Our live coverage of the Apple 'latest creation' event starts Wednesday, January 27th
By Joshua Topolsky 
posted January 25th 2010 12:15PM
posted January 25th 2010 12:15PM
The show gets going on Wednesday, January 27th at 10AM PT.
Here's the URL where you should park your browser, and below are starting times around the globe:
08:00AM - Hawaii
10:00AM - Pacific
11:00AM - Mountain
12:00PM - Central
01:00PM - Eastern
06:00PM - London
07:00PM - Paris
09:00PM - Moscow
03:00AM - Tokyo (January 28th)
@TheRogueFFAngel
Hang on, you complain about the Apple haters then follow up with "I HATE Android though. I think it's overhyped and completely useless."
You hate Android and don't think twice about expressing that opinion yet others can't bash Apple?
@xberxinfinity
Here is what I would like to see.
1. Provide hourly updates (unique posts) that tell us specifically how many hours until the meeting begins. Please continue to convert the hours left for the various time zones. I'm sure people in Hawaii are so grateful for that conversion. How would they ever be able to convert those tricky time zone changes without your primer.
2. We haven't seen enough unsubstantiated rumors. Seems like you guys have slowed down in the past few days. I would like you to comb through the various Mac forums and create a separate post for every crazy fanboi idea. You have been far too discriminating so far by only posting some of the crazy ideas.
@bjsguess
Here's a new concept: how about you don't read the Apple articles if you don't like them? Your brand of stupidity is what's causing McDonald's to put "Warning: HOT" labels on coffee. Because people are obviously too stupid to figure out that coffee is hot.
You're just like that. Too dumb to figure out that you can just skip the Apple articles or even go to another site.
I'm ready for something big, so don't disappoint me, Apple!
@MastrCake
Of course they won't disappoint you. They will release a device like all others they make: some overpriced gadget that lacks a lot of features and has a dumbed down interface. I'm pretty sure it's white, does multitouch, has a glossy screen and a non-removable battery. I can't wait. It's so awesome already. At least, make sure you get one, because they will be sold out in minutes and go for twice or triple the price on ebay.
@MastrCake
Aren't we setting ourselves up for failure? I don't recall an official giveaway that there will be a revolutionary new device on Wednesday, much less a tablet.
They are all rumors.
@MastrCake
I thought with all the non stop stories about the apple event that you were doing live coverage this whole time.
@MastrCake
Even if Apple releases a turd in a plastic bag, iFans will hail it as the second coming of Jeebus.
@BigKing
Someone's bitter and resentful...
@Dudeman
Possibly we will be enlightened with iFart download statistics.
@martynmcfarquhar
Bitter? Hell no. I love Apple and their fans. Just like I love companies that sell those diamond encrusted platinum plated gadgets.
It's amusing.
Wow... Thats 48 hours from now but Josh koudn't kontrol the intensity of antikipation of the apple announkement. This is one thing that I most admire in Steve Jobs, the ability to make normal people and geeks alike go krazy about a gadget.
And its very easy to write the in the above fashion. Open up kate in KDE powered Kubuntu, write normal stuff, then press KTRL+H, replake "k" by "k".
@vvnraman
Don't you mean replace "c" by "k"? And isn't that function called "Search & Replace" which unfortunately does not seem to be present in Chrome...
@Dudeman Yup. And here is living breathing proof. As if you needed any. http://bit.ly/8oAsLO
@vvnraman
I just got a headache reading that..
@onlymyrailgun
yes he does mean replace "c" by "k" except that apparently he already has replaced all his c's with k's and so now he can't even type out c.
I don't quite understand the reason for doing such a thing though, but I guess people can do what they like with their computers
@Apple
Make a device without that SILLY dongle attachment... just use USB so all our MP3 players will dock on the "cool" docks... is that the latest creation???
@Dudeman Even if they announced the most beautiful, amazing, innovative, affordable, useful device ever, folks like you would waste time ranting about it on here.
@MastrCake
"There won't be a better seat in the house... well, except for wherever Steve Jobs is sitting."
Oooohhh Joshua..... You just wish you could run up to Steve Jobs and sit right on his lap dont you?....
