actually this is going to happen - if I remember correctly, Apple has signed a deal with some company to bring Direct Push connectivity to the iPhone quite some time ago. But I'm pretty sure this isn't the big thing that's coming next week.
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actually this is going to happen - if I remember correctly, Apple has signed a deal with some company to bring Direct Push connectivity to the iPhone quite some time ago. But I'm pretty sure this isn't the big thing that's coming next week.
Some overlap next year with CES...
CES next year is Jan. 8-11, 2009
http://www.cesweb.org/about_ces/fact_sheet.asp
So, looks like the expo is a bit earlier next year.
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CES next year is Jan. 8-11, 2009
http://www.cesweb.org/about_ces/fact_sheet.asp
Maby there going to send out a signifigant update for garage band
Wouldn't that just be so interesting?
As useful and/or needed as it may be, it doesn't exactly seem like keynote-material somehow..
Maby there going to send out a signifigant update for garage band
I'd doubt it. After all, iLife '08 was just recently released. If anything, I'd assume it'd be something to do with ringtones, or maybe even Asteroid. Didn't the lawsuit against Thinksecret a few years ago have something to do with them outing Asteroid?
Here's a quick mockup:
- e-Ink display
- switchable backlight
- syncs via iTunes
- displays eBooks, PDFs, Pages documents, etc. all in black and white
- multitouch interface (ping to zoom, swipe to scroll and change pages)
- take notes with touch keyboard, basic drawing (shapes, line too)
- scientific calculator (plots graphs too)
Come to think of it, this would be great for high school students.
Here's my totally random speculation based on absolutely nothing:
What if Garageband was being used in conjunction with some sort of video game in the Guitar Hero/Rock Star vein? Hasn't Apple been making a slightly bigger push towards the gaming market in the past two years? Those type of games are huge right now and maybe Apple is going to try to ride the momentum. Then again, Apple is more of a trend-setter than a follower.
What if Garageband was being used in conjunction with some sort of video game in the Guitar Hero/Rock Star vein? Hasn't Apple been making a slightly bigger push towards the gaming market in the past two years? Those type of games are huge right now and maybe Apple is going to try to ride the momentum. Then again, Apple is more of a trend-setter than a follower.
The GarageBand screen appears to be running Tiger...it has a white menu bar and a blue Apple logo...
Looks like a black Apple logo an transparent menu bar to me. Also, note the purple desktop.
It's not that they "can't" do that. It's that they "won't" do that. It's all about branding and product differentiation.
Something in the air... a huge scream of rage and disappointment as Steve unveils the details of renting a movie from iTunes: you click to rent, they charge your card, you get the receipt, you click receipt to STREAM it when ready. Please tell me they can't be that stupid!!!!!!
Stupid Server overload
I for one, welcome our new Server Overlords. Wait, what? Overloads?
I think that Garageband is just Apple's concession regarding the locked iPhone. Put your user made ring tones la di da. Someone already said this but I forgot who.
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It could just be the photo, but the menu bar appears to be quite big... Tablet Mac?
That would be so nice. I'm definitely buying a Tablet Mac if there's one someday!
Something in the Air
I'm betting that the new slimmed down MacBook will have an always on connection to the internet. How could they do this you ask? Lets see, partnered with at&t, so why not put a cellular access chip in the new macbook, or all the macbooks, and let you connect to the internet via at&t wifi or at&t cellular via a cell plan you can buy. Either way it's an always on connection, it would fit in with the "Back to my Mac." Take your ultra portable with you, and go back to your files on your main machine over a secure connection whenever you need to. Something's in the air, and it's changing they way you use your computer. Where do I sign up to get rid of the tethered connection, or the USB dongle. Neither of which work well. Don't want to use it, no problem don't put a SIM in it.
I'm betting that the new slimmed down MacBook will have an always on connection to the internet. How could they do this you ask? Lets see, partnered with at&t, so why not put a cellular access chip in the new macbook, or all the macbooks, and let you connect to the internet via at&t wifi or at&t cellular via a cell plan you can buy. Either way it's an always on connection, it would fit in with the "Back to my Mac." Take your ultra portable with you, and go back to your files on your main machine over a secure connection whenever you need to. Something's in the air, and it's changing they way you use your computer. Where do I sign up to get rid of the tethered connection, or the USB dongle. Neither of which work well. Don't want to use it, no problem don't put a SIM in it.
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It could just be the photo, but the menu bar appears to be quite big... Tablet Mac?
Well, it's just as thick as Garageband's menu bar. NOtice the clock ans spotlight icon on the menu is missing so I guess this is just a partial screenshot. Here, I can make one too:
-n http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/6168/picture4wy4.png
Yeah I guess it could be but iPods on planes isn't what I call really exciting stuff. I dont see it selling much more Apple stuff. And I tend to refuse to believe that it isn't new hardware because...because...because I want new hardware!
iPods on a Plane!