According to a press release on the Apple PR site, the keynote address on January 6, 2009 will be Steve’s swan song at the Macworld Expo.  According to the release, Apple is scaling back trade shows because of the increasing popularity of reaching customer via other mediums, such as the retail Apple Stores and Apple.com.

What does this mean for Macworld as we know it?  Will they be passing out Apple emblazoned tissues while the fanboys and girls bid His Steveness their final Macworld farewells?  Will they introduce a new Mac mini?  What about an iPhone nano?

All I know is that I’m never going to get to see a live keynote at this rate.  We’ll miss you at Macworld, Apple.  It almost seems pointless to have a Macworld with no…Mac.

ETA: In my haste and disbelief, I failed to realize that Steve will not be giving the keynote at all.  It’ll be Apple’s Senior VP, Philip Schiller.  What ever will we do with no Steve making glorious announcements to get us through the post-holidays January slump?!