Apple today announced that the upcoming 2009 MacWorld Expo is the last year the company will exhibit at the event. Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, will deliver the opening keynote for this year's Macworld Conference & Expo, and it will be Apple's last keynote at the show. The keynote address will be held at Moscone West on Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. Macworld will be held at San Francisco's Moscone Center January 5-9, 2009.
It has been rumoured recently that both an iPhone nano and Mac Mini could be unveiled at MacWorld by what was thought to be the Steve Jobs keynote. Both could still surface but a rumour today, places Apple releasing net books to the masses in January to help raise revenue for next year.
Apple is reaching more people in more ways than ever before, so like many companies, trade shows have become a very minor part of how Apple reaches its customers. The increasing popularity of Apple's Retail Stores, which more than 3.5 million people visit every week, and the Apple.com website enable Apple to directly reach more than a hundred million customers around the world in innovative new ways.
The revelation that Steve Jobs won't be appearing will once again raise questions about the CEO's health.
So quick that "Cancelled" was spelt wrong!
"Cancelled" or "Canceled". They are both correct.
Seriously?
Then why the hell are their two spellings? Isn't that redundancy?
i hope jobs health is ok
Apple is pulling out of a trade show that specifically supports them. Whether it be that the show is collapsing or something with Apple, it won't reflect well on them.
I have a feeling you'll see Apple's stock drop tomorrow. In after hours trading, it is already down $2.73 at the time of this writing. You can't always think like a consumer in situations like these.
You just keep towing that company line. You KNOW your stomach dropped when you heard that Jobs isn't able to make the presentation of the new product(s).
Hell, I'M worried about his health and yet I'm NOT one of the clique-marketing "think same" Apple fans.
Hey, Phil Schiller will be there. I know he's not as fun and charismatic as Jobs, but he really really wants you to like him. He wants to get a turn too . . .
I hate Phil Schiller.
He comes out and hypes something, and they cream their jeans, stand in line
for days to be the first (idiot) on the block with one.
Because he had a huge part in creating Apple and bringing it back in the mid-90's
Yeah, it's what he did with Apple, and his ballsy flair. He has a lot of charisma and is extremely talented. He also doesn't seem like your stereotypical "tech geek", if I may use that term. He's quite refreshing and different from the rest of the pack.
But I agree, behind him stands a brilliant team, foremost of which is Jon Ives.
Yeah, no ****. You know why? It's cause Woz did everything on the creative side when Apple first started, while Jobs was off smoking pot.
You know offending Jobs for apple fanboys is ls like offending Jesus Christ for whoever believes in him
Don't get me wrong, Mr. Jobs IS a very smart man... as far as showmanship and selling.
After IDG announced a return of its East coast Macworld Expo to Boston from New York, Apple promptly canceled its own presence at the relocated event and refused to return even when IDG reversed its decision and moved the event back. The magazine publisher continued on with the New York gathering for 2004 and 2005 but was ultimately forced to shut it down as attendance dwindled and exhibitors rapidly backed out.
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/12...bs_keynote.html
Besides, the important events are WWDC and CES.
Besides, the important events are WWDC and CES.
Which Apple also ignores.
No one can really predict that. Jon Ives is there, which is a good sign. Beyond that, I really don't know, and IMHO that kind of crystal ball gazing is jut a futile exercise.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/28265938
Notice how nobody discusses what these fictional "politics" are? Like Steve Jobs would bend over for ANYBODY short of Bill Gates or miss a keynote for ANYTHING short of sharing the stage during Obama's inauguration.
I'm saddened to see his health has not rebounded. You'd think he has enough money to clone himself a new pancreas by now, dammit!
And I really wouldn't mind seeing a bit more of Jobs' successor, whoever that might be. That way we can get accustomed to that individual and their style. There is so much media hysteria surrounding Apple that if something does happen to Jobs, or if his successor isn't deemed charismatic or fun enough, Apple's stock will tank like nothing else.
There's more going on here than we might think, actually. Possibly a signaling a management transition? Succession?
Last edited by LTD on 17 Dec 2008 - 12:40
Agreed.
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