My guess is that all the ink blots are a clue that this device is going to revolutionize the printing industry. Apple wants to do for magazines, comic books and textbooks, what they did for the music industry.
Is it just me who would find it hilarious if Steve came on stage and just said something like, "we've re-designed our website" then wandered off!
That's what I'd do. The whole PC industry has jumped on the slate idea and brought out products to take attention away from Apple and they've just shown blatantly how they are tailing them even when they bring out products first. That's why I think if there's going to be a slate input, it should just be an iphone/ipod docking display.
This way Apple can ship more ipods/iphones with OS 4 and (restricted) multitasking and not give people the dilemma of choosing between an iphone and a tablet - few people can afford both.
It will be what the 24" Cinema display is to the Macbook Pro. The main device is portable but you get a bigger screen when you need it. It simply needs a screen, big battery and SD memory as well as the speakers and microphone for incoming calls.
This way people who already have an ipod/iphone get a very cheap slate and there's still the incentive to buy the new one as the Cortex A9 + PowerVR will run so much more smoothly. This also gets round any data contract issues as it's using the phone contract you already pay for to go online.
To quote my favorite scholar, Bugs Bunny, you guys are a bunch of maroons!
I prefer ultra-maroon. That's what he says in the episode where he also uses the words nin-camp-poop and gulli-bull (an especially good one as he is making fun of a bull). Those writers were both brilliant and high.
Dunno if it's already been said, as I haven't read the comments. But my guess is that the colours refer to the comparison with BW E-Books such as the kindle.
January 27 is my birthday. I have a feeling it will be one of the most memorable in years. Hopefully my heart rate will slow down before next Wednesday; otherwise I might collapse. How do I do that? Every day there's another rumor, and now we know something's coming. Damn! I may die before my next birthday, no chance to see the multicolored creation...
Emerging from and replacing the confusion of multiple [paint splatters], Apple stands on the solid background of [a calming color], shining with a simple, familiar white purity which cuts through ALL the clutter.
It is a very powerful and evocative image. Apple must have just about the best PR firm in the world.
Ah yes! The splatter reprensents the history of the tablet, and the Apple logo, all-confirming of our hopes and dreams... that the Apple concept will leave all others behind.
As I've said previously, I believe (from what I've seen/read) that there'll be no stand-alone 'Tablet', there'll be a new iPhone hardware version with a super-fast multicore chip spawned from their PA Semi IP. There will then be an iPhone accessory which is essentially a large, multi-touch display which will house the iPhone.
While it is commonly believed that the P.A. Semi engineers are working on new ARM designs, I am not sure if the timing is right.
These guys were previously working on PowerPC designs. I don't know if it is reasonable to think that they can come up to speed on a new architecture (ARM), design, tape out and release a new chip in a year and a half.
I'm sure that P.A. Semi-designed silicon will eventually show up in various Apple products, I don't know if the time is now and the tablet is the device. After all, the tablet has been a project going on for years and years. I would guess that a more likely CPU would be a multicore ARM Cortex-A9 in a more conventional design.
More likely, a P.A. Semi-designed ARM chip would show up in the iPhone first, where power and space constraints would benefit the most from a system-on-a-chip design.
To my eyes this invitation is a homage to the revolutionary artist Jackson Pollock.
The message is clear: This will be a game changing announcement. Nothing will ever be as it was before. The choice of colors gives it the typical simple Apple style.
Revolutionary yes, but simple as kids play.
This will be the announcement that SJ has been working towards and dreaming about for the last 20 years. And this will be what he will be remembered for. The stakes are high and we will see if this will be his biggest success or, well, yes: It might turn out to be the first miss in a long time.
Or perhaps we are reading far too much into the technicolor vomit?
C.
Ahahaha.
If you believe some of the commenters here, we should be able to predict the entire design of the device from the invitation e-mail graphic.
More likely, someone in Apple PR is laughing hysterically because they said, "Why don't we just post some random colorful blotches as see what these maniacs come up with?"
Nope, I just don't put much stock in the rumors and speculation. When it comes to unannounced Apple products, reliable information sources are very hard to come by.
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After all, this thread immediately follows one which essentially discounts the use of OLED displays due to supply chain issues (cost, availability).
That graphic might make a cool image to skin the back of the tablet. Maybe I'll be the first to make one
That reminds me of a discussion in an earlier thread where we were speculating on the touch sensitive back surface. But now that you mention it, the technology would seem to be at odds with protective case maker's usual designs.
The biggest problem I see is that I can't rip the books on my bookshelf, and I'm sure not going to buy them all again.
I have this very same problem with Movies. The one thing that bugs me about iTunes movies is i can't rip the movies i own. If there was the same flexibility as music does. Then the a-la-carte marketing of iTunes would be more viable for movies, books, magazines, etc.
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Or perhaps we are reading far too much into the technicolor vomit?
C.
LOL. That is well put. Much as it is fun to speculate and all, the splatter does look kind of ugly to me.
Apple does not stream video of their live events.
You can follow it liveblogged on various tech sites (Cnet, Engadget, Gizmodo, etc.).
At some later point in time (usually a day or two), they will upload video footage to their own website.
Thanks a bunch for the info!
Could be just colors Apple likes, or the art director talks to Ives, but.... that's an exact match.
