well, as I've said before, I couldn't care less about a tablet, Apple or otherwise, since I have 0 need for something like that... and I say "need" because "would probably still want" would be a better way of phrasing it 
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as for the 9.9.09 Apple event, I'm crossing my fingers for three things:
1. 3G iPod touch with 16/32/64GB options (priced to compete with the Zune HD at $199/299/399); possible camera w/ or w/o video (this wouldn't be a deal-breaker for me, though); 720p video playback support (again, not a deal-breaker); and a larger/higher-resolution/more properly 16:9 OLED screen to give the Zune HD further competition- this would seal the deal for me.
2. iTunes 9 with full 64-bit support (to fit with the 64-bit nature of Snow Leopard) and the move toward making items like Genius and the rumored "social networking" feature optional during install- this would be huge for me since I only need iTunes for storing my music, everything else is just unnecessary bloat (gosh, I miss the days of iTunes 4/5- even though one thing I don't miss about those versions was the lack of gapless audio playback).
3. the Beatles' remastered discography available on iTunes- I know of many, many people who would snatch this up in a heartbeat if this "rumor" actually played out... I'm still going to opt for the cd versions, but it would be nice to finally be able to have iTunes-based album artwork for my current Beatles discography (since it's on a shrinking list of albums in my library which don't have artwork yet).
if this was the entirety of the event, I'd be a happy man... but I won't complain if there happens to be a "one more thing" at the end- though I couldn't begin to guess what it'd be since the remaining rumors seem to carry little to no weight and be nothing more than speculation.
.as for the 9.9.09 Apple event, I'm crossing my fingers for three things:
1. 3G iPod touch with 16/32/64GB options (priced to compete with the Zune HD at $199/299/399); possible camera w/ or w/o video (this wouldn't be a deal-breaker for me, though); 720p video playback support (again, not a deal-breaker); and a larger/higher-resolution/more properly 16:9 OLED screen to give the Zune HD further competition- this would seal the deal for me.
2. iTunes 9 with full 64-bit support (to fit with the 64-bit nature of Snow Leopard) and the move toward making items like Genius and the rumored "social networking" feature optional during install- this would be huge for me since I only need iTunes for storing my music, everything else is just unnecessary bloat (gosh, I miss the days of iTunes 4/5- even though one thing I don't miss about those versions was the lack of gapless audio playback).
3. the Beatles' remastered discography available on iTunes- I know of many, many people who would snatch this up in a heartbeat if this "rumor" actually played out... I'm still going to opt for the cd versions, but it would be nice to finally be able to have iTunes-based album artwork for my current Beatles discography (since it's on a shrinking list of albums in my library which don't have artwork yet).
if this was the entirety of the event, I'd be a happy man... but I won't complain if there happens to be a "one more thing" at the end- though I couldn't begin to guess what it'd be since the remaining rumors seem to carry little to no weight and be nothing more than speculation.
