Phil Schiller has told Gizmodo’s Brian Lam that there are not going to be any new Apple products this year, Jesus Diaz reports for Gizmodo.
In an update, Diaz reports, “Interesting, after reading this, Apple called and said that the actual quote is ‘The holiday lineup is set.’ Weird.”
Diaz reports, “As far as I know, if ‘the holiday lineup is set,’ then there would not be any new products in 2010 [sic: We think we meant “2009” or “until 2010″], right? So what does this exactly mean?”
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How does one reach the conclusion that for 2010? Stupid.
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I sure hope holiday just means from now till Christmas…
“”Diaz reports, “As far as I know, if ‘the holiday lineup is set,’ then there would not be any new products in 2010, right? “”
Okay, one of us is seriously misunderstanding this. Maybe it’s me, but…
He knows “the holidays” are referring to the end of THIS year (2009), right?
He knows that just because Apple isn’t releasing something December 31st, 2009, doesn’t mean that there are not 365 days in the year 2010 available for releasing a new product, right?
…or perhaps I’m missing something?
It means Steve reads Mac Daily News, He knows that we know new MacBookPros are imminent, and he doesn’t want us to wait!
Apple knows peeps wait for all products from them, He is just saying there is CURRENTLY NO REASON TO WAIT!!!! BUY BUY BUY!!!!!
that’s definitely what it means. maybe the ambiguity means there’s a non-core product coming eg cinima displays.
I don’t think the current mac book pro’s will go away, but rather two new models will be added to the line up with the new processors…
If Jesus says there will be no new products you’ve gotta’ believe him.
Um…isn’t this pretty much obvious? They won’t make any major product announcements until January 2010
Perhaps it means there is an upgrade to the server line coming but servers aren’t usually given as holiday presents.
The only possible misinterpretation I can get out of this is the use of the British meaning for “holiday”, which to us Americans is “vacation”. But how this works into a vacation schedule is beyond me. Maybe Mr. Diaz is looking for some hits?
There haven’t been any new Apple products since the MacBook Air. So technically the original quote doesn’t mean much.
And unlike M$, who’s been trying to slurp Giz’s knob at every possible point, Apple isn’t interested in using tech press to spam the interwebs with vapor 2 years before their shipping products in an attempt to stall everyone else’s innovation. They’re more interested in getting it right, even with Gizmodo.
It means . . .
1. There will not be any updates to existing products. Go ahead and buy existing products, they will not be obsolete by Christmas. We can, for example, still introduce an iTablet.
2. We can still introduce or update something that only business users will be interested. (not for Christmas/Hanukkah/Kuanza gifts.)
Such as errrrrrrrrrr . . . . . . . servers?
I take it to mean the same sort of thing Jon does: the “holiday lineup” refers to the consumer-level products, the ones that experience the most profound sales bounce during the holiday gift-giving season (iPods, iPhones, MacBooks, iMacs, minis, etc.). Those are now set. The pro-level stuff, the things professionals (& rich people) need/want and buy year-round and which sell more steadily year-round (Mac Pros, server stuff, arguably MacBook Pros, etc.) are not necessarily set.
What a dumb shit. All this means is that you won’t see new product intros until January. Duh. This is the same Brian Lam who got pwnd by Microsoft with their fake demo of a supposed smart book. Lam blew his load in his trousers and stated that it exists. BS. It was just a Silverlight animation, nothing more.
And we read this frigtard’s drivel? Please folks, DO NOT click on thie link above. Lam is an idiot. If I were an airline, I would refuse to allow him to issue him a knife and fork with his meal…
I think good ol Steve should do the Back To School…free iTouch with a new Mac…for Christmas….now that would be a stocking stuffer…
I take “the holiday lineup is set” to mean that they have decided on their holiday lineup, not necessarily that they have announced all of the lineup, especially in light of their correction to Gizmodo.
I think Mr. Lam has an “e” missing from the end of his last name.
Gabriel
Heh, heh!
The reason that Phil Schiller has told Gizmodo’s Brian Lam that there are not going to be any new Apple products this year is CRAPple has nothing left in their sleeves to wow the consumers even if they launch the vaporeware iTablet and Phil Schiller doesn’t know what the hell is he talking about.
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Okay. No new products (after last week) until 2010. That’s as to be expected.
But what part of 2010? Now that they aren’t going to MacWorld in January anymore (and aren’t expected at CES), I wonder how long we’ll be waiting until the next round of upgrades? Hopefully not next June. I’m going to miss the annual run-up to MacWorld. It was a way to stay occupied and amused through the holiday slump.
OK, will Apple EVER update the Cinema Displays? Just wondering. Also, it would have made sense to do something with AppleTV. Holidays seems like a good time for that, even if it were just a minor upgrade to storage capacity.
I think that they will introduce a touc htablet in early 2010 and new mac pro specs before December.
This partly explains why AAPL stock is tanking right now!
Uhm, this is no different than any other year. Apple sets its holiday product lineup, and don’t expect anything new until January. It used to be, wait for MWSF, but that’s no more, so, wait for CES, or a special Apple event.
If the iTablet does indeed have a broadband or 3G chip, they will eventually have to work with the FCC. That will make it publicly known, just as the iPhone was, so Apple could always jump the gun and announce (in Nov) that the tablet is on the way with an actual shipping date in January.
This would explain the 4Q earnings conference call where Apple specifically pointed out that their air freight costs would be higher in the months of Oct-Jan because of a new product.