Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Apple Tablet Announcement or State of the Union Address....

Apple officially announces January 27 event
Whether the company will open the curtains on a tablet, slate, big iPod Touch, or a bit of all three, invited guests will find out for sure at the 10 a.m. event to be held at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater.

With the invite teasing people to "Come see our latest creation," no one knows for sure exactly what Apple has up its sleeve. But the rumor mill has been busy speculating on some type of tablet device that would let people surf the Net, watch movies, read e-books, and probably perform other tricks conjured up by the mind of Steve Jobs.

Sources have reportedly told The Wall Street Journal that the device would be a 10- or 11-inch touch-screen tablet offering wireless access and sporting a price tag of $1,000. The rumored device of the day, however, is a reported 22-inch tablet PC.

Further details are of course sketchy now, and we probably won't know much more until January 27 arrives. But we'll keep you updated with any further information as it comes in.

CNET news story link.


State of the Union - Jan. 27, budget unveiled Feb. 1

President Barack Obama plans to deliver his State of the Union address on Jan. 27 and his budget on Feb. 1, senior administration officials said.

The date of the speech had been in flux as presidential aides tried to gauge how much progress they'd be able to show on health reform. They originally planned to schedule the speech the following week, but networks objected because that is a key ratings period.

Obama's plan to deliver the speech next week almost guarantees that he will not be able to tout reform's passage in time for his prime time address to the nation. And it would mark yet another missed Democratic deadline on the road to health care reform.

Politico.com story link.

Apple announced first, I wonder if obama is counting on the euphoria of Apple's announcement to overshadow the shitty job he has done so far...

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