OK, first, I'm not being selfish. I'm merely commenting on the problems associated with keeping a product so totally in the dark that when you reveal it, it takes weeks or months for an ecology of accessories to form.
And second, that's why there's such a thing as an NDA. No one rational is demanding that Apple tell us all what they are planning to do. But it's not unreasonable to expect that they might get with an accessories maker or two, put them under strict NDA, and ask them to come up with stuff like carrying cases (which are not high-tech and just need some basic stuff, like dimensions, in order to create) in time for the product launch.
Firstly, I will apologize for the selfish comment, I had a feeling it would be taken out of context. The word selfish was meant in terms of not thinking only on a consumer level, you have to look at it on a business level.
As a consumer we only think of what we need on our end and start getting annoyed with the company for not reacting like WE would want them to.
I already gave you a scenario as to why it would not be conducive for Apple to release news about a forthcoming product.
You mentioned the NDA, that's a joke, how many developers broke the NDA before Leopard was released? Unauthorized screenshots were posted of the Leopard builds and then copies were posted on the torrent sites.
There's another big reason why it would be highly stupid of Apple to tell accessory makers of unreleased products is due to the fact that they just might decide not to release the product. Right before product production Apple or any company may decide this product is not going to work out after all so what happens to all the accessory makers that went through the trouble of making bags and accessories for nothing? Well they may want to sue Apple, now do you get it?
On a side note there are tons of bags and sleeves to fit the AIR, the airmail sleeve is not the only one that would fit perfectly.
