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Apple Special Media Event Scheduled for January 26th?

i0Nic said:
I'm pretty sure Apple are going to be at CES.
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OK, so you're saying that Apple has successfully cloaked airline travel, hotel stays, booth design, construction and transportation, A/V equipment rental, partner communications, media communications, booth registration fees, etc. for hundreds of Apple employees and executives?

The CES conference organizers have a map and tradeshow program guides that have a big question mark on the show floor? For an event that's taking place in two weeks?

No.

Apple is not going to CES.
 
Clete2 said:
That sucks. This event sounds like it will only be an announcement for the tablet. I want MBP announcements. :-/ I'm really, really ready to trash my Dell!
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The MacBook Pro is due for an upgrade, but even throwing in the new Intel processors does not merit Steve getting on stage. It's not a big enough deal. Moving the unibody design was. But new processors? You don't need to rent out Yerba Buena Gardens for that.

Apple has previously used the venue for music-focused announcements.
 
Choice of date / advertising?

January 26th... hmm, what other Apple product was introduced on a Tuesday in late January? Oh, yeah, the Macintosh, in 1984. It'll be interesting to see whether Apple buys any Super Bowl ad time. (Yes, in '84, the Super Bowl was 2 days before the introduction; in 2010 it's not until February 7.)
 
flopticalcube said:
Apple hasn't always changed the game, however. Will it be another iPod or iPhone? or will it be another AppleTV or MacBook Air?
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Let's set the record straight here again.

Atv was never meant to be a contender or a full proposition, time and again apple execs have said it's only a tentative project/product, a hobby product, a product in look for a next evolutionary step. That has always been the case so it's unfair to say it didn't revolutionize tv viewing or that it didn't go down in history as a marked changed.

As for the Macbook Air, it has had as much as an impact as it could have. It has sold fantastically to mobile customers, style conscious customers, students, women professionals and has spun off a galore of copy cats suddenly looking for a thin and stylish form factor (instead of merely the ultra mobile one as was the case before), countless copycats with dell being the no. 1 to jump on the bandwagon. The raised contours around the edge have in a few years become instantly recognizable and iconic. Everyone is copying them, and as soon as they do it's instantly recognizable that it's an air inspired design. It has indeed re-defined the market segment in it's niche and it's here to stay. What else does one need to brand something a huge success?

There are certain devices like the ipod and the iphone that have been paradigm shifts, as will the tablet be. That doesn't mean that any devices that are very successful evolutionary products instead have not been hits.
 
Razeus said:
Still don't see what the tablet would do that my iPhone and MBP cannot.
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Right :rolleyes:.

I am pretty sure that is what some people said about the iPhone when it came out. You are basing your assumptions on what is NOW in the market and how you can do things NOW. Have you ever thought that a product might come out that lets you do things more efficiently? In a more natural way? More usable? Faster? Things previously not possible?

You guys are still thinking inside the box and definitely not different.
 
Compile 'em all said:
Right :rolleyes:.

I am pretty sure that is what some people said about the iPhone when it came out. You are basing your assumptions on what is NOW in the market and how you can do things NOW. Have you ever thought that a product might come out that lets you do things more efficiently? In a more natural way? More usable? Faster? Things previously not possible?

You guys are still thinking inside the box and definitely not different.
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Just forget about it.

These people don't have the capacity for creativity, innovation, and vision. You can nurture it to an extent but you can't teach it or give it to someone. You're right that they can't think different. They are just ordinary people.
 
keynote

LagunaSol said:
Or socks for iPods? :p

(That particular event was the worst in Apple history.)
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"I-i-i-i... it's.. it's the best mouse you've ever used" - Jobs

There have been a couple.

I am also of the opinion that they will steer clear of the word "tablet" I'm thinking along the lines of maybe...

MacBookTouch if in the 10" range
NotePad if in the 7"range

MacPad?

I don't know.

applesupergeek said:
ok let me humour you, my post was brief because I 've posted tens and tens on post on the uses and necessities of a tablet.

I too prefer dead wood books, and cds, I have thousands of both. Actually I adore paper books.

