From what I read, they're expected to release more iPads.
For sure there will be an event with a few journalists. Probably too late for something bigger.
As for caring, the iPod was introduced at a small event at Apple's headquarters. I don't know if the size of the venue has necessarily anything to do with the importance of the product.
I don't care for a keynote. I want modern hardware with OS X on my desktop. If they release that online only, I am happy, too. What's the advantage of a keynote taking 1,5 hours, showcasing apps I'll never use and demoing projects that don't interest me?
What I don't understand is why the store has to go down for new products? Amazon doesn't have that problem and isn't there a certain loss of sales while the store is down?
The only positive I can take from this is for IT people dealing with their bosses. "Well, Apple does it".
I think Apple can get away with having their online store down for a few hours and not miss out on making money, unlike Amazon. Also as evidenced by this post it builds marketing hype.
Right now, all over the world, there are hundreds of news outlets covering this "downtime". Also right now, thousand of users a refreshing the page to see whats coming.
I am pretty confident that they are not losing any money during this, quite the opposite ;)
To me the Apple Store is 'constantly down'. It happened so often that I had to wait over half a minute for some results that I shy away from the store altogether.
Apple needs a radically new, practical product, either of the better (ie Project Titan, Viv-like, Zeiss smartglasses) or new category defining type, not for profitability reasons but for strategic/goodwill ones.
"Health Watch" that takes my temperature, checks blood-sugar, cortisol & blood pressure might be good too.
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For sure there will be an event with a few journalists. Probably too late for something bigger.
As for caring, the iPod was introduced at a small event at Apple's headquarters. I don't know if the size of the venue has necessarily anything to do with the importance of the product.
It's remarkable how small the room was. But I don't think it was small due to exclusivity.
The only positive I can take from this is for IT people dealing with their bosses. "Well, Apple does it".
We wouldn't be talking about it.
Hint: We are now here talking about it.
Amazon is about volume of sales, Apple is about hype and class.
I am pretty confident that they are not losing any money during this, quite the opposite ;)
"Health Watch" that takes my temperature, checks blood-sugar, cortisol & blood pressure might be good too.