Apple Media Event - 1080p AppleTV, 4G/LTE 2048x1536 iPad, same price, Mar 16th

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Leona Lewis said:
Nothing will ever top Steve's iPhone keynote. It was just bonkers, and even EDGE 2G and crap pricing couldn't stain it.

So many great moments that seem pedestrian now, but were earth-shattering in 2007:

- Full, properly rendered New York Times website. The full Interwebs on a phone!
- Touchscreen cover flow was just gorgeous, useless as it was (and still is)
- Threaded SMS (not sure if BB had already done this, but this was huge for me, as even my high-end Nokia at the time had separate Re: folders for everything)
- Beautiful mail with in-line images
- Google Maps satellite view...in your pocket

Even without the App Store and Siri, iPhone still seems like it's from the future.
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I distinctly remember my chub receding when the price was revealed.
 
Dreams-Visions said:
I distinctly remember my chub receding when the price was revealed.
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I remember the rage in my office when all the original iPhone people found out that the 3G model was zapped down to $299 :lol Looking back in the MacWorld 2007 thread it looks like folks on GAF were expecting the price to be about what it was. Must have been the standard for crazy phones at the time.

I'd skipped the original iPhone because I was on Verizon and had a Windows Phone that could do a lot of things that the original iPhone couldn't do (hell...that even the 3G couldn't really do)...but the moment the App Store showed up and the price came down...it was a no brainer. I'd already been using an iPod Touch that came with my Macbook Pro and I wanted a one device future.
 
I remember ridiculing the iPhone when it was announced (Lol price, lol no 3g lol ugly) but now come 5 years later, I just plunked down 400 for a 64gb white 4s. And damnit if this isn't the best phone I've ever owned.

Oh how times change.
 
Oh the iPhone keynote. I've gone back to watch it a few times since then and it still makes me smile. It was so monumental in every way (except price). There are parts of Steve's speech that are still burnt into my brain. Groundbreaking moment in mobile technology, absolutely.

So pumped for the day after tomorrow, aka "tomorrow" when I wake in the morning.
 
Yep, I was also a moderate naysayer back then. I was all like... hmm, yea, these guys are bold and the UI concepts are great, but come on, no programs, no flash (I mean the camera one) or front camera, no 3G. Nokia is in this game for years, Apple won't have a chance.

But they kept on building on that solid foundation, and I eventually jumped on board 2 years later.

As much as I am an Apple fan these days, I gotta admit though, that even in retrospect, I wouldn't have gotten an original iPhone. I was taking very good pictures with my N73 or N82 (3.2/5Mpx with LED/Xenon flash) back then, could install applications, games.

By the 3G the iPhone had apps, but the camera was still shitty and couldn't even take video.

In 2009 I was getting frustrated with my Nokia phones, the 3GS came out with a somewhat nice camera and dat 1 year old app store was SO good that, even with some minor drawbacks I couldn't resist anymore (note: by then I had an iPod touch and already knew and loved the app store, wanted an all-in-one device).

Eventually the iPhone 4 was everything I ever wanted in a phone.
 
Its kind of sad to read about how crushed Steve was that the iPad keynote wasn't viewed with high regard. All the "it's a big iPhone" comments were actually fairly valid. All the cool stuff it could do, we already thought possible because of the iPhone...so nothing shattered our minds.

Of course the iPad 3 or HD won't be as mindblowing as the original iPhone reveal...but the improvements to the hardware just enable better and better experiences on these devices.

I'm at the point now where I thought about it, and I'd much rather have my iPad than my MacBook Pro. Being without my iPad right now is so frustrating. Using a computer feels so lame. I use the browser and an RSS reader...and that's it. No awesome consumption apps for news like Zite or Flipboard...no pick up and play games that are engaging and addicting...

Even though an iPad can do less than the Macs can, it just feels better doing most things on it. The next big innovation on the iPad is going to have to be character input I think...or a technology that replaces the need for character input. Dictation isn't it in my mind...couldn't be used in a business world. Mimicing a keyboard on the screen isn't the future. They need a way of inputting text that is quick as typing, yet more accessible for everyone. That'll be the next major thing...and it isn't going to be something like Swype for people thinking that. That's just a faster way of using the same old keyboard.
 
Notrollious said:
Could be a disappointment if it's not a quad-core, camera not good, etc.

There's a lot of hype around this, and I'm certain someone will be disappointed. But it never hurts to buy stock. It's been growing anyway.
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I guarantee you that there will be not a few articles declaring whatever is announced on Wednesday to be a massive disappointment and a crippling blow to Apple's future.

