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Apple Event Confirmed for September 9th: 'Let's Rock'

aljawad said:
The only time when the event was used to pre-announce a product in a class by itself was 2 years ago when the company revealed the Apple TV (or iTV as it was called then).
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That's why I thought that a tablet or mini-tablet could be announced at next week's event.

BJWanlund said:
I'd say probably $149, $249, & $349, mainly for the reasons Kevin Rose said, to "distance itself from the iPhone".
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$150 price drops? I find it hard to believe that.

BJWanlund said:
Other than the "iPod 2,1" in the SDK, I dunno. I'm pretty sure the "iPod 2,1" isn't the new iPod Touch, it's an iPod netbook.
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I'm pretty sure it is, at least given Mac identifiers.
MacRumors said:
The current MacBook Pros which were released in June carry a system identifier label of "MacBookPro3,1". One reader notes that an application called MiniBatteryLogger provides public battery tracking logs, and recently revealed an entry with an identifier of "MacBookPro4,1". "MacBookPro4,1" is presumably the identifier for the unreleased MacBook Pro revisions.
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…both minor updates. The iPhone went from 1,1 to 1,2 with 3G and GPS, which tells me that the second digit is the major change, while the first digit is the minor change.

BJWanlund said:
Using iWork & iLife when you're not at your computer means you can bring your iPodBook wherever you go (even to class to take notes!!! :D)
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That is precisely why I want one. To create and edit documents and media as well as just playing them.
 
iMacmatician said:
That's why I thought that a tablet or mini-tablet could be announced at next week's event.
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It could be, although I'd believe an iPod netbook would be announced like that.

$150 price drops? I find it hard to believe that.
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I find it hard to believe that Apple actually would WANT to price the iPod Touch at THE SAME PRICE as the subsidized iPhone 3G. So, if AAPL wishes to distance the iPod Touch from the iPhone, price it differently, don't make them both the same price!

I'm pretty sure it is, at least given Mac identifiers. …both minor updates. The iPhone went from 1,1 to 1,2 with 3G and GPS, which tells me that the second digit is the major change, while the first digit is the minor change.
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No, I'm guessing the 1,1 to 1,2 change for the iPhone was a minor one, given that Apple only added 3G & GPS, while everything else remained the same (even the CAMERA remained the same). The iPod 1,1 to 2,1 is more than just a minor hardware revision IMHO because Apple needs to really distance the iPod Touch from the iPhone without cannibalizing too horribly the iPhone sales. I'm guessing this means a completely different network provider for mobile broadband in the States (I vote for Sprint), maybe a way for iPod Touch 2.0s to be turned into prepaid iPhones, and maybe adding PDF support for eBooks.

That is precisely why I want one. To create and edit documents and media as well as just playing them.
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Yeah, I would too. That way, I wouldn't have to lug my BlackBook around just so I could take notes during class, or maybe edit a movie I shot, or maybe draw a diagram that I saw in class, or maybe even listen to a particular song, watch a TV show or movie, maybe listen to an audiobook.

Apple, the market is there for the taking. Fire away! *standing firm*

BJ
 
BJWanlund said:
I find it hard to believe that Apple actually would WANT to price the iPod Touch at THE SAME PRICE as the subsidized iPhone 3G. So, if AAPL wishes to distance the iPod Touch from the iPhone, price it differently, don't make them both the same price!
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So they'll price it higher. ;)

BJWanlund said:
No, I'm guessing the 1,1 to 1,2 change for the iPhone was a minor one, given that Apple only added 3G & GPS, while everything else remained the same (even the CAMERA remained the same).
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No - see Mac identifiers in the post I quoted. If the iPod touch was to get a large update as you're saying, we'd have heard rumors about it by now...

BJWanlund said:
The iPod 1,1 to 2,1 is more than just a minor hardware revision IMHO because Apple needs to really distance the iPod Touch from the iPhone without cannibalizing too horribly the iPhone sales. I'm guessing this means a completely different network provider for mobile broadband in the States (I vote for Sprint), maybe a way for iPod Touch 2.0s to be turned into prepaid iPhones,
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No - that would make it closer to the iPhone in terms of functionality.

