It was a busy day for Apple fans today. As I mentioned in a previous post the Apple rumor mill has been running overtime with all of the Tablet talk lately. Over the past two days we’ve seen the rumor mill go into high gear with Apple shooting a mysterious ad in Truckee, CA (near my hometown I might add) and, our friends from Gizmodo releasing an article chronicling the conversation they had with what seems to be a very reliable source. On top of that, just a few hours ago whispers about the Apple iPod event occurring on or around the 7th of September have been surfacing. Most are referring to the “Tablet” as a bigger version of the iPod, if that’s the case, the probability of us seeing the new device announced during the iPod event is high. This information also coincides with the mentions of a September release date for the Tablet.
Let me tell you, I’m in heaven right now over this excitement! This is the best part of new product releases, imagining the possibilities and using the knowledge you have from all the rumor sites to deduce what exactly the product is going to be (speaking of, in the Gizmodo article Brian Lam stated that after his informant told him the working name of the product he “Googled the term, and it all made sense” which has really got my imagination going). Remember what it felt like when you were a kid and you saw all those wrapped presents under the tree at Christmas? Yeah, that’s how Apple fans are feeling right now.
With every new piece of information my heart skips a beat. To be honest, I have some pretty specific ideas of what I’d like to see released, whether the actual product matches my ideas doesn’t really matter at this point, there has been so much build up to this moment that no matter what Jobs has in store for us I know I’m going to like it (unless of course what’s up his sleeve is letting everyone know that the Tablet doesn’t exist).
Update: even while finishing this post news rolled in that the likelihood of a new Tablet-like product being introduced this Sept has gone from extremely high to slim to none. The good news is, if these rumors are true the release is still on the horizon with new reports of the release occurring early 2010. Either way we’re getting closer to seeing a new product. I will not let this new information quell my excitement!
What do you think? Have you heard anything different? Are you excited about the new device? Let me know in the comments.
The new ipod and iphone firmware apparently has code in it for the “iprod”. Not sure what the heck that is, maybe nothing at all. But yeah a huge iphone or ipod touch would be sweet.