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Live chat: Analyzing Apple's big announcement

Join CNET for live coverage of Apple's September 9 media event in Cupertino. Among the new products widely expected to be announced: the iPhone 6, and -- possibly -- a wearable product. CNET will be there live to bring you news updates, photos, and running commentary. Check out our full coverage at www.cnet.com.

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Another glimpse at that sensor on the back, but no mention of it just yet.

by Tim Stevens via CNET 9/9/2014 6:06:01 PM

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by James Martin via CNET 9/9/2014 6:06:01 PM

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Ive: We're introducing an unparalleled level of technical innovation combined with a design that connects with the wearer

by Shara Tibken via CNET 9/9/2014 6:06:05 PM

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by James Martin via CNET 9/9/2014 6:06:21 PM

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By the way, we're just crossing into the second hour of this event. How you doing? Coffee supplies running low? Hang in there, folks, still lots to learn.

by Tim Stevens via CNET 9/9/2014 6:06:21 PM

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Ive: The watch sense that you're raising your wrist and activates the dsplay

by Shara Tibken via CNET 9/9/2014 6:06:25 PM

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by Carrie Mihalcik 9/9/2014 6:17:06 PM

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Video: See the Apple Watch in action

by Carrie Mihalcik via CNET 9/9/2014 7:34:53 PM

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Hello everyone, we'll get started in just a few minutes with our discussion of Apple's new products. If you have questions for columnist Michelle Quinn, feel free to go ahead and enter them.

by jowens via Live chat: Analyzing Apple's big announcement, 1 p.m. Pacific, Tuesday 9/9/2014 7:53:52 PM

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For recaps of the event, check out our story and/or our live blog recap.

by jowens via Live chat: Analyzing Apple's big announcement, 1 p.m. Pacific, Tuesday 9/9/2014 7:55:20 PM

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What's the top story? The iPhone 6 or the watch?

by mquinn via Live chat: Analyzing Apple's big announcement, 1 p.m. Pacific, Tuesday 9/9/2014 7:59:29 PM

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We will start off with the most important announcement of the day: The Apple Watch, the first new product category for Apple since the iPad was introduced four years ago. Michelle, what are your first impressions of Apple's first true wearable device?

by jowens via Live chat: Analyzing Apple's big announcement, 1 p.m. Pacific, Tuesday 9/9/2014 8:01:13 PM

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Apple Watch is fascinating, a whole new way of computing. It reminds me of what Google attempts with Glass - can we connect in different ways, different modes. But this product likely won't face a Glass backlash.

by mquinn via Live chat: Analyzing Apple's big announcement, 1 p.m. Pacific, Tuesday 9/9/2014 8:02:41 PM

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But there seems to be some shock and dismay about the price point? Oh, and you gotta own an iPhone 5 or better, right, to even use it.

by mquinn via Live chat: Analyzing Apple's big announcement, 1 p.m. Pacific, Tuesday 9/9/2014 8:03:37 PM

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Glass has been knocked for being unfashionable, even dorky. Apple is obviously trying to make it fashionable, with a lot of customization options. How important will that be in its popularity? And how different is this for Apple, which typically is not known for offering customizable products?

by jowens via Live chat: Analyzing Apple's big announcement, 1 p.m. Pacific, Tuesday 9/9/2014 8:04:50 PM

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$349 might be too expensive, say some. But for someone like me, an iPhone 5 owner, this may breathe new life into my device

by mquinn via Live chat: Analyzing Apple's big announcement, 1 p.m. Pacific, Tuesday 9/9/2014 8:05:14 PM

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The Apple Watch's wow factor is not to be underestimated. Watching the presentation today, I felt like I was glimpsing the future

by mquinn via Live chat: Analyzing Apple's big announcement, 1 p.m. Pacific, Tuesday 9/9/2014 8:06:46 PM

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Price is definitely a key discussion point - the Apple Watch starts at $349, and Apple did not give an end to the price range. If this product ends up like the iPhone and iPad - with a new iteration each year - fans who want the newest Watch, iPhone and iPad every year will be spending roughly $1,500 just on hardware, by my rough estimation and without subsidies from wireless carriers. Will enough do that to keep Apple's soaring revenues growing?

by jowens via Live chat: Analyzing Apple's big announcement, 1 p.m. Pacific, Tuesday 9/9/2014 8:08:38 PM

