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by , 7:45 AM EST, January 2nd, 2007
Apple Computer's Web site is sporting an intriguing image and a hint that big things are in store. The site greets you with "The first 30 years were just the beginning. Welcome to 2007."
![]() A tease, or friendly greeting?. |
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Maybe just a friendly greeting, or possibly a tease about the company's plans - and new product announcements at Macworld Expo 2007 next week.
Observer Comments
A bit bold and cocky for my taste. It is a bit un-apple, isn't it? Aren't they supposed to be so secure with their image that they don't have to build a dramatic drum roll to the new year?
Besides.. if we are so welcomed to 2007, it might make 2008 look a bit bleak? You can't do this every year...
QuoteWell going from the rumor's, Apple will be starting their revolutions of both the movie distribution and cell phone industries this year. That's not something they are going to do every year! So I think its understandable if they are a little excited. Plus, building hype helps business. Which helps drive up AAPL. Which is, of course, what Steve's job is.brett_x wrote:
A bit bold and cocky for my taste. It is a bit un-apple, isn't it? Aren't they supposed to be so secure with their image that they don't have to build a dramatic drum roll to the new year?
Besides.. if we are so welcomed to 2007, it might make 2008 look a bit bleak? You can't do this every year...
Tue Jan 02, 2007 11:35 am Subject: It's just generic marketing
Tue Jan 02, 2007 11:54 am Subject: The year we make contact?
With what? I don't know about you folks, but when I see this image, strains of "Also sprach Zarathustra" start playing in my head...
I have _no_ idea what this could be about, and I certainly personally hope it isn't hinting something about an iPod Phone or some such. It would only "confuse" me even more!
However, the set-top box _is_ supposed to be coming, and I suspect that this announcement may be more about that than any phone. Also, I wonder if it also implies some more movie studio deals, linked, not only with iTunes, but more-so the iTV device.
But still, whom do we make contact with?????
QuoteJonGl wrote:
With what? I don't know about you folks, but when I see this image, strains of "Also sprach Zarathustra" start playing in my head...
But still, whom do we make contact with?????
I see what you're saying, the 2001/2010 look is there on this... still...
If it is a "contact with" announcement, I'd guess, each other.. (phone), devices (voice UI for the phone, our Mac, etc), and ourselves (new OS/feature/iApps that make being creative even easier for every Mac user - Hell bring back HyperCard!)
I think it's more Spotlight, a new dawn, type thing myself.. The illustration reminds me of a mix of Time Machine, Spotlight, and the new CoverFlow UI... Leopard will be center stage here.. iMac or MacPro updates, iLife and iWork updates.. but all of these will flow from Leopard and its features... Perhaps the long awaited mini-tower/mac mini extreme/mac mini Pro... iPodPhone *may* be the "one more thing"... (As I've said elsewhere, 2 ApplePhones, one similar to the Shuffle with a voice UI, and one crackberry pearl like ApplePhone ... on my wishlist..)
just my $0.02US
jwd
Quotebrett_x wrote:
It is a bit un-apple, isn't it?
You must be new to the Apple scene. They did something similar in 2002.
Quotebrett_x wrote:
Besides.. if we are so welcomed to 2007, it might make 2008 look a bit bleak? You can't do this every year...
Dude, this is Apple we’re talking about! Of course they can. You are a newbie, aren’t you!
If we consider the last few months of 2006, the Apple developments weren't very exceptional or special: you got some processor upgrades on the Macs and some Hard Disk upgrades on the iPod. The only products to get big upgrades were the nano and shuffle. So it makes sense that some big things are going to be announced at Macworld.
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