Apple Expo Paris will be held from September 25-29th, 2007, and will be LE place to be for Apple aficionados the world over. The Fall event is held at a perfect time for a European iPhone announcements in front of the home crowd - a month ahead of the release. AppleTV is another likely candidate to get updated along the way with a pan-European or European country specific movie store in iTunes.
It is also looking like an extremely good time to unveil a fresh new line of iPods - although we are still holding out for an earlier announcement as AOL|Engadget is predicting.
Jonny Evans over at Macworld.co.uk has announced that both Vodafone and O2 would be carrying the iPhone in the UK - something we voiced a few months back. The release date has been speculated to be November 1st, continent-wide (UK, France, Germany..maaaybe Spain).
Orange in France and TMobile in Germany have been rumored to be frontrunners in the competition to carry the iPhone
For all of you youngsters/Apple newbs out there, Apple Expo is where Apple announced:
- iCal in 2002
- The wireless keyboard and mouse in 2003
- The iMac G5 new form factor in 2004
- Major Enhancements to .Mac in 2005
Apple was present at last year's event but didn't have any products to announce.
For its part, Apple has not announced whether or not Monsieur Jobs will be making an appearance/Keynote in the City of Light but we have a call in to Apple PR and Apple Expo PR to get the difinitive answer.
Since 9to5Mac has people on the ground in Paris, we will, of course, have full coverage of the event. Perhaps even some pictures. Stay tuned...
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