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What time of day does Apple send out their invites??

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drober30

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Has there been any consistency in the time of day that Apple sends out their invites?

Do they do it at the start of their business day?

I know there are historical records for just about everything they do.

Yes, I'm bored!
 
drober30 said:
Has there been any consistency in the time of day that Apple sends out their invites?

Do they do it at the start of their business day?

I know there are historical records for just about everything they do.

Yes, I'm bored!
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as far as i know its between 8 am EST and 1 pm EST. i can't remember an invite not sent them. I believe the last iPad 2 invite was sent around 10 am EST because i remember coming out of my 9 am class very happy :)
 
Here's the information you need, buddy!

Apple Special Events Invitation dates:
March 2009: 12:06 PM on a Thursday
September 2009: 12:03 PM on a Monday
January 2010: 12:06 PM on a Monday
April 2010: 12:05 PM on a Monday
September 2010: 1:53 PM on a Wednesday
October 2010: 11:06 AM on a Wednesday
March 2011: 11:10 AM on a Wednesday

That's the Engadget timeline for posting received invitations. I think it's pretty likely that we will get any information about the next special event around 12PM eastern time or maybe an hour earlier.
 
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turkleton said:
Here's the information you need, buddy!

Apple Special Events Invitation dates:
March 2009: 12:06 PM
September 2009: 12:03 PM
January 2010: 12:06 PM
April 2010: 12:05 PM
September 2010: 1:53 PM
October 2010: 11:06 AM
March 2011: 11:10 AM

That's the Engadget timeline for posting received invitations. I think it's pretty likely that we will get any information about the next special event around 12PM eastern time or maybe an hour earlier.
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Perfect!

They had to throw the 1:53pm in there didn't they!
 
Another example of people "police-ing" the forums.

Relax. It's one thing to say "there are other threads about this" but to actually come back with links to them is a bit much, IMO. Get over yourself. Not everyone on here is devoted to this forum. People have lives outside of this place.

Then... after the OP says none of those threads were specific to his question, he is answer with "A simple Google search would have answered that"

Some of you regulars are really annoying and make it annoying to come here sometimes. It's just a forum.
 
msb3079 said:
Another example of people "police-ing" the forums.

Relax. It's one thing to say "there are other threads about this" but to actually come back with links to them is a bit much, IMO. Get over yourself. Not everyone on here is devoted to this forum. People have lives outside of this place.

Then... after the OP says none of those threads were specific to his question, he is answer with "A simple Google search would have answered that"

Some of you regulars are really annoying and make it annoying to come here sometimes. It's just a forum.
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+1 well said. I also love the attempted sarcasm on these forums. It's more than obvious people do it just to up their post count.
 
msb3079 said:
Another example of people "police-ing" the forums.

Relax. It's one thing to say "there are other threads about this" but to actually come back with links to them is a bit much, IMO. Get over yourself. Not everyone on here is devoted to this forum. People have lives outside of this place.

Then... after the OP says none of those threads were specific to his question, he is answer with "A simple Google search would have answered that"

Some of you regulars are really annoying and make it annoying to come here sometimes. It's just a forum.
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I agree with you, the only point I'd make is that I appreciate the effort to link to relevant threads. I generally review the forums before I ask a question, but I can't always find what I'm looking for. When someone takes the time to find and link to an appropriate thread, I do appreciate that.
 
bagelche said:
I agree with you, the only point I'd make is that I appreciate the effort to link to relevant threads. I generally review the forums before I ask a question, but I can't always find what I'm looking for. When someone takes the time to find and link to an appropriate thread, I do appreciate that.
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I agree with you there. But unfortunately, it seems that most of the time it's done in a "see a$$hole" way instead of a courteous, helpful way.

That being said... the search function is less that ideal and it's not as easy to find things as it should be.
 
Ok, so basically, we have to wait until 2PM EST.

Countdown: 1 hour 37 minutes left
 
Pooshka said:
Ok, so basically, we have to wait until 2PM EST.

Countdown: 1 hour 37 minutes left
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Actually, the countdown should be:
1 hr 37 (or)
1 day 1 hr 37 (or)
2 days 1 hr 37 (or)
... and so on.

Then you'll be right!
 
troop231 said:
Try searching before posting a new thread, there is literally tons of threads on the same title. :)

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1225612/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1226419/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1228510/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1227768/
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Try posting something relevant to the thread as their are TONS of posts saying the same thing you just said elsewhere. On topic I doubt the invites will go out today as it's already 12:30Est. I could be wrong though.
 
Are the times Pacific or Eastern?

Apple is on Pacific time, but Engadget (source of the list) is primarily located in Eastern time zone. Just curious.
 
Patriot24 said:
Are the times Pacific or Eastern?

Apple is on Pacific time, but Engadget (source of the list) is primarily located in Eastern time zone. Just curious.
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It's the times on which Engadget posted their article about the invitations.
 
Sorry reread thread, got it :)

I also love the attempted sarcasm on these forums
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What do you mean by attempted sarcasm? What is a successful way of being sarcastic?? I am merely curious nothing else :)
 
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maril1111 said:
Can you please explain to me where you found see a$$hole in this reply.

He was merely pointing out that other threads like that exist... but yes some posters sometimes are a bit too strict with certain things..
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I already have... I'm not going to beat a dead horse. I've said enough.
 
turkleton said:
Here's the information you need, buddy!

Apple Special Events Invitation dates:
March 2009: 12:06 PM on a Thursday
September 2009: 12:03 PM on a Monday
January 2010: 12:06 PM on a Monday
April 2010: 12:05 PM on a Monday
September 2010: 1:53 PM on a Wednesday
October 2010: 11:06 AM on a Wednesday
March 2011: 11:10 AM on a Wednesday

That's the Engadget timeline for posting received invitations. I think it's pretty likely that we will get any information about the next special event around 12PM eastern time or maybe an hour earlier.
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drober30 said:
Perfect!

They had to throw the 1:53pm in there didn't they!
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I agree. They seem relatively uniform except that 1:53pm time randomly.

bagelche said:
I agree with you, the only point I'd make is that I appreciate the effort to link to relevant threads. I generally review the forums before I ask a question, but I can't always find what I'm looking for. When someone takes the time to find and link to an appropriate thread, I do appreciate that.
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msb3079 said:
I agree with you there. But unfortunately, it seems that most of the time it's done in a "see a$$hole" way instead of a courteous, helpful way.

That being said... the search function is less that ideal and it's not as easy to find things as it should be.
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i think taking the time to find the links is better, but there is a nicer way of telling people about existing forums. Yes, by all means link them. Just use a better sentence before that to inform the OP. They aren't always regulars on MacRumours and therefore they wouldn't have seen the previous threads/know how to use the slightly convoluted search function.
 
maril1111 said:
Can you please explain to me where you found see a$$hole in this reply.

He was merely pointing out that other threads like that exist... but yes some posters sometimes are a bit too strict with certain things..




What do you mean by attempted sarcasm? What is a successful way of being sarcastic??

Someone asks a question and someone attempts to be sarcastic by replying with one word replies. Successful sarcasm doesn't exist through text because not everyone will get it, simple as that. I read a lot of threads on here and I see so much ignorance and attacking the original poster because he/she didn't search or asked a "stupid" question. There are very fee people on here that are actually devoted to helping out a fellow member. I'm not saying you, I'm just saying in general. TipB has a much nicer online community.



Just my two cents.
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