That sounds like a conservative estimate to me.
That's definitely an opinion.
That sounds like a conservative estimate to me.
I think the 1 is significance in representing 1 phone or 1 more things.
When someone with an iPhone looks at their home screen and sees a 1 on the phone icon, do they think:
A) "Hey, that's right, I do have just one iPhone"
B) "I guess someone has one more thing to tell me after they tell me some other stuff"
or
C) "Someone has a message for me"
When someone sees a phone icon with 1 notification on an Apple event invite, do they think, "I have a voicemail"?
"I have a voicemail" and "Someone has a message for me" are equivalent statements.
My point was that seeing that symbol on an Apple media event invite and seeing that symbol on your phone are two fundamentally different things and as such must be interpreted in their appropriate contexts.
My point is that the other 3 icons are crystal clear in their meaning, so why shouldn't we also assume the clearest, most obvious meaning of the 4th icon?
When it comes to Apple, you really don't want to assume anything. Their event invites have always been littered with little hints.
I will start off by saying this, any true Apple fan knows that keynotes are filled with surprises and a few "Oh, and there's one more thing"'s. On the subject of the iPhone 4S iTunes beta controversy, do you really think Apple is stupid enough to leak something like that? Don't you see what's going on? It's right in front of us, and we are still blind to the answer. On the morning of October 4th at 10 AM, Apple will begin a keynote that will change the iPhone forever. At first, they will announce the iPhone 4S. The crowd will be mixed with clapping and boo-ing. They will talk about its new features, and what it can do. They may touch base on some iPod refreshments as well. As the time nears 11 AM, the press is disappointed, and Apple has let the tech community down. But wait... there's one more thing
If you don't understand what I said, I will explain it in a nutshell. Apple will announce the iPhone 4S and play the audience like a piano. Then, they will surprise everyone and announce the iPhone 5.
Your thoughts?
One Missed Call = There's One More Thing
One missed call = new notifications in iOS 5
The badge simply means you have a notification. The calendar icon shows the date. The clock icon shows the time. The map icon shows the location. The phone icon with a notification badge means that Apple will be notifying us about the iPhone. Thats it.
No, they haven't. People always go nuts and try to read into them, but in reality their messages are always extremely obvious.
Was it obvious before the event that "Back to the Mac" was referring to merging iOS components with OSX? Because the obvious message would have just been "We've been talking about iProducts for a while, time to talk about Macs again."
Perhaps their text can have double meanings, but they are obvious after the fact. Like this time, "Let's talk iPhone" probably means the obvious, plus the fact that there will be the new voice control system. There was also an "It's time to mix things up." one for the iPod Shuffle debut.
Even if there is only one new iPhone, it still won't be clear whether that 1 on the phone icon was supposed to indicate that or simply that they had a message for us. If it was any number other than 1, then I think it would mean something, but it's not. That's why I think the most obvious interpretation is correct here.
Seeing as how the butting heads here isn't really progressing anywhere, I think we can just end this with me saying, it's very possible you're right, and it's also very possible that you're wrong. C'est la vie when it comes to predicting Mac stuff![]()