Apple to hold special media event next Tuesday
Tuesday, February 21, 2006 - 01:52 PM EST
In an email sent today to media outlets, Apple has invited the media to visit Apple's Cupertino, Calif., headquarters, Apple Town Hall, Building 4 at 10am PST next Tuesday, February 28 to "Come see some fun new products from Apple." The invitation includes nothing more than an iCal image of a calendar with the date Feb. 28.
"Sam Bhavnani, an analyst at market researcher Current Analysis, said he thinks Apple may introduce a 17-inch MacBook Pro as well as a redesigned iBook with a 13-inch widescreen display," Ina Fried reports for CNET News. "'The reason to expect an iBook announcement is so that Apple is able to have sufficient quantities shipping in time for back to school,' Bhavnani said in an e-mail interview. 'The fact that Apple started shipping Intel products ahead of schedule means it is serious about winning 'switchers,' and key to getting Windows customers will be to have systems that cost significantly less than $2,000.' Bhavnani said that an ideal iBook would arrive in time for the education buying season, cost $999, and include Intel's Core Duo chip."
Full article here.
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Ummm............
Median price in January of new and resold homes, overall and by county
Median Price % change price
Area (thousands)from July '05
San Bernardino $355+8.2%
Riverside 410+6.5
Ventura 608+5.0
Los Angeles 487-0.2
San Diego 490-1.2
Orange 582-3.2
S. California 469 0.0
Source: DataQuick Information Systems
Back on topic...
iCal definitely has something to do with it.
Most likely just adding an input device to the current iPod since they already have most of the PDA functionality. Just need to add some input.