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Apple January 26th Event 'Confirmed' by Internal Source? Focus on 'Mobility Space'?

zedsdead said:
Mobility...could be a number of things:

(1) Tablet
(2) Laptop Updates, particularly the Air, which is in dire need of a redesign and price drop
(3) iPod Touch with Camera

Although what I want more than anything is a new Apple TV:(
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I doubt if Apple would bother with a major event for notebook updates or the addition of a camera to the iPod touch at this point.

A major redesign of the MacBook Air might warrant a press event; the introduction of a tablet would certainly deserve it.

Another possibility would be a sneak preview of a radically different design for the next-generation iPhone/iPod touch.
 
I'd be more than happy with Iphone OS 4 news. Cause that islate sounds pretty pricey for a "large iPhone". Although the interface might be something out of minority report, which would be bad ass!
 
Awsome - Fox News is A+ #1 when it comes to the news, so if they say it's January, then bank on it. Now the long wait for release begins...like it did three years ago.
 
OSX10.6 said:
Hold Up, I bought a new iPod on the 26th of December... Are you telling me that in a month, there will be a new iPod with the camera? This is BS.
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You could have bought an iPod with a (video) camera on December 26:

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The iPod Touch with a camera is coming. The signs have been there. It's just a matter of time.
 
does this mean only updates for iphones and maybe a tablet ? because im waiting for them to update the macbook pro 13"....if they dont announce an update for macbooks in jan im not waiting any longer:mad:
 
My guess is:
-tablet
-8GB 3GS
-iPod touch with camera
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^^ having a release event and including an 8GB 3GS seems like step backwards.
"...the next thing we've been working really hard on and is full of innovation is our new 8GB model of the 3GS..." -Jobs
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I bet they don't mention it at all (if it even happens) and it just shows up in stores.
 
jo0 said:
^^ having a release event and including an 8GB 3GS seems like step backwards.


I bet they don't mention it at all (if it even happens) and it just shows up in stores.
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He probably would be like "We realize that 16GB is still to much for people these days; so we are introducing a much requested product, An 8gb iPhone 3gS"
Then he would show the charts and mention everything that makes iPHone 3gS so great.
 
My guesses:

1. CDMA iPhone, to be released in July (after the exclusivity agreement is up). Apple is simply losing too many sales to not have an iPhone on the Verizon network. The information from France regarding multiple carriers and Apple's dominant smartphone marketshare is significant, and announcing it six months ahead of time means that anyone who is going to be up on their Verizon contract in the next six months doesn't go buy a new smartphone and waits impatiently for the new iPhone to be released. An 8GB 3GS might be included too, specifically for new features created in item #2 (due to the needed extra CPU horsepower to do stuff like video calls).

2. OS 4.0 (or it might be called 3.5, who knows) - many API changes, moving some private APIs devs have been wanting to official. Support for some features on the iPhone and iPod Touch that are standard as a part of...

3. The Tablet.

It fits in the standard "3 item rule" Apple has for many of their keynotes.
 
Yep....

I think you're making one of the best guesses here, so far. Exactly my line of thought too, after everything I've read.

It looks like any tablet they announce won't even be shipping until the end of March or early April at the earliest (given rumors about having to add another process to strengthen the glass, etc. etc.), so they'll have to have other items to announce simultaneously, so at least one of them can be purchased soon after the event. But it's not SO far away that they wouldn't announce it by the end of January either.

I think the 8GB version of the 3GS is likely, since it's easy for them to offer... almost a "Why not?" item they can throw in.

Adding a camera to the iPod touch is another item they could easily do, to provide an easy revision bump for the device. After the big Xmas sales, they're probably in a good position to update it too. (No huge inventories of existing stock lying around in warehouses.)

As for selling 10 million tablets? I think it's very possible, if you figure they'll probably sell it for one price, stand-alone, and optionally at a big discount if you sign up for a 2 year 3G cellular data plan for it, through whatever carrier they partner with. (Quite possibly Verizon, since it might explain all those partnership rumors AND still explain why Verizon is even an option, given their anti-iPhone stance in the past. Maybe the iPhone will go to T-Mobile instead?)


str1f3 said:
My guess is:
-tablet
-8GB 3GS
-iPod touch with camera


Interesting that it is said that Apple is projecting to sell 10 million units when it will be just an oversized iPhone. The only way they could sell that many is if it was sold at a very low price which Alex Albrecht has rumored on Diggnation.
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riversky said:
Since the MacBook Air hasn't been updated for a long time perhaps the iSlate is it's replacement.

Some low power/full multitouch/Mac tablet rather than a new iPhone based device. Perhaps a emulator to run iPhone apps as well as full mac apps.
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I 've heard this completely irrational scenario reapeated here a few times...

