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Major Apple event rumoured
Apple may be getting ready to stage another one of those mystery press events it has become so fond of recently.
Citing companies that are said to be helping with the setup, both AppleInsider and The Unofficial Apple Weblog are both reporting that the company is planning something for the end of February.
The purpose of the event is rumored to be everything from 45nm CPUs to the iPhone SDK to the 3G version of the iPhone (though I wouldn't expect that given the recent release of the 16GB model.)
I'm getting ready to buy AppleTV finally!
Posted by lrd | February 9, 2008 4:17 PM
I'm looking forward to the one on February 17, 2009. That's the day he'll announce that the "multi-year" contract with at&t is over and he'll unveil the Video iPhone and the iTablet.
With no more at&t contract, the 2nd Generation iPhone with video chat capability leapfrogs the 3G networks. It's a 4G machine, taking advantage of the newly available 700Mhz spectrum to connect you to an IPv6 gateway to the internet. (They'll call them "hotspots" but they'll be anywhere you can currently get a TV signal.) It will still have a SIM slot and will be able to be used on traditional cellular networks, but Apple will bet that "ubiquitous WiFi" will be the preferred method of getting online.
The iTablet will be introduced with much derision as it doesn't run Mac OS X. It will still be a success, thanks to the iPhone/iPod Touch SDK with which it is compatible. It will also introduce a "split thumbpad" method of text input, allowing you to hold it like a large PSP and type in the corners.
...and one more thing: dotMac is now free and every Apple device supports "Back to My Mac" - now you truly have everything with you all the time.
Less than 375 days to go!
Posted by Gerald | February 9, 2008 5:49 PM