Apple Event 1st Of September

[GommeInc]

Its not stupid marketing. The average consumer does not care about watching a press conference. Any that has the slight interest and watches it will lose interest long before it finishes. Anyone who has a 'higher than average' care for technology most likely owns at least one Apple product capable of viewing this or would seek out a stream to view it on elsewhere.

I would say most people who spend £100+ on a MP3/4 player would be buying an iPod and at least half of those would be iPod touch's, which are capable of viewing this conference.

That's pretty naive, as the conference is clearly to advertise something Apple is doing and if they want any interest then a wider spectrum would be advised. Not all iPod users own Macs, for instance and want to watch it on their devices. It's incredibly stupid marketing, something Apple should be avoiding seeing as their previous marketing campaigns have gone completely teets up. They're marketing, marketing means anything but for a computer/technology company, they should be focusing on the wider market, not just their current market. Like buying a Ford but no-one can own one or test drive unless you've previously owned a Ford.

[Jam]

The majority of Windows owners who care about apple products own one a la iPod touch/iPhone/Mac.

EDIT: No-one has claimed the fact that Apple have not had a live stream for the last however many years to be 'stupid'. I doubt 'Mr. Average' was sitting there pressing refresh on a live blog every 30 seconds.

Plus they put up a podcast of it so those that 'care about apple products' can watch it even if they don't own an apple product albeit a few hours afterwards *gasp*.

[GommeInc]

The majority of Windows owners who care about apple products own one a la iPod touch/iPhone/Mac.

Still crap marketing, they should be reaching everyone by giving everyone the choice. Not doing what they do best and control people :/

[MattFr]

The moral of this story? Get a Mac.

[iBlueBox]

I love my Mac, thank god for this live streaming.


http://devimages.apple.com/iphone/sa...bipbopall.html

a way in as well if the site crashes what it probably will.

[Recursion]

I love my Mac, thank god for this live streaming.


http://devimages.apple.com/iphone/sa...bipbopall.html

a way in as well if the site crashes what it probably will.

Seems to work in Chrome, lovely.

[xxMATTGxx]

I actually wish Apple didn't announce this because it seems some of their users think it's a +1 over Windows users, when it isn't...

[Recursion]

I think what it meant is they won't officially support Windows users but if we can find a webkit based browser like Chrome or Safari we can still see what's going on.

Btw, looks exactly the same in Safari on Mac as it does in Chrome on Windows.

[MattFr]

I actually wish Apple didn't announce this because it seems some of their users think it's a +1 over Windows users, when it isn't...

Edited by Recursion (Forum Moderator): Please refrain from pointlessly posting, thanks!

[iBlueBox]

I just hope apple realises iOS4 on the iPad and its on it before the 8th of september as thats when i'm getting mine.