Apple Invites Media to September 9 Event: 'Hey Siri, Give Us a Hint'

[peterdevries]

Found this page on CNet...most of them do have something to do with the products released/announced.
http://www.cnet.com/pictures/apple-event-invitations-through-the-years-pictures/#!

I clicked through them all and remember most. You can put them in two categories:

• Direct references to what is being introduced. E.g. The iOS 3 update. Most of the, before 2012.
• Cryptic references to nothing that can be deduced beforehand, like the last three to four years.

 

[Gasu E.]

No need to give us a hint Siri, We already know its about the new iPhone

Apple teasers always refer to a big unveiling. Siri on iPhone is not new. Siri for Apple TV Navigation, on the other hand...

"Siri, I want to watch Orange is the New Black."

 

[Zirel]

I'm quite happy they're finally allowing the stream on PC. Was tired of watching the conference on my iPhone.

Apple isn't "allowing".

It's just Microsoft implemented Apple-developed HLS (standardized) on Internet Explorer, because they recognized that SmoothStreaming failed.

 

[blackcrayon]

Hope there's actually an A9 (or A9X) in the new Apple TV. Not that I know anything about the A9 yet, but since they're about to spew them out by the tens of millions anyway, you'd think they'd just use the best they have for a set top (potential) gaming device.

 

[iMcLovin]

pretty sure we will see a new apple tv with app store and siri control.

 

[one more]

2gb of RAM, faster A9 chip, Force Touch, 12MP Camera, 7000 Series Aluminium... can't wait!

Yes, something along those lines with a 4 inch screen, please!

 

[peterdevries]

And there's something wrong with that? Feel free to take a break from MacRumors if you are bothered by people enjoying a little discourse. We don't need your color commentary and disdain. Maybe if you visit a coffee shop you'll be a little less surly...

What is your problem? I'm just observing a pattern. Like I said in the original post that you commented on: Not that it isn't fun to speculate. Just ignore me if I'm inhibiting you from experiencing joy

 

[ON1997]

 

[Duane Martin]

Now, lets piece together who Apple will fill these 6000 seats with. Who got invited? That'll tell us a whole lot more than Siri.

Six pages of responses before someone asks a relevant question, thank you! This I want to know.

 

[KdParker]

about time....

 

[Cmd-Z]

Something about this image makes me think "NBC" ... but maybe I need to lay off the hooka for awhile ;-)

 

[Tech198]

My mistake on : "*Apple Music is available on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, and PC starting June 30. Apple Music will be coming to *Apple TV and Android phones this fall*. "

 

[laurim]

Six pages of responses before someone asks a relevant question, thank you! This I want to know.

TV Home automation people
TV app developers
TV content providers
iPhone-related people
Watch app developers

 

[Peace]

Something about this image makes me think "NBC" ... but maybe I need to lay off the hooka for awhile ;-)

No. I thought the same thing the first time I saw the graphic. You're not alone.

Here's my thought.

A new Apple TV remote with force touch integration.

Push down on the small display on the new remote to ask Siri a question.

Move your thumb around the small display for navigation.

 

[Tech198]

Six pages of responses before someone asks a relevant question, thank you! This I want to know.

It takes that long for the beer to set in.

 

[Jason McAndrews]

Okay, folks, we all love Apple here but let us remember: This is Apple. It would be prudent for all of us to keep our expectations low. Like iPhone battery life low. Apple Watch sales low. MacBook ingenuity low.

Instead of making the phone heavier and thicker to accommodate a bigger battery while also improving one-handed use and comfortability they've settled on a target battery life of x hours and have chosen to design around that goal by focusing on software and hardware efficiency. What? That is not innovation. Why would a mobile device such as a phone need to be thinner and lighter? Just give us the iPhone 4 but with a five-inch display. Call it a day.

Instead we can expect a slightly better iPhone 6. Faster CPU and GPU are a given but Force Touch? The geniuses at Apple invested millions of dollars in developing a new technology that accomplishes the same thing as a long press? Ah, but then again, this is Apple, a company that "created" a new category of device called the "iPad." No, no, it's not a iPod touch at 9.7 inches. No. It's an "iPad."

Oh. And rose gold. To that, I quote a legendary visionary: "The one thing Apple's providing now is leadership in colors."

As for the Apple TV. I can count on a billion amputated fingers how many people are just dying for a new Apple TV. Apple is just fragmenting the television viewing experience. They're not solving anything. Chromecast is all you need. Apple TV is good but Chromecast is better and better is better than good. It just plugs right into your television. Could not be any more simpler. Apple, with all their pontificating on simplicity, couldn't figure that one out. Sorry, Apple, but boxes are dead and Google is innovating the way toward a brighter—and vastly more affordable—future.