Some posters just don't get it, the tablet cannot replace the air, they are different classes of devices.

The air is here to stay for a long long time, it's an ultra light and thin and portable computer that has no equal in the apple line up, why would anyone want to take it out of the line up?

What would ultra mobile users use instead? The thick backward macbook pro?
 
mobility

MacBook Air morphs into a tablet.
iTunes streaming.
Cloud computing through increased Mobile Me functionality leading to iWork apps via Mobile Me and iWork.com
WiFi model (carrier agnostic) only at first (in order to not totally destroy ATT pipes) followed by LTE model in autumn 2010 (unlocked).
 
I'm pretty sure there won't be a 8GB 3GS or a touch with camera.
An 8 GB model of the iPhone would be a huge step backwards and wouldn't allow for apple to reduce the pricing very much. The memory is not what makes the iPhone expensive.
An iPod Touch with camera is a nice thought, but unless it's a useless video-only camera like in the ipod nano, it wouldn't fit the current form factor. And I don't think people want a thicker iPod touch.
 
SirOmega said:
My guesses:

1. CDMA iPhone, to be released in July (after the exclusivity agreement is up). Apple is simply losing too many sales to not have an iPhone on the Verizon network. The information from France regarding multiple carriers and Apple's dominant smartphone marketshare is significant, and announcing it six months ahead of time means that anyone who is going to be up on their Verizon contract in the next six months doesn't go buy a new smartphone and waits impatiently for the new iPhone to be released. An 8GB 3GS might be included too, specifically for new features created in item #2 (due to the needed extra CPU horsepower to do stuff like video calls).
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Why would they waste time developing a CDMA iPhone? That is a step back in technology. It would be an utter waste of resources and time when CDMA will eventually be dead.
 
My guesses are:

- Bye-bye to iPhone 3G 8GB
- New 8GB iPhone 3GS, and a bump in size for the other models to 32&64GB (Matches Toshiba's announcement of new NAND chips)
- New Tablet
- Possible updated iPod touch with camera (though I doubt it)
- Double the screen resolution. This goes well with the request from Apple to develop for "full-screen" mode. The iPhone is lacking in this area compared to the competition these days.
 
iGuide is NOT the tablet

WHY do we keep seeing iGuide as a possible name for a new tablet? That is ridiculous on the face of it. Apple would NEVER use such a lame, nondescriptive name for their high-profile tablet.

It seems obvious that iGuide would be a good fit for an Apple entry into the online mapping market. Since Apple bought Placebase earlier this year, there is evidence that they will do mapping at some point so they don't have to rely on Google. So, anywhere you see "Goole Maps", think "iGuide" and I think you'll be close :)
 
Predictions...

1. iPhone
a) Elimination of the 8GB iPhone 3G, replaced by 16GB 3GS
b) Introduction of 64GB iPhone 3GS

2. iPod Touch
a) Elimination of the 8GB 2nd Gen, replaced by 16GB 3rd Gen
b) Introduction of the 128GB 3rd Gen and the EOL of the iPod Classic

3. iPhone OS
a) Introduction of iPhone OS 4.0
b) Update = Free for iPhone 3GS and 3G owners, but not available for iPhone 2G owners

4. "One more thing..." iSlate
a) iPhone-esque introduction of iSlate (e.g public announcement, demoing, but no immediate availability)

"5". Silent bump of MBPs with more memory and processor ...a wish, but probably not gonna happen
 
SirOmega said:
3. The Tablet.

It fits in the standard "3 item rule" Apple has for many of their keynotes.
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Actually, that would be the Captain Kirk rule of three, as in...
"We must follow...the...EXAMPLE... of the... great visionaries.
Thomas Edison,
Steve Jobs, and
Barthog of Remulak."
 
bristleworm said:
I'm pretty sure there won't be a 8GB 3GS or a touch with camera.
An 8 GB model of the iPhone would be a huge step backwards and wouldn't allow for apple to reduce the pricing very much. The memory is not what makes the iPhone expensive.
An iPod Touch with camera is a nice thought, but unless it's a useless video-only camera like in the ipod nano, it wouldn't fit the current form factor. And I don't think people want a thicker iPod touch.
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It's not a step backwards if it replaces the current 8Gb iPhone 3G.

And it is a big difference if they bump the other models to 32 and 64 gigabytes.

I recall they did something similar with the first gen iPhone, no? Adding a new option in the middle of the product's life cycle with twice the capacity.

Also don't forget that manufacturing costs go down all the time, a 3GS today costs less to manufacture compared to 6 months ago.
 
"Focus on the mobility space"?

I think this means that they've added wheels to iMacs, Mac Pros, and Cinema Displays.
 
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