Steve Jobs dishes tomorrow at 10:00AM PST / 1:00PM EST. Be there.

It's only been about a month since we last held court with his Steveness (we have what's supposedly a banner this time, too), but tomorrow bright n' early on the PST we're going to bring you our live coverage of Stevie J.'s "It's Showtime" keynote at the Yerba Buena Center in downtown San Francisco. As always, set your browsers on autofire-refresh and watch out for late-breaking developments. Some time zones are listed below for when the show gets underway (though you'll want to tune in early for our pre-game coverage):

7:00AM - Hawaii
10:00AM - Pacific
11:00AM - Mountain
12:00PM - Central
1:00PM - Eastern
5:00PM - GMT
6:00PM - London
7:00PM - Paris
2:00AM - Tokyo (September 13th)

There was a big ol' Apple in there, but no banner we could easily spy.

This truck was pulling in as we got there; wonder what that satellite connection is for? Well, we'd guess it's for their London broadcast.

[eskyre @ Sep 11th 2006 6:26PM]

judging by that ipod banner, no new ipod!?! boooo!!!!!

[Vinni @ Sep 11th 2006 6:28PM]

Releasing a new iPod on 'It's Showtime' instead of Apple's birthday wouldn't be a suitable idea.

[CharlieX @ Sep 11th 2006 6:31PM]

Apple wouldn't make an enormous banner of their new product and put it out for display before Jobs had his chance to introduce it. What it does tell you, IMHO, is that iPod related stuff is 100% guaranteed tomorrow.

[Benson @ Sep 11th 2006 6:33PM]

That banner has to be real. There's no way anyone could do that in Photoshop or even Paint Shop Pro.

[Ben @ Sep 11th 2006 6:37PM]

Why not?

[unimog @ Sep 11th 2006 6:38PM]

I worry about any male that calls Jobs "his Steveness".

Makes me think the person wants to have romantic relations with the apple CEO.

[Mateusz @ Sep 11th 2006 6:42PM]

i totally agree with benson.
no way photoshop nor paint shop pro could have done that; you'd have to have, oh, i don't know, a professional shop that does photo editing, and that's like x-files.

my gut sez "for real".

[unimog @ Sep 11th 2006 6:43PM]

Seriously - we're going to see a 32GB solid-state iPod nano.

the competition will be blown away :)

[Euan @ Sep 11th 2006 6:45PM]

That banner could easily be done in Photoshop CS2. People need to learn how to use Vanishing Point and masks.

[Darth Tony @ Sep 11th 2006 6:45PM]

Cmon Unimog, admit it. You would so do Stevie. It's unhealthy to suppress your true feelings.

[Rai @ Sep 11th 2006 6:48PM]

competition... LOL

What are the odds that stevie tells the audience that he's had it with Ipods... it's driving him insane, especially with patent infringment crap... and that he's going to kill off all Ipods...!

Except this one thing called a Vpod!

[snife @ Sep 11th 2006 6:50PM]

I was hoping for an 8GB nano but when I can buy 2GB memory sticks (SD, MS Duo) for £20, it doesn't seem that unfeasible that there could be something in the region of a 16GB nano. I have no interest in the bigger ipods, i don't understand why they get more press attention than the nano which is the more popular and my psp plays videos so I can carry that when I want a large device with me.

[disciple83 @ Sep 11th 2006 6:52PM]

if they introduce a 32GB solid-state player tomorrow, i'd consider them in the running for a monopoly suit on flash RAM, the only thing after that would be, who would be the first to prosecute: M$ or Creative?

[Bradc @ Sep 11th 2006 6:56PM]

You retards! That banner is just a picture from their new ad , check it here

http://www.apple.com/ipod/ads/

[ImDShhhh @ Sep 11th 2006 6:56PM]

Why are people asking for 8gb nano & 16 gb?
some people are realy stupid and dont see the intended nanos market.
Stop asking for ridicoulous products and get with the program

do we really need a 16gb ipod nano? for what so that people complain about it not being 20gb's? and unleasing pathetic cries about how 16gb does not hold all their music collection.

get serious already damn

[unimog @ Sep 11th 2006 6:56PM]

@Darth Tony

LMAO!! Yup - I'm jellus Ryan is getting all the action.

