He added: "I suspect this announcement is a political statement rather than something to do with economics".
No official word yet on the Gmail blog (the GrandCentral blog has been silent since last April), but we suspect an announcement and general roll-out to follow soon.
As for launch date, the earliest I'd suspect an announcement will be around or – and this is a stretch – during CES.
The California Teachers Association has yet to take a stance on the pilot, but at least one faculty member suspects the announcement was timed to subvert opposition.
I suspect that this announcement will largely be brushed off by the party leadership.
Some suspect last week's announcement was little more than a sop to Hispanic voters and a prelude to Mr. Bush's visit today to Mexico.
"I suspect the Star Wars announcement has more to do with PR than actual production plans," says author Richard Rickitt, who has written the book Special Effects: The History and Technique.
In late January, the science editor announced that he suspected the cloning announcements were a hoax.
Von Blumenthal said he suspected that the announcement was more of a publicity stunt, in keeping with what he described as the "peculiar" personality of SolarWorld chief executive Frank Asbeck.
The track opens with a piano section written by Matt Daspit, uncharacteristic for the series at that point; O'Donnell suspected "no [other announcement at E3] would start with a piano", thus grabbing attention.
