More photos of giant Apple WWDC banner surface

There are 7 new images of Apple’s WWDC ’06 banner hanging in the Moscone Center in San Francisco from OneDigitalLife’s Paul Burd.


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Photos taken through the window of the Moscone Center, San Francisco can be seen on Flickr here.

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “AWidgetIHaveNot” for the heads up.]

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25 Comments

  1. You can see the new Leopard CD.

    I don’t think that this rules out the possibility that the Mac Pro will get a new design– this banner is a welcome banner, and so people will be seeing this before they go into the keynote. Obviously Apple wouldn’t put a new design on the banner for everyone to see right before Steve Jobs introduces it.

  2. “This financial stuff is BAD news.”

    This is almost non-news, as their TOTAL options costs are only a few cents per share per year. Even if they have to restate earnings, it is (1) not going to be a huge number, and (2) a non-cash charge. For those of you who need a translation, it is a charge against retained earnings on the balance sheet, but they won’t have to pay out any cash.

    As Apple is a growth company, their stock is valued on the basis of estimates of the growth of their future earnings/profits. This charge affects only PAST results, so should be insignificant.

    By the way, Al Gore is on the compensation committee and had to approve the option grants. Doesn’t he know backdating options causes global warming? ” width=”19″ height=”19″ alt=”wink” style=”border:0;” /> Those Liberals are always looking out for the corporate bigshots.

  3. In this year of hidden treasures and di Vinci Codes, and knowing how Steve likes such games (mostly to generate free advertising)there seems to be a level of hidden code in these banners; minor changes that are too easily overlooked by the distraction of the obvious icons such as the Leopard DVD.

    Look close!
    Do you see them?!

    Hint… we need a better view of the black keyboard.

  4. You know, it looks a whole lot like last year’s. I smell Photoshop…

    “Moscine Center? don’t they hold it at Moscone center?”

    Ah, you caught the subtlety, Ed. This is actually a banner from Microsoft’s AWDC (Around the World Developer Conference) and they are showing all of the new and shiny features of Vista.

    That’s why it looks like last year’s WWDC and Tiger. Makes sense now. ” width=”19″ height=”19″ alt=”LOL” style=”border:0;” />

  5. I think one of the keys is the “you’ve come to the right platform” line. Apple will frequently put things blantantly out in the open, but it won’t be obvious until after the fact (think back to some of those invitations sent out to the media for product announcement events). I think the “platform” line is referencing what we saw on the YouTube videos – a mobile OS X. It has been rumored for sometime and just makes sense. They might start off with a mobile version of Safari first.

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