[Will @ Sep 11th 2006 6:59PM]

I am going to fly to Hawaii so i can find out what it is three hours earlier!

[unimog @ Sep 11th 2006 7:03PM]

What is stupid about a high-capacity nano?

I'd love to have my entire music collection on a player the size of a stick of juicy fruit.

Also there have been rumors of the lossless audio format from itunes. a 7 minute FLAC file is about 150mb, so I imagine apple lossless is roughly the same.

[snife @ Sep 11th 2006 7:03PM]

ImDShhhh - i think you need to get with the program - within the next year or so I would predict there will be no hard drive based ipods (at least none aimed at the audio market) so it is inevitable that the flash based players will continue to increase in capacity.

The nanos market is everyone - if they were 20GB+ then the market share they have would be even higher as they would store most peoples music collections with ease and then why would people choose to buy a larger device other than to watch video.

[Benson @ Sep 11th 2006 7:08PM]

@Bradc

We're talking about the banner pictured here:

http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/10/video-ipod-banner-for-september-12th/

[Daveoc64 @ Sep 11th 2006 7:09PM]

The October 2005 event (where the 5G iPod was released) had posters showing a larger screened iPod and the headphone socket on the right.

[gilbert @ Sep 11th 2006 7:12PM]

Forget a new iPod; I'd settle for decent printer support in the next rev of OSX. I've got 4 printers sitting here, and *none* of them have any driver support by either Apple or the vendor. There's drivers for *nix, and even the generic printer driver under Windows will print on all of them.
Thanks for nothing, Steve.

[WillGonz @ Sep 11th 2006 7:21PM]

Will there be a website where we can watch the announcement live? I know engadget is doing coverage and posting it. But I want to see it as well.

[rob @ Sep 11th 2006 7:25PM]

so gilbert... those *nix drivers wouldn't be CUPS drivers, would they?

because those should work with OSX just fine...

[Matt @ Sep 11th 2006 7:28PM]

Hahahah, so much for that cocky ad.

[Fabian Bauhaus @ Sep 11th 2006 7:28PM]

Gilbert, next time before buying a printer take a look at the box.
If Mac OS X isn't mentioned under system requirements or anywhere else, it probably won't work.

[Okram23 @ Sep 11th 2006 7:29PM]

Daveoc64, don't you think apple learned that leason. I doubt they'll show a pic of the new one before hand. It will give more of us a shock when its released.

i hope they just change the two panels after the anouncement.

[x23 @ Sep 11th 2006 7:32PM]

Alaska is also a state in the US. with its own timezone. Hawaii gets listed. so what's the deal? are you racist against Alaska?

[deepb @ Sep 11th 2006 7:33PM]

Yes, I'm sure they're getting everybody together to announce support for additional printers within OS X. Apple themselves created these fake banner pictures to throw people off.

[Daking @ Sep 11th 2006 7:34PM]

I would love a bluetooth iPod. All you would need is a charger and your music syyncs wirelessly. That would make my day. I doubt it will happen but if it does, i would buy it as long as its under 500 bucks

[nate @ Sep 11th 2006 7:36PM]

its showtime sounds like movies, other titles of speaches have been related to products so im assuming video itunes and a possible video ipod tho im not couting on that

[Mambo @ Sep 11th 2006 7:39PM]

I've just closed down iTunes 6 for the last time! 7, here we come! Plus an 8GB iPod nano, with no aesthetic makeover.

[snife @ Sep 11th 2006 7:53PM]

Mambo - the nano does need an aesthetic makeover - the aluminium enclosure on the mini was better as you could chuck it around and put it in your pockets without worry - same material in black, silver and white options would be fantastic in the same form factor as the current nano

[The E @ Sep 11th 2006 7:54PM]

I agree with the above poster (gilbert), Printer support, and driver support in general needs to be improved on Mac OSX. It should be as good, if not better than Windows. The problems is vendors make drivers for the masses, leaving OSX out to dry. This is one of the reasons I'm sadly selling my Macmini and upgrading my existing Windows machine to Vista. The printer drivers, among many other small drawbacks (i.e. horrible Palm Desktop) added up.

