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Dakar the Fourth · Jan 11, 2008, 03:48 PM

Originally Posted by starman

Wireless TV?

Doesn't the Apple TV already run on a wireless network?

ort888 · Jan 11, 2008, 03:51 PM

Download and watch movies and TV on Apple phones and laptops... anywhere?

Laptops with 3G internet?

Apple hover boots? Flying cars?

Antigravity iPods?

Superman?

ajprice · Jan 11, 2008, 03:57 PM

Originally Posted by ort888

Superman?

Steve Jobs walks on stage with his pants over his jeans...

macfantn · Jan 11, 2008, 04:01 PM

Smug

ort888 · 04:45 PM

Change? Change is in the air?

What if Apple cut the prices of all their consumer computers by 25% in order to make a real splash.

No idea why that popped into my head... but it's something I think Apple has needed to do for a long time.

lpkmckenna · Jan 11, 2008, 04:35 PM

As long as there isn't anything in the water...

I can imagine a wireless, universal iPod dock.

Chuckit · Jan 11, 2008, 04:37 PM

Electricity through the air?

ort888 · Jan 11, 2008, 04:55 PM

Originally Posted by Chuckit

Electricity through the air?

http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/...at-last_1.html

lpkmckenna · Jan 11, 2008, 05:09 PM

Originally Posted by Chuckit

Electricity through the air?

Wireless syncing, not power. Then you can sync your iPod in a different room in the house.

The iPhone and iTouch will gain WiFi syncing without a dock.

Maybe we'll see wireless earphones?

Eug · Jan 11, 2008, 05:11 PM

Maybe wireless USB-like technology, but that actually works.

Originally Posted by olePigeon

CDMA iPhone?

Nah, I'd rather see a 3G iPhone.

Originally Posted by ort888

Apple orbital laser.

OK, that'd definitely be cool too.

ort888 · Jan 11, 2008, 05:29 PM

Maybe Phil Schiller farted.

lpkmckenna · Jan 11, 2008, 05:38 PM

Maybe it's a cheaper TV, without a hard drive? That I would buy.

ort888 · Jan 11, 2008, 06:45 PM

When is the big event? Monday?

Chuckit · Jan 11, 2008, 06:53 PM

Tuesday at 9 a.m. PST.

darkmatter · Jan 11, 2008, 07:39 PM

Originally Posted by ajprice

2008. There's something in the air.

Airplane, "fly by touch"

Oversoul · Jan 11, 2008, 07:43 PM

More iPod and iPhone accessories on the expo floor. Count on it. :thumbsup"

Andy8 · Jan 11, 2008, 07:52 PM

WiMAX

analogue SPRINKLES · Jan 11, 2008, 07:53 PM

By "Something in the air" they could mean what Steve (and others) call the "cloud" meaning the internet content serving etc.

So perhaps he means movie downloads coming from the cloud OR have something to do with "TV being on the air" and here is Apples new movies on demand.

mdc · Jan 11, 2008, 08:03 PM

As to what it means, I have no idea.
I'd assume something like wifi syncing wouldn't get its own banner.

I hope it's a new product because that's more exciting than wireless syncing of my iPhone; which I feel won't get used much since I have to plug in my iPhone to charge anyway.

brassplayersrock² · Jan 11, 2008, 08:09 PM

wireless cinema display? plug a wireless transmitter into your computer's dvi port and the display will get the picture? only draw back would be no ports on the back of the display, unless they figure out how to do wirelessly transmission of firewire and usb?

imitchellg5 · Jan 11, 2008, 08:41 PM

Originally Posted by brassplayersrock²

wireless cinema display? plug a wireless transmitter into your computer's dvi port and the display will get the picture? only draw back would be no ports on the back of the display, unless they figure out how to do wirelessly transmission of firewire and usb?

I doubt that. It's a not a good idea when you start to think about it.

ironknee · Jan 11, 2008, 08:58 PM

the "lightness" of the new ultra thin macbook

kman42 · Jan 11, 2008, 08:59 PM

There was an Apple patent a while back regarding the ability to play any media on any device on a local network. Stream from a mac to your iPhone or from your iPhone to your AppleTV, etc. I think it also allowed for any device to act as a remote for any other: use your iPhone to control playback from your AppleTV or mac, etc. Anyone have a link to that? It seems like something logically related to this new slogan.

kman

brassplayersrock² · Jan 11, 2008, 09:35 PM

Originally Posted by imitchellg5

I doubt that. It's a not a good idea when you start to think about it.

each transmitter would already be paired with the display from factory with no way of de-pairing them, so that way one computer can't control a lot of other displays.

Eug · Jan 11, 2008, 09:45 PM

Originally Posted by brassplayersrock²

each transmitter would already be paired with the display from factory with no way of de-pairing them, so that way one computer can't control a lot of other displays.

I have similar plug-n-play wireless networking adapters. Not the fastest, but you simply plug them in and go. There is a transmitter and a receiver, which take the place of an Ethernet cable. They are paired in the factory with a unique encryption passcode, which is unalterable. No two pairs have the same passcode either.

I use it with my HD DVD player. It functions completely independently from my WiFi network.

ironknee · Jan 11, 2008, 10:19 PM

Call out the instigators
Because there's something in the air
We've got to get together sooner or later
Because the revolution's here, and you know it's right
And you know that it's right

We have got to get it together
We have got to get it together now

so the bottom half of the banners would show something that integrates stuff...but what...

