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22 CommentsNo posts on MacWorld yet? I'll have the honor of starting one then. Keynote should be hitting us soon, but I must admit I've been very lazy this year in monitoring rumors. Late last night I came across some insider info at Wired though:
An Apple insider told Wired today that the company's new ultraportable, expected to be seen in public for the first time tomorrow, has an extremely thin profile and is shaped like a teardrop when closed — thicker at the top behind the screen, tapering at the bottom behind the keyboard. "It's unbelievably thin," said the source. The device is made of aluminum and glass, and uses the same design language as recent Apple consumer products: black on silver. Sadly, we don’t have details on pricing, specs or availability. Expect reality to disagree with our photoshops. Is this cable-free design the face of things to come? Our own Charlie Sorrel pointed out earlier today that the rumor mill hints of a new MacBook utterly devoid of cables. However, he wouldn't speculate on its physical dimensions. But now we've got the, uh, skinny on what this new ultra slim, ultra portable actually looks like thanks to one source who says they saw this device in the wild. Steve Jobs is widely expected to reveal a new MacBook at Macworld on Tuesday morning, and with the rumored name being "MacBook Air."
Judging by the Apple.com frontpage slogan, "There's something in the air", it looks like this might be true. I remember a few notes and general interest here regarding good computers simply for writing and carrying around — this might be a solution.
Any 9rulers at MacWorld?
JPhill
Written Jan. 15, 2008 / Report /
That sounds pretty cool. I've been following rumors here and there, but I haven't been totally up to date with them all. I'm highly intrigued about this cable-less stuff though.
Is the keynote going to be broadcast live on Apple's site?
hthth
Written Jan. 15, 2008 / Report /
I think there's a delay — the keynote's usually put online about an hour (?) after the show. But we can monitor it via live text reports. Here are some sites giving live coverage (found via Mahalo):
It starts around 5pm GMT.
RightOn
Written Jan. 15, 2008 / Report /
What... a laptop powered by WiFi Juice? :)
I'll believe it when I see it but if Apple could pull off a wire free notebook FIRST, I think I'd die :)
estarla
Written Jan. 15, 2008 / Report /
Eagerly awaiting. :) I'm waking up here on the West Coast so we'll see what today brings!
Gnorb
Written Jan. 15, 2008 / Report /
I'm just hoping for a price drop (or hardware upgrade) on the MacBooks.
peroty
Written Jan. 15, 2008 / Report /
iWant a Macgical iPony.
Mike
Written Jan. 15, 2008 / Report /
I'm a Mac Rumors Live guy myself.
I know this isn't a developer conference but I'd really like some more details on the iPhone SDK :)
Mike
Written Jan. 15, 2008 / Report /
#9rules on irc.freenode.net if you want to get in on some live chat.
RightOn
Written Jan. 15, 2008 / Report /
The only thing so far that has really got my undies in a wad is that Apple would charge current iPod Touch users $20 for something NEW users get for free and something that SHOULD have been on the damned thing from day 1.
jensized
Written Jan. 15, 2008 / Report /
MacBook Air = WOW
I actually want a Apple TV now.
RightOn
Written Jan. 15, 2008 / Report /
If it doesn't require component connections on my TV I'd buy an AppleTV.
peroty
Written Jan. 15, 2008 / Report /
The new Apple TV NAS might be the tiny box I've been looking for to hook into my HD projector. :)
JPhill
Written Jan. 15, 2008 / Report /
When will these iphone updates be available?
JPhill
Written Jan. 15, 2008 / Report /
Nevermind, I guess it's today at some point.
RightOn
Written Jan. 15, 2008 / Report /
I haven't seen anything yet but MAN are my ears burning over this stupid $20 charge for the same stuff that's $0 on an iPhone.
I wasn't impressed by this keynote.
estarla
Written Jan. 15, 2008 / Report /
I guess I'm not so much impressed with the products so much as the unveiling of the Hollywood studios jumping on the iTunes movie rentals idea. You could see it coming but on the other hand, I'd have thought it would've taken a lot longer. From the industry standpoint, it's a way of cashing in before the technology catches up to/surpasses the "intellectual rights" idea (RIAA).
peroty
Written Jan. 15, 2008 / Report /
They're even putting "iTunes friendly copies" of movies on physical DVDs. From going through long, inconvenience to get a movie how you want it, we can now (will now) be able to simply slide a disc in and move the movie over.
We're really getting somewhere. And until Netflix gets their Watch It Now (which just went unlimited yesterday) service working on the mac, the iTunes Movie Rentals are going to be a dangerous thing. I have no problem dropping a couple bucks for a movie that I can port out to my projector.
hthth
Written Jan. 15, 2008 / Report /
I'm still annoyed and recovering from their lack of a 3G iPhone plan announcement for Europe.
hthth
Written Jan. 15, 2008 / Report /
The keynote video.
peroty
Written Jan. 15, 2008 / Report /
I am very tempted to pickup an iPod Touch now that it has email and maps. That makes is ever so sexy.
I'm with Verizon and am too poor to iPhone it so I'll settle for now.
Cappuccino
Written Jan. 16, 2008 / Report /
I have to say I am very tempted to get a iTouch now, mail was the main thing I was hoping to have, but I cant help feeling like I should wait for the second gen iPhones.
danarel
Written Jan. 17, 2008 / Report /
i liked the keynote. i did a write up on it at my blog (danarel.com) but all in all, i was happy with what we got.