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Good point. So that's the pressure on Apple, as our own Troy Wolverton wrote. Can Apple make Apple Watch the best health and fitness device and more.

by mquinn via Live chat: Analyzing Apple's big announcement, 1 p.m. Pacific, Tuesday 9/9/2014 8:09:59 PM

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I wonder if many consumers are looking for something novel and whether this will be it. Maybe they are bored with their phones, no matter the size and shape. For the wearables category, Apple's entrance is the big moment

by mquinn via Live chat: Analyzing Apple's big announcement, 1 p.m. Pacific, Tuesday 9/9/2014 8:12:19 PM

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And then there are just the cool things in it - a built in gyroscope, accelerometer, a heart rate sensor, a Taptic Engine for input sensing.

by mquinn via Live chat: Analyzing Apple's big announcement, 1 p.m. Pacific, Tuesday 9/9/2014 8:13:07 PM

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Another point we focused on in our previews was Tim Cook's stamp on this company, which many thought would be defined by today's event. If the Apple Watch is the most important new gadget to arrive on Cook's watch, how will he be judged?

by jowens via Live chat: Analyzing Apple's big announcement, 1 p.m. Pacific, Tuesday 9/9/2014 8:13:39 PM

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I didn't know I needed any of it...but now, maybe.

by mquinn via Live chat: Analyzing Apple's big announcement, 1 p.m. Pacific, Tuesday 9/9/2014 8:13:43 PM

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I agree. It doesn't matter how he performed today at Flint Center really - not everyone got to watch that. But is the Apple Watch a bet the company moment that reaches for the crazy dreamer image that Apple cultivates? I was definitely intrigued by all that Apple said the watch would do

by mquinn via Live chat: Analyzing Apple's big announcement, 1 p.m. Pacific, Tuesday 9/9/2014 8:16:03 PM

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But I ran into Rupert Murdoch outside of the event - and tried to engage him on whether he was excited about Apple Watch. He changed the topic to the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. That excited him. And this is a guy who created a magazine just for the iPad

by mquinn via Live chat: Analyzing Apple's big announcement, 1 p.m. Pacific, Tuesday 9/9/2014 8:16:56 PM

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Wow, he wasn't discussing how to hack into the voice mail, was he?

by jowens via Live chat: Analyzing Apple's big announcement, 1 p.m. Pacific, Tuesday 9/9/2014 8:18:48 PM

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I did not ask him about that. But he did ask if my newspaper was for sale

by mquinn via Live chat: Analyzing Apple's big announcement, 1 p.m. Pacific, Tuesday 9/9/2014 8:19:20 PM

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Ooooooh, I don't know how to feel about that.

by jowens via Live chat: Analyzing Apple's big announcement, 1 p.m. Pacific, Tuesday 9/9/2014 8:19:56 PM

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Since Rupert was so into the new iPhones, let's get into those. The biggest change is size, with a phablet-sized iPhone dubbed the Plus, and the addition of mobile payments. Which one means more to Apple in the long-term?

by jowens via Live chat: Analyzing Apple's big announcement, 1 p.m. Pacific, Tuesday 9/9/2014 8:21:20 PM

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But back to Apple Watch. Maybe it doesn't matter how well it does at first as long as it works (and Apple consulted "horological experts" to study the cultural importance of time) and that it points to something new

by mquinn via Live chat: Analyzing Apple's big announcement, 1 p.m. Pacific, Tuesday 9/9/2014 8:21:28 PM

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mobile payments is an immediate practical use of the iPhone 6, especially if it means not carrying credit cards and it's secure and private as Eddy Cue promises

by mquinn via Live chat: Analyzing Apple's big announcement, 1 p.m. Pacific, Tuesday 9/9/2014 8:23:13 PM

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I just want a business card that describes me as a "horological expert."

by jowens via Live chat: Analyzing Apple's big announcement, 1 p.m. Pacific, Tuesday 9/9/2014 8:23:21 PM

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True, but how different is it from Google Wallet? Is Apple's influence that much greater that it can turn the tide toward this type of payment?

by jowens via Live chat: Analyzing Apple's big announcement, 1 p.m. Pacific, Tuesday 9/9/2014 8:24:25 PM

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by Q-C Business Journal via twitter 9/9/2014 11:07:48 PM