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Apple Stores Gearing Up for the Event

I agree

I think its a cellphone

although....I wouldn't be surprised if they reveavled a video iPod and Tablet as well
 
In Stores Now?

Isn't it a bit risky to have iWhatEverItIs in stores now? What if some employee gets a little lose lipped, or some fanatic breaks in to get one/some photos? Or they spill out the back of a lorry, etc etc... With all that stock travelling around the country something is BOUND to leak, surely?

My 2 cents: it's a tablet ala the Newton (thus not a PDA) which will in part appeal to the education market for its ability to write up notes combined with diagrams and to make these instantly searchable. Either that or it's the iTamagotchi, a little mouse like critter truly lifelike with steve jobs' face on the front.

Then again there's the undeniable lure of the acrylic sheet to place you iPod on when not in use; that idea intrigues me...
 
my philisophy is to except the worst (in other words, to expect NOTHING).. that way, if *anything* happens, i will be happy.. hehe 😉
 
Originally posted by iJon
i still think we will see new imacs. ingram still showing less and less imacs, and they dotn have any on order.

iJon
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I agree. I just tried to buy a second 17' iMac for my wife yesterday at one of the largest Mac stores in Japan and they were sold out. That was very unusual. Even the sales manager seemed to hint at a new iMac to be released as the reason.
 
I really don't see Apple as making a cellphone. They may collaborate with SE to add a lot of video technology to cellphones, but I really can't see them having enough cash to actually build plants and fab their own phones. That would be suicide.

Maybe they'll announce Nokia finally got off their asses and made syncML work over bluetooth on their phones. The ones that have bluetooth that is.🙁
 
Re: In Stores Now?

Originally posted by Tom800
Isn't it a bit risky to have iWhatEverItIs in stores now? What if some employee gets a little lose lipped, or some fanatic breaks in to get one/some photos? Or they spill out the back of a lorry, etc etc... With all that stock travelling around the country something is BOUND to leak, surely?
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Well they arent there now(or shouldnt be), they will be on monday. And yes, its a little risky... But if this is going to be a really incredible device, Apple will want to sell thousands of them within hours of the keynote 🙂
 
All I'm going to say

New products:

-From a friend out in CA: New iPod w/ bluetooth, w/ some capabilities of shooting pictures and some movies like the Sony Clie, hence the patent for the color screen on the device -- Brushed metal exterior (Now you know why the 5GB version isn't going anywhere! i.e., cost) -- 40% chance

Revised products:

-DVD player sometime this year -- Unsure whether this is the place to do it. If it is, then iDVD and iMovie will see major upgrades. If so, then no iPod upgrades
75% chance

-Airport, Rendezvous will make it's debut at Apple on this device; may have bluetooth integrated in it too but unsure at this point
90% chance

-Displays, affirmative -110% chance!

-iTunes: will be one of the highlights of the show, new visualizations that sync with the music being played; absolutely incredible - 110%

-Rumored bundle with iPhoto, iDVD, iMovie together is true (duh) - 299%

Next month on Feb. 12- 60%
PowerMacs, maybe delayed until WDCC: Quieter machines, running the 7457 @ 1 ghz at the low end up to 1.35 ghz or 1.4 ghz depending on supply on hand; Build-to-Order option of ATI 9700 pro, but with the new GeForce FX standard on these machines (the pro version of this card); Debut of Gigawire, NO USB 2.0; integrated Bluetooth -- Later featured in the portables -- New three-button mouse with scroll wheel and keyboard, Bluetooth

65%
iMacs, Feb. 12, possibly even before: Graphics card update, unsure at this point which one (ATI or nVidia), 1 ghz 7457 chip, 120 GB, 17 in. display on the high-end -- No surprises here
 
An Apple employee in the UK posted this over at another forum, and it's been verified by another 2 anonymous Apple employees this morning.

iPhone.jpg
 
Originally posted by the_vapor
An Apple employee in the UK posted this over at another forum, and it's been verified by another 2 anonymous Apple employees this morning.

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Clearly fake and where's the innovation??? 😱
Take a look at that earpiece though! Imagine trying to hear somebody on that thing! Oh and the dead giveaway is the gray layer contrast between the "iPhone title" and the battery indicator -- Nice try!
 
*Laughs!*

If that phone was real (Which it is NOT), it would be the biggest product flop in the history of Apple.
 
Can you imagine trying to dial on that? 😛 😛 No "clear" button, no scroll buttons, no alphanumeric keys?? Come on, this is 2003!!
 
It has to be something that brings the "digital hub" strategy to maturity. Windows Media Center is making Apple's "digital hub" strategy look like a sham.
 
Originally posted by rugby
I really don't see Apple as making a cellphone. They may collaborate with SE to add a lot of video technology to cellphones, but I really can't see them having enough cash to actually build plants and fab their own phones. That would be suicide.

