Apple to stream today's iPad special event live online [u]

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    rogifanrogifan Posts: 10,669member
    Actually, Ballmer got a letter from the 12 member Windows RT fan club saying that he should convince Nokia to release its tablet the same day as the iPad event in order to steal some of Apple's thunder. Of course, Ballmer thought that was a great idea...
    Can someone explain why Nokia would release a Windows RT tablet with exactly the same specs as Microsoft's Surface 2 tablet? And announce it on the same day Microsoft's tablets go on sale? WTF?
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    macxpressmacxpress Posts: 6,015member
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    Originally Posted by island hermit View Post

     

     

    Actually, Ballmer got a letter from the 12 member Windows RT fan club saying that he should convince Nokia to release its tablet the same day as the iPad event in order to steal some of Apple's thunder. Of course, Ballmer thought that was a great idea...


     

    Haha..thats funny! :)

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  • Reply 44 of 61
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    Can someone explain why Nokia would release a Windows RT tablet with exactly the same specs as Microsoft's Surface 2 tablet? And announce it on the same day Microsoft's tablets go on sale? WTF?

     

    One word. Ballmer.

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    macxpressmacxpress Posts: 6,015member
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    Can someone explain why Nokia would release a Windows RT tablet with exactly the same specs as Microsoft's Surface 2 tablet? And announce it on the same day Microsoft's tablets go on sale? WTF?

     

    Because no one at Microsoft or Nokia has a F&^%! clue as to what they're doing. Nothing like partnering with someone who releases a product that competes against your own. 

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  • Reply 46 of 61

    anyways I think guys .... We will see some amazing things today

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    anyways I think guys .... We will see some amazing things today


     

    I heard that Tim Cook is going to announce that he will be on Dancing With the Stars.

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  • Reply 48 of 61

    Ah - nu iPhone 5S will be handy today!!

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  • Reply 49 of 61
    rogifan wrote: »
    Can someone explain why Nokia would release a Windows RT tablet with exactly the same specs as Microsoft's Surface 2 tablet? And announce it on the same day Microsoft's tablets go on sale? WTF?

    The answer is no. No one can explain it.
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  • Reply 50 of 61
    My money's with Apple knocking off the Surface RT complete with live tiles... only on the Apple version the [S]crutch[/S] kickstand operates silently... yeah, that it...
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    My money's with Apple knocking off the Surface RT complete with live tiles... only on the Apple version the crutch kickstand operates silently... yeah, that it...

     

    AAPL is down so far today.

     

    Nokia is up.

     

    lol

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  • Reply 52 of 61

    There's been a lot of discussion of the "cover" part of "a lot to cover", but not as much about "a lot".  It's easy to think that it's alluding to the large number of product updates, but I've been wondering if it is more literal.  Like a larger iPad.

     

    Stretching further, I'd like to see a 4K display.  The technology pieces are there, just a matter of when.

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  • Reply 53 of 61
    jessijessi Posts: 302member
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    It's interesting that they not only are hosting this event in SF over their smaller center in Cupertino but are also live streaming it. I really want to believe it's because of a new product category.

     

    That is very curious.  I assumed the Yerba center wasn't available for the iPhone event, but if that's the case wouldn't they have wanted to stream it?  Why do smaller location and no streaming for an iPhone event, when the iPhone is over %50 of the business?

     

    And then bigger location plus streaming for a "smaller" event which seems to be a grab bag of products- pro, os x, iPads, etc.  Not that they aren't great products, it just seems odd.

     

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    They should do that anyways. Nobody cares about a crappy Windows phone, even if Apple didn't have an event schedule for today. I still think Apple did this on purpose. Its not the first time they've scheduled an event on or near a competitors event. Apple knows they'll get the press and the others won't.

     

    Apple doesn't care.  Apple planned this event and isn't going to let a competitor shift them off the date. When others are doing events near an Apple event, its' usually because they're trying to steal apple's thunder.  Remember googles' desperate "we're still relevant in maps" event before the Apple maps event?  (of course they new when the apple event was going to be because Apple cancelled their maps deal with google.)   

     

    Apple has no reason to be desperate and petty... it has much bigger concerns, like ship dates.

     

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    I heard that Tim Cook is going to announce that he will be on Dancing With the Stars.


     

    His partner should be Charlie Hunnam.

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  • Reply 54 of 61
    ecats wrote: »
    This event (like previous events) are not region specific, the "Apple Events" channel is now available. They also are cast with degradable quality, so if your connection is having trouble you'll be provided a suitable resolution stream.

    Thanks!
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  • Reply 55 of 61
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    His partner should be Charlie Hunnam.


     

    I thought Tim's dancing partner would be Katy Huberty.

     

    "Whoops, sorry, Katy, you just slipped out of my hands. Here, let me help you up."

     

    "Damn! Happened again. My bad"

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  • Reply 56 of 61
    iaeeniaeen Posts: 588member
    j1h15233 wrote: »
    Does anyone remember the last time they did a live stream? I'd like to think they're doing it because they'll be unveiling something really special but I can't remember if they did that or not last time they did a live stream.

    The iPad mini and the iPhone 5 events were streamed last year. Also, IIRC all the WWDC keynotes are streamed.

    I was actually a little surprised that they didn't do the iPhone 5s event.
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  • Reply 57 of 61
    It's actually streaming on all devices.

    "Live Streaming video requires Safari 4 or later on OS X v10.6 or later; Safari on iOS 4.2 or later. Streaming via Apple TV requires second- or third-generation Apple TV with software 5.0.2 or later."

    There ya go, streaming on iOS.
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  • Reply 58 of 61
    gatorguygatorguy Posts: 24,772member
    macxpress wrote: »
    I was just gonna post that! :(

    So is iWork for iCloud. Offline for all users until 5pm EST today.
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  • Reply 59 of 61
    apple ][apple ][ Posts: 9,233member

    Great news! 

     

    I've watched live Apple events before, but this is the first time I'll be watching one on an Apple TV.

     

    I am so damn tired of reading blogs and sites, and having to follow their live play by play about Apple events. I don't need to read their bad typing, their slow typing, their bad jokes and their personal biases when following Apple launches.

     

    Live is where it's at! Bring it on!

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  • Reply 60 of 61
    Lol, windows 8 is only $40 at windows8online.com
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