So I’m lying here, unable to sleep, not because I’m dreaming up what Apple is going to announce tomorrow, but it has given me some time to think.
There’s been lots of ideas floated around, so I figured I should jump into the mix now before the news so I can call these predictions of things you definitely WON’T see
The iPod Touch with a built-in microphone and bluetooth — This would harshly cannibalize iPhone sales, particularly given the cost of iPhone data plans.
iTunes Music Subscriptions — People like to own their music. ’nuff said.
iPhone Revisions — Not a chance, with the 3G iPhone barely 3 months old, there’s no way that Apple can justify a revision already. The backlash from iPhone early adopters last year will be a lesson.
The “MacBook Touch” — Even though a niche of Apple fans would love to see a Mac tablet to compete with all of the Windows based tablets out there, it just doesn’t make up a large enough piece of the overall computer market for Apple to try to carve out a piece.
Beatles Music in the iTunes Catalogue — Despite recent notions from some pundits that the Fab Four’s music will be part of the “Let’s Rock” announcement, there have been far too many false alarms for this to be the case. Besides, the music is being remastered right now and will probably go through some kind of digital release next year once that’s done.
So there you have it, the five things you definitely won’t see at the Let’s Rock announcement. Now we can sit back and see what the all things “i” maker will announce later today.
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1 Doug // Sep 9, 2008 at 5:15 am
Couldn’t agree more with that blog post. Especially the iPod Touch/iPhone part. They can’t make them to similar otherwise sales will be affected as you said.
You might be able to add new Macbook’s to the list. They’re not to far away, just don’t think they will be here later today (or in my case, tomorrow at 3am!!)
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