I have some ereaders too, but they don't suffice.

But I can't carry all my research, novels, papers on one paper book.

I can't browse the internet comfortably in a train, in a recliner, in bed, on a chair, on a sofa with ANY device available right now. I can substitute a laptop for this use in some few cases here but that's about it.

You can browse your cd covers, media etc. and stream them via your tablet that can double up as a control center for your streaming media over your home stereo.

It's also super powerful and more comfortable iphone type device, allow me to not go into the myriad of uses there.

It will be excellent for form filling, doctors pad, control pad on patients, clients, etc. etc.

Trust me, in a year you ll love your ibook and you ll swear by it.
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And I just thought of another huge market for this thing; Lawyers. All the research they have to do pouring over volumes and volumes of case files. These could all be loaded onto such a device which is much easier to carry around than a laptop, they'd be easier to compare notes or pages on for teams working on a case... the possibilities for this thing are truly endless.
 
powers74 said:
"I-i-i-i... it's.. it's the best mouse you've ever used" - Jobs

There have been a couple.

I am also of the opinion that they will steer clear of the word "tablet" I'm thinking along the lines of maybe...

MacBookTouch if in the 10" range
NotePad if in the 7"range

MacPad?

I don't know.
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No way they get a trademark on "NotePad."
 
i hate waiting..

so, i was going to buy a mac pro (8-core) for my home studio with my christmas money, but now with this event coming up, they might lower the price or come out with a newer mac pro ?

should i wait out the month or just buy now ?
i have no patience ! this sucks :mad:
please help ! thanks :D
 
I'm hoping for hardware announcements, but I'll be okay with software. I've learned to set my expectations low. :rolleyes:
 
psychoticpanda said:
so, i was going to buy a mac pro (8-core) for my home studio with my christmas money, but now with this event coming up, they might lower the price or come out with a newer mac pro ?

should i wait out the month or just buy now ?
i have no patience ! this sucks :mad:
please help ! thanks :D
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They'll likely come out with 6core models in Q1 (ie 6 core per socket) but it's unlikely the event has anything to do with that.
 
Anyone think there will be hardware updates the week before the event, as what happened before WWDC 2007, MWSF 2008, and the 2006 iPod event?
 
iMacmatician said:
Anyone think there will be hardware updates the week before the event, as what happened before WWDC 2007, MWSF 2008, and the 2006 iPod event?
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I think there will be unrelated hardware updates around the time of the event, but not sure if it will be before or after. Macbook pro and mac pros, I think.
 
lord patton said:
yeah, as a guy who has an iPhone and MBP, I wouldn't get a tablet. The best Apple could hope for with me is that I go from being a one computer guy (notebook), to a two computer-ish guy (desktop and tablet).

But I'm not buying a Mac Pro, so maybe they're finally coming out with an xMac midrange tower. :rolleyes::p?<snip>
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Yeah.... I rolled my eyes too when I read this. It. Will. Never. Happen.
 
I think it will be a new iPhone with a state of the Art screen, capable to compete to the n900 and the HTC HD2. Some 800x480 Pixels or so. Going to sell my 3G then, the only reason why I'm still stuck with that prehistoric Apple Phone is because it's the only device which officially will sync with my companies E-Mail and Calender System.
 
Compile 'em all said:
Right :rolleyes:.

I am pretty sure that is what some people said about the iPhone when it came out. You are basing your assumptions on what is NOW in the market and how you can do things NOW. Have you ever thought that a product might come out that lets you do things more efficiently? In a more natural way? More usable? Faster? Things previously not possible?

You guys are still thinking inside the box and definitely not different.
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No, I'm thinking realistically. I find it funny that you didn't offer your thoughts on what can be done with it, that MBP and iPhone cannot. I'm listening, if your willing to share your thoughts.

And don't give me bull about "doing things more efficiently". Technology only gives the illusion of efficiency. A given Word document takes the same amount of time to process whether you are on a Pentium for or Quad-Core i7. It's only now that I can encode H.264 movies, upload photos, listen to music, and watch a Blu-Ray movie - all at the same time when I should be working.
 
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