“It’s that time again — the first round of non-descript Apple teaser banners have begun cropping up around San Francisco’s Moscone Center, the site of next week’s highly-anticipated Macworld Expo,” AppleInsider reports.
AppleInsider reports, “Sure to fuel rampant and widespread speculation for the next four days is a sprawling matte black banner hanging above the entrance to the south hall that reads simply: ‘2008. There’s something in the air.'”
“Several other banners bearing the same phase are also visible through the windows of the south hall entrance,” AppleInsider reports.
Full article with more, larger photos here.
MacDailyNews Take: Dvorak must have shown up early.
These look odd to me, why is Apple suddenly using a font it’s never used before?
umm…
streaming movies!
It seems like this would indicate something new in wireless technologies? Or maybe something the newest device is so small it floats in the air…
i had the same question about the fonts
is apple threatening a biological attack on San francisco?
This thing that’s in the air, this one more thing is all about a multi-touch keyboard. They’ve patent it and it’s coming. It will change the way we use our computer.
Obviously more wireless things, but it might really be something else as well…….
bird flu?
anthrax?
it’s anthrax! Run!!!
Holographic display!
Petey: “These look odd to me, why is Apple suddenly using a font it’s never used before?”
If no one ever used a new font, wouldn’t we all still be using hieroglyphics?
(Thanks to Leopard’s built-in spell check for that one.)
Wi-fi sharing, like FON.
But that doesn’t really seem worthy of a big ass banner.
It’s the keyboard. That would make any desktop computer looks like what Jeff Han showed us. Think about all the applications that could be developped just by introducing this add-on. Forget about Mac Tablet or the likes.
Bill’s carcass
MDN you make me smile, thanx
re: Petey: “These look odd to me, why is Apple suddenly using a font it’s never used before?”
If no one ever used a new font, wouldn’t we all still be using hieroglyphics?
(Thanks to Leopard’s built-in spell check for that one.)
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What I mean is Apple uses teh same fonts on ALL it’s marketing and corporate image, it’s part of it’s corporate identity.
From packaging to it’s website they have never changed to a different font for anything – so why now?
This suggests to me they are gonna go through a massive brand identity revamp in 2008 as well as the new products announced at the Expo.
Updated displays that connect wirelessly.
iPlane
It’s just wireless transmission of rented movies to the new Apple TV. Not too exciting beyond that. Aside from a slim notebook, there isn’t much else likely.
MDN Word: I *hope* I’m wrong, but pretty much doubt it.
Wireless charging? Has that technology even been perfected yet?
Steve will levitate to open the show.
I know…. streaming media from wi-fi equipped iPhones & iPods to other iPhones & iPods. Kinda like the Zune, only done right (real-time streaming, no play-3-times-and-you’re-out BS).
Just think. You could go around broadcasting “Dancing Queen” (ABBA) and some cute lil chic tunes into your favorite song, strikes up an iChat with you (video, that is), and you get laid that very evening.
“From packaging to it’s website they have never changed to a different font for anything – so why now?”
They certainly have changed fonts periodically over the past 30 years. See link
http://www.macmothership.com/gallery/gallerytextindex.html
I’m hoping wireless syncing of the iPhone through Leopard Server for business.
“Wireless charging? Has that technology even been perfected yet?”
Yes, it has. for smaller devices.