Cartoon: Man gazes at stars and tells his young daughter, "You'll never feel a greater sense of awe at the enormity of the unknown, the vastness of the universe's infinite possibilities, than on the eve of a new iPhone release."Another Apple event has come and gone, and this time I decided to try my hand at some high-octane prognosticating.

I was less than entirely successful.

But unlike some pundits, I’m willing to cop to having a near-100% inaccuracy rate.

What I got right

Very, very, very little.

(Some context)

What I got wrong

My unhelpful commentary

As always, readers looking for incisive, nimble insights into the impact of Apple’s announcements looked, quite wisely, elsewhere.

That said, I was hamstrung by the livestream, which kept stalling and hiccuping.

To help others in the same boat, I did the equivalent of handing out Bible tracts at a movie lineup.

2010.01.12.hook

Cartoon: Man gazes at stars and tells his young daughter, "You'll never feel a greater sense of awe at the enormity of the unknown, the vastness of the universe's infinite possibilities, than on the eve of a new iPhone release."

2010.01.29.ipad

2009.01.04.stevenote

2007-06-24-trash

2007-10-10-tiny

2011.05.11.birthday

2013.01.28.mysterious-ways

2012.09.12.dockconnector

2012.01.15.product

2010.04.24.pinch

Eventually, whatever rodent had been gnawing its way through Apple’s router room finally bit the wrong cable and died in a shower of sparks and fur, and I was able to catch enough to offer these observations:

There. Now you’re completely caught up.

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