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Apple to Live Stream Upcoming October 16 iPad Event
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It's been too long since some of us have gotten out...
/s, if you couldn't tell. I know that this is all a part of the "Pre-Announcement hype/festivities/tradition. And the second one is actually really funny.
You, sir, just won the internet for the night.
没错！我不能等！我要帮我的睾丸
I'm assuming that you have translated this...
Apple thrives on the illusion they're special, an exclusive event confined within the walls of Apples garden. Walls that Apple must work aggressively to keep in place. They still reap robust profits from the "lock-in" model of proprietary cables and other items with creative names to maintain the illusion of superiority.
The "It's Been Way Too Long" tagline is still very curious to me. It suggests an admission that something on Apple's part is overdue. I really don't think this has anything to do with product lines, as there are no Apple products which are horribly out-of-date, certainly not even to the level of the old Mac Pro, unless you want to count the Cinema Display. But it seems unlikely they'd brand an event just for a monitor.
So I think they are alluding to something more fundamental to the company. What this is, that's the real curious part. Cook has always been more nostalgic for past Apple than Jobs was. When he first started making public comments after becoming full CEO, he called Macs by their old name, "Macintosh" a few times. Then we got that big retrospective site last year. More recently, they used the old rainbow logo in one of their commercials.
So whether he just has nostalgia, he thinks that tapping into Apple's history has brand power, or both, I think this event is going to be used in part to change something on a higher level about Apple. Perhaps Apple will start using the old rainbow logo on Macs again. Perhaps in their recent interest in fashion, they will start offering some Macs in trendy colors again. Perhaps they will announce that they'll be manufacturing Macs in America again. Whatever it is, I think it's a tie to Apple's past and Apple's future.
So I think they are alluding to something more fundamental to the company. What this is, that's the real curious part. Cook has always been more nostalgic for past Apple than Jobs was. When he first started making public comments after becoming full CEO, he called Macs by their old name, "Macintosh" a few times. Then we got that big retrospective site last year. More recently, they used the old rainbow logo in one of their commercials.
So whether he just has nostalgia, he thinks that tapping into Apple's history has brand power, or both, I think this event is going to be used in part to change something on a higher level about Apple. Perhaps Apple will start using the old rainbow logo on Macs again. Perhaps in their recent interest in fashion, they will start offering some Macs in trendy colors again. Perhaps they will announce that they'll be manufacturing Macs in America again. Whatever it is, I think it's a tie to Apple's past and Apple's future.
This time around I will have Engadget live stream up and ready, because last time I had apple tv ready to go and the stream died. I was not able to see the stream until 2 hours after the event. I will believe it when I see it...
I like this thought...
New iMacs:
Space Grey
Gold
Silver
(red)
Mac logo returning to the rainbow one.
Hope they do a better job with this one
They are dealing with their own site, own systems and own staff, unlike last time.
that would be awesome. And before you can watch it you get to see an ad for Samsung.
So you think it will lack luster?
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You had me at "Apple thrives." That much is certainly true. The rest of the industry knows it is nothing special. I think the lack of ego has a certain charm, but if a company doesn't think it is anything special, how can it expect the world to think so?
Some of those proprietary cables are actually far superior. The lightning cable, for instance. Ever try using micro-USB? It's absolutely terrible. I'm glad Apple is providing some competition in this space.
Fixed it.
The iPhone update is far, far, far bigger than the watch. This will probably go down as the biggest iPhone ever, in terms of sales. Not just up to this point. Probably ever.
Interesting observation considering the invite had rainbow colours.
You know what also had rainbow colours?
Yep, you guessed it...
It pretty sure the tagline is just sarcasm seeing as they just had an event a couple weeks ago. I can see Cook coming out on stage and saying it while the audience laughs.
No more Chinese voice over, please. It was a huge mistake, Apple.
We are done with Chinese. How about Arabic this time
Well played, my friend. Well played.
Yeah, I remember that. I cleared out my calendar for that event, and finally got to watch it on the
TV at 9pm (EDT) that night.----------
We are done with Chinese. How about Arabic this time
Can we have Swahili instead?
The wife looked at me with a crooked eye when I suggested that.
I have the opposite problem. Guess I need to get off MR and get to the bedroom...
Ever? Meaning that Apple is doomed, and will never, ever, ever, ever, ever ship more phones than the iPhone 6/6+?
I guess I should sell my stock now, before Carl does.