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Apple Online Store Down Ahead of Today's Media Event

Porchland said:
I wondered the same. If I knew they were in stock, I would so swing by there on the way home today.
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I want to pick one up from Best Buy because I have a gift card for that amount. However, Best Buy is such a pain to deal with.
 
ECUpirate44 said:
Don't hold your breath!
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kajitox said:
Please let me be the first person to tell you to shut UP. I would put large sums of money on the no retina thing and it shocks me that people are a) still expecting it and b) going to be whining when it doesn't happen.

I hope hope hope you're just a troll.
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I'm not expecting it at all in fact, but at least apple know they ain't getting my money this time round. Ridiculous an iPhone has retina but not a beautiful thing like the IPad.

Bad Apple!
 
rly hope :apple: live streams the event. I hate having to follow it in text. COME ON :apple:! PLZ!
 
Knowing apple, this prototype is probably the 3rd generation and the one being released today will be garbage.
 
kavika411 said:
And that'll be about it. I think you'll see a drop in iPad pricing overall because they have to get people excited about the modest changes, and because they know that the consensus is to wait until iPad 3, which is apparently around the corner as early as Fall.
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If Apple is going to "significantly ramp up production of the iPad as 2011 wears on" and sell 40M iPad units this year, Apple is not very concerned about people waiting for iPad 3.

I'm not saying no one will wait for iPad 3; I'm not saying Apple doesn't expect that sentiment to hold back massive growth between now and whenever that happens.
 
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kavika411 said:
Just want to preserve my predictions, most of which are unoriginal, but hey...

While today's event concerns the imminent release of the iPad 2, it will be more of an iPad 1.5 release. Similar to when the iPhone went from 3G to 3GS, I think iPad 2 will have some modest cosmetic changes (thinner and lighter) and introduce front/rear cameras. There will be improvements on the screen, but not to the level of "retina display." That'll be about it for the iPad 2, except for something new with the speaker and (out on a limb) display mini-port so you can use your iPad with a display - the iPad becoming a touch-keyboard.

More of the emphasis will be on Steve Jobs making a brief appearance, iOS 4.3 and the mysterious data center. iOS 4.3 will allow some sort of streamlined tethering. The data center will allow you to hold all your iTunes purchased music "in the cloud" for free, and for the current $99 MobileMe annual subscription price, you can "push" your ripped iTunes content into the cloud. I'm betting everyone gets about 100 gigs for the $99 MobileMe fee.

And that'll be about it. I think you'll see a drop in iPad pricing overall because they have to get people excited about the modest changes, and because they know that the consensus is to wait until iPad 3, which is apparently around the corner as early as Fall.

I bet their stock price drops about $10 today.

EDIT:

Wishlist - iPad no longer has to be synched with a computer. iPhones and iPads can synch against the iPad.
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3G to 3GS was a bigger change than original iPhone to 3G. That was the minor step. Literally all they added was 3G and new case.

Everyone seems to think this.
 
does anyone remember how long before the Get A Mac presentation :apple: posted the link on their site? (i think it was less than 2 hours before, is this correct?)
 
Mattie Num Nums said:
Hes not asking for the world! Hes asking for LTE. It makes perfect sense to me. LTE is the new technology all cell companies are pushing. I would expect it to be a part of iPad 2.
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Thunderhawks said:
That's not what Apple does. While it's being pushed it's not widely available yet.

ipad 3 MAY, just may have a combo chip with all the technologies on it, if possible. There are already all kinds of jams on the CDMA networks in all the countries where it is being used.

Can't wait for carrier independent chips and switching on the fly. I'd rather not have a subsidized version and would like a version that works anywhere I can get the best reception.

Kind of like a gas station approach you log in to the carrier in that area where the price and service is best and they charge you through itunes.
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Yeah, definitely too early for LTE. Lets hope at least they use the Qualcomm MDM6600 that the verizon iPhone has since it can handle gsm/cdma/hspa and many bands. This would be wonderful to have it unlocked and supporting multiple networks/carriers.
 
roland.g said:
Don't count on a free MobileMe. I just got a invoice this morning from Apple for my renewal and a separate email thanking me for renewing MobileMe.
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HA. To be so naive.

I could have bought an iPad 1 at full price and shipped within 24 hours as of 8:30am CST this morning. Doesn't mean they're not announcing iPad 2 today. Just means they're a tad greedy lol
 
I hope they announce something i can get excited about, an iPad with a camera won't be it.
 
I know it wont be this....but i really really liked this photoshopped pic of the iPad
 

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Perhaps the back of the ipad will be magnetic so that it will stick to the refrigerator?

Staticme wil be free but mobileme will have a fee.
 
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