Absolutely brilliant! We already knew there was going to be something big, especially between the announcements of the new iPhone and knowing the iPods were due for a refresh. Your thought leads me to belive that there will indeed be more than just a iPhone refresh.
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Absolutely brilliant! We already knew there was going to be something big, especially between the announcements of the new iPhone and knowing the iPods were due for a refresh. Your thought leads me to belive that there will indeed be more than just a iPhone refresh.
Steve's problem isn't walking two blocks, or getting driven to the distant venue. It's doing all the work that was behind all his 'effortless' keynotes.
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Apple will bring in 4G when a significant part of the country has it, and when the chips aren't such battery-busters.
Only the sickest, most ghoulish people take photos and gawk at photos of the severely ill. Even if he doesn't speak, shame on anyone for butting into his medical privacy. Sick.
God, when I saw that "ultra-portable" iPod, I almost fell off the chair.
Even the current MacBook Pro is thinner than that beast. Who would've thought that's where would be in 10 years.
P.S. Thanks for sharing. I felt quite nostalgic.
Hi guys does anyone have a link to these forums where peoplw were discussing the original iPod in 2001... It could e a cool read
))Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Network Now Available To Half Of US Population
Don't try to explain Apple's technical incompetence by misrepresenting the facts.
It's also possible that his problem is standing still, as his body is wracked by insufferable waves of pain and his 40 kg frame tries its hardest to balance itself as it holds a giant belly almost entirely filled with water and cancer cells. Pancreatic cancer is not something pretty to look at.
I agree but while his health is his own private business he is not an average guy he is also the single biggest influence of Apple shares and Apple do have a duty to shareholders to keep them informed about Steve's health so given Apple are as notorious as the Kremlin or the Castro family when it comes the the leaders health the constant speculation does attract ghouls and paparazzi vultures so if there is some honesty about his health then Steve would be less hunted.
I think this unveiling will be the key tbh
If Steve is missing from the iPhone 4S/iPhone5 launch then he is probably done for, if he attends/takes part/does the keynote/says a few words then hopefully it means he is over the worst
This is great news! I can't wait to see what Apple has up their sleeves. I hope they also announce a Sprint iPhone.
I hope they also announce a Sprint iPhone.
As always with tabloid "news," there's the obvious and non-obvious, the implied meaning, which seems obvious, and the real meaning... whatever that is. Tabloidized "news" does not even try to reveal reality, but cover up parts of it to help the preferred view.
You know, when you visit the hospital even for a battery of tests, you have to use the wheelchair. Does that mean he needs one? Maybe. Maybe not. It's just the hospital administrator making a policy for insurance reasons. I mean, imagine, getting sued because you had a fainting spell leaving the hospital and injured yourself. No, an attendant has to take you out in a wheelchair and get you into the car of family or friends, a responsible adult. Then they can't be sued if you puke up in the car. That's on you.
So, tell me: reverse the timeline presented by those two pictures, and I'll tell you another plausible theory of, he was in hospital for therapy or blood test or whatever diagnostic or therapeutic reason there is, and he's leaving afterwards. Yes, he's very skinny. He's been too skinny for the last year and a half, at least. He may be checking out, or he may be in a state where he'll go on for years. We don't know, and with medical treatments where they are now, nor does anyone, at least on the outside.
I think we should all have to take courses in school on how to decipher pseudo-information. It rots your brains.
By the way, Steve, all the best.
Maybe because they really are just introducing an iPhone 4S with minor upgrades and perhaps don't want to draw TOO much attention to that fact.
just....no.
If he was "done for," he wouldn't have become chairman when he resigned.
Anyway, there are plenty of excellent reasons why Apple would choose not to use Jobs at the Keynote even if he is healthy enough. If he doesn't appear, we can't read into that any indication of his health.
What's your battery life on that Android phone? How often do you get 4G? Is your phone always searching for it, which takes a ton of power from today's 4G?
I don't disagree which is why i said in another post that Apple should be more upfront about the state of his health, I am old enough to remember Andropov and Brezhnev and whenever they disappeared from view for months they always had a "cold" whereas infact they were terminally ill so if Apple were less soviet union and gave a bulletin on the state of Steve's health all the speculation and Steve hunting could stop.
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I still hope for the day when Steve can return to his CEO duties but the fact he has resigned as CEO completely at a relatively young age does suggest that Steve feels he will never be fit enough or make a full enough recovery to work like he used to.
You realize they're not a Verizon/AT&T, right? Nor do they make the components that allow a phone to be 4G-compatible. It would be very easy for them to simply buy those components and make the iPhone 4G. They would however, have to make compromises in things like battery life. Which they aren't willing to do.
They are not technically incompetent.
Hi guys does anyone have a link to these forums where peoplw were discussing the original iPod in 2001... It could e a cool read
Here's a good one i found with a quick Google.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/apples-new-thing-ipod.500/
Some of the best quotes...
WeezerX80 said:
How wrong they were, this is exactly what the world needed. Where's the Newton now?
Pants said:
This gimmick revolutionised the music industry, if only they could have seen then how revolutionary this was going to be.
WeezerX80 said:
oldschoolmacfan said:
Sure they are. That's why they are always the last ones when it comes to adoption of the latest wireless standards (remember 3G? and now 4G).
You can always disable LTE. But when it's there and you need speed, you can use it. It's that simple.
Well, and one could argue it was the success of the iPod that lead to their ability to create the iPhone, or that the iPhone was so widely accepted due to the iPod's popularity.
I'm not so sure we'd have the iPhone if it hadn't been for the iPod.
I will be happy when this part is over, and then there can be thread talking about what they announced, and then the thread of when you ordered your phone at midnight PDT.
To be fair, if the iPod had remained at $400 and firewire and Mac-only, it would never have revolutionized the industry. Same with the iPhone--if it had remained at $499 and without developer support, it wouldn't be where it is today.
Nice read. Can u imagine going bk in time and telling them about a 160GB iPod let alone a iPad. They would laugh at u in disbelieve. Heck, they called a 20 GB hdd for 199$ cheap and said no one needs 5GB worth of music
makes u wonder what 10 years from now has in store. Hmmmm i hope we get a iTunes redesign between now and later ^^Did you even read what I wrote about battery life? It was for the same reason that they delayed introducing 3G into the iPhone. Also, keep in mind that they only introduce one new iPhone a year.
That doesn't fit into Apple's easy-to-use design mindset.