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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 02:33 AM
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ok, off to sleep, gonna be refreshing engadget a shit ton tomorrow at work.
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 06:10 AM
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 07:12 AM
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I can't afford it...
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 07:37 AM
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I hope everyone's got their towel or sock ready for the orgasmitablet launch.
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 07:43 AM
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thats the truth
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 08:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Mizouse
ok, off to sleep, gonna be refreshing engadget a shit ton tomorrow at work.
I'm sure they will plenty of coverage on engadget, they blow Apple like no one else.

I'll take gizmodo over them.
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 08:12 AM
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21. There will be a price drop within 60 days of release.
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 08:13 AM
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well, i was just reading that story from mcgraw hill last night... i was just mentioning to someone about how awesome it would be if that exact thing happened with text books not 12 hours earlier before reading the news article leak...
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 09:16 AM
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Okay, who's going to line up now...?
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 09:25 AM
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Originally Posted by GIBSON6594
I'm sure they will plenty of coverage on engadget, they blow Apple like no one else.

I'll take gizmodo over them.
As a religious reader of both those sites for the last 4 years I can say that Gizmodo is more in the Apple Camp than Engadget. Jesus Diaz @ Giz is a HUGE Apple fan and admits it regularly, and you can see it in his coverage. He also was on Apple's side when they were in hot water for being so sneaky about Jobs health problems last year (when he had to get a liver transplant).

For example:
http://gizmodo.com/5288294/flame-war...indows-7-fight

but they do both slob on the Apple knob. But they also both loved windows 7, the zune HD, project natal and kinda like bing too. So I think they're both pretty fair.
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 09:32 AM
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For $1000, I can't bite. Sorry. But I'm damn interested.
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 09:49 AM
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4th image comparing its size to the iphone.




2 more hours to go until the event starts.
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 10:18 AM
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Should be interesting
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 10:19 AM
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Is that an iSlate in your pocket, or is your iPhone really happy to see me?
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Moog-Type-S
@ tablet.....wake me when Steve talks about iPhone OS4
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Should be interesting
I dont get you sometimes...bipolar?
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 10:48 AM
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^ He's a twin.
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by sho_nuff1997
^ He's a twin.
No, it's his GF using his account.
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by sho_nuff1997
^ He's a twin.


Edit: Damn you, Yummy.
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by svtmike


Edit: Damn you, Yummy.
I'm posting this while standing in line in -20 Celsius weather...


That's how damn excited I am...seriously.
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 10:57 AM
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Any site in particular everyone is going to watch the announcement from? Are they streaming it live from the Apple.com site?
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 10:57 AM
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But, honestly...you can't take away how Apple can seriously generate hype for a product. Very impressive...
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Yumchah
I'm posting this while standing in line in -20 Celsius weather...


That's how damn excited I am...seriously.

Standing in line where? The Apple store?
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 11:04 AM
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engadget liveblog with auto-refresh
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/l...est&refresh=60

gizmodo
http://live.gizmodo.com/

twit.tv should have video but not of the event. well actually the got live video feed of the last apple event so maybe they will this time too

live.twit.tv
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by sho_nuff1997
Standing in line where? The Apple store?
No, Einstein...outside the Dell store.






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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 11:12 AM
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I hope you're not waiting in line. I don't believe you, pics or it didn't happen
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 11:14 AM
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I would post pics, but it's so cold, my iPhone has frozen...





...there's an app for that, right?
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 11:15 AM
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I just hope it's not all touchscreen and there is a physical keyboard...But, maybe that's just me.
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 11:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Yumchah
I just hope it's not all touchscreen and there is a physical keyboard...But, maybe that's just me.
I would say the chances of that are 5%
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 11:23 AM
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CUPERTINO, CA—Claiming that he completely forgot about the much-hyped electronic device until the last minute, a frantic Steve Jobs reportedly stayed up all night Tuesday in a desperate effort to design Apple's new tablet computer. "Come on, Steve, just think—think, dammit—you're running out of time," the exhausted CEO said as he glued nine separate iPhones to the back of a plastic cafeteria tray. "Okay, yeah, this will work. This will definitely work. Just need to write 'tablet' on this little strip of masking tape here and I'm golden. Oh, come on, you piece of shit! Just stick already!" Middle-of-the-night sources reported that Jobs then began work on double-spacing his Keynote presentation and increasing the font size to make it appear longer.
Not a surprise who wrote this.
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by GIBSON6594
I would say the chances of that are 5%
Terrific...here we go with a supersized iPhone/iTouch.
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 11:28 AM
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i call you're not in line, at least not at the apple store
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Speed_Racer
Any site in particular everyone is going to watch the announcement from? Are they streaming it live from the Apple.com site?
yes. ACURAZINE!!!!!!!
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 11:33 AM
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I hope it doesn't look like those leaked photos. that looks horrible. more like one of Panny "Toughbook" line... doesn't look like anything Apple would release.
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by #1 STUNNA
i call you're not in line, at least not at the apple store
Soup Kitchen, well maybe Pho...
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 11:38 AM
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I hope it doesn't look like those leaked photos. that looks horrible. more like one of Panny "Toughbook" line... doesn't look like anything Apple would release.
that's a protective case almost like a pelican case. you can see how the tablet fits into the case
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by #1 STUNNA
that's a protective case almost like a pelican case. you can see how the tablet fits into the case
ghey,. loll
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Sarlacc
I dont get you sometimes...bipolar?
Tablet...meh....multitask on iphone

It's what I've been saying all along
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Yumchah
Terrific...here we go with a supersized iPhone/iTouch.
You could just get one of those things. What are they called again...

Oh yea, laptops.
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 11:46 AM
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From this speculation so far, I would rather have one of the smaller regular laptops / netbooks whatever. And, it would probably cost about the same spec'ed out how I want it. I don't want a bigger iphone. I have to say though, there are many times I feel the iphone is a laptop replacement. I mean, I don't have my laptop at home and use the iphone in its place with good success. It does get *kinda* annoying sometimes as far as posting on forums though, I would rather do that on a laptop / computer.
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Old Jan 27, 2010 | 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Yumchah
No, Einstein...outside the Dell store.


There's your sign.




I didn't post that. Sometimes my son logs on with my sn.
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