I've just arrived in Cupertino ahead of the forthcoming announcement by Apple, which is - as usual - driving wild speculation across the internets.
I'll be at the press conference and will report the developments from up close, but there are a few things to get straight first. To start with, this isn't one of those big fancy pants product launches with seventeen beambacks and 5,000 hairy geeks chanting in unison. No, this is one of the small "intimate" ones held at what Macolytes know as the town hall.
Plus so far all we really know is that it's definitely a Mac product, not an iPod or iPhone announcement. That fits with the usual announcement cycle that Apple runs to, which means we'll probably expect some kind of new iPod to hit the shelves in mid September and the iPhone to reach Europe a month or two after that.
Right: it's a Mac. Laptop or desktop? Silvery, superthin iMac? Maybe an extremely small MacBook? Perhaps a replacement for the unloved Mac Mini?
My real question, however, is what Steve Jobs will make of the outing this week of Fake Steve. Will it get a mention?
Anyway... time to go grab some sleep: leave your wild speculation in the comments.
