Link: ‘Apple sends out invites for Oct. 16 special event’
Apple, on Wednesday, sent out invitations for an upcoming event on October 16th, with the tagline “It’s been way too long”.
Jim Dalrymple says:
As is normal with Apple invites, there are no clues as to what the company will talk about or introduce at the event. Given the huge event in September where the company unveiled new iPhones and the Apple Watch, I suspect this event will focus more on existing products.
It’s pretty much a given that this event will include new iPads, likely running on the new A8 chip, including TouchID, and featuring a more refined design reminiscent of the iPhone 6 series.
New Macs are being bandied about as an option, but frankly, those are more beholden to Intel’s chip release schedule, and they have nothing particularly interesting in the upgrade department. Expect minor speed bumps or cosmetic tweaks for the Mac, if anything. Unless, of course, Apple is willing to launch a new portable, possibly a hybrid between the Air and the Pro. I doubt it, but people keep rumoring it. We shall see.
Also possible (and far more interesting to this audience): A new Apple TV. We’ve been waiting on an Apple TV with an App Store and game support for a long, long time now. It’s coming someday, no doubt about it. Could it be next week? Maybe.
Even if it’s a more minor speed bump to the Apple TV, it could potentially feature 802.11ac wireless and h265 video support. Both of those could lead to radically improved AirPlay support for beaming games from your iPhone to the Apple TV. Considering the massive improvements iOS 8 brought to AirPlay support, these benefits could take it even further towards across-the-board playability, and make even more games work great.
It’s also possible Apple will surprise us with something entirely new. The good news is, we have less than a week until we know – consider me excited.