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Apple to Attend CES 2010, Steve Jobs Asked to Keynote
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I have been going to CES every year for the last 8 years or so... and I will definitely be there again in January!
But our little Apple is all grown up now. *sniff* There comes a time when all consumer companies, even Apple, must leave the nest and venture off to make their mark on the big, wide world.
I think it'd be interesting to see how Steve would handle a keynote that's not being given to a self-selected but certifiably pro-Apple audience. You know, like to people at CES to whom "one more thing" is just another phrase.
I suspect for this reason he might not do it. Why subject himself to the unrestrained criticism of the masses at large?
Does he really want to have equal billing with someone like Ballmer? I don't see why he'd want to, assuming that he still believes that "the problem with Microsoft is that they have no taste. They have no taste and I don't mean that in a small way, I mean that in a big way."
I suspect for this reason he might not do it. Why subject himself to the unrestrained criticism of the masses at large?
Does he really want to have equal billing with someone like Ballmer? I don't see why he'd want to, assuming that he still believes that "the problem with Microsoft is that they have no taste. They have no taste and I don't mean that in a small way, I mean that in a big way."
I REALLY wanna go to CES now! 
This will be interesting though.
So if Steve does give the keynote, would it be like at normal Apple events with product announcements or would it just be some generic tech speech???
I think Apple can do whatever they want as a company. Who cares if they left MacWorld, ya it sucks for them, but if this makes more sense business wise then do it!
This will be interesting though.
So if Steve does give the keynote, would it be like at normal Apple events with product announcements or would it just be some generic tech speech???
I think Apple can do whatever they want as a company. Who cares if they left MacWorld, ya it sucks for them, but if this makes more sense business wise then do it!
I REALLY wanna go to CES now!
This will be interesting though.
So if Steve does give the keynote, would it be like at normal Apple events with product announcements or would it just be some generic tech speech???
I think Apple can do whatever they want as a company. Who cares if they left MacWorld, ya it sucks for them, but if this makes more sense business wise then do it!
It should be like a normal event and announce new products.
Macworld isn't just about Apple.
I don't think they are going to show anything new at CES, but if they do it's going to be the new ipod.
Given the TMZ photo today, I doubt Jobs would want to put himself in a position for all to question his health one more time if he doesn't gain weight between now and January 2010.
The TMZ photo:
Whoa, so Steve and Johnny Ive are just walking in the street without guards or anything... wow
How about Apple?
Apple would fare better if they attended Mac World. Its not like Apple showing new products at a non-Apple show. Remember that Steve Jobs says they don't want to have to wait for a computer show to make product announcements.
Apple would fare better if they attended Mac World. Its not like Apple showing new products at a non-Apple show. Remember that Steve Jobs says they don't want to have to wait for a computer show to make product announcements.
http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/wsj-apple-going-to-ces-2010-reality-nope/
Engadget says no.
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Engadget says no.
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http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/30/wsj-apple-going-to-ces-2010-reality-nope/
Engadget says no.
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I just saw that and came here to post it.
All I can say, is, "whoops!"
Ballmer would probably mistake Jobs for a churro and start gnawing on him.
Actually, a Jobs/Ballmer contrast would make Ballmer look ever more like the loudmouthed buffoon that he is.
I would love to see Steve Jobs do a keynote there, upstaging Ballmer by dropping some insanely great revolutionary game changing product.
At the moment though I think it is pure rumour, Engadget seem convinced it won't happen.
At the moment though I think it is pure rumour, Engadget seem convinced it won't happen.
great...
so now the only chance of a tablet by the "holiday shopping season" is for them to introduce the tablet alongside an ipod refresh....?
so it's either they ARE making a huge ipod touch, in which case my response is "EW"
or they are making a full tablet with snow leopard and we have to wait until next year!
so now the only chance of a tablet by the "holiday shopping season" is for them to introduce the tablet alongside an ipod refresh....?
so it's either they ARE making a huge ipod touch, in which case my response is "EW"
or they are making a full tablet with snow leopard and we have to wait until next year!
I could understand your fears if they were walking the streets of Iraq, Is America now that dangerous?
that's why you should never believe a word what the WSJ writes, or people whose name would be Shapiro or Charny.