I suspect that it was something of an innocent mistake. Someone probably heard that there was a New York connection and made a bad assumption that the event would be there. Rather than the truth which is more like Tim will demo the new cameras and screen by doing a FaceTime to the 5th Ave store or something similar.
The "Calendar" text is definitely higher resolution in that photo than it is on my iPad 2.
I have photographed my iPad screen and it definitely exhibited a moire in the screen area of the image. So using such a shot for print usually requires some photo editing work. Not saying the screen won't be higher res but based on my experience examining previous Apple images of iPads, I think they have done quite a bit of touch up with Photoshop in the past.
off topic. Has anyone found a good program to lock apps or basic functions?
Parental controls are built right in for those reasons.
I'm guessing by the way you asked this question however, that you are some kind of extreme wacko that wants to do something that no one in the world besides yourself ever thought of or wanted to do before and that therefore this answer probably won't satisfy you.
If Wall Street follows the same rut it's been in for the past few years, AAPL will run up slightly every day until a day or two before the iPad 3 announcement. On the day of the announcement, it will retreat $20 to $40. Then it will gradually rebound over the next week or two, passing where it was on the day before the announcement.
Buy on rumor, sell on news. We'll see if it happens again.
That's how I'm trading it... Yesterday morning I bought weekly calls on the assumption that invites would be in the next day or two. Plan on holding them through to Friday... take a LITTLE and buy way out of the money weekly's for next week ($560 maybe?) on the off chance that something groundbreaking moves the stock. But will be mostly in cash at that point waiting for the pullback which you speak of.
It may be too big an event to stream. Maybe they should practice by streaming an event with less interest, like maybe the Super Bowl.
They did do a live stream of one of Steve's last keynotes. Can't remember which one but it didn't go that well. It kept jumping back top the beginning and lost connection several times for many people.
I just read the Gizmodo article on it, seems the home button really is gone.
Perhaps now they'll have a swipe gesture from the bottom edge?
I don't see enough evidence to suggest that is the case. Remember the iPad can be used on any of its 4 sides. They could have not included the button accidentally, could have used it on a different side to not include it, or even removed the button is editing.
If they did they remove the Home Button I'd be a little worried about a decline in utility. How will you enable Siri or other Home Button actions? I don't think the integrated button with no tactile feedback is a good solution.
Just looked at my iPad, spacing is too tight between the icons to be landscape mode
Okay, don't flame me for this and yes, I do have better things to be doing, however...
The desktop image in the invitation only takes on that particular appearance when the screen is in portrait mode. Therefore, with that spacing, the button should be right below the Maps icon and quite visible. Still, I'd say that the image has just been manipulated to remove distraction. (Either that or the button is gone )
I think it is a giant iPod Touch. I have my $1,200 ready for that baby.
A giant iPad, more likely. That finger is from an adult... Compare it to the size of the icon, and you'll see it (the icon, not the finger) is huge!!... A 15" iPad, anybody?
Besides, iOS doesn't highlight the text of an icon when it is touched (or when it's about to be, it doesn't work as with a mouse ). This is just an artistic interpretation of a Retina Display iPad. That it is coming I'm quite convinced.
The only thing I really want is for Apple to resurrect the live stream of these events. They did it for the "Back To the Mac" and "iPad2" events, then stopped (though live streaming the WWDC keynote, since it wasn't tied to any hardware announcements was probably wise...).
Sifting through the liveblogs is it's own kind of fun, but a live stream would be even better.
I have a feeling this is going to be a good one.
The problem with live streams is that journalists and other kind of invitees don't go to the events, and Apple, as any other company, wants to see their room full after all the effort of creating such an event like this. So, sorry, I would like to see a live streaming too, but knowing the pain it is make this kind of shows I understand them.
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Is the home button missing from the bezel?
Might be in landscape mode.
The aliasing of icons on the current screen definitely seems to be gone in the invitation's image.
There goes the credibility of CBNC. Bye Bye!!
I suspect that it was something of an innocent mistake. Someone probably heard that there was a New York connection and made a bad assumption that the event would be there. Rather than the truth which is more like Tim will demo the new cameras and screen by doing a FaceTime to the 5th Ave store or something similar.
Erm.. do you know the fundamentals of how cameras work?
Yes, but what I'm suggesting is entirely possible.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/a...g-touchscreen/
I kept all mine from Christmas ... Hopefully Apple TV 3 the same day ???
I'm betting on a 1080p AppleTV and 1080p iTS content also being announced. Seems ideal for all three this time.
