Apple started sending invitations to media people from January 18, 2010. The invitation says “Come, see our latest creation.” It is widely believed that Apple will unveil its much talked about tablet PC at the event. The device will sport either a 7-inch or 10-inch screen and multi-touch facility. It will be a multipurpose device used to read books, newspapers and magazines. At the same time, people would be able to browse the net, watch movies, play games, download and watch videos. Recently, various news reports came out saying Apple is in talks with reputed publishers including New York Times Inc., Harper Collins, Mc-Graw Hills and others over making their contents available on its device. Unlike Amazon that controls all the content of its Kindle e-book reader, Apple will allow publishers to fix the price of their contents which made the Apple tablet more enticing to the publisher industry. The tablet can also serve as a text-book reader for the students. A huge debate had been going on over the tablet sporting a camera. Some say it will come with a web-camera featuring facial recognition technology. Analysts are also divided over what type of OS it will sport- Mac OS X or iPhone OS. Another big issue is the pricing of the device. People are saying that it would be a priced at $1000 but some say it would be lower than that. An RBC Capital Markets Analysts predicted that the device’s price would severely affect its sales in the market. Apple's tablet PC is expected to be available both on Verizon and AT&T.
Mr. Steve Jobs, the founder and CEO of Apple, will deliver will deliver keynote speech at the event. There will be also some other Apple executives. As it was mentioned in the invitation, “Come see our latest creation” so every body is speculating that there will be more than one product. Already, I mentioned the Apple tablet PC known as iSlate. For the last couple of years, tech sites have been covering news reports on this device. However, Apple never gave out any information about the tablet PC. All the reports about the device are rumors and speculations.
In addition, Apple will unveil iPhone OS 4.0 with new SDK and Apple iPhone 4G at the show. According to the news report published by Boy Genius Report, the iPhone OS 4.0 provides capability to multitasking. It will be only available on the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS. The iPhone OS 4.0 comes with “many graphical and UI changes” which makes the OS very easy and efficient.
Apple might unveil a web-based iTunes at the event. Last year in December, Apple acquied music streaming service, Lala. This comes as a indication of the company’s focus on developing a web-based iTunes using Lala's system.
Apple will also unveil the latest version of its popular multimedia application, iLife, that will come with its tablet PC. Rumor of a new Apple iMac with 22 inch touchscreen surfaced. Many believe that in this event, Apple will showcase the new iMac.
If you are one of the devoted Apple fans then you might be searching which sites are providing live coverage of the event. If you are not sure when is the time, here is a link that gives the time in different countries when people can see the live event:
Thanks to live streaming, many people will be able to watch the event sitting at their homes. Here is a list of websites that will give live coverage of Apple January 27th event in
Ubergizmo: A popular techsite, Ubergizmo, will give live coverage of the event. For more information, visit this links: http://live.ubergizmo.com/
Engadget: Another reputed techsite, Engadget, will give live coverage of the event. Many websites even gave link to Engadget’s live coverage page. Here is the link to the page of engadget: http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/live-from-the-apple-tablet-latest-creation-event/
MacWorld: MacWorld
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MacLife: MacLife will provide live coverage of the show. Here is the link where you can get live coverage: http://www.maclife.com/article/news/apples_latest_creation_event_live_blog
If you miss the coverage, you can receive Twitter feed from MacLife. Here is the link:
http://twitter.com/maclife
Erictric: Another reputed website, Erictric, said that it will provide live coverage of the event but I could not find any separate page on the blog where it will cover the event. It posted an entry saying it will cover the entire event. Here is the link:
http://erictric.com/erictric-news/apple-tablet-event-coverage-information
Gizmodo: Gizmodo liveblog will cover the Apple event. Here is the link where you can get all the information on the event: http://live.gizmodo.com/
MacRumors: MacRumors is one of the most reliable news sources on all the products from Apple. The website has been covering extensively on Apple tablet PC. It will also provide live coverage of the Jan 27th Apple event. Here is the link: http://www.macrumors.com/2010/01/24/january-2010-media-event-spoiler-free-keynote-stream/
You can also subscribe to MacRumors twitter feed: http://twitter.com/macrumors
http://twitter.com/MacRumorsRSS
gdgtlive: This website will also be giving live coverage of the show. You can get the live coverage on this link: http://live.gdgt.com/2010/01/27/live-apple-come-see-our-latest-creation-tablet-event-coverage/
Appleblog: The AppleBlog will also provide live coverage of the
http://theappleblog.com/2010/01/26/live-coverage-of-apples-january-27-media-event/
http://thepapleblog.com/live
http://twitter.com/theappleblog
Twitter: The popular social networking site will also be giving live coverage of the Apple “latest Creation” event.
TechLand: This blog will also provide live coverage of the Apple event. Here are the links:
http://techland.com/2010/01/18/apple-event-confirmed-for-january-27/
http://techland.com/
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