{"id":15351,"date":"2012-01-18T04:00:42","date_gmt":"2012-01-18T11:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/?p=15351"},"modified":"2012-01-18T22:13:26","modified_gmt":"2012-01-19T05:13:26","slug":"apple-scoop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2012\/01\/18\/apple-scoop\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple scoop!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>You read it here first.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m pleased to be the first to bring readers this global scoop with my spy photograph of Apple&#8217;s new product, snapped on San Francisco&#8217;s Market Street yesterday.  This will be announced, along with iPad3, in Q1\/2012.<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog\/Apple_shoeshine.jpg\" width=\"548\" height=\"814\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i>The Apple Shoeshine stand.  G3, kit lens @20mm.<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I have it from two reliable sources that <a href=http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jony_ive target=_blank>Sir Jony Ive<\/a> has said it still needs a bit of work, but remains confident that the final version will be available for sale in April. As you can see, the prototype has taken quite a beating, having been in development for over a decade. It will have the unique distinction of being the first Apple product to be made in America, using American labor, in a generation.<\/p>\n<p>Rumors of a competing Microsoft version abound, but the last three prototypes collapsed, significantly delaying time to market.  Microsoft&#8217;s CEO <a href=http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Homer_Simpson_2006.png target=_blank>Steve Ballmer<\/a>, who insisted on personally testing what was intended to be the final version, is recovering well from his injuries. While still in a coma, and given to frequently screaming &#8220;<a href=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8To-6VIJZRE target=_blank>Developers!, Developers!, Developers!<\/a>&#8220;, his vital signs seem fine. We wish him well. <\/p>\n<p>No details on pricing of the Apple version yet, but expect little change from $10,000, which will make it competitive with the much missed <a href=http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apple_Lisa target=_blank>Apple Lisa<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You read it here first. I&#8217;m pleased to be the first to bring readers this global scoop with my spy photograph of Apple&#8217;s new product, snapped on San Francisco&#8217;s Market Street yesterday. This will be announced, along with iPad3, in Q1\/2012. The Apple Shoeshine stand. G3, kit lens @20mm. I have it from two reliable &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2012\/01\/18\/apple-scoop\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Apple scoop!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photographs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15351"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15383,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15351\/revisions\/15383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}