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Invites are sent by email, not the horrible mail service. Invites are received within minutes of Apple sending them, that's why blogs post the info immediately.

haha I guess that makes sense. I never really thought about that, just always assumed they were sent via postal service. I liked the image in my head of bloggers waiting for the mailman rather than spamming the refresh button on their email account. I am still anxious like a little child when I am expecting a package. :D

Guess we have to wait a little longer to see the next "magical" device.
 
My guesses would be

Invites: 21st Sept
Event: 28th Sept
Pre-order: 5th Oct
Launch: 14th Oct

or

Invites: 28th Sept
Event: 5th Oct
Pre-order: 12th Oct
Launch: 21st Oct
 
Reach9 said:
So to ease the pain that clearly many of us have, due to seeing various comments in the forum. I was thinking of predicting a timeline when we believe the iPhone 5 will be announced
Mitigation via speculation; interesting philosophy:apple:
 
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