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January 18th, 2010, 22:05
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/apple-invite-0110-sm.jpg (http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/01/18/apple-tablet-iphone-launch-confirmed-january/)We're realistically no closer to knowing the outcome of next week's Apple event (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/its-on-apple-holding-january-27th-event-to-show-off-its-lates/) than we were a week, a year, or a decade ago, but rumors are obviously congealing around the mythical tablet (http://engadget.com/tag/apple,tablet) that users, fans, and media have all but willed into existence recently -- and our buddy Clayton Morris says that's indeed a part of the story. Morris reports having spoken with a source at Apple this morning -- prior to the company's invites going out, interestingly -- who said that the event would focus on a new version of iLife, iPhone OS 4.0, and naturally, the tablet.
Loosely speaking, you can see how these would all tie together pretty nicely: the seemingly "creative" theme of Apple's invite rolls into a new version of iLife, and the announcement of a tablet could have implications for how a suite of artsy tools gets used. Rumblings that the tablet is underpinned by a new version of iPhone OS (http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/29/apple-tablet-rumors-redux-10-7-inch-display-iphone-os-undernea/) have gone back months, so that would give Apple impetus to tease it at the same time the tablet's shown off -- sans new iPhone hardware, possibly, which the company has done before (http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/live-from-apples-iphone-os-3-0-preview-event/). It's also possible that Apple will open source its entire catalog of software and shut down, buy an island nation, or do nothing at all -- but in fairness, there's an awful lot of logic to what Clayton's saying here. We'll know soon enough.Next week's Apple event to be iLife / iPhone OS 4.0 / tablet trifecta? (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/next-weeks-apple-event-to-be-ilife-iphone-os-4-0-tablet-tri/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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Loosely speaking, you can see how these would all tie together pretty nicely: the seemingly "creative" theme of Apple's invite rolls into a new version of iLife, and the announcement of a tablet could have implications for how a suite of artsy tools gets used. Rumblings that the tablet is underpinned by a new version of iPhone OS (http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/29/apple-tablet-rumors-redux-10-7-inch-display-iphone-os-undernea/) have gone back months, so that would give Apple impetus to tease it at the same time the tablet's shown off -- sans new iPhone hardware, possibly, which the company has done before (http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/17/live-from-apples-iphone-os-3-0-preview-event/). It's also possible that Apple will open source its entire catalog of software and shut down, buy an island nation, or do nothing at all -- but in fairness, there's an awful lot of logic to what Clayton's saying here. We'll know soon enough.Next week's Apple event to be iLife / iPhone OS 4.0 / tablet trifecta? (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/next-weeks-apple-event-to-be-ilife-iphone-os-4-0-tablet-tri/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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