BJWanlund said:
and maybe adding PDF support for eBooks.
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I'd say that would come with the mini-tablet.
 
I just have a quick question about Apple's release policies: given a product announcement on the 9th, when are those products in stores/online? I ask as I've heard that, though this announcement is likely only iTunes/iPod related, that the laptop announcement may come the 16th. I can wait that long, but I leave for school the 18th, so if it won't be in stores by then I'm screwed and should just by one now.
 
New products should be in stores right after Apple announces them. But I wouldn't put too much hope on the 16th for new laptops. Apple got burned making releases too close together with MobileMe and the new iPhone; it isn't likely to attempt that again.
 
Eric S. said:
New products should be in stores right after Apple announces them. But I wouldn't put too much hope on the 16th for new laptops. Apple got burned making releases too close together with MobileMe and the new iPhone; it isn't likely to attempt that again.
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The difference is that MobileMe is a service rather than one product; that and iPhone 3G are probably bigger releases than the notebooks etc. Apple could cope better with new iPods and new notebooks being released at the same time, I should imagine.

I'm not arguing, you may be right! I hope they are released sometime around the 16th, however I wouldn't be too surprised either way.

I personally am waiting a while before buying my first MacBook Pro, even if I'm relying on my iPhone and a pen and paper for the first couple of weeks of uni. While I don't need the latest and greatest in every respect, if there is even a small chance that there will be a BTO option for quad core on the 17" it is worth the wait, just in case. If not, then I'll appreciate my buy that bit more after waiting!

Maybe one of the announcements will be a major change to MobileMe, even just that all the features will be put right and reliability will be as it should be. They added that 60 day extension or however long it was (one day after I bought mobileme, what timing!) so maybe they've been working up to one announcement that finally they've corrected it! Or maybe not. We'll soon know!

Oh my days, I have never before written this long a post on here... I'm so tempted to delete it all and not send it, in shame :|
 
Eric S. said:
But I wouldn't put too much hope on the 16th for new laptops. Apple got burned making releases too close together with MobileMe and the new iPhone; it isn't likely to attempt that again.
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I don't either, but that's because the most recent rumors point to an October release.
 
iMacmatician said:
I don't either, but that's because the most recent rumors point to an October release.
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Well, it turns out that the "Sept 9 event" was all a hoax, some people got some really good laughs from all the speculation. That was cruel.

Edit: don't you realize, we had zero concrete evidence for such a thing all along, zero press release, zero word from Apple. The "graphic banner invitation"...Photoshopped.
 
WardC said:
Well, it turns out that the "Sept 9 event" was all a hoax, some people got some really good laughs from all the speculation. That was cruel.

Edit: don't you realize, we had zero concrete evidence for such a thing all along, zero press release, zero word from Apple. The "graphic banner invitation"...Photoshopped.
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So what is the hoax, the new iPods event or new Macs?
 
Kilamite said:
Because Apple are actually doing an event on the 9th September and it has been confirmed? Is English your first language or am I being arrogant?
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Ok let me explain it a bit more simple for you, people are replying saying there is no event scheduled for the 9th. Do you understand now?
 
hexonxonx said:
Ok let me explain it a bit more simple for you, people are replying saying there is no event scheduled for the 9th. Do you understand now?
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Okay, let me explain it to you, Apple has invited people to this event and it is official. If there is no Apple event on the 9th September, then I'll eat my hat and film it.
 
hexonxonx said:
AHhhhhh I knew it! So does that mean this site I am typing on is fake too? :)
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exactly. It's only an illusion. You are not typing on any site at all, you see. Just a set of lettered buttons on a device in front of you called a keyboard.

When you post your "text" to the server by hitting "submit reply" -- these bits of ASCII information are handled by a script and added to a database which is retrieved when you load the forum for the exact post to display, which is loaded by your browser and displayed as shades of blackened pixels on your display.

So you are seeing an absence of light, it's nothing at all. Fake. very fake indeed.
 
I wish someone would give a straight answer! I don't care if there's no event, I'd love for MBs and MBPS just to turn up in the store :D
 
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