Live Updates From Today’s Apple Announcement
Thinking of coming to 98PoundGeekling.com for live updates from Apple’s big announcement today? Bad call.
I’ll be over at Gizmodo following the announcement there. The event starts at 10:00 a.m. Pacific., 1:00 p.m. Eastern.
Head over to Gizmodo for live updates. Then come back here for some post coverage tomorrow!
New Apple Tablet Dancing With Verizon?
When a web site gets an exclusive on a rumor, it’s almost comical. ”We are the only ones bringing you this report that may or may not be true. So stay tuned… it gets better!”
TheStreet.com is reporting on an alleged partnership between Apple and Verizon for a device that allegedly has phone capability and is allegedly being announced by Apple next week. I love rumors...
Apple Sets Date to Announce “Latest Creation”
According to MacWorld, Apple sent media members invitations for an event to announce their “latest creation,” as the invitation called it. The event will be at 10 a.m. PT on January 27 in the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco.
The most surprising thing about this event would be if they did NOT announce a tablet computer of some kind. However, the specifications...
Apple Lawyers Submit “Proof” of Tablet’s Existence
This is perfect irony. Gawker.com held a “scavenger hunt” for readers in order to solicit proof of the existence of an Apple tablet. You’ll never guess who won…
You’ve got to read this, at least for a belly laugh.
Will More Multi-Touch Gestures Catch On?
Boy Genius has posted comments from a source close to Apple saying that “the tablet’s multi-touch gestures are ‘out of control,’” which I’m taking as a compliment. Now that the Apple tablet seems inevitable, there is a lot of speculation about input methods.
Will Steve Jobs give in and allow real live buttons for a keyboard? (When icicles form in hell)
Will the keyboard...
MacWorld Keynote Was Big Enough
Rumors of an iPhone Nano and a new Mac Mini abounded before the 2009 MacWorld Expo, but they were just as absent as Steve Jobs. This led to disappointment from some onlookers, but there was plenty of interesting new stuff.
Here were the main announcements from the keynote:
iLife 09 announced. ability to tag your photos by places or face. Auto face detection.
iMovie 09 announced
GarageBand 09 announced...
Is Apple Releasing An $800 Laptop?
New MacBooks are on the way. This is not in question by most Apple observers. The mysterious part regards the rumors of a new manufacturing process whereby the main shell of the laptop is created out of a “brick” of aluminum using lasers and water.
Another mystery revolves around the price point. Duncan Riley is reporting at The Inquisitr that Apple will be releasing a sub-$800 MacBook. ...
What is Next for Apple?
Apple’s third quarter financial Conference Call on Monday once again proved their skill in using vagueness as a tool to create buzz. Look for the mysterious product reference in the paragraph below…
We expect gross margin to be about 31.5%, reflecting approximately $23 million related to stock-based compensation expense, down from 34.8% in the June quarter. This sequential decline is...
Apple Handles MobileMe Mess Up With Class
When Apple launched MobileMe last Friday, most of the focus was on the activation problems everyone was having with their new or newly updated iPhones. However, the iPhone problems weren’t the only thorn in Apple’s side that day. Many MobileMe subscribers were not able to login at all on Friday. Others were couldn’t sync or found out that the “push” service, which...
Apple Lowers Price of SSD-Drive MacBook Air
AppleInsider noticed a $500 drop in the price of the Solid State Drive (SSD)-equipped MacBook Air.
The MacBook Air with a 64GB Solid State Drive was priced at $3098 yesterday, but is down to $2598 as of this morning. It’s a tempting offer for those in the market for a slim, lightweight laptop.
The price drop is easily explained by the fact that Apple reduced the price of the Air’s 1.8GHz...
