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Rumor: Apple planning late February event?
Apple could be gearing up for a late February event, according to a report out Thursday.
The Unofficial Apple Weblog reported that Mira Mobile Television, a West Coast television production firm, is hiring in preparation for an Apple event to be held at the end of February. TUAW notes that the listings aren't posted on Mira's site, and it calls its own report an "unconfirmed rumor" based on a single source.
So why give it any credence? For one, Apple's Greg Joswiak earlier this week reiterated the company's plans to introduce the iPhone software developer's kit in late February. It's hard to imagine how a media event heralding a software developer's kit would unfold, but the timing would be right, and the release of the SDK is a significant milestone in the evolution of the iPhone.
Coming off the new higher-capacity iPhone and iPod Touch introduced this week, it would be a bit surprising if Apple chose this rumored event to launch the 3G iPhone, but that would certainly be an equally important milestone. Announcements about additional European carriers as well as the first Asian carriers are also expected in due time.
AppleInsider said it had heard similar rumors concerning a late February event, but was likewise unable to call it anything else but a rumor. Stay tuned, the invitations for these kinds of things tend to go out about a week or so ahead of time.
Tom Krazit, a staff writer for CNET News, focuses on all things Apple. He has covered traditional PC companies such as Dell and Hewlett-Packard, chip companies such as Intel and Advanced Micro Devices, and mobile computers ranging from Research In Motion's to Palm's. E-mail Tom.
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That being said, the OSX on beige PCs theory - forget it. Apple is a hardware company - they use software (and music) to sell their hardware.
Could it be that the *big* news coming out of the SDK release could be that developers (as well as humble end-users) will have access to these environments?
Will some of the OS features that people have been jailbreaking (file and directory access, etc.) be let out on parole?
Let us hope!
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Steve Jobs will announce that "Apple will not be going the way of Commodore Amiga, we are migrating to a 100% Windows solution in our products now." as he stands side by side with Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer as Apple now parters up with Microsoft on all products now, as Microsoft buys out a large share of Apple stocks.
Bill Gates announces "We could have used the money to buy out Yahoo, but since Yahoo rejected our offer, we realized that investing in Apple would be a lot better in the long run. Now Apple will help us develop Windows 7.0 using the OSX technology, and we will integrate MSN with Apple's iTunes store."