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Apple Issues Media Invitations for September 9 Event: 'Wish We Could Say More'

Would the year of the 30th anniversary of 1984 have anything to do with the choice of location? because of the Mac or do they just want to cram in as many journalists as possible?
 
The only thing that stands out to me is the way they've listed the date. Usually they have the date in a format like 'September 9th'. Having it specifically 9.9.2014 like a digital watch says a lot to me.
 
Mr-Stabby said:
The only thing that stands out to me is the way they've listed the date. Usually they have the date in a format like 'September 9th'. Having it specifically 9.9.2014 like a digital watch says a lot to me.
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Yeah, the dots isn't something they would normally do. Also look at the long shadow imitating a sundial. Ancient solar-powered time telling device reimagined for today.
 
Aaaaaaaaaaarg same day as destiny! Either way one is going to cut into my time with the other. And the my youngest is going to bed early that day 6pm UK my eldest is out at karate so the tv is mine for the night. I hope they live stream it.
 
"Wish We Could Say More"...but you're reading this message on a tiny watch face! :rolleyes: If anyone can make a watch I want, it's Apple, but I still find it very hard to believe.

Now if they could take the iWatch research and apply it to a new 32GB wireless & waterproof iPod nano, I'll be first in line!


Edit: Crap, what if the watch does have storage for MP3s, and bluetooth headphone support, in addition to all their heartrate monitor stuff? Presumably waterproof, too? But...I wasn't prepared to be in the market for this!
 
the8thark said:
Would the year of the 30th anniversary of 1984 have anything to do with the choice of location? because of the Mac or do they just want to cram in as many journalists as possible?
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Maybe both but more on the cram side. Apple isn't going to book an event site and have empty seats. It also isn't going to invite more than usual crowd just to fill a large venue unless it has a reason to justify it as the first Mac was. The risk is if Apple really has nothing to say then that many more journalists are nailing Apple in their respective publications or blogs.
 
the8thark said:
Would the year of the 30th anniversary of 1984 have anything to do with the choice of location? because of the Mac or do they just want to cram in as many journalists as possible?
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First iMac was announced here too.
 
so transparent

Predictions based in the invite (the fact that this is all about an iWatch is assumed):
1. iWatch will be round, not square, as indicated by the abundance of curves in the background image
2. iWatch will come in two colors: white and grey, as indicated by the colors in the background
3. iWatch will support tactile feedback, as indicated by the raised apple logo (not to mention a recent patent granted to Apple for this very feature)
4. iWatch will support voice recognition and natural language processing (a.k.a., Siri v.next), as indicated by "we could say"
6. iWatch will support voice synthesis, not really indicated by the invite, but follows along with wanting to make a complete experience
7. iWatch slaves to, or integrates with, nearby iDevices, as indicated by "...more" seeming to imply that this is intended to be a complementary device, not necessarily a primary or stand-alone experience (might be functional that way, but really intended to be part of an ecosystem)
8. iWatch will have a development platform and partners will show specific demos for given verticals showing what what we might be able to "Wish..." for.
9. The iWatch will be available internationally at launch, as indicated by the locale-neutral date "9/9", doesn't make what country you live in, that date is always going to be understood
10. iWatch will support remote media control for media running on a nearby iDevice, as indicated by the choice of venue for the announcement, a theater, not a convention center
11. To get the most out of the iWatch you will also have to have an iPhone 6, as indicated by the two parts of the Apple logo -- a large part, and a small part -- that are prominent in the background, and that the smaller part is the one casting the sundial shadow. Better free up more space on those credit cards folks.
12. Apple will pretend that they invented the idea of a "smart watch" and that nothing like what you will see on 9/9 has ever been seen before, despite numerous products from other companies that are already on the market.

Seriously, I have thought for some time that Apple has done an extremely poor job of capitalizing on the localized Apple ecosystems that are created when a fanboi just has to have the newest [iDevice].

They've basically had a captive audience of millions who have drunk the koolaid, and to put it quite bluntly, they have done absolutely nothing to make the experience when you have a MacBook Pro, iPhone, iPad (and iWatch) in proximity to each other special in any way. When you have complete control over the local ecosystem like that something...magical...should happen. :p Yet iUsers interact with their iDevices in much the same way that PC users interact with theirs.

I'm not a huge Apple fan, but I do hope they show some sign of thinking about creating a seamless, integrated experience when they own the iUser.
 
the8thark said:
Would the year of the 30th anniversary of 1984 have anything to do with the choice of location? because of the Mac or do they just want to cram in as many journalists as possible?
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MAybe they'll open with an original Mac onstage to celebrate the anniversary. It'll flash--and speak--the iconic "hello" and THEN the event's big reveal will come from that Mac.
 
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