See: iPhone 4S announcement.

And in this very thread there will be many posts saying how disappointing whatever is announced is.

"No haptic feedback?"

"No Retina?"

"Man, dual core?"

"Thicker?"

"The SAME battery life?"

"No prostate massager?"

It's the same shit every single time.
 
Worst case scenario for the thread will be if it's dual core, honestly. They will come in droves listing the numerous superior quad core phones in the pipeline.
 
Tron 2.0 said:
I guarantee you that there will be not a few articles declaring whatever is announced on Wednesday to be a massive disappointment and a crippling blow to Apple's future.

See: iPhone 4S announcement.

And in this very thread there will be many posts saying how disappointing whatever is announced is.

"No haptic feedback?"

"No Retina?"

"Man, dual core?"

"Thicker?"

"The SAME battery life?"

"No prostate massager?"

It's the same shit every single time.
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Wait a minute? This thing isn't going to have a prostate massager? DAMN YOU TIM COOK! Time to go Android.
 
Tron 2.0 said:
The whole thing has basically been photographed assembled.
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That's nothing, considering there's probably millions now already shipped and being shipped as we speak. We have absolutely no hard evidence of the hardware beyond the display, features, software, etc.

Man it seems like time is slowing down more and more as we approach Wed.
 
Paradoxal_Utopia said:
I think I've watched that keynote at least 10 times. Most epic keynote I've ever seen in my life, and widely regarded as best keynote ever made. The introduction and buildup was just perfect.
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"Today we're releasing three revolutionary products of this class. The first is a widescreen iPod with touch controls. The second is a revolutionary mobile phone. And the third is a breakthrough internet communicator."

"An iPod with touch controls, a revolutionary mobile phone and a breakthrough internet communications device."

"An iPod. A phone. And an internet communicator."

"An iPOD. A PHONE. And an INTERNET COMMUNICATOR.... ARE YOU GETTING IT?"

"These are not three separate devices! This is one device! And we are calling it 'iPhone'."

"And here it is..."

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I still remember watching that keynote and just being absolutely floored at what I was seeing. From the second that thing was over, I knew without a shred of doubt that I would own an iPhone. Jobs sold the iPhone to me so hard in that keynote. Since it was announced months in advance to the launch, the wait for it was so difficult.

I remember so many people talking about how crappy it was and how their phone could do so many more things. I just couldn't understand how no one could see what was so clear and obvious to me, that this phone was going to be huge one day.

I'd tell people, "Just wait until Apple lets people make their own software for this thing. That's when it's really going to take off and this phone is going to do some amazing things." No one would believe me. Today I'm not surprised at all by how successful the iPhone has been, I honestly expected no less from it since the day I saw that keynote in 2007.

Even right now as I scroll down this forum on it, the way the page feels magnetically attached to your finger, and has weight and momentum as it scrolls so smoothly. It's something we do everyday on our phones, but if you pause and take a moment to think about it, you realize how amazing what we're holding in our hands really is.
 
has anyone got the link to that complete keynote?
 
The only "disappointment" that people would really complain about is if it's dual-core, but they will still be bumping the specs to account for the hi-res display. But I think the hi-res display is such a great feature that even if it is dual-core (A5X) then it will sell like gangbusters and they will go quad-core next year.
 
DJ88 said:
I still remember watching that keynote and just being absolutely floored at what I was seeing. From the second that thing was over, I knew without a shred of doubt that I would own an iPhone. Jobs sold the iPhone to me so hard in that keynote. Since it was announced months in advance to the launch, the wait for it was so difficult.

I remember so many people talking about how crappy it was and how their phone could do so many more things. I just couldn't understand how no one could see what was so clear and obvious to me, that this phone was going to be huge one day.

I'd tell people, "Just wait until Apple lets people make their own software for this thing. That's when it's really going to take off and this phone is going to do some amazing things." No one would believe me. Today I'm not surprised at all by how successful the iPhone has been, I honestly expected no less from it since the day I saw that keynote in 2007.

Even right now as I scroll down this forum on it, the way the page feels magnetically attached to your finger, and has weight and momentum as it scrolls so smoothly. It's something we do everyday on our phones, but if you pause and take a moment to think about it, you realize how amazing what we're holding in our hands really is.
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And what I always marvel at is.. it's 5 years later, and we're still very impressed. It's a daily part of my life... but I'm still floored by that fact. I haven't even begun to take it for granted.