It's interesting that the colors only really relate to the Nano, not the shuffle or anything else. The iphone nano rumors may come true:
http://www.t3.com/news/apple-prepari...ne-nano?=42103
and the iphone can come in a variety of colors.
Is it just me who would find it hilarious if Steve came on stage and just said something like, "we've re-designed our website" then wandered off!
That's what I'd do. The whole PC industry has jumped on the slate idea and brought out products to take attention away from Apple and they've just shown blatantly how they are tailing them even when they bring out products first. That's why I think if there's going to be a slate input, it should just be an iphone/ipod docking display.
This way Apple can ship more ipods/iphones with OS 4 and (restricted) multitasking and not give people the dilemma of choosing between an iphone and a tablet - few people can afford both.
It will be what the 24" Cinema display is to the Macbook Pro. The main device is portable but you get a bigger screen when you need it. It simply needs a screen, big battery and SD memory as well as the speakers and microphone for incoming calls.
This way people who already have an ipod/iphone get a very cheap slate and there's still the incentive to buy the new one as the Cortex A9 + PowerVR will run so much more smoothly. This also gets round any data contract issues as it's using the phone contract you already pay for to go online.
To quote my favorite scholar, Bugs Bunny, you guys are a bunch of maroons!
I prefer ultra-maroon. That's what he says in the episode where he also uses the words nin-camp-poop and gulli-bull (an especially good one as he is making fun of a bull). Those writers were both brilliant and high.
What are we to make of the graphics? Is it some kind of Rorschach Test?
I'm thinking it might have a color screen. But don't hold me to that
Hmmmm..... someone already reference the iPod socks, but those colors come from the iPods.....so....
Here's the current Nano pallet, also using the paint motif:
And here's the product announcement colors, again:
Could be just colors Apple likes, or the art director talks to Ives, but.... that's an exact match.
Looks like someone shot the Nano pallet with a shotgun. I guess that means the announcement is going to blow us all away
Emerging from and replacing the confusion of multiple [paint splatters], Apple stands on the solid background of [a calming color], shining with a simple, familiar white purity which cuts through ALL the clutter.
It is a very powerful and evocative image. Apple must have just about the best PR firm in the world.
Ah yes! The splatter reprensents the history of the tablet, and the Apple logo, all-confirming of our hopes and dreams... that the Apple concept will leave all others behind.
Brilliant.
Is 2010 and what will happened on 27 Jan ?
As Dave said ...
"Something Wonderful"
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Change The World?
BC
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As I've said previously, I believe (from what I've seen/read) that there'll be no stand-alone 'Tablet', there'll be a new iPhone hardware version with a super-fast multicore chip spawned from their PA Semi IP. There will then be an iPhone accessory which is essentially a large, multi-touch display which will house the iPhone.
While it is commonly believed that the P.A. Semi engineers are working on new ARM designs, I am not sure if the timing is right.
These guys were previously working on PowerPC designs. I don't know if it is reasonable to think that they can come up to speed on a new architecture (ARM), design, tape out and release a new chip in a year and a half.
I'm sure that P.A. Semi-designed silicon will eventually show up in various Apple products, I don't know if the time is now and the tablet is the device. After all, the tablet has been a project going on for years and years. I would guess that a more likely CPU would be a multicore ARM Cortex-A9 in a more conventional design.
More likely, a P.A. Semi-designed ARM chip would show up in the iPhone first, where power and space constraints would benefit the most from a system-on-a-chip design.
The message is clear: This will be a game changing announcement. Nothing will ever be as it was before. The choice of colors gives it the typical simple Apple style.
Revolutionary yes, but simple as kids play.
This will be the announcement that SJ has been working towards and dreaming about for the last 20 years. And this will be what he will be remembered for. The stakes are high and we will see if this will be his biggest success or, well, yes: It might turn out to be the first miss in a long time.
Can't wait to see it!
Have fun everybody!
Or perhaps we are reading far too much into the technicolor vomit?
C.
Ahahaha.
If you believe some of the commenters here, we should be able to predict the entire design of the device from the invitation e-mail graphic.
More likely, someone in Apple PR is laughing hysterically because they said, "Why don't we just post some random colorful blotches as see what these maniacs come up with?"
Am I detecting any sarcasm in this post?
Nope, I just don't put much stock in the rumors and speculation. When it comes to unannounced Apple products, reliable information sources are very hard to come by.
After all, this thread immediately follows one which essentially discounts the use of OLED displays due to supply chain issues (cost, availability).
To my eyes this invitation is a homage to the revolutionary artist Jackson Pollock.
You mean it will be an abstract mess that many will say that my child could have created it?
We'd better hope not!
That graphic might make a cool image to skin the back of the tablet. Maybe I'll be the first to make one
That reminds me of a discussion in an earlier thread where we were speculating on the touch sensitive back surface. But now that you mention it, the technology would seem to be at odds with protective case maker's usual designs.
The biggest problem I see is that I can't rip the books on my bookshelf, and I'm sure not going to buy them all again.
I have this very same problem with Movies. The one thing that bugs me about iTunes movies is i can't rip the movies i own. If there was the same flexibility as music does. Then the a-la-carte marketing of iTunes would be more viable for movies, books, magazines, etc.