to convert iSync for the PC. Which is not very likely.
Forth; Apple and the iPod is about engineering, UI and design, not high tech. The first generation of iPod Phones will probably just be an iPod with a built in phone-function. Well built? Yes. Attractive? Yes. Good for music and phone calls? Yes! Wifi, Blue-tooth or PDA functions? Definitely not. This is a product for anybody, not tech geeks.
And fifth; The gamble, it will not include a camera. Cameras in phones are ****. Apple would not like to be connected to such things. This is not a multi-every-thing. It is an iPod with a built in phone.
The iPod Phone will be great, sexy and expensive. And I'll buy one.
Henrik
Duuuuuude. This is one of the most logical predictions regarding the iPod Phone that I have ever read till now. 100% Agreed and this is what is going to happen.
HOW MANY TIMES DOES IT HAVE TO BE SAID THAT ITS $299? JOBS SAID IT WOULD BE $299!!!!
STOP SPECULATIONG ABOUT A PRICE WE ALREADY KNOW!!!
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hmm... 30 yrs ago...
What could Apple introduce that will capture the market....
Can't wait.
-b4ckdr4ft
hmm... 30 yrs ago...
What could Apple introduce that will capture the market....
Can't wait.
-b4ckdr4ft
You're right.. they changed the background music on those videos too... Weird.
It could change. Production costs could go up and down. It's not final until it's released.