New product announcement cancelled? (updated)

hype - good job apple. or, the webcast basically said, you leak stuff. steve will find and eat you!

seriously - "aggressive price point" - something will come and here's why:

here's a perspective. apple caters to a "wealthier niche." therefore, even in tough times, their customers will still buy great products. Why? Because they can. The typical mac customer (not iphone or ipod), has disposable income. Even if it's not much, the desire to have the latest and greatest is a burning sensation that can only be associated with the passion to wage a war for a woman!

we'll see some new gear before year's end, and it will be at "an agressive price point!"

This is a 1st..i think. A rumor of an "Apple event" that is rumored to be canceled...interesting TUAW!

I wouldn't expect Apple to release a new product before the Holidays, and there's a few reasons.

1) Economic climate & timing. Now is not the time to throw your big guns forward, as most the country seems all caught up in financial hypothetical meltdown. Holding off a new product for some possible tweaking might benefit Apple in the long run, despite having a weaker Holiday sales.

2) Maybe its not ready. It wouldn't be far-fetched for El Jobso to pull a product at the last second cause he wasn't happy with it, or a number of other reasons. The last thing we want is another kerfuffle launch.

3) Lack of media attention. Its almost given that the notebooks will get a refresh of some sort soon, and it'd be hard to manage a presentation of both that highly expected event and a new product, unless that product was minor in nature (think time capsule)


Least. that's my thoughts..

You really think Apple is going to release a completely new product via a webcast... Come on don't be stupid. Apple's 4th quarter product catalog is set, done, complete. There isn't going to be anything new this year. At best there will be updated notebooks in the same form factor.

Damn, a web-keynote!? That's some major bandwidth.

So what Apple did was set up a fake event, told a small number of people, canceled it, and now know roughly who's leaking stuff....

"Also, it could be that our tipster is just suffering network problems"
Wow, that's wishful thinking! =) Just hold on, it's not october yet!