They are going to announce my wife’s birthday present: the new iPhone.

Thanks to Verizon giving us the ability to trade phone upgrade dates, My wife’s early birthday present will be my iPhone 4. My very early birthday present will be a new iPhone 5!!

My birthday is in early December, our anniversary is a week later, and then there is Christmas.

So does the “1” badge on the phone icon mean they’re only announcing one new phone, as opposed to the two that have been rumored?

LarryR,

No the “1” does not represent one new phone it actually represents 1 missed call, meaning they missed their usual summer iPhone update.

Actually that’s just my dum bass speculation

The Calendar is showing the 4th = the date of the event
The Clock is saying 10am = the time of the event
The Map is showing a location = the location of the Apple’s campus - the location of the event
The Phone is showing…?  A missed call?  One message? Let’s talk iPhone?

The “1” could represent:
a) We’re number 1” (the iPhone outselling all other smartphones)
b) “This is the 1 you’ve been waiting for”
c) The Holy Grail of Cell Phone “oneness”, the universal cell phone capable of being used by any network.
d) The address of the event (1 Infinite Loop in Cupertino)
or something else entirely!

or something else entirely!

I think it is in honor of the 1 Great One - Steve Jobs!!

I’m thinking it means “One new message” - i.e., one new thing to tell us about.