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Cowbell aplenty!!!
Don’t need another phone, pocket pc or iPod whether in one or multiple devices.
What I do need is a better and faster Mac of both desktop and laptop varieties.
Also need iLife 07, iWork 07, etc., etc., along with, of course, Leopard.
Will I have to make contact with Microsoft, a company apparently staying in the computer business, for my wants and needs?
Where’s the built in eyesight for video chat on the iphone??
Wow, Apple’s stock is up a higher % today than the DJIA is for Bush’s entire white house term. (unsurprising, really . . .).
4Eastern/3Central Hour Just announced on CNBC
I’m here on the east coast (Maryland, USA) and CNBC just announced that their interview with Steve Jobs is coming on in five minutes (4pm)
WBW, Do you really think Apple would unveil Apple TV, iPhone, OS 10.5, iLife ’07, iWork ’07 etc. all in one go? Thankfully, Apple has better PR and marketing people than you! The annoucements today fit together quite nicely. I except an additional event sometime later in the spring for 10.5 and associated software. As for updated Macs, do you really think a processor upgrade is worthy of time next to the phone stuff? Steve today used MacWorld to talk about the future. It may not be to your liking, but that’s where Apple is headed and needs to go. Talk about halo effect!
sd,
Don’t get your knickers in a knot.
Won’t Be Watching is paid by Microsoft to spread his BS here.
He’ll be on in the second hour.
CNBC spreading FUD. Is the iPhone not Windoze compatible? Said it was not a “business” device because of this. Thought it was. Still haven’t watched the entire keynote though. Am I wrong about this?
I wish I had known there would be no Leopard or iLife/iWork announcements going into the keynote. I wouldn’t feel quite so let down. Steve made a proclamation it was all about the Mac and then launched into talking about iTunes, iPod, Apple TV, and iPhone and never came back to the Mac.
It would’ve been dumb to try to cram in announcements about iLife and Leopard. People are acting as if Apple has simply stopped dvelopment on these things. What people don’t seem to understand is that there is only so much you can do in a single presentation.
They’ll very likely have another presentation pretty soon devoted solely to Mac news. Good grief, nervous nellies!
Meanwhile, MS does stupid crap like this:
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2007/01/09/070109154225.mvw0xcxl.html
OS 10.5, iLife ’07, iWork ’07 will be a boffo presentation by itself.
iLife ’07 & iWork ’07 will depend on new tech in Leopard.
@Oops… It’s MacWorld. Rather an opportune place to talk about *Mac*.
Oops,
This is suppose to be Macworld and not CES. That keynote should have been given at CES. A Macworld keynote should be about Macs. It’s a very simple concept.
I was waiting on a computer purchase that I have to make for my wife so that she can work. We decided to wait 2 weeks for Macworld. Well the biggest Mac event of the year is here and there is NOTHING about Macs! So if news about Macs doesn’t come during Macworld when will it? Is it next week, next month, when? This is the most frustrating thing about Apple.
Steve is up next!
Perhaps they should rename the conference to AppleWorld. Then, anything goes, especially with the new name-change.
Please, the Mac OS X runs the iPhone. How much more about Macs can a phone that uses Mac OS possibly be?
Besides, MacWorld is a magazine all about Apple products not just Macs.
Won’t be Watching…
Will I have to make contact with Microsoft, a company apparently staying in the computer business, for my wants and needs?
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Yeah, go ahead and embrace Microsoft for all your computing needs. You’ll be welcomed with open arms.
If what Apple currently has available in the way of computing power and life-style isn’t enough to satisfy your needs your better off in the other camp.
see ya…
I for one am glad that Apple are getting into different products. They each will make the other more useful.
In June, when the iPhone is released then Apple will have five major avenues for profit. Macs, Pods, Phones, TV and content distribution. More revenue, greater exposure and increased potential for investment into the current product line and new ones.
Those who bought Apple stock in 1999 before the iPod was released now have the equivalent of 3 companies in one (Computers, Entertainment devices and Distribution). I’m really surprised anyone can complain about the keynote.
If Apple do truly sell 10M iPhones next year that will add $5B to their annual revenue. Not too shabby and potentially a lot more.
I’m sure Apple will have several special events to announce Leopard and any Mac upgrades very soon.
All you idiots that are complaining need to wake up – asuming you don’t work for MS.
This is the most amazing computer ever made. Fully scaleable, full OS, the best most advanced in the world etc etc. It has 200 patents and sets new standards.
All these things are coming to your Mac to increase the productivity gulf between Mac and Windows.
APPLE IS LEADING THE WORLD.
MICROSOFT IS DYING.
