Yellow Submarine Beatles iPod? [Archive]

BoyBach

Jul 12, 2007, 05:21 AM

Yellow Submarine iPod rumour surfaces

Special edition iPod may pack every Beatles recorded track made

Though everyone isn't quite aboard - yet - rumours that The Beatles may soon show up on iTunes prevail, with the latest report claiming a special edition Yellow Submarine iPod is in the frame.

Music industry analysts Music Ally believe that plans to bring music from the Fab Four are back on track, following the release of the iPhone.

They go further. While the analysts don't offer any clear time scale for the addition of the tracks to Apple's music service, they do expect a special edition iPod pre-loaded with every track ever produced by the band will debut as part of the new deal.

A TechDigest report also claims music from The Beatles will be made available exclusively through iTunes for one month.

The news follows earlier reports claiming music from the band would be made available in 2008.

Macworld Link (http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=18528)

Add it to the voluminous Beatles rumours...

But a 'Yellow Submarine' edition iPod would be cool!

:D

elppa

Jul 12, 2007, 06:13 AM

I wonder if the yellow submarine iPod will be a widescreen, touch variety.

LillieDesigns

Jul 12, 2007, 09:08 AM

According to this website, a special edition Yellow Submarine Beatle's iPod is in the works - supposedly filled with the entire Beatle's library.

Take it with a grain of salt.

Sorry if this has been posted already, I did not see another article.

Link to Article (http://techdigest.tv/2007/07/get_set_for_app.html)

rockthecasbah

Jul 12, 2007, 10:03 AM

LillieDesigns

Jul 12, 2007, 10:14 AM

Yea, but I could imagine a U2-esque black iPod with yellow accents.

It does seem a little farfetched, but you never know what Apple will do to tide people over. Throw this out there for the holiday season, let the iPhones sell, then release the 6G iPod.

PlaceofDis

Jul 12, 2007, 10:17 AM

naw, not yellow, they'd do something a bit better than that i'd think. hope for at least.

thejadedmonkey

Jul 12, 2007, 10:27 AM

If it's yellow, a nano, and in the shape of a submarine, I'll buy it on the spot.

xUKHCx

Jul 12, 2007, 10:33 AM

If it's yellow, a nano, and in the shape of a submarine, I'll buy it on the spot.

I think a yellow nano would work beautifully, i know i would have to buy one straight away for my gf, would match her yellow car.

Dimwhit

Jul 12, 2007, 10:37 AM

Hmm. That's a special edition iPod I might consider buying.

MacRumors

Jul 12, 2007, 02:30 PM

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TechDigest.tv reports (http://techdigest.tv/2007/07/get_set_for_app.html) on a rumor from MusicAlly (http://www.musically.com/cgi-bin/displayHTML.cgi?bulletin=262) (subscription). According to MusicAlly "the Yellow Submarine iPod may be back on Apple's roadmap, now that the iPhone launch is out of the way."

When/if it happens, its expected to tie-in with Beatles track availability on iTunes with "possibly as a one-month exclusive before becoming available through rival digital music services."

Article Link (http://www.macrumors.com/2007/07/12/yellow-submarine-beatles-ipod/)

zackkitzmiller

Jul 12, 2007, 02:35 PM

Did you guys NOT listen to the macbreak weekly when Merlin Mann made this up on this spot?

Jarcrew

Jul 12, 2007, 02:42 PM

Did you guys NOT listen to the macbreak weