I like this line of thought. Then they can introduce a deluxe version in 3 years called the "maXi iPad"
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Apple Issues Invitations for January 27th Media Event
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I like this line of thought. Then they can introduce a deluxe version in 3 years called the "maXi iPad"
In the Southern Hemisphere Continents/Islands its practically dead.
Its dead in Australia and Telecom NZ is shutting their Towers apparently this year.
iPhone 3GS and iPod touch available in a variety of colors.
iPhone OS 4.0
iLife 2010
No tablet announcement.
My prediction.
iPhone OS 4.0
iLife 2010
No tablet announcement.
My prediction.
iPhone = Summer
iPod Touch= September
Macbook Pro is obviously going to be updated sometime between now and then with a price drop on the Macbook
Tablet is a possibility
iPod Touch= September
Macbook Pro is obviously going to be updated sometime between now and then with a price drop on the Macbook
Tablet is a possibility
Colorful macs would be cool! I have wanted a red anodized Macbook Pro or air. That would be sweet! Hey they do it with the ipod and shuffles. I guess you can send them out to be painted but anodizing is a bit cooler because you can still see the brushed aluminum. It pretty much wont happen but i could see the tablet doubling as a intuos type tablet where you can edit images or even create them for graphics using a stylus and pressure.
Engadget reports that Apple has issued invitations for a media event scheduled on January 27th. The invitation's tag line reads "Come see our latest creation."
Apple had been rumored earlier this month to have scheduled a media event for that date at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. Apple is widely expected to introduce its highly-anticipated tablet device at the event.
Article Link: Apple Issues Invitations for January 27th Media Event
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Personally I don't like that name. Or iSlate or iAnything. It just sounds kinda.... iCheesy.
I think they should just call it TabletMac or simply refer to it as "the Mac Tablet". (that is, if it is in fact a Mac at its core)
IS BACK XD
That's what I'm hoping for. The return of the colored iMacs! That 27 inch Bondi Blue iMac will be totally sweet!
Those are all markets where the carriers have all moved to GSM/3G/etc.
The United States has a very large, very active group of CDMA using customers. Until this number dwindles, CDMA will still be around.
Like I said, I expect a good 8-10 years for CDMA in this country.
The last couple keynotes/events somebody in the crowd has started a web cam broadcast of it live.
While Apple rarely pre-announces new products, it's not like this is without precedent.you know when steve says available in march all hell is going to break loose.
Certain models of some products have had delayed ship dates. The iPhone is one notable exception where the availability followed the sneak preview by many months.
If you consider all the tablet rumors and what seems likely, the device would not be cannibalizing the sales of other Apple products. People will wait because they don't really have a choice, and it won't negatively affect Apple's revenue numbers.
It's a macbook, bumped up specs, with detachable/twisty touchscreen, in a variety of colors, geared towards the artsy/college crowd.
When its undocked it runs tablet os
When it is docked, it runs osx
Enjoy!
When its undocked it runs tablet os
When it is docked, it runs osx
Enjoy!
Gentlemen, just drink the kool-aid and rejoice...automatic eye-sensing page scrolling, OS X/iPhone OS hybrid, stunning screen, the works...
APPLE IS GONNA MAKE YOU FEEL HIGH AGAIN!
This guy is high on something alright.
Yeah, although you have to think someone at Apple got yelled at for forgetting the State of the Union.
Apple doesn't want to share the spotlight with anyone especially if this is as big as everyone is making it out to be (another leg of Apple's corporate stool).
The entire day is going to be filled with State of the Union preview coverage on all the major news networks (CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, CNBC, etc). The is the first State of the Union of the first African American President of the United States. Its going to be a big deal.
If you remember, the iPhone announcement took up quite a bit of the news cycle in January of 2007.
My local news stations even did stories on it.
If they had the chance it do it again, Im sure they would pick another day.
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Just look around during the event discussion post on the 27th. Somebody usually posts a link for a stream.
Here we go...
It will be a Tablet. Why?
- "Our latest creation" is definitely something new. Not an upgrade or new iteration of an old device. New.
- If it were not a tablet type device, Apple would have quashed this rumor over the last couple of weeks.
Now, if the rumors were limited to this website, no big deal. However, we have seen this rumor all over the media: NBC, CBS Sunday morning, The Washington Post, The New York Times, etc. To have that much build up in the media and on the internet and then produce some other device at the event would cause so much disappointment that it would condemn the non-tablet "latest creation" to the trash heap. The only thing they have quashed is the bounty offered for confirmation of a tablet.
As for those people rumoring that the announcement design signifies anything other than a cliched reference to creating (an artist pallet splattered on canvas), I'm sorry but that's just what it is. Hey, that isn't to say that the device won't be capable of use as a creative input device, just that that is not what that design is referencing.
It will be a Tablet. Why?
- "Our latest creation" is definitely something new. Not an upgrade or new iteration of an old device. New.
- If it were not a tablet type device, Apple would have quashed this rumor over the last couple of weeks.
Now, if the rumors were limited to this website, no big deal. However, we have seen this rumor all over the media: NBC, CBS Sunday morning, The Washington Post, The New York Times, etc. To have that much build up in the media and on the internet and then produce some other device at the event would cause so much disappointment that it would condemn the non-tablet "latest creation" to the trash heap. The only thing they have quashed is the bounty offered for confirmation of a tablet.
As for those people rumoring that the announcement design signifies anything other than a cliched reference to creating (an artist pallet splattered on canvas), I'm sorry but that's just what it is. Hey, that isn't to say that the device won't be capable of use as a creative input device, just that that is not what that design is referencing.
design
http://www.idsketching.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=445
There are third part styli for iPhone too, I'm sure they'd work with the new device.
As a designer myself, I'm shocked you can't see the potential.
http://www.idsketching.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=445
There are third part styli for iPhone too, I'm sure they'd work with the new device.
As a designer myself, I'm shocked you can't see the potential.