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Apple press conference scheduled for Oct. 19th

Just got word that Apple has scheduled a press confernce during the preview for next week's PhotoPlus Expo 2005 to unveil their "latest professional innovations." No details yet as to what they might be showing off, but if I had to guess I'd go for a Final Cut update centered around h.264 and the Quick Time upgrade. It would be interesting, too, if Apple were to announce some professional still photography tools at the show, since that's a market they haven't really entered into themselves yet. We'll see, but I'm not expecting anything too big so close on the heels of of Wednesday's announcements.
 

Just got word that Apple has scheduled a press confernce during the preview for next week's PhotoPlus Expo 2005 to unveil their...
 

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Tom O'Neill

Hi, Jay, Thanks for the clarification. I hadn't realized the invitations were so limited, in which case your interpretation seems more likely. Still, I sure wish Apple would update the PowerBooks already! --Tom

October 15 2005 at 11:31 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Alex Adam

HD quailty video ipod with fm radio and cassette. Or just new powerbooks.

October 15 2005 at 3:28 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
daggerquill

Tom, That's an interesting point, but I'm not sure that this is going to big a "big" launch. The invitation seems to have been sent only to people registered for PhotoPlus press passes, not to the general cadre of Apple and tech reporters who get invitations to "One More Thing," etc. At least that's what it looks like so far, which leads me to believe that this will be fairly focused, especially since the invitation emphsizes "professional solutions". That doesn't sound like new blazingly fast hardware to me. You're right about the momentum, though, so it should be interesting to see what actually happens, although i think that a pro-grade imaging suite to be a companion to Pro-Tolls and a possible Photoshop competitor would be huge news however you look at it.

October 15 2005 at 12:42 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
daggerquill

SR: who suggested it wasn't? Sorry if the stock art created confusion for anyone--it's tough to find images of events that haven't happened yet--although those paying attention might have noticed we used it to illustrate the story about the Staten Island store, as well.

October 15 2005 at 12:34 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tom O'Neill

I don't think Apple would blow their credibility with the media by calling a special event for a minor launch as Savage suggests. The reason why these events go so much press is because everyone knows something good will be unveiled. Different engineers work on the Macs than on the iPods, so there's no reason to think that the recent iPod announcements would delay Mac announcements. In fact, I think there are PR advantages if Apple looks like it's on an unstoppable innovation spree. Plus they gotta update the PowerBooks and PowerMacs before the holiday shopping season--they're getting long in the tooth.

October 15 2005 at 12:55 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
SR

sorry mate, the photoplus expo is in NYC...

October 14 2005 at 9:53 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Blah

I believe that's the Michigan Ave. Apple Store in Chicago in the picture. Score.

October 14 2005 at 5:45 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
teece

What I would really like is update support for the newer NEF and DNG image formats! I would love to be able to look at these in the Finder. I'm easy to please.

October 14 2005 at 5:09 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Sean

Also hopefully the integrated iSight into PowerBooks and iBooks. Remember that patent from a few weeks ago?

October 14 2005 at 4:23 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
superpixel

Like System 7, iTunes 7 will be delayed for years, so scratch that. Hey, PCI Express on a PowerBook would be interesting... Where you'd put those cards is anyone's guess, although if it's a G5 PowerBook the room needed to ventilate would be ample for a PCI chassis... My vote is for quad G5 PowerMacs, DDR2 for PowerBooks, and a photo application, like iPhoto for Pros. ProPho?

October 14 2005 at 4:19 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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