Apple présente sa dernière MacWorld sans iPapy…

17/12/2008 in , Steve Jobs, keynote | No comments

Annuellement, nous avons le privilège de voir la MacWorld dirigée par Steve Jobs. Ce matin, nous avons appris que Steve Job n’animera pas la Keynote de 2009. C’est Philip Schiller, VPWorldwide Product Marketing, qui le remplacera.

Autre point marquant, Apple s’est rendu compte que les salons ne leur permettaient pas d’acquérir suffisamment de nouveaux clients. Ainsi, nous allons profiter d’une dernière MacWorld le 6 janvier prochain.

« Apple is reaching more people in more ways than ever before, so like many companies, trade shows have become a very minor part of how Apple reaches its customers, »

Apple Inc.

Concernant la France, nous pouvions nous en douter, mais l’Apple Expo ne sera pas renouvelée l’année prochaine. Leur nouvelle stratégie, c’est que les Apple stores sont maintenant devenus une nouvelle source d’influence, suffisante pour véhiculer l’image de la marque à travers le monde. Ainsi, nous espérons voir l’Apple store parisien, prévu au Carrousel du Louvre, ouvrir ses portes courant 2009.

« The increasing popularity of Apple’s Retail Stores, which more than 3.5 million people visit every week, and the Apple.com website enable Apple to directly reach more than a hundred million customers around the world in innovative new ways. »

Apple Inc.

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Via : AppleInsider

[EDIT: 20/12/2008 à 11h38] : Je viens de trouver l’ensemble du communiqué :

CUPERTINO, California—December 16, 2008—Apple® today announced that this year is the last year the company will exhibit at Macworld Expo. Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, will deliver the opening keynote for this year’s Macworld Conference & Expo, and it will be Apple’s last keynote at the show. The keynote address will be held at Moscone West on Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. Macworld will be held at San Francisco’s Moscone Center January 5-9, 2009.

Apple is reaching more people in more ways than ever before, so like many companies, trade shows have become a very minor part of how Apple reaches its customers. The increasing popularity of Apple’s Retail Stores, which more than 3.5 million people visit every week, and the Apple.com website enable Apple to directly reach more than a hundred million customers around the world in innovative new ways.

Apple has been steadily scaling back on trade shows in recent years, including NAB, Macworld New York, Macworld Tokyo and Apple Expo in Paris.

Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Today, Apple continues to lead the industry in innovation with its award-winning computers, OS X operating system and iLife and professional applications. Apple is also spearheading the digital media revolution with its iPod portable music and video players and iTunes online store, and has entered the mobile phone market with its revolutionary iPhone.

Apple Inc.