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'iPad Mini' Media Event Also Streaming via Apple's Website

bdavis89 said:
But I'm not going to install Safari on my PC just to watch an Apple event stream. Its another example of Apple being closed and attempting to force people to do things their way. Sometimes its okay and better, other times there is simply no reason for it.
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Oh come on, it's available on iOS too. Someone's never happy.
 
Why?

Simple Question really, but why would the decide to do this now and not for the Iphone event for example, could this mean that Apple is looking at showing some cool new features based on Airplay or TV related features? I just find it odd that they would suddenly decide to re-instate the streaming again...
 
bdavis89 said:
But I'm not going to install Safari on my PC just to watch an Apple event stream. Its another example of Apple being closed and attempting to force people to do things their way. Sometimes its okay and better, other times there is simply no reason for it. I believe this is the latter.
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Hmmm...

If you don't own an iPhone, iPad, iPhone touch or Mac (from which you can watch the keynote) ... why exactly would you want to watch the keynote live?
 
ejd.deplanque said:
Simple Question really, but why would the decide to do this now and not for the Iphone event for example, could this mean that Apple is looking at showing some cool new features based on Airplay or TV related features? I just find it odd that they would suddenly decide to re-instate the streaming again...
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They just went through a streaming experiment in September (a new show every day). Maybe they feel like they've worked out various bugs and were ready to make this go now?

Or maybe the news today is big enough to warrant a wider audience without a delay?
 
3 things to talk about today

1. New iTunes (seen it already, preview anyway. Hopefully they have monthly subscription model by now?)

2. New iMac (Twice as fast and Twice as thin, customers have been telling us we don't need the superdrive so we've taken it out!)

3. New iPad (Mini or another name they have some up with)

Quietly updated, current iPad with the lightning connection, macbook pro 13" now in retina display versions.
 
Dwalls90 said:
Hmmm...

If you don't own an iPhone, iPad, iPhone touch or Mac (from which you can watch the keynote) ... why exactly would you want to watch the keynote live?
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I have a mac and iPad at home, my wife owns an iPhone...but I'm an auditor and we use windows at work..
 
Blogs can't be happy. I'm sure they make a fortune from these Apple event liveblogs with ad revenue.
 
Slix said:
I really wish I just had school off today instead of having to go in an hour before the event starts... Can't wait to come home and see it though!
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NO WAY!!!!!! This is just a corporate media event. It is important to Apple and its suppliers and the retailers and the shareholders.

It should not be more important to you than school, which is your life.

Apple products are great, but they can't breathe for you, think for you, get you your first job, play a game of basketball for you, or start a business for you. They make great tools to help out.

Just go to the Apple Store or their online store soon after this media event and you will get all the info you need without having to watch a bunch of corporate execs wow you.

Unless you want to be a corporate exec, I find these events fairly boring and filled with hype, particularly after the map fiasco on iPhone 5 and Siri's limitations on iPhone 4s and AntennaGate on iPhone 4. It all looks great in presentation, but in the real world, the bugs present themselves.

So here's my lecture: Student, be prudent!!!! Go to school, enjoy your day, don't worry about the live stream of a corporate event, play some ball, pet your dog, kiss your mom and dad and have some fun, and don't be a sheep worshipping a company or a product....

And don't forget to brush and floss your teeth and wash behind those ears!!!!!

Now hurry along to school so I can get ready to watch my Apple event without interruptions!!!!
 
ejd.deplanque said:
Simple Question really, but why would the decide to do this now and not for the Iphone event for example, could this mean that Apple is looking at showing some cool new features based on Airplay or TV related features? I just find it odd that they would suddenly decide to re-instate the streaming again...
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My guess is that they want to show off the capabilities of their data center and maybe announce that they're updating iTunes Match with greater abilities - ie, a song limit much more like Amazon's Cloud Player (250,000) and/or a Spotify-like service to go up against the upcoming Microsoft offering (which will have more music than iTunes currently has!), maybe even a Netflix-like movie service. Need a much more robust backbone to handle any of that, dontcha think?
 
iPad Mini' Media Event Also Streaming via Apple's Website

Everybody is getting so excited about today; you can feel the tension on the streets!

It really doesn't get any hotter than this; if an iPad mini really is announced, my feelings are, as usual, the whole country is going to go carzy!
 
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