Louis CK's "everything is amazing and nobody is happy" doesn't apply to me and my iPhone, at least!
 
Jasoco said:
"Today we're releasing three revolutionary products of this class. The first is a widescreen iPod with touch controls. The second is a revolutionary mobile phone. And the third is a breakthrough internet communicator."

"An iPod with touch controls, a revolutionary mobile phone and a breakthrough internet communications device."

"An iPod. A phone. And an internet communicator."

"An iPOD. A PHONE. And an INTERNET COMMUNICATOR.... ARE YOU GETTING IT?"

"These are not three separate devices! This is one device! And we are calling it 'iPhone'."

"And here it is..."
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Gosh, I've seen that keynote so many times. Such a magnificent unveil.
 
RubxQub said:
Its kind of sad to read about how crushed Steve was that the iPad keynote wasn't viewed with high regard. All the "it's a big iPhone" comments were actually fairly valid. All the cool stuff it could do, we already thought possible because of the iPhone...so nothing shattered our minds.

Of course the iPad 3 or HD won't be as mindblowing as the original iPhone reveal...but the improvements to the hardware just enable better and better experiences on these devices.

I'm at the point now where I thought about it, and I'd much rather have my iPad than my MacBook Pro. Being without my iPad right now is so frustrating. Using a computer feels so lame. I use the browser and an RSS reader...and that's it. No awesome consumption apps for news like Zite or Flipboard...no pick up and play games that are engaging and addicting...

Even though an iPad can do less than the Macs can, it just feels better doing most things on it. The next big innovation on the iPad is going to have to be character input I think...or a technology that replaces the need for character input. Dictation isn't it in my mind...couldn't be used in a business world. Mimicing a keyboard on the screen isn't the future. They need a way of inputting text that is quick as typing, yet more accessible for everyone. That'll be the next major thing...and it isn't going to be something like Swype for people thinking that. That's just a faster way of using the same old keyboard.
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I was blown away at the price like literally blown away and I waited on line at launch to play with one. This is probably the fist apple device that I didn't wait on the third gen rule to buy. I bought the iPad 2 because I couldn't stand not owning one anymore.

Now that I own one, I really think apple needs to push iPad further in terms of software. This is a space google really doesn't care about, and Microsoft might actual innovate with metro.
 
Jasoco said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lyx_va6f10s

This is where I got the screenshot. I am watching it right now.
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Still gives me goosebumps. Sad that men of his calibur are so rare in the tech industry. You can ust feel the excitement and passion oozing from him. I haven't gotten that feeling from a single other person in these types of product unveilings. Whatever excitement they have always seemed at least partly contrived and faked. With Steve, it was always real, because he always believed in the product to such an extent. 'Today Apple reinvents the phone'. No statement has ever been more true. I sometimes wonder where phones would be today if it wasn't for the iPhone. I just don't see any other company having the guts and the vision to just change things up to that extent. We would have moved forward, slowly, but it would have been infinitely more incremental and painful. I remember even after the unveiling, so many were mocking user fingers as an input device. 'LOL FINGERPRINTS', etc. It made me realize what an utter lack of imagination and foresight most people have.
 
Technosteve said:
I was blown away at the price like literally blown away and I waited on line at launch to play with one. This is probably the fist apple device that I didn't wait on the third gen rule to buy. I bought the iPad 2 because I couldn't stand not owning one anymore.

Now that I own one, I really think apple needs to push iPad further in terms of software. This is a space google really doesn't care about, and Microsoft might actual innovate with metro.
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I remember those landmark stevenotes.

First, the iPhone one. The thing that blew my mind was the multitouch, the inertial scrolling, and the type-checking (NOT spell checking) keyboard.

I remember the exact reveal as Jasoco put it - where he revealed the iPod, the Phone and the "Internet Communicator". I remember everyone screaming at the iPod part, then even louder for the Phone part, and then sort of a muted golf clap for the internet communicator - obviously, it was because no-one really knew what this meant. Irony would have it that, actually, that part of it is the most important.

And I, a lame duck, didn't immediately get that they were all one thing.

Still, I've watched that keynote a dozen times myself.

I also took a morning off work to see the iPad reveal. I was actually in the US at the time, and I had my computer set up with a live stream, probably from TWIT.

I was initially a bit bummed that it was 'just' a big iPhone. I mean, remember all the speculation of how Apple would 'solve' the input problem? And as it turned out, it was just a big iPod touch?

