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Tuesday, October 04, 2005, 04:50 pm
Apple to hold special event on Oct 12 (image)
Apple Computer will hold a special event next Wednesday to introduce a new form of product or service, AppleInsider has learned.On Tuesday the iPod maker began distributing invitations to analysts and members of the media for a special event scheduled for 10:00 a.m. October 12 at the California Theater in San Jose.
The invitations simply read: "One more thing..."
In recent years, Apple chief executive Steve Jobs has used the phrase "One more thing..." to indicate a surprise product announcement towards the end of his keynote presentations.
In the invitations themselves, Apple provided no hints as to what announcements it plans to make. However, recent information suggests that Apple may be preparing to introduce a version of its iPod with video capabilities.
The special event will be the second held by Apple in less than five weeks. On September 7th the iPod maker dazzled the media with the introduction of its ultra-thin iPod nano.
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If its a 5th gen iPod, my credit card could be getting a work out - bored of the 4th gen design...
Now what videocontent can apple actually obtain that people want to see very much and costs nothing.....
Airport AV with iSight/ichat integration:
Free Videocalling from your TV
VOIP over your stereo
Apple has seen the skype explosion and learned....
I'm very excited even though I just bought a nano. 
Good job with the blurring on that email address in the invite... good job no-one can read it anymore.
I'm very excited even though I just bought a nano.
in the same boat as you... I just hope i didnt buy too quicky and dont regret waiting.
damn you apple for not releasing it all at once!
The article says there's no hint to what the product could be... If we look back at the invitations sent out for the Nano launch it featured a pair of jeans that I do believe had the small pocket steve jobs used to pull the nano out of (so there was an hint in that invite). So I believe there is a hint in this invite, Theatres generally have red curtains like the ones on the invite, theatre - movies, I think apple are getting at somthing.
A video ipod? After we just had an ipod event 5 weeks earlier? God, I hope not.
I'm glad Apple's doing so well with the iPod, but I'm getting sick of it seemingly becoming the real focus of the company. What happened to the Mac? Many core Mac products have felt quite uninspired over the last few interations (iBook, PBook, and PMacs), and it's been weeks since a Mac has appeared on Apple's home page! And my local Apple store now features iPods in the front of the store, on both sides of the aisle.
I hope this event is more Mac-oriented. I'm crossing my fingers for a dual core G5 PowerMac. That's enough of a leap to warrant a special event, along with new Pbooks maybe. Both machines need a real boost right now, or else everyone's just going to wait for the lines to go over to Intel.
Call me stupid but the email address looks like:
rsvp_media@apple.com
I guess G_Warren was being cynical?
Do you suppose AI did this on purpose?
Conspiracy anyone?
Call me stupid but the email address looks like:
rsvp_media@apple.com
I guess G_Warren was being cynical?
Do you suppose AI did this on purpose?
Conspiracy anyone?
Maybe it's the fact that anyone can reply to it?
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Just in time for the Christmas buying season. "One more thing" seems to indicate something new rather than upgrades to any Macs. I'm betting on the Video iPod. If that's it then Santa is going to be busy this year.