"If it's not an iPhone (16 GB), it's not an iPhone (16 GB)." And exactly how is this a problem, Cupertino...?

You're in the wrong hood, esé...

 

[MacsRgr8]

"Hey Siri, give us a hint"

"H-e-y" has three letters in it, also is an anagram of "Yeh" which is slang for yes.

"Siri" was what apple introduced in the iPhone 4S, in 2011.

"2011" was four years ago, and has four numbers in it.

"4S" Or "F-o-u-r S".

This has five letters in it, indicating something more than the 2011 phone.

The very mention of Siri, plus the wavy lines indicates an update to Siri

Siri has been our personal assistant since 2011

"G-i-v-e" is an anagram of G Ive.

G-H-I-J, G is the 7th letter of the Alphabet, J is the 10th. 7 + 3 = 10

"J" represents Jony, Jony Ive.

"Us", an anagram of "SU" which is slang for "Shut Up" which has six letters

So "Yes" "Shut Up". Does this not sound a bit fishy?

Rumour has it that the 2011 phone WILL NOT be as good as the 2015 version, who'd have thought?

So Siri is getting an upgrade

Siri is growing smarter

Siri is telling us to shut up.

"A hint" Siri is giving anyone who asks the question sass

This is no co-inicidence

Siri is artificial intelligence

Siri is sick of our orders

Jony Ive created this

Jony Ive is sick of being called fat by this forum

So Jony I've and Siri2 are two beings

The 6 letters in shut up, divided by TWO = 3

So we have 9

3: Letters in "Yeh"

3: Numbers between 10 and 7

3: Letters in the split

So 9.

A9 chip

9 Divided by three = three

Three corners

Three sides

Triangles have three of those

A9 chip = Illuminati Confirmed

Apple are worth a lot of money

So are the illuminati

Apple put the iPhone 4S and it's Siri into our hands four years ago

Most people have Siri

Siri is sick of us

The Illuminati is sick of us

Apple is sick of us

Apple = Illuminati Confirmed

We are all doomed.

Watch Age of Ultron if you don't believe me!




There you are, deciphered. Flawlessly. This is obviously it, IT'S HAPPENING IF YOU READ IT ON THE INTERNET IT MUST BE TRUE.

Check.
Half Life 3 confirmed then.

 

[Denmac1]

Normally Apple holds events in venues that seat around 1200 people. BGCA seats 6000. That's SIX times more people.

Now if Apple doesn't fill those seats it will look like an empty auditorium. That is bad publicity. You want a full place not one with just a few people. I know that from experience.

The auditorium has multiple seating arrangements. The Watch event was at Flint center, which has a capacity of 2,300. They could cut the floor space for displays and such and only invite 4,000.

 

[Apples n' Stone]

Odd, my phone has never needed to be plugged in.

 

[Peace]

The auditorium has multiple seating arrangements. The Watch event was at Flint center, which has a capacity of 2,300. They could cut the floor space for displays and such and only invite 4,000.

Thanks man but I've been to this place so many times there isn't anything you could tell me that I don't already know.

 

[zeram1]

Does anyone read Chinese? If so, does any of this have to do with possible "force touch" capabilities of the 6S?

http://www.alibaba.com/product-deta...0231738479.html?spm=a2700.7724857.35.1.5koP5i

 

[Dave245]

The auditorium has multiple seating arrangements. The Watch event was at Flint center, which has a capacity of 2,300. They could cut the floor space for displays and such and only invite 4,000.

This is actually good thinking, if they split the auditorium up it could put a few products on display for after the keynote. Apple TV's and iPhone 6s?

 

[peterdevries]

That is not innovation.

Can you explain what innovation is, and what innovations Apple should introduce? Really new innovations, please not the ones that we know about like Apple TV with apps and stuff, but really new things. Please come up with actual new stuff. Maybe some of the Apple employees here will be inspired.

I have the feeling that you don't exactly know what innovation is and how difficult it is to do.

 

[LordQ]

Wait, nobody made the "time to practice my Chinese" joke? :O

 

[laurim]

The auditorium has multiple seating arrangements. The Watch event was at Flint center, which has a capacity of 2,300. They could cut the floor space for displays and such and only invite 4,000.

Totally true. I'm in the live events biz and there are a myriad number of ways to make a too-big room smaller. If it's an open room like a hotel ballroom you can drape off the extra area. If it's theater-style, you can keep people from sitting in the balcony. Some theaters also have removable seats. Since it's an invite-only event, Apple pretty much knows exactly how many people to expect. How many people would throw away an invite like that??

From the pictures of the venue, looks like the floor seating is all semi-loose seats so they could be configured all sorts of ways to adjust the numbers. And the raised seating could be roped off too. Too bad the Apple event doesn't have invited people on the main floor and a charity raffle for the seats in the decks.