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Apple has formally announced a special event for Wednesday, January 27, in San Francisco to reveal to the public its “latest creation.”
Whether the company will open the curtains on a tablet, slate, big iPod Touch, or a bit of all three, invited guests will find out for sure at the 10 a.m. event to be held at San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater.
With the invite teasing people to “Come see our latest creation,” no one knows for sure exactly what Apple has up its sleeve. But the rumor mill has been busy speculating on some type of tablet device that would let people surf the Net, watch movies, read e-books, and probably perform other tricks conjured up by the mind of Steve Jobs.
Who cares?
#1 Faxon
Hmm, lets see if I can help you out.
As a starting point, imagine there are people who have different interests than you.
Given that, who do you think might be interested in this news? Focus now, and really try to think. What kind of people might be interested in a new tech product from Apple? Tech. Apple. Product. Think…
If you can’t think of anyone you are probably not trying hard enough. If you can then you have your answer! There that wasn’t that hard after all.
Can’t wait t see Apple’s announcement.
I’m a huge fan of Apple. Loads of Ipods, use Itunes and AppleTV’s but no MAC’s in my household. We’re all Windows and Linux here.
Still, you gotta admire Apple for what they do.
#2 Never Faxon. Republicans are still on paper and pencil.
I am sooooooooo tired of the hype. I am sure Pedro would agree.
… it’s the new iHype!!!
#1 Faxon
Obama cares since he will be doing his State of the Union address that night. If Apple really hits a Home Run with the iSlate. It can take away from his media time in the news cycle. Hell he already moved the date so as not to mess up the “Lost” premiere.
#6 Jetfire,
Thanks for reminding me. How pathetic is it that the President has to schedule around a farking TV show. If this country doesn’t implode in 25 years, it will be a damn miracle.
What a farce.
pedro can’t wait.
If Apple doesn’t put out a new phone, they open themselves to being left behind by the pack.
IMNOHO, unless the iSlate comes with bundled print and video media, and unless that same media is *not* also available via iTunes on Mac and Windows, I can’t see why vast numbers of the public would buy one. Oh, except to be seen as cool. But, by definition, nothing that is owned by everyone is cool.
Cool is the providence of the exclusive, meaning you must sell very few!
I only have an iPhone because it functioned better than the other similar phones I tried. But for the phone: I hate Apple, and its cadre of sycophants.
Yea, I know Apple will debut another i-something. And yea, their products are usually cool. But after listening to tech journalists (esp. @ twit) complaining about Apple being so stingy with invites and demo products—as soon as Apple decides Leo Laporte, JCD, and maybe a few others would be of use to them now that Google is breathing down there necks, all they have to do is snap their fingers and everyone makes a big deal about invites without even having pre-release details of why.
JCD, I depend on you to be the “Cranky Geek” that brings down the hammer on this kind of thing. Or am I wrong that Apple has got a lot of nerve?
Remember everyone jumped all over David Pogue not to long ago for similar reasons (which he kindly defended on my site). I hope history is not about to repeat itself.
#8 – qb, you beat me to it!
#2 Of course I realize all of the sycophant Apple Fan Boys with their Metrosexual Timbuktu bags and moussed up hair with that stupid little flippy thing in front just waiting to blow Jobs care. I mean, what normal people care?
I’m aways amazed that Apple can get so much press without announcing anything. For the last few months the ihype has run wild and still Apple has said absolutely nothing. Imagine if all they announce is iphone 4 and a new ilife suite.
Of course if they do have a new product I’m definitely buying version 2.0.
I’m fairly sure the smart slate equals big Ipod/Iphone. I suspect it will be nice and just what some people need/want but I’m not one of them at their price point.
Have a great day and God bless.
#11 Special Ed
pedro secretly loves Steve Jobs and all things Apple. He named his iPhone “My Precious”.
The iTablet, as all other iProducts, will quickly become iObsolete. It will still iWork, but the iFans will need the iNewest, iShiniest iThing to maintain their weak iEgo, so the iSlate being announced will be iOldNews a year later.
Why do Apple fans have so many versions of the same product? Because first generation Apple product really really suck. It takes Apple three generations to get something right, and they know fans will buy all three of them:
– 1st generation: New and shiny, barely works
– 2nd generation: This one might actually work as advertised
– 3rd generation: They finally get it right.
One year later the cycle start over, with a new shiny product to replace the 3rd gen ‘old’ product that you just bought last year, but which now your puny consumer mind can’t tolerate to use because it is ‘the old stuff’.
Me, I listen to podcasts and music and watch videos on a $100 unlocked Symbian phone. Saved many $1000’s by avoiding the Apple hype… yes, I can’t choose from 1000’s of ‘Apps’, but really, since there are only maybe 10 apps worth owning, I’m not missing out on much.
#7 slowth
It already has. It’s called Jersey Shore.
#16
and of course when the next generation comes out, none of the ‘old’ software works anymore!