“Apple Computer, maker of iPod music players and Macintosh computers, could be adding versions of its Mac Mini and iBook laptop with Intel chips next week,” Bloomberg News reports. “American Technology Research analyst Shaw Wu predicted the introduction of the computers and a new portable stereo for the iPod after Apple sent out an E-mail invitation yesterday for a ‘fun’ product announcement on Feb. 28 at its California headquarters.”
“An updated version of the $499 Mac Mini, Apple’s lowest-priced computer, and iBook consumer notebooks may be next, Wu said. Jobs promised last month that all Macs will sport Intel chips by the end of this year in a switch from processors from IBM,” Bloomberg News reports. “Jobs, who turns 51 this week, may also use the event to introduce accessories including an iPod-based ‘boombox’ or portable stereo, Wu said.”
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I was at my local Apple Store last night and noticed something very strange. Not a single iBook or Mac mini in sight. None. Zip. Zilch. Nada.
big tex, I agree. It will be iStripper, virtual stripper software, with your choice of Brooke Burke or Pamela Anderson, with more “models” to be added later.
And as an added bonus, iStripper will rid your house of old paint then give it bad lighting. It also fills your iPod with funky 70’s jazz guitar riffs. Fluffers are optional.
I’ll bet on the following for the 28th…
iPod Boombox
iPod Hi-fi
Possibly, something that draws on this which was supposed to yield product in late 2005.
If you want Mac minis and iBooks, you’re going to have to wait until, at a guess, April 11th which should be the day before Apple announces its Q2 numbers.
I hope that Apple announces the iTunes Porn store. It’s a 12 billion dollar per year industry just waiting for somebody to exploit it.
Fun products ?
I want a lifesize spinning beach ball of death. You know, something I can blow up and take to the beach to kick around. Sorta like a beachball.
What exactly is this iPod boombox thing ? Is it like a huge speaker that the iPod docks to or what ? I plug my iPod into the stereo at home that’s kinda like a boombox, well it’s louder anyway.
How about a remote control shaped like a paper-thin iPod with black & white screen? It could be used to navigate an iTunes library through Airport Express. Perhaps, if a new Airport with video gets introduced, the remote could be just the click-wheel and the television would be the navigation screen. That would be fun, right?
Here’s my prediction: On March 1st I will know everything that Apple has plans to announce on Feb 28.
I’m surprised noone has noted the possible significance of the iCal icon showing the date. Apple has always given hints on what they are introducing through the imagery they present on the invitations. Perhaps it’s a revamped iCal and/or other iApps that do some insanely great thing.