Briefly: delayed stream of 'blockbuster' Apple event likely
People familiar with the chief executive's plans for the big day have dubbed it a "blockbuster" event aimed at pushing the envelope of digital media.
Jobs, who makes certain calls based on the magnitude of his keynote announcements, is likely to have a video-on-demand version of the festivities published on Apple's Web site later in the day, those people say.
The event is scheduled for 10:00 am pacific time at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco, Calif. Attendance to the event is extremely limited and invite-only.
Digital invitations sent to members of the media last week simply said "It's Showtime."
Jobs and Co. are expected to use the event to launch a full-length feature film service, new iPods and — if the kinks have been knocked out — a streaming device that will more closely wed the company's digital media strategy to the living room home theater.
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Apple Computer boss Steve Jobs has laid out his favorite pair of blue jeans and black turtleneck for tomorrow morning's special "Showtime" event, expected to be one of the biggest in recent years.
AppleInsider sure is fanning the flames here. Remember the last time an event was hyped like this? Uh-huh. iPod HiFi.
Jobs, who makes certain calls based on the magnitude of his keynote announcements, is likely to have a video-on-demand version of the festivities published on Apple's Web site later in the day, those people say.
Absolutely diabolical. Charging us $1.99 for the privelege of watching his announcements now!
I'll get you Jobs, if it's the last thing I dooooooo!!!!!
AppleInsider sure is fanning the flames here. Remember the last time an event was hyped like this? Uh-huh. iPod HiFi.
iPod HiFi wasn't all! How soon we forget the $99 leather iPod case!
(still, I'll be banging on the reload button with the rest of you...)
AppleInsider sure is fanning the flames here. Remember the last time an event was hyped like this? Uh-huh. iPod HiFi.
I don't agree that AppleInsider hyped the February music event the same way. We believe the impact of this event will be much, much larger. I think we said that event was to include the Mac mini (which it did), possibly the iPod Boombox (which it did) and possibly the MacBook (which we later said wouldn't arrive). The announcements of this event are held down much closer. Movies are huge in my opinion.
All the best,
Kasper
Absolutely diabolical. Charging us $1.99 for the privelege of watching his announcements now!
I'll get you Jobs, if it's the last thing I dooooooo!!!!!
Free reply... no charge. Just like in the past.