Chuckit · Jan 11, 2008, 10:33 PM

I'm not really sure the banners are a reference to some Thunderclap Newman song. "There's something in the air" is just a common phrase.

chris v · Jan 11, 2008, 10:59 PM

Nitrous Oxide. It aids in deployment of the RDF.

ironknee · Jan 11, 2008, 11:14 PM

Originally Posted by Chuckit

I'm not really sure the banners are a reference to some Thunderclap Newman song. "There's something in the air" is just a common phrase.

i know...but it's all i got!

btw, i retract something from a previous post....i don't think steve will say how many iphones have been sold. he will reiterate, "we are on target to sell 10 million iphones by the end of 2008."

brassplayersrock² · Jan 12, 2008, 02:50 AM

don't they usually use standard Myriad for their banners? the font they're using is Myriad light. maybe that's a clue to what's coming

Don Pickett · Jan 12, 2008, 04:28 AM

Am I the only one who thinks Steve will announce he's has consciousness transferred to an indestructible cyborg body so he can lead Apple into the 25th century?

ajprice · Jan 12, 2008, 08:41 AM

Apple IPTV?

darkmatter · Jan 12, 2008, 09:53 AM

"There's something in the air"

Rumors...

I think this time we have the worst rumors ever, only predictable products have done their way around the web, Apple should be proud of their top secret policy

mathew_m · Jan 12, 2008, 10:25 AM

I think the line simply refers to changes in general. We can be pretty sure that that there will be movie rentals added to iTunes and probably an update to AppleTV. Yet that's hardly enough for a MacWorld event.

I think Apple will move forward with adding multi-touch to the whole laptop lineup. Whether that just means the trackpad or to the whole screen remains to be seen. I'd love to see a 12" Macbook Touch but I'm not sure Jobs sees a big enough market for that yet. They already have a version of OS X that is multi-touch based with the iPhone/Touch so I don't think it would be too difficult to apply it to Leopard. In my opinion to make a truly revolutionary Macbook Touch would be to lose the keyboard and optical drive but again is there a big enough market for such a device...

MacWorld may be a bit underwhelming though if the biggest announcement is an ultra-thin Macbook and a new AppleTV.

imitchellg5 · Jan 12, 2008, 10:59 AM

Originally Posted by brassplayersrock²

don't they usually use standard Myriad for their banners? the font they're using is Myriad light. maybe that's a clue to what's coming

The font is a bit odd. They've used Myriad Pro for a long time. They've never used Myriad light for anything. I would expect Helvetica Neue before Myriad light.

Nexus5 · Jan 12, 2008, 12:10 PM

Originally Posted by mdc

Take a look at the logo. The edges look, let me say "sharp", like a knife or razor-blade? The logo seems to be very "thin".

nexus5.

0157988944 · Jan 12, 2008, 01:56 PM

The edges looks sharp more because of the wrinkles in the banner. I think the light font is meant to be "airy."

imitchellg5 · Jan 12, 2008, 02:20 PM

Originally Posted by adamfishercox

The edges looks sharp more because of the wrinkles in the banner. I think the light font is meant to be "airy."

IDK, I'm in the same boat as Nexus. It normally has a more built-up look, like in the "Welcome to 2007" banners last year.

ajprice · Jan 12, 2008, 04:13 PM

The bevelled edge looks the same to me, last years was the backlit eclipse style, this years looks like metal.

darkmatter · Jan 12, 2008, 04:35 PM

Just went to the local store that sells Apple products
They don't have any Mac minis left, they will receive new ones in 3 weeks (New CPU, GPU, more Memory)
Was told that the 17" Macbook Pro will be completely redesigned very soon

Best Regards

ajprice · Jan 12, 2008, 04:54 PM

SteveNote Expo - the game

brassplayersrock² · Jan 12, 2008, 04:56 PM

an ultraportable 17''? hmm

Salty · Jan 13, 2008, 02:03 AM

I'm hoping for an announcement of when they'll finally be in Canada!

brassplayersrock² · Jan 13, 2008, 02:19 AM

i'm really hoping for an ultraportable 17'' within a good price range

welcome back salty

turtle777 · Jan 13, 2008, 04:51 AM

Originally Posted by darkmatter

Just went to the local store that sells Apple products
They don't have any Mac minis left, they will receive new ones in 3 weeks (New CPU, GPU, more Memory)
Was told that the 17" Macbook Pro will be completely redesigned very soon

Who told you that ?

I thought it's Apple's (and the Apple Store's) policy to not comment on unreleased products ?

-t

darkmatter · Jan 13, 2008, 09:04 AM

Originally Posted by turtle777

Who told you that ?

I thought it's Apple's (and the Apple Store's) policy to not comment on unreleased products ?

-t

The technician or seller at the store where Apple products are sold.
In case the Mac mini is dropped I wanted to have the last model, I hope it stays on the market with what ever specifications it has, not matter if the GPU is a Trident

Eug · Jan 13, 2008, 04:14 PM

0157988944 · Jan 13, 2008, 04:24 PM

Only 3 to go until Bingo!

Kerrigan · Jan 13, 2008, 05:14 PM

You guys come up with the worst predictions. Thunderclap Newman songs, jagged wrinkled banners, wireless electricity, and wireless cinema displays will have nothing to do with what is released. Seriously, Apple is trying to sell products with mass appeal, not to nerds who want to unplug their display and move it 10 feet over, or people who want to be able to sync their iPods from the toilet.

It's a good thing they don't let Apple fans make product decisions, otherwise Apple would make the most pointless stuff.

sek929 · Jan 13, 2008, 05:45 PM

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

It's a good thing they don't let Apple fans make product decisions, otherwise Apple would make the most pointless stuff.

QFT

The only thing that would excite me would be a sub $2000 Mac Pro, otherwise...meh.