{"id":7899,"date":"2010-11-15T13:33:48","date_gmt":"2010-11-15T19:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=7899"},"modified":"2014-05-22T13:35:47","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T18:35:47","slug":"something-new-from-apple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/7899-something-new-from-apple\/","title":{"rendered":"Something New From Apple?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"If you\u2019ve been to Apple\u2019s Web site<\/a> or have opened the Store in iTunes this morning, you probably noticed the announcement for an event for tomorrow – and it promises to be something that we\u2019ll \u201cnever forget.\u201d<\/p>\n

Marketing hyperbole aside, it\u2019s still probably something at least marginally<\/em> significant; after all, they\u2019re announcing it both on the home page (thankfully replacing the MacBook Air promo) and <\/em>on the front page of the iTMS.<\/p>\n

Judging by the announcement itself, it is probably also of global significance. This assumption is simply due to the time <\/em>of the announcement and how it\u2019s presented. Usually, Apple announcements usually start somewhere around 10:00am, Pacific time. This time around, though, they\u2019re pushing it a full 3 hours earlier, <\/strong>resulting in a broadcast during the late afternoon\u00a0in Europe, rather than the early evening. More noticeably, they have announced times in London and Tokyo as well as the usual California and New York times, something Apple generally doesn’t do unless it is significant for the announced country\/region.<\/p>\n

Other than that, however, there is little to be gleaned from the announcement itself. In the absence of hard evidence, then, it\u2019s time for the obligatory wild speculation. Here are my favorites, both from the Web and my own contributions:<\/p>\n

iOS 4.2<\/h3>\n

Considering it\u2019s about a week late, this had better <\/em>be mentioned! However, if this is the only thing they\u2019re coming out with tomorrow, there will be rioting in the streets around 1 Infinite Loop to rival those of the iPhone 4 Antenna fiasco<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cloud-based iTunes Streaming<\/h3>\n

Upload music to some server and access it with your iPhone. This one has been kicked around for a while, and wouldn\u2019t surprise me all that much. However, it would not interest <\/em>me all that much, either, as about the only way it would be useful is if you had an iPhone or an iPad with a 3G connection.<\/p>\n

Subscription-based music<\/h3>\n

There seems to be a large number of people that would be into this. Personally, I\u2019d have a hard time getting excited about this; for the amount of music I buy from the iTMS (as opposed to CDs, vinyl, or other sources), this would not be very cost-efficient. However, I can see those who are on top of the whole \u201cnew music\u201d scene finding this useful.<\/p>\n

Facebook integration with Ping<\/h3>\n

The only thing I can say here is \u201cOh God, I hope not!\u201d<\/p>\n

The Beatles on iTunes<\/h3>\n

Hey… it\u2019s an iTunes event with wild speculation, so this perennial favorite<\/a> needs <\/em>to make an appearance…<\/p>\n

Apps on the AppleTV?<\/h3>\n

Jailbreakers have already done it… why not officially give the little streaming box more functionality by letting it display games onscreen. We can even go a bit further by using the iPhone\/iPod Touch as a controller via WiFi!<\/p>\n

A total ban on new \u201cFlashlight\u201d apps that use the iPhone\u2019s LED flash.<\/h3>\n

Okay, that\u2019s just my own personal pipe dream, but after Apple\u2019s ban on \u201cfart\u201d applications, it\u2019s not outside the realm of possibility. A search for \u201cLED light\u201d in the App Store returns 537 hits; I\u2019ll round it down to an even 500, just to account for any that may have accidentally fallen into the search by mistake. That comes to to a little over three LED flashlight apps a day since it was released on June 24. It\u2019s just a trend that needs to stop… now.<\/p>\n

iPad mini?<\/h3>\n

What about those rumors of the 7″ iPad that were floating about not too long ago? An obvious holiday “must have” announcement would be explosive to announce two weeks before the holiday shopping season starts – especially if it’s “Available Today”…<\/p>\n

One more thing?<\/h3>\n

I\u2019m sure you folks have other guesses as to what you think\/want\/need Apple to announce tomorrow at its iTunes event. Let us know in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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