@MastrCake
Err, 0600PM ?! (London)
I'll presume it's at 1800? 0600 would be a kinda weird time in most of the world.
This keynote is going to be all engadget's going to talk about for the next 6 months.
It is really going to suck if their new creation is a Paint app in the App Store.
@AcE17
I hope he doesn't try to sit on Steve Jobs lap. Steve would probably get crushed to death as thin as he is.
@FORDY
06:00PM is 18:00...just so you know...:)
@John Stathakis hope so
@MastrCake haha, yes, I'm sure steve jobs will keep us occupied during the entire presentation. Honestly, a few months earlier, when the rumors were flying around about an Apple tablet; I could care less. But now, I absolutely can’t wait. Was it the build up of hype? Or maybe the prominent features it has to offer are really wowing me, even though they are only rumors. Could it just be Apple itself that has this effect?
The statement of Apple will surely be amazing. Compiled details: http://bit.ly/iphone-4g-apple-tablet-details
@MastrCake I can't for the life of me see why this is all such a big deal? Since when is a tablet computer any sort of big idea? HP, Dell, they have all done it and it never really found a marketplace other then niche applications. I get that people want to read their magazines and books digitally nowadays but what is the matter with an e-reader. From what I have seen there is color e-readers on the way that would probably do a better job with a vastly superior battery life. Other then this, it is basically a laptop computer but lacking a mouse, keyboard, input/outputs, etc with a touchscreen added. This is not a new idea and contrary to popular belief Apple is not inventing it. Is browsing the Internet or painting a doodle on this thing going to be any more exciting then it is on a cheapie laptop that will no doubt cost a fraction of the price? I will stick with my netbook and desktop. That is all.
If the tablet thing is not gonna be called "iPad", you may downrank this comment to oblivion!
@Ahmedz Like the SNL skit?
@Dshark
Epic skit.
I would have a class just as this starts... I guess it will be full circle as I'll probably be checking this out on my ipod whilst in class.
OMG!!! Finally the iTables get caught :O
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/comment/4/2010/01/ffac4502b6266e5c5d963277d8d9d08f/340x.jpg
Prediction: Apple's stock will take a nose-dive.
Not because what they announce won't be amazing, just because it's been hyped up beyond all reality.
@xbit
I wonder how much Apple pays to sites like Engadget or Gizmodo to create such hypes. Whether the tablet is an oversized iPhone or a real tablet like what HP/Notion Ink and others showed in CES, it'll be an evolutionary device.
Apple found out a long time ago that the sale depends a lot on how these sites create a mass hysteria to promote their products. I am sure they must be paying Joshua et al a lot of money.
@xbit
Not much of a prediction, really. There's a sell-off after every announcement, from blockbuster ones to disappointing ones.
I apologise for making predictions based on reason, rather than on wild speculation. This obviously isn't the thread for me. :)
@Rex
I don't think they have to pay them. That's what's sad.
OMG the itablet get caught !!!!!!
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/comment/4/2010/01/ffac4502b6266e5c5d963277d8d9d08f/340x.jpg
How many times has this been announced?
@PlatinumSkeet About fifty times since this morning.
Well, it's not like Engadget wasn't already losing credibility before this. This iSlateTabletNerdgasmMessiah crap just helps to speed it up.
Oh man, the live video stream is going to be awesome! Watching it in real time as it's happ.... oh... right... it's an Apple event. Oh well, guess I'll just read the text updates like it's 1995.
@Konrad What I don't understand is how come there are loads of videos of the other keynotes on youtube? Someone must have live video?!! PLEEEEease... Watching those old keynotes from Steve you realize it's all about hearing. What about an audio stream?
I will piss myself with laughter if there isn't a tablet.
@kris120890 Regardless whether or not you piss yourself over this there is now soda in my keyboard, thanks a lot.
@kris120890
I'm not going to lie, I've lost a lot of interest in this bullshit. Its all going in to Mass Effect 2.
@KAL326
And you, sir, made me catch asthma.
@kris120890
And soon after you bursted into laughter the world will implode.
I asked my mom if she'd heard anything about the rumored tablet and no, she didn't.
@n2whyteguyz
well now we can rest easily.
@n2whyteguyz
that's because she lives under a rock?