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Apple to Announce iPad 3 First Week in March

John Paczkowski in Mobile on February 9 at 5:15 am PT

Gee, I wonder what 2012 will be the year of …

Apple Announces March 2 iPad Event

John Paczkowski in News on February 23, 2011 at 8:05 am PT

Confirming a date first reported by BoomTown, Apple this morning distributed invitations to a special event at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco on March 2.

Another Blowout Quarter for Apple

John Paczkowski in Mobile on January 25, 2010 at 1:35 pm PT

A subscriber to the underpromise-and-overdeliver school of guidance theory, Apple is reknowned for issuing almost comically conservative revenue outlooks and then exceeding them. And this quarter was no different. Reporting earnings after the bell Monday, Apple posted a fiscal first-quarter profit of $3.38 billion on revenue that rose 32 percent to $15.68 billion.

Oh, One More Thing: The iPhone 4G–On Verizon

John Paczkowski in Mobile on January 20, 2010 at 9:39 am PT

Though the debut of Apple’s mythical tablet at the company’s invitation-only special event next week and the rapture with which it will inevitably be met obviate the need for a closing “one more thing” announcement, Apple may deliver one anyway. Three, actually. IPhone OS 4.0. And the iPhone 4G–on Verizon.

Apple Announces Jan. 27 Special Event: “Come See Our Latest Creation”

John Paczkowski in News on January 18, 2010 at 9:05 am PT

Confirming a date first reported by Digital Daily, Apple this morning announced an invitation-only special event to be held at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco on Jan. 27. “Come see our latest creation,” the invitation reads. Hmm. Wonder what that might be?

Apple Slate to Feature Aluminum Chassis, Q2 Ship Date

John Paczkowski in News on January 8, 2010 at 1:17 pm PT

Here’s another heaping pile of grist for the Apple rumor mill: The company’s Taiwanese manufacturing partners are said to be ramping up production of the touchscreen panels and aluminum chassis intended for the tablet/slate computer Apple is widely expected to uncrate at an as-of-yet unannounced special event on Jan. 27.

50 Percent Chance Apple Will Announce Tablet Next Month. 100 Percent Chance We’ll Keep Talking About Tablet, Whether It Appears or Not.

John Paczkowski in Mobile on December 28, 2009 at 2:15 pm PT

Is Apple planning a special event for January? If so, what are the chances it will feature this mythical tablet/slate device everyone’s jawing about? In a research note this morning, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster hazards a guess, putting the odds of the company hosting a special event at 75 percent and the odds that Apple will use the event to debut a tablet-like device at 50 percent.

You Can Almost Feel the Panic at Palm, Can't You?

John Paczkowski in News on March 12, 2009 at 10:42 am PT

Looks like Apple will hold a special event in March, after all–but its focus won’t be on desktops. This morning the company distributed invitations for a March 17 gathering at its Cupertino Town Hall to discuss the iPhone OS 3.0 and an updated software development kit.

You Can Almost Feel the Panic at Palm, Can’t You?

John Paczkowski in News on March 12, 2009 at 10:42 am PT

Looks like Apple will hold a special event in March, after all–but its focus won’t be on desktops. This morning the company distributed invitations for a March 17 gathering at its Cupertino Town Hall to discuss the iPhone OS 3.0 and an updated software development kit.