WSJ : Steve Jobs Not Returning Shapiro’s Call; Apple Attending CES’10 ?
WSJ has reported that Apple (more info) is planning to attend this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) (more info). Gary Shapiro, chief executive of CES was spotted saying in a dinner party hosted by him that Apple plans to attend the show for the 1st time next year. He also said that he tried contacting Steve Jobs (more info) to keynote the show but Jobs did not return his call. Other star speakers at CEC are Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Intel CEO Paul Otellini. Meanwhile engadget editor Ryan Block has conflicted. He claims that he was himself present at the dinner party of Shapiro and at no point did he even hint that Apple was planning to attend CES. In fact Block says
“at one point, someone asked if, hypothetically, Apple did want to attend CES, whether the CEA could accommodate them. Gary said flatly that if pressed, they might be able to come up with a small 2,000 square foot booth, but they couldn’t do anything, say, Microsoft-sized on such short notice.”
Meanwhile Steve was photographed (with Jon Ive) leaving Apple’s Cupertino headquarters yesterday. This is his 1st public photograph since January.
Follow-Up
The iPhone Blog : Apple Going to CES 2010, Steve Jobs Asked to Keynote? by Rene Ritchie
AppleInsider : Steve Jobs asked to keynote CES 2010 in January [Updated] by Neil Hughes and Aidan Malley
CNET NEWS : WSJ: Apple to attend CES 2010 by Michelle Meyers
I4U NEWS : Apple not attending CES 2010 despite WSJ Rumor by Luigi Lugmayr
CrunchGear : Late breaking news! Steve Jobs works at Apple HQ, spotted leaving by Matt Burns
That’s got to be one of the most misleading headlines – it’s all in how you parse it:
Steve Jobs not returning; Shapiro’s Call
was the way I read it. If they said Shapiro’s phone call, it would have been less sensational, but then, I wouldn’t have read it.
(Twitter: @ mayank25may )
says:
If you read “;” at places where it is not present then no can help.. u gott to read things more carefully, then u might (just might) find things less sensational than they are.