There hasn't been a "one more thing" in years. Even when Steve was still around.
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Jim Dalrymple Hints at Two Separate Apple Media Events for New iPhone and iPad Mini
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There hasn't been a "one more thing" in years. Even when Steve was still around.
they should just announce both September 12, but don't ship iPads until a month after the iPhone.
Yeah, he even hinted on the last Amplified podcast that he _already_ had a <mumble><mumble><mumble> and it was very cool.
Yeh, they look like they've known each other for years
What gets me is those that know, can't tell.
For example, in Australia, journalists that kept their mouths shut - Macworld and newspaper journos alike, had the first iPhone released here (3G) for weeks before release, and the bloggers knew nothing about it.
Little birdies can drop hints (official rumour, if you will), but Dalrymple seems to be in the know, AND able to tell, without harming his relationship with Apple. Maybe that won't last.
The Isaacson biography describes how Apple crafts relationships with the media as carefully as they craft their products. One gets all the good leaks for a while, then another gets them. (OK, to be blunt, it says they play journos off against each other - like a symphony - and Jobs delighted in it.)
Gruber can guess, although he seems to get incredibly lucky whenever Schiller is in the picture. (Most recently, an actual invite to the Mountain Lion preview), but Dalrymple just keeps on keeping on. Maybe the magic won't last, but it seems to be the longest streak of good info (that can be published), in the history of Mac journalism. Or maybe he has a special role of hosing down expectation at just the right time I watch in awe.
Mountain Lion was an exercise in how tightly Apple could control information, post Steve. And clearly, they are still MASTERS of it. Any genuine info that 'escapes' is well controlled.
And if it sells by the bucketload, making hundreds of millions in profit for Apple, will you still call them idiots, or will you be mature and intelligent enough to concede it's just not a product suited to you personally?
Maybe take your own advice from another thread ?
Better yet , get a clue. A lower priced Ipad that's smaller would be sold in the millions for kids alone , and folks who want a second Ipad to tote around easier , and others who've simply waited for a lower priced tablet.
I'll be buying two for my kids and my in-laws are already lining up Xmas presents for all theirs to be the same if its available before then.
Are you being serious? Steve Jobs himself never aligned himself with his own opinion. The sole reason they have flourished in the past decade is because of him willing to backtrack on what he initially thought to be sound.
And how many times does this have to be said. Anything that has or will come out in the next year or two more than likely has Steve Job's blessing or blue print on it as he has been said to have laid out a 5 year direction for the company in the event of his passing.
And it will not cannibalize the current sized iPad. Just like the 11" MacBook Air nor the 22" iMac has cannibalized the 15"/17" or 27".
Not sure if there is much use for the iPod range in it's current star, maybe people don't need an iPhone and iPod and with a mini iPad would you still buy a 3.5" iPod touch? I know it's compact but if you want small then get the Nano.
And yet there are heavy rumors that Amazon is releasing a 10 inch model because the smaller one is getting killed by the current iPad
If you actually read his site you wouldn't be. He posts as much about his beard as he does everything else
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And you need to realize that even Dalrymple and Gruber could be wrong. Or played by Apple. Knowing that folks take these two as sacrosanct, Cook's doubling down could be in part via feeding them info that is at least partly BS
Nah if you have ever heard how they both talk about their relationships with the executives you'd know that they are indeed the official leak system.
too lazy to read through 100+ comments to see if anyone else has already stated this so forgive me if so
if apple indeed holds off on announcing the ipad mini till a later "music event" i feel it adds more weight to my earlier prediction of this new device actually being an ipod XL, all while still preserving the word of SJ as to a 7" tablet being DOA...but a 7" ipod now that is genius! lol, we'll see
if apple indeed holds off on announcing the ipad mini till a later "music event" i feel it adds more weight to my earlier prediction of this new device actually being an ipod XL, all while still preserving the word of SJ as to a 7" tablet being DOA...but a 7" ipod now that is genius! lol, we'll see
I checked his post on the Loop
Note nowhere in the quote that he talks about is he talking about the smaller iPad - it never talks about the mini. Gruber talks about the iPad (and the supposed smaller version) but the only mention of an iPad Mini is the title of the link itself. I don't want to call this a confirmation since it doesn't have a "yep" in it from Jim like his other confirmation (especially about the September event). Jim links to Gruber a lot, that doesn't mean that he is confirming anything that John is saying. I don't disagree that Jim agrees with John to some degree, but this is the weakest "confirmation" that I have seen. I see this as Jim agreeing with certain points. At no time does he confirm a mini or whatever. He is very careful as to what he quotes.
Note nowhere in the quote that he talks about is he talking about the smaller iPad - it never talks about the mini. Gruber talks about the iPad (and the supposed smaller version) but the only mention of an iPad Mini is the title of the link itself. I don't want to call this a confirmation since it doesn't have a "yep" in it from Jim like his other confirmation (especially about the September event). Jim links to Gruber a lot, that doesn't mean that he is confirming anything that John is saying. I don't disagree that Jim agrees with John to some degree, but this is the weakest "confirmation" that I have seen. I see this as Jim agreeing with certain points. At no time does he confirm a mini or whatever. He is very careful as to what he quotes.
Steve jobs edition
Surely there is going to be some kind of dedication to Jobsy if a new product like iPad mini/air comes out, it's almost been a year.
Surely there is going to be some kind of dedication to Jobsy if a new product like iPad mini/air comes out, it's almost been a year.
