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Apple to Live Stream Upcoming October 16 iPad Event

SilianRail said:
Why can't they stream it on YouTube everyone else? Give up on QuickTime; it's dead.
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Your opinion that QuickTime being dead is contrary to the fact of how many iPhones, iPads, Macs and Windows machines have the necessary software installed to play back these streams.

I'll flip your question around - why can't everyone else use HTTP Live Streaming, given that Apple has released all the specs on how to produce and consume the streams and that it uses existing standards like h.264 video and AAC audio that even YouTube uses? Why should they have to tie themselves to a proprietary service like YouTube? There is nothing stopping Google from implementing HTTP Live Streaming in Android -- other than their own corporate goals.
 
DotCom2 said:
If this live stream doesn't go well, I'm really really going to be disappointed in Apple. Coupled with the 8.0. 8.0.1, 8.02 issues, it's scaring me!
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You need be cautious, not scared. Early adopters will always be faced with initial problems with any and every release. If your current setup works, there's no need to upgrade immediately. Let others work out the bugs for you before you jump in.
 
I'm curious how about the last "Wish we could say more" tagline?
does it have any relation with the keynote?
 
iPod Refresh?

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Apple has plans to offer a live stream of its October 16 event, according to a source that spoke to MacRumors. As with its September 9 iPhone event, Apple will likely offer a stream of the event both on its website and through a dedicated channel on the Apple TV.

Invitations for the October 16 event, which will be held at the Town Hall auditorium on the company's Cupertino campus at 10:00 AM Pacific Time, went out earlier this week with the tagline "It's been way too long."

At the event, Apple is expected to introduce an updated iPad Air and possibly a new Retina iPad mini, as well as updated iMacs with a 27-inch model that has a high-resolution Retina display. OS X Yosemite is also likely to be previewed one more time before its public launch, and updated Mac minis, which are rumored to be in the works, might possibly see an announcement at the event.

In addition to Apple's live stream, MacRumors will be providing its own live coverage of the event, both on MacRumors.com and on the MacRumorsLive Twitter account.

Update: Apple has now officially confirmed it will be streaming the event live.

Article Link: Apple to Live Stream Upcoming October 16 iPad Event
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Will there be a refresh to the iPod touch line? It would be nice to see the touch go to the size of the iPhone 6, with slo mo and a better camera.
 
JeffyTheQuik said:
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.
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No. Far from doomed. They're perfectly fine, and will continue to be. I just don't see any iPhone anytime in the near future reaching what we're going to see out of the 6/6 Plus, as far as sales numbers. It's just too drastic of an upgrade. We won't see that very often. We have people going from a 3.5" or 4" phone to a 4.7" and 5.5" screen. That's a massive difference!

Speed bumps are huge for us nerds that sit on here, but most people won't notice much difference to care about upgrading every year. This is a large, visible difference that EVERYONE notices. Therefore, it'll cause a lot more people to not "wait until next years iPhone" to upgrade. That's all I meant.
 
michial said:
Will there be a refresh to the iPod touch line? It would be nice to see the touch go to the size of the iPhone 6, with slo mo and a better camera.
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I don't think Apple will divert any of their 4.7 and 5.5" screens to a lower priced, lower margin product any time soon. 100% of production needs to be reserved for iPhones.

I think we might see a new iPod touch in the spring when demand for the iPhone 6 and 6+ has finally started to taper off. Or it's entirely possible that Apple doesn't see a future for the touch and is going to neglect it to death.
 
petsounds said:
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.
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You may be right. I'm going to go out on a limb and speculate that there will be "one more thing" that none of us have anticipated. What was that about the "most exciting product pipeline"?
 
petsounds said:
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.
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^This. It's been a long time since Apple had "Made in the US" and not "Designed in California" when the shipped production overseas. With Apple's recent focus on Stateside production, I wouldn't be surprised if Mac's begin US production at an increasing level. However, the general consumer may yawn at such an announcement (esp. international consumers), this would be more appropriate for a board meeting and announcement. Then again, you never know.

WilliamBoving said:
"I think it refers to the 50 years the plastic credit card with a magnetic stripe has been in use, now to be replaced by Apple Pay, which will open the door to socio-economic changes in how people pay for items in retail environments."


Run an intellect is in the house :eek:
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Great catch, especially as EMV and NFC systems have been in use in many other first world nations for 10+ years. Apple's implementation is [allegedly] very different and extremely secure, national banks have announced full support and fraud coverage with :apple:Pay. Oct 16th would be the sweet spot for new iPads and :apple:Pay announcements. iOS 8.1 Beta 2 is already out to with hidden references to :apple:Pay.

My other theory is the finger image touching a surface (display). Apple has patents going as far back as 2009 to as recent as Aug 2014 for tactile feedback and pressure sensitive displays using capacitive multi-touch combined with infrared to determine a "hard" to "soft" press. I loved the patent detailing a display that could slightly alter its surface depending on the application run. The keyboard could raise to simulate a real keyboard, a music app could create slightly raised keys on the display. The patent was very interesting but nothing on it has been mentioned since.
 
ipader said:
I think you are on the right track here about Macs being made in the USA again.