But the price was a huge megaton. So much so, I preordered one and got one on launch day. And as I came to learn.... they had solved the problem....in the original iPhone. It's like the iPad was designed first, but tech and time had it so they poured all of it into the iPhone first.

And it also became obvious that while it is 'just' a big iPod touch....that the size difference alone actually makes it a very different product with very different use-case scenarios.

Remember how Steve introduced it as fitting in between a laptop and mobile phone? (And taking the awesome shot at netbooks being better at nothing, just cheaper?). Well, that has turned out to be so true.

I have an iPhone, an iPad, and a laptop. And they each have their own uses they excel at, and none of the others can replace.
 
Steve Job's introduction of the iPhone in 2007 is historic. It was the moment we went from a primitive caveman culture carrying around a bunch of junky devices to a sleek minimalist future where everyone carries around a small data pad and that's it. Seriously that event should be taught in schools in history class.

There are small moments in time that change everything. That was one of them.
 
Anticitizen One said:
Steve Job's introduction of the iPhone in 2007 is historic. It was the moment we went from a primitive caveman culture carrying around a bunch of junky devices to a sleek minimalist future where everyone carries around a small data pad and that's it. Seriously that event should be taught in schools in history class.

There are small moments in time that change everything. That was one of them.
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Hard to tell if you're being sarcastic or not, but I'm certain that 20 years from now, Apple will be just as much a part of this country's history classes as Ford or U.S. Steel are.
 
Just watched that iPhone keynote again. Still remember how amazed I was watching that, I knew then how successful it would be. Now, My mum owns one, my sister owns one, it's simply ubiquitous.

I am beyond excited for the iPad 3 reveal. The only thing holding me back from purchasing the iPad / iPad 2 was knowing that Retina was inevitable. This will by far be the most amazing tablet available.
 
Paradoxal_Utopia said:
Still gives me goosebumps. Sad that men of his calibur are so rare in the tech industry. You can ust feel the excitement and passion oozing from him. I haven't gotten that feeling from a single other person in these types of product unveilings. Whatever excitement they have always seemed at least partly contrived and faked. With Steve, it was always real, because he always believed in the product to such an extent. 'Today Apple reinvents the phone'. No statement has ever been more true. I sometimes wonder where phones would be today if it wasn't for the iPhone. I just don't see any other company having the guts and the vision to just change things up to that extent. We would have moved forward, slowly, but it would have been infinitely more incremental and painful. I remember even after the unveiling, so many were mocking user fingers as an input device. 'LOL FINGERPRINTS', etc. It made me realize what an utter lack of imagination and foresight most people have.
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This is beautiful dude

I actually only got onto the Apple band wagon when I used to own an Xperia Sony Ericsson. Moms duke got an iPhone 3G against my will.

So she brought it home and I played with it. A week later I owned one. Then a MacBook Pro, Tine Capsule, Magic Mouse, etc. it was a gateway drug. I then watched the original keynote just after he passed away as I've never seen it before and I was quite emotional!

I've never seen someone so passionate about their Work. You see all the CEOs and whatever coming out in their suits and shit talking in corporate acronyms and now it's all changed because of Apple

Anyway. I will get my i3 but April is the last month of paying off my Masters so I will probably get it at the end of may/end of exam period. Would have been great to have it to hold all my PDF files but meh!

Can't wait for tomorrow
 
As amazing as that keynote was in retrospect, the iPhone didn't truly become OMG worthy until the AppStore. Once that showed up it pretty much revolutionized software sales IMO, and created a model to be copied on every future phone and even desktop os's. I know there were other online stores like steam, but the beauty of the AppStore is that it was more than just games, and contain all software you would ever buy on the platform in an easy to use, safe interface. Not to mention a worthy avenue for small developers to get software out to th masses.

I still remember downloading apps on my old windows 6.5 phone from random websites. Unzipping shit and having to navigate to the install directory using the file manager. Screwing up my phone with random downloads and having to do full restores to fix. Completely ridiculous, and it's a wonder anyone ever managed to install anything.
 
Haha yes I remember installing GameBoy emulators on my Nokia 3650. Great times, bad times.

My favourite part of the iPhone keynote was

"An iPOD. A PHONE. And an INTERNET COMMUNICATOR.... ARE YOU GETTING IT?"

And you see a guy punching the air!

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1 more sleep.
 
Fucking hate American times. I like when stuff is announced in Japan and it could potentially workout the day before. With America it's always late in the promised day.
 
Right now. I'm more interested in the next revision of AppleTV. One more day to go.
 
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