Matt wrote: “It’s MacWorld. Rather an opportune place to talk about *Mac*.”
Matt,
Opportune? Yes. Compulsory? Certainly not. You’re putting too fine a point on it being called “MacWorld”. Apple has become a diverse company. Get over it.
Can you read? I’ll say it again. There is only so much you can introduce in a single presentation before overload and fatigue set in.
But thanks anyways for telling me what the damn conference is called. I really didn’t know it was called “MacWorld”, you friggin’ genius!
GregM wrote: “This is suppose to be Macworld and not CES. That keynote should have been given at CES. A Macworld keynote should be about Macs. It’s a very simple concept.”
Greg, you condescending bastard. Yet another genius telling me this is “MacWorld”. Maybe they’ll just need to change the name to AppleWorld so you bastards can unwind your panties. Of course, then you’d be whining about the name change.
The phone runs MAC OS X. The Apple TV networks with your MAC.
There now. It’s Mac-related again. Feel better?
drz:
I agree. Showing a hip teen guy using the iPhone to video-chat with another hip teen girl on a MacBook using the iSight camera via free home WiFi would have brought iChat and video conferencing to the masses.
Apple still needs Windows XP and iPhone versions of iChat. Despite that, by teen kids are all dropping MSN for Skype now they all have broadband and web-cams, plus the Skype emoticons are better and Skype crashes less. The conversations are just as dull.
Oops:
You, calling anyone a “condescending bastard,” are typical of the MDN blinder-wearing crowd.
You want condescending? Other than the iPod Hi-Fi, I can’t think of two products I am less interested in owning than the AppleTV and the iPhone.
Grotesquely over-priced crap.
Actually, the above remark isn’t “condescending.” It is the truth. Apple’s string of successes ended with the so-called “Hi-Fi.” “Apple, Inc.” has been transformed into a greedy, over-priced producer of hyped-up techno junk.
They used to make interesting computers…
Could somebody please post the CNBC video on YouTube? I ain’t got no premium cable channels.
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avail to watch?
ok let’s try this again..my bad..here’s the CNBC video for you viewing pleasure.
How can anyone be sure this is a full version of OSX? From the pictures I saw, it looked like embedded versions of the main applications. If it is truly a generic install of OSX, how come you can’t exit that glitzy menu crap, and get to the dock and regular OSX desktop? I don’t like the idea of having to purchase this device solely for use as a telephone. Yeah the feature is nice, but you should be free to purchase and use this device as a tablet pc, an mp3 player, a movie player, or a PDA if you wish, without having to commit to a service contract for yet another phone service. I understand that the shape and size make it perfectly usable as a cell phone, but I don’t understand why it needed to be powered by OSX, just seems like overkill to me, for something being branded and used primarily as a cellphone. I hope Apple will allow people to buy these and use them as more than just phones.
Nobody can be sure that it is a full version of OS X. In fact, chances are, it’s a light version. Why would you need DVD Player, iDVD, iMovie etc. on a palmtop computer? However, it is still Mac OS X. Steve answered that very question and showed a slide why Mac OS X is the brain of iPhone. It has got sync, network, multitasking, power management in the foundation and on its top, it has CoreAnimation, CoreAudio, CoreGraphics and developers should be able to easily create killer apps with Cocoa. Apple doesn’t have to reinvent the wheel. It may look like it’s overkill now, but wait until developers start to customize apps for it.
As to why you can’t turn off the interface, iPhone is marketed as a consumer product. It’s not designed as miniaturized desktop computer which would make things complex anyway. The screen is only 3.5″, the Dock would look like sh!t on it especially if some real estate is taken to provide the virtual keyboard. And your rant about using the device solely for telephone, are you kidding? It’s still an iPod and it still works as an MP3 player, camera, photo slideshow, movie player and PDA. Those features work without needing buy into a mobile phone service.
@ “Informed”
You’re one of those Windows trolls, aren’t ya? I can sniff out your kind a mile away.
Oops:
So much for your sense of smell. I own/operate a audio recording & multimedia firm. I’ve been a Mac owner since March 1984. My occupations have overlapped or dovetailed with Apple since 1982.
I love my iPod. I think the “Hi-Fi” is an insult. I think the low-quality music and low-resolution video available from the iTunes store are a complete rip-off. Anyone foolish enough to buy a movie from iTunes (rather than buy the DVD) deserves to watch their lower-than-cable quality movie on their hi-def screen.
And I don’t have/won’t have a cell phone. I prefer to move human evolution forward rather than backward.
You’re one of those Apple asskissers, aren’t ya? I can sense your lack of objectivity a mile away.