Maybe they'll announce Nokia finally got off their asses and made syncML work over bluetooth on their phones. The ones that have bluetooth that is.🙁
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Whoever said that they would build their own plants? For a commodity product like this that stuff all gets outsourced to plants in East Asia. The exception would be companies like Intel that have propietary production processes that are so advanced that they really have no option except to build their own plants. I don't think a cell phone fits into that category, though - it's exactly the kind of electronic consumer product that a Taiwanese plant could easily crank out by the millions.
 
iphone looks like a nokia 9290 communicator.
i will be happy with an apple branded browser that is fast like chimera. i just got my imac 800, and would like to enjoy a couple more months on top of the imac hill. that will probably not happen, but i am a simple user and really just want a full-featured, fast browser.
to all the iphone people: what service do you think apple would support. pretty much every provider in the u.s. uses different technology, thus requiring different guts on the inside. that is why you don't see nokia phones with sprint/verizon anymore. or samsung making any tdma models. and only motorola makes iden/nextel phones. nokia seems to be banking on gsm, samsung/sanyo/kyocera seems to mainly support cdma. (samsung makes a few gsm models) motorola is one of the few major players that has their hands in everyone's cookie jar... cdma/tdma/gsm/iden
i have no idea why i posted all this, because it is highly unlikely apple will put out an iphone anyway😕
 
Originally posted by skunk
iVideoPhonePadPod😀
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Right on!!! I'm a big advocate of the iPodPhoneCam. The big advantage I see Apple having is, once again, the built-in hard drive. That would allow a user to actually capture significant amounts of video. Being that it is Apple, I would expect the video quality to be suprisingly good, definitely adequate for the casual user. There are just so many marketing angles here. The iPod is already the best MP3 player and Apple could now start marketing it as a decent DV camera. Or as a camera phone like the new cell phones. If it sells for anything less than $1000 (ideally around $699), I think it'd be a big hit. I hope it really happens!
 
Originally posted by chrisfx811
iphone looks like a nokia 9290 communicator.
i will be happy with an apple branded browser that is fast like chimera. i just got my imac 800, and would like to enjoy a couple more months on top of the imac hill. that will probably not happen, but i am a simple user and really just want a full-featured, fast browser.
to all the iphone people: what service do you think apple would support. pretty much every provider in the u.s. uses different technology, thus requiring different guts on the inside. that is why you don't see nokia phones with sprint/verizon anymore. or samsung making any tdma models. and only motorola makes iden/nextel phones. nokia seems to be banking on gsm, samsung/sanyo/kyocera seems to mainly support cdma. (samsung makes a few gsm models) motorola is one of the few major players that has their hands in everyone's cookie jar... cdma/tdma/gsm/iden
i have no idea why i posted all this, because it is highly unlikely apple will put out an iphone anyway😕
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Well, for the U.S., Apple already has a partnership with Cingular. For Japan, Apple already has a partnership with DoCoMo.
 
That image is straight off of spymac.

Note the poor photoshoping in the area of the battery.

Try again.
 
Cingular sucks!

I'd be a lot happier if apple introed an iPhone for Sprint PCS.......then the iPhone will actually be able to receive calls!
 
Originally posted by HasanDaddy
Cingular sucks!

I'd be a lot happier if apple introed an iPhone for Sprint PCS.......then the iPhone will actually be able to receive calls!
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I'll second that. I tried out a T68i from Cingular for a day and had to take it back. I got an unsteady signal in places between work and home, but nothing at all at work or home.
 
I think that if Apple were to come out with a phone it would have to use a few different services to be popular, and that wouldn't really be feasible. I think that whatever is coming is going to be something truly amazing, apple might be using the displays as a bluff, does anyone know if they are expensive to make? if its is going to be something really awesome they are going to try and hide it really well, which they have done well so far, but by stocking the stores with displays it tells us instantly that they will be showing something small. I agree with a previous post-that it will be something to aid apple's digital hub strategy...but I gues we'll see😎
 
Originally posted by HasanDaddy
I'd be a lot happier if apple introed an iPhone for Sprint PCS.......then the iPhone will actually be able to receive calls!
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[buzzer sound] try again, pal. Sprint has the worst reception and coverage of any of the major players. read the reviews. they're under investigation for false advertising and fraud because their service is so bad.

in chicago, sprint will hardly even work. about 60% of the calls drop.

At&T rocks. it's expensive, but it always works.
 
Originally posted by Aeolius


I'll second that. I tried out a T68i from Cingular for a day and had to take it back. I got an unsteady signal in places between work and home, but nothing at all at work or home.
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That would be because the T68i's rf is probably the worst amongst all phones out there, not because Cingular sucks. People go ga ga over this phone and get pissed off when they can't get reception anywhere. I hate it when I see this phone listed as the best phone in reviews, it means they didn't truly test it.
 
Originally posted by e-coli


[buzzer sound] try again, pal. Sprint has the worst reception and coverage of any of the major players. read the reviews. they're under investigation for false advertising and fraud because their service is so bad.

in chicago, sprint will hardly even works. about 60% of the calls drop.

At&T rocks. it's expensive, but it always works.
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Yeah, Verizon Wireless is good, at least in the Northeast. AT&T is actually a likely partner, though, since AT&T and Apple are both working with DoCoMo on 3G in the U.S. (Apple providing software, AT&T building network)
 
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