Apple Event Unlikely
TUAW (The Unofficial Apple Weblog) among others have been reporting on a rumored Apple invitation only event to be held on February 22, 2006. The event has been rumored to revolve around a video capable Airport Express which is currently been dubbed as having AirVideo capabilities. While it has long been rumored that Apple are planning to extend AirTunes technology to stream video content to any display within range of the signal it is highly unlikely that this rumor is anything more.
The anonymous tip has been spread far and wide but it should be made clear that for all my research I have found only one piece of evidence to support the claim; this image on a Flickr account. This more than raises questions; it appears that the only person to receive an invitation to this event thus far (certainly publicly) is not a member of the press but rather a mediocre “photoshopper”. The choice to believe is yours but I want to quote the update (viz. disclaimer) from TUAW:
TUAW has no confirmation whatsoever that: 1) anything will be announced or released on Feb. 22nd, 2) that it will be an Airport Express, iPod, mystery-doodad, or 3) anything Apple-related at all will happen on Feb. 22nd. This link and date were submitted as a tip and is treated as a rumor. This post is even clearly classified in the rumor category. TUAW is not responsible for your level of disappointment or inability to reconcile reality with your expectations. Have a nice day.
