Apple's January 27, 2010 Media Event Discussion Thread (1 Viewer)

[DaveF]

I don't understand that link. Why do you score all those varying predictions? How does that relate to one's own predictions?

It finally made sense to me (I found that site confusing in its explanation). Pity there's no simple way to match e.g. John Gruber's comments to that prediction sampler. I'm not going to bother matching "yes,no,yes,no,no,no,yes..." to a multi-page form to decipher opinions.

 

[Sam Posten]

I think that's what his app is for...

 

[Carlo_M]

I'm just hoping we finally get the iPod Pequeno or Inviso tomorrow...

 

[Ted Todorov]

Originally Posted by Sam Posten
I wouldn't be too happy about that just yet. Those battles are just heating up and it's not clear that h.264 is the right way to go, we could have another GIF problem on our hands:

There are fundamental differences: I don't remember GIF being higher quality than JPEG. On the other hand h.264 is clearly superior to Ogg Theora -- Google stated reason for not supporting Ogg Theora in Chrome. (Apple's reason for not supporting it is fear of patent lawsuits -- which I take at face value considering some of the absurd suits they attract). Also, unlike JPEG, Ogg Theora use at this point is, well, theoretical, while h.264 is very widely used.

I suspect the Firefox people will blink here first. Has the Mozilla foundation even tried to reach an agreement with the reps for the h.264 IP?

 

[DaveF]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sam Posten

I think that's what his app is for...

I only saw a multi-page PDF.

 

[Sam Posten]

http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/01/25/weiss-prediction

 

[DaveF]

iPhone app. Can't use that on my MBP to read your predictions

 

[Sam Posten]

Thats what they make iPod touches for!

Or is it iPods Touch?

 

[DaveF]

I'm a nano man

iPhone ownage is approximately 6 mo away.

 

[Sam Posten]

Will it be sooner if they go to Verizon?

 

[Sam Posten]

Leaks?
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/mcgraw-hills-ceo-confirms-apple-tablet-debuting-tomorrow/
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/wsj-apple-wants-e-books-to-be-12-99-or-14-99-for-hardcover-be/

Gruber is on fire tonight:
http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/01/26/powazek
http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/01/26/tablet
http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/01/26/carr-nyt

 

[Sam Posten]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and make a subtle prediction that I don't think has a lot of traction so far, and despite what Mr. Gruber says, I think it hearkens back to that video. The Tablet is going to be about content CONSUMPTION, books in particular yes, but moreso, I think it is going to at least be initially pointed straight at the heart of something very different:

EDUCATION.

If that's true, the Jobs "This may be my most important release ever" quote actually makes sense.

 

[Sam Posten]

ALERT ALERT!
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/is-this-the-apple-tablet/

 

[DaveF]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sam Posten

Will it be sooner if they go to Verizon?

That would test my resolve. But I mean to wait for the next hardware update. Verizon would just make it perfect.

Unless the AT&T ads are true, that you can't do voice and data simultaneously on Verizon. Then I'll have to consider switching anyway.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

Appreciate Carlo starting this thread.

What site(s) are doing live streaming coverage today?


I won't be here to do a live recap but I am certain
one of you will post all the relevant information.

 

[DaveF]

Two that I've used before are:

http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/01/tablet-live-event-liveblog.ars

http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/live-from-the-apple-tablet-latest-creation-event/

 

[DaveF]

How about these "facts" from Jason Calacanis?

- OLED screen
- Solar pad on rear for charging
- Built in HDTV Tuner and video recording functionality
- Thumb pads on either side
- Built in chess game
- Fingerprint recognition (up to five different users)
- Two cameras on front and rear (one for videoconferencing)
- A wireless keyboard and monitor connection
- Price: $599, $699, and $799

(I don't understand why the Engadget founder isn't posting his stuff at Engadget. These seem pretty out there for me, but I don't know why someone would post crazy rumors knowing they'd be demonstrably wrong in a few hours. None of this makes sense to me, unless it's an imposter.)

 

[mattCR]

The HDTV tuner and PVR make no sense to me at all for this. If it has it, it would be a cool feature, but it would also defy the others who have worked on the wireless TV side.. and it would also mean the thing would have to have significant hard drive space to mean anything, which also kills the point.

 

[Sam Posten]

Ron, here you go:

RT @chockenberry: HOLY CRAP! This is a SPECIAL event: Apple is streaming it live! http://bit.ly/c8mAhI

 

[Sam Posten]

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Gotta hand it to Apple. For all the hype there's been VERY little real leaking!