tablet computer — or whatever it is — at a fever pitch, every tiny
thing the company does is noted, analyzed and discussed with an
intensity the CIA might envy.
Take the abstract, paint-splatter design on the news conference invitations that went out Monday for the
introduction of the mystery product. The Mac faithful immediately
started posting on the Appleinsider Internet forum as to what the
design, with the famed bite-out-of-the-apple logo in the center, could
mean.
Some thought the splatter was a clue to new products. “Maybe Apple is signaling … paint and drawing software,” said Addabox.
Some thought it was a clue to the device’s name.
Daddybone reasoned: “Where do we see such paint? From an artist. And
what does an artist work on? A canvas. Behold: Apple’s latest creation
is called the Apple Canvas.”
Meanwhile, Igenius took a cosmic view, writing:
“Emerging from and replacing the confusion of multiple paint splatters,
Apple stands on the solid background of a calming color, shining with a
simple, familiar white purity … “
No wonder people don’t use their real names on forums.
Rot’nApple took a more personal view: “Apple had a paint ball fight and didn’t invite me?”
Perhaps the most reasoned of all was Cbsofla, who
sought to calm the frenzy. “Sometimes,” he wrote, “a splatter is just a
splatter.”
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