With less than 24 hours to go until Apple unveil their new releases here in San Francisco, the anticipation among the thousands of geeks swarming over the city is reaching fever pitch. The convention centre was pretty quiet when I arrived there this morning, but a constant influx of people meant it just kept getting busier and busier.
The talk is still, of course, about the rumours of the headless Mac: will it be a rival to the Microsoft Media Center? Will it simply be aimed at ousting for those who want replacement computers? Does it even exist?
It seems a given that a new 1GB flash-based iPod will be unveiled (which is apparently going to be called the iPod Shuffle), and one bunch of intrepid Italians even managed to take some pictures of a promotional banner being unfurled for the little gizmo. The slogan? "Life is random"... I can only assume that it means you get little control over which of its 250ish songs you want to listen to.
Unfortunately, I've not been in the right place at the right time to whisk myself, cat-like, into the secret heart of the Moscone Center and sneak a peek at the products being prepared for the big release. It seems security is pretty tight on all would-be snoopers.
And, since there's no webfeed of the speech - or even a broadcast in Apple stores - hopefully I'll be able to update the blog live from the keynote tomorrow morning (around 5pm GMT). Here's hoping Apple don't put the kibosh on that, too.
If you can't wait for tomorrow, why not check out Charles Arthur's Steve Jobs bingo card and get a flavour of what it's going to be like?
(hat tip to Becky for spotting that one)