[LV @ Sep 11th 2006 7:56PM]

Ryan Block, wheres Hong Kong/ China time? nearly a quarter of the worlds population live in that time zone!

[Marc Tew @ Sep 11th 2006 8:06PM]

Just a quick message for Gibson regarding those four printers? I THINK YOU'LL FIND.....its often the manufactuers who create incompatible firmware for mac. look at graphics cards, something like a nvidia 5200 works great on mac if you flash the firmware, the drivers exist but the manufactuer locks it in order to charge double for a mac version. so before you start blaming his steveness. do your homework.

Here ends thy lesson.....

[Chris @ Sep 11th 2006 8:17PM]

Judging from the satellite truck, it looks like apple's going to release a new broadband adapter for the ipod video linked via satellite connection......

[Mambo @ Sep 11th 2006 8:27PM]

Snife - yes, aluminium, maybe.

Perhaps, alongside iTunes 7, we will be seeing an all-new program. The name is staring us in the face

.... SHOWTIME ....

It's got to be. It'll be merged with quicktime, and both iTunes and Showtime will be available together. Showtime Movie Store, anyone?

[david @ Sep 11th 2006 9:19PM]

once again, where is the love for arizona time?
GMT -7

[ben v.2 @ Sep 11th 2006 9:24PM]

I will be here at my desk, constantly pressing refresh.. Waiting for the big news. I personally think that it WILL be a new ipod. I also think that it will be a "true" video ipod. I know, I know, I am setting my sights high. But all the evidence points to a video ipod. I mean come on, "It's showtime"?

I think that along side the "true" video ipod, I think that they will also release the video service that everyone has been talking about.

Alright, good luck Engadget! I will be watching.

BTW, "His Steveness" is hilarious.

[DaveK @ Sep 11th 2006 10:07PM]

My guess is that the satellite truck, for that feed to London, could be to announce the fact that movies will be for sale in the US and UK iTunes Media Store (a contractual nightmare), or, for that "one more thing" moment where they announce the iPod phone "Mobile Me" HSDPA service thru Cingular in the US and maybe Vodafone in the UK for starters.
I think Apple is about due for a pretty good "one more thing" surprise, even if it isn't a phone. It would certainly help the stock price.

[Reg @ Sep 11th 2006 10:12PM]

No time zone for Australia...?

Don't you know you have a ton of readers there?

Sydney: 3:00 AM
Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, Hobart: 3:00 AM
Adelaide, Darwin: 2:30 AM
Perth: 1:00 AM

[Jon @ Sep 11th 2006 10:16PM]

"Perhaps, alongside iTunes 7, we will be seeing an all-new program. The name is staring us in the face

.... SHOWTIME ...."


You mean something like this... www.delicious-monster.com

[Jon @ Sep 11th 2006 10:16PM]

What are the makes of those 4 printers?
Model numbers would be helpful.

[Reg @ Sep 11th 2006 10:19PM]

You guys are all going to be SO DISAPPOINTED tomorrow when the Stevester announces:

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our special event, which will run for approximately 5 hours.

"We know you were so thrilled when last time we announced the iPod Hi-Fi speakers, so today we are pleased to announce...

"Apple iPod Hi-Fi 2: now with built-in clock and snooze button!"

"So let me give you a demo... It's showtime!"

[JeffDM @ Sep 11th 2006 10:28PM]

I don't think you want to sync over Bluetooth, that would be an exercise in frustration. You are only going to get about 1Mbps speed - which is in the range of broadband internet download speeds. People think that syncing over USB 1.1 was dog slow, and that's 12Mbps, multiply that by ten.

[Nick @ Sep 11th 2006 10:29PM]

Ah ill be picking up the new iPod the 2nd tomorrow at the store... :)

[JeffDM @ Sep 11th 2006 10:30PM]

Oops, I made a mistake, I meant to say "multiply the sync time by ten" at the end of the last post. Otherwise it doesn't make sense.

[Joseph @ Sep 11th 2006 10:32PM]

It's a real banner on the side of the theater, I drove by it on Saturday.

However, if memory serves, it's been there for awhile.

[sam johnson @ Sep 11th 2006 11:30PM]

i bet they just peel off a sticker to reveal a full screen. dopes. why do people get so caught up?