From AppleInsider.com: "The move will culminate a multi-year effort on the part of the Cupertino-based electronics giant to form a new platform of digital devices around the common core of its legendary operating system software and expertise in industrial design.
Three of Apple's four business segments -- the Mac, iPhone and Apple TV -- already rely on
derivatives of the Mac OS. In surgically replacing the iPod's Pixo-influenced OS with a modern-day variant of its homebred software, the company will have effectively scaled the Mac OS across its entire product matrix."
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Apple confirms "Special Event" on September 5th
By
AppleInsider Staff
Published: 07:00 PM EST
Apple Inc. will use a special media event on September 5th to introduce a new array of digital media offerings, according to digital invitations issued to analysts and members of the media Tuesday afternoon.
The invites, which arrived by e-mail, depict an enlarged CoverFlow interface with the caption, "The beat goes on."
The
event is scheduled to take place at the Moscone West in San Francisco on September 5 at 10:00 a.m.
Apple is widely expected to use the gathering to usher in a new breed of
Mac OS X-based iPods. Additional announcements relating to the company's iTunes software and digital media download service are also expected.