I believe that you, Slurpy, have defined a new category... "Retina Porn"
You'll definitely go blind that way.
Might be in landscape mode.
The aliasing of icons on the current screen definitely seems to be gone in the invitation's image.
Just looked at my iPad, spacing is too tight between the icons to be landscape mode
Might be in landscape mode.
The aliasing of icons on the current screen definitely seems to be gone in the invitation's image.
Why is the margin so big.
The "Calendar" text is definitely higher resolution in that photo than it is on my iPad 2.
I have photographed my iPad screen and it definitely exhibited a moire in the screen area of the image. So using such a shot for print usually requires some photo editing work. Not saying the screen won't be higher res but based on my experience examining previous Apple images of iPads, I think they have done quite a bit of touch up with Photoshop in the past.
off topic. Has anyone found a good program to lock apps or basic functions?
Parental controls are built right in for those reasons.
I'm guessing by the way you asked this question however, that you are some kind of extreme wacko that wants to do something that no one in the world besides yourself ever thought of or wanted to do before and that therefore this answer probably won't satisfy you.
It'll have to be replaced with a gesture now.
Swipe up from the bottom edge like notifications?
Four-finger pinch like OS X Launchpad?
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seriously, streaming would be amazing and i'm sure millions of people are waiting for it.
It may be too big an event to stream. Maybe they should practice by streaming an event with less interest, like maybe the Super Bowl.
My wive will leap from iPad 1 to iPad 2. As a consequence I will be forced to leap from iPad 2 to iPad 3.
How terrible for you.
If Wall Street follows the same rut it's been in for the past few years, AAPL will run up slightly every day until a day or two before the iPad 3 announcement. On the day of the announcement, it will retreat $20 to $40. Then it will gradually rebound over the next week or two, passing where it was on the day before the announcement.
Buy on rumor, sell on news. We'll see if it happens again.
That's how I'm trading it... Yesterday morning I bought weekly calls on the assumption that invites would be in the next day or two. Plan on holding them through to Friday... take a LITTLE and buy way out of the money weekly's for next week ($560 maybe?) on the off chance that something groundbreaking moves the stock. But will be mostly in cash at that point waiting for the pullback which you speak of.
It may be too big an event to stream. Maybe they should practice by streaming an event with less interest, like maybe the Super Bowl.
They did do a live stream of one of Steve's last keynotes. Can't remember which one but it didn't go that well. It kept jumping back top the beginning and lost connection several times for many people.
I just read the Gizmodo article on it, seems the home button really is gone.
Perhaps now they'll have a swipe gesture from the bottom edge?
I don't see enough evidence to suggest that is the case. Remember the iPad can be used on any of its 4 sides. They could have not included the button accidentally, could have used it on a different side to not include it, or even removed the button is editing.
If they did they remove the Home Button I'd be a little worried about a decline in utility. How will you enable Siri or other Home Button actions? I don't think the integrated button with no tactile feedback is a good solution.
Just looked at my iPad, spacing is too tight between the icons to be landscape mode
Okay, don't flame me for this and yes, I do have better things to be doing, however...
The desktop image in the invitation only takes on that particular appearance when the screen is in portrait mode. Therefore, with that spacing, the button should be right below the Maps icon and quite visible. Still, I'd say that the image has just been manipulated to remove distraction. (Either that or the button is gone
I just read the Gizmodo article on it, seems the home button really is gone.
It'll have to be replaced with a gesture now.
Swipe up from the bottom edge like notifications?
Four-finger pinch like OS X Launchpad?
...
"see and touch"
we all know here that it will have retina display for the 'see' part.
now for the 'touch' part, no home button?
That thing looks familiar.
I think it is a giant iPod Touch. I have my $1,200 ready for that baby.
A giant iPad, more likely. That finger is from an adult... Compare it to the size of the icon, and you'll see it (the icon, not the finger) is huge!!... A 15" iPad, anybody?
Besides, iOS doesn't highlight the text of an icon when it is touched (or when it's about to be, it doesn't work as with a mouse
The only thing I really want is for Apple to resurrect the live stream of these events. They did it for the "Back To the Mac" and "iPad2" events, then stopped (though live streaming the WWDC keynote, since it wasn't tied to any hardware announcements was probably wise...).
Sifting through the liveblogs is it's own kind of fun, but a live stream would be even better.
I have a feeling this is going to be a good one.
The problem with live streams is that journalists and other kind of invitees don't go to the events, and Apple, as any other company, wants to see their room full after all the effort of creating such an event like this. So, sorry, I would like to see a live streaming too, but knowing the pain it is make this kind of shows I understand them.