Comments on: Hey Apple, you get NEXT week! http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/01/08/hey-apple-you-get-next-week/ My opinions about convergence, consumer technology, gadgets, Web, and more. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:51:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Wills http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/01/08/hey-apple-you-get-next-week/comment-page-1/#comment-227679 Wills Wed, 09 Jan 2008 09:02:26 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/01/08/hey-apple-you-get-next-week/#comment-227679 Actually Watts, Apple did the same thing last year and updated one of their models incrementally a week before Macworld. Obviously it would have got swamped with the iPhone news had it been announced at Macworld. Same thing here. Actually Watts, Apple did the same thing last year and updated one of their models incrementally a week before Macworld. Obviously it would have got swamped with the iPhone news had it been announced at Macworld. Same thing here.

]]> By: Bruno Dexter http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/01/08/hey-apple-you-get-next-week/comment-page-1/#comment-227656 Bruno Dexter Wed, 09 Jan 2008 07:33:10 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/01/08/hey-apple-you-get-next-week/#comment-227656 Give the guy a break. It's amusing that an Apple press release(s) can cause so much havoc. Someone deserves a raise. Give the guy a break. It’s amusing that an Apple press release(s) can cause so much havoc. Someone deserves a raise.

]]> By: Jeremy Toeman http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/01/08/hey-apple-you-get-next-week/comment-page-1/#comment-227600 Jeremy Toeman Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:17:35 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/01/08/hey-apple-you-get-next-week/#comment-227600 anonymous - thanks for your valuable contribution, especially in doing it anonymously. well done sir. anonymous – thanks for your valuable contribution, especially in doing it anonymously. well done sir.

]]> By: John C. Randolph http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/01/08/hey-apple-you-get-next-week/comment-page-1/#comment-227557 John C. Randolph Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:18:35 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/01/08/hey-apple-you-get-next-week/#comment-227557 If CES can be completely overshadowed by Apple releasing two incremental product updates... Whose fault is that? Maybe if someone besides Apple was showing cool new products, they wouldn't have this problem. CES is unimportant. There's no reason for Apple to delay a product announcement just because some trade show is going on. -jcr If CES can be completely overshadowed by Apple releasing two incremental product updates… Whose fault is that?

Maybe if someone besides Apple was showing cool new products, they wouldn’t have this problem.

CES is unimportant. There’s no reason for Apple to delay a product announcement just because some trade show is going on.

-jcr

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/01/08/hey-apple-you-get-next-week/comment-page-1/#comment-227543 Anonymous Tue, 08 Jan 2008 23:01:06 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/01/08/hey-apple-you-get-next-week/#comment-227543 hey jeremy, the one thing that's lame here is you, your small mind. In fact it's so lame you have to say you like Apple to cover it. I actually can't believe your writing sounds that childish, grow up your mind a bit to see a bigger picture, most people who pay attention to Apple can immediately say wow with the annoucements, "wow' because it's so obvious that it certainly has something more powerful (than the PowerMac & Xserves announced today) in store comes the 15th. Truth is Apple doesnt have to steal thunder from CES because there's none there. Get it now? hey jeremy, the one thing that’s lame here is you, your small mind. In fact it’s so lame you have to say you like Apple to cover it. I actually can’t believe your writing sounds that childish, grow up your mind a bit to see a bigger picture, most people who pay attention to Apple can immediately say wow with the annoucements, “wow’ because it’s so obvious that it certainly has something more powerful (than the PowerMac & Xserves announced today) in store comes the 15th. Truth is Apple doesnt have to steal thunder from CES because there’s none there. Get it now?

]]> By: ceejayoz http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/01/08/hey-apple-you-get-next-week/comment-page-1/#comment-227527 ceejayoz Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:51:13 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/01/08/hey-apple-you-get-next-week/#comment-227527 While you're moping, maybe you could write a post on how the New Hampshire presidential primary diverts attention, too? If CES can't get any interesting products, I don't see why they deserve guaranteed coverage and exclusive publicity. While you’re moping, maybe you could write a post on how the New Hampshire presidential primary diverts attention, too?

If CES can’t get any interesting products, I don’t see why they deserve guaranteed coverage and exclusive publicity.

]]> By: Will Parker http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/01/08/hey-apple-you-get-next-week/comment-page-1/#comment-227518 Will Parker Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:00:59 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/01/08/hey-apple-you-get-next-week/#comment-227518 @Mark: "Get people excited enough that they write about what they think will happen, and then launch officially so they write about the same thing again. Pure genius!" If Steve Jobs spends more than 2 minutes talking about the updated Mac Pros, it's a sign some other product got cut at the last minute. Once again, this means *something more important* displaced the 8-core news. @Mark:

“Get people excited enough that they write about what they think will happen, and then launch officially so they write about the same thing again. Pure genius!”

If Steve Jobs spends more than 2 minutes talking about the updated Mac Pros, it’s a sign some other product got cut at the last minute. Once again, this means *something more important* displaced the 8-core news.

]]> By: Watts http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/01/08/hey-apple-you-get-next-week/comment-page-1/#comment-227517 Watts Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:58:10 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/01/08/hey-apple-you-get-next-week/#comment-227517 This is hardly an "anti-Apple rant"; it came across as a little tongue-in-cheek, and in any case, it *is* unusual for Apple to be making an announcement about new systems a week before MacWorld. I don't know that it really steals thunder from CES, but let's not pretend that people at Apple are sitting around going, "Oh, CES? That's this week? We didn't know that. Pure coincidence!" At any rate, one can't help but wonder what Apple *is* going to announce at MacWorld now that hasn't been revealed -- and I'd say it's a safe bet that getting people asking that question was the real reason for this. My suspicion is that computers are going to take a backseat at the keynote again, and this is a way to forestall complaints that Apple is downplaying the computer business. One could make a case that Apple should be making iPod/iTunes announcements *at* CES and saving MacWorld for, you know, Mac announcements, but that hasn't been the way they've been playing it for a while. This is hardly an “anti-Apple rant”; it came across as a little tongue-in-cheek, and in any case, it *is* unusual for Apple to be making an announcement about new systems a week before MacWorld. I don’t know that it really steals thunder from CES, but let’s not pretend that people at Apple are sitting around going, “Oh, CES? That’s this week? We didn’t know that. Pure coincidence!”

At any rate, one can’t help but wonder what Apple *is* going to announce at MacWorld now that hasn’t been revealed — and I’d say it’s a safe bet that getting people asking that question was the real reason for this. My suspicion is that computers are going to take a backseat at the keynote again, and this is a way to forestall complaints that Apple is downplaying the computer business.

One could make a case that Apple should be making iPod/iTunes announcements *at* CES and saving MacWorld for, you know, Mac announcements, but that hasn’t been the way they’ve been playing it for a while.

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