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YES, way too long since Apple has "Made in California" written on it.

That's probably it.

With robotic CNC aluminum frames of the macbook pro's being done without much human labour, and all the robotic assembly stuff, maybe Apple can make a "Proudly Made in USA" label on the bottom. It still makes a nice boost for American employment and American pride. I love this.

That could be huge once people think about it and value it again.


So - it's been way too long...

1. since Apple has manufactured product in USA
2. since Apple TV has been updated
3. since we have been using arcane credit cards with no security.

Apple could be changing all of that for the better! Good!
 
cocky jeremy said:
No. Far from doomed. They're perfectly fine, and will continue to be. I just don't see any iPhone anytime in the near future reaching what we're going to see out of the 6/6 Plus, as far as sales numbers. It's just too drastic of an upgrade. We won't see that very often. We have people going from a 3.5" or 4" phone to a 4.7" and 5.5" screen. That's a massive difference!

Speed bumps are huge for us nerds that sit on here, but most people won't notice much difference to care about upgrading every year. This is a large, visible difference that EVERYONE notices. Therefore, it'll cause a lot more people to not "wait until next years iPhone" to upgrade. That's all I meant.
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I gotcha. I'm on the 'tick' cycle and Mrs. Thequik is on the 'tock' cycle, and that may be the case too. With the way that Apple markets, it's always cool to have the latest and greatest phone, that may carry the day.

I can also see next year they have three lines of phones:
6S - 4" screen
6S 4.7" screen
6S+ 5.5" screen

6S- and 6S have the same guts, just screen size difference. That would make all callers (get it? Callers) happy, as well as standardize the hardware for each cycle.
 
JeffyTheQuik said:
I gotcha. I'm on the 'tick' cycle and Mrs. Thequik is on the 'tock' cycle, and that may be the case too. With the way that Apple markets, it's always cool to have the latest and greatest phone, that may carry the day.

I can also see next year they have three lines of phones:
6S - 4" screen
6S 4.7" screen
6S+ 5.5" screen

6S- and 6S have the same guts, just screen size difference. That would make all callers (get it? Callers) happy, as well as standardize the hardware for each cycle.
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Keeping a 4" option would be great for Apple. They would lock down everyone then. People went to Samsung and other phones for the large screens. Apple came in and they're taking over that, but if they leave 4" open, other people will take all of that business now. Covering everything from 4" to 5.5" pretty much screws these other companies from being able to grab a piece of the market that Apple has left open to them. A 4" at some point wouldn't surprise me, even though I can't imagine why anyone would want a sub-4.7" screen. :D
 
hazuki said:
I'm curious how about the last "Wish we could say more" tagline?
does it have any relation with the keynote?
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I think "say more" = more iPhone = larger.

Either that or foreshadowing having Chinese voiceover.
 
I think

Its been too long plus the original Apple colors - colors for Macs.

Also, its been too long since they gave a serious look to AppleTV and let it have apps. That would be awesome, would buy one minute it came out.

Nothing original from me - I think others said that upstream.

Or maybe - to beat a dead horse - its means too long since they introduced a new 4 inch iPhone! Oh YEAH! 6S mini!
 
Apple already limits who can watch the live stream to iOS or OSX Users on Safari, and they still struggle to carry a proper live stream. It is 2014 Apple and you're supposed to be one of the greatest technological companies in the world. I believe it is time to actually give us a real live stream that actually works.
 
Will we get that nice bonus of a Chinese voiceover translation and constant failure of the stream this time around as well?

MacRumors said:
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Apple has plans to offer a live stream of its October 16 event, according to a source that spoke to MacRumors. As with its September 9 iPhone event, Apple will likely offer a stream of the event both on its website and through a dedicated channel on the Apple TV.

Invitations for the October 16 event, which will be held at the Town Hall auditorium on the company's Cupertino campus at 10:00 AM Pacific Time, went out earlier this week with the tagline "It's been way too long."

At the event, Apple is expected to introduce an updated iPad Air and possibly a new Retina iPad mini, as well as updated iMacs with a 27-inch model that has a high-resolution Retina display. OS X Yosemite is also likely to be previewed one more time before its public launch, and updated Mac minis, which are rumored to be in the works, might possibly see an announcement at the event.

In addition to Apple's live stream, MacRumors will be providing its own live coverage of the event, both on MacRumors.com and on the MacRumorsLive Twitter account.

Update: Apple has now officially confirmed it will be streaming the event live.

Article Link: Apple to Live Stream Upcoming October 16 iPad Event
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Man, I can't wait for the live stream guys...nothing could go wrong.
天啊家伙，我等不及了这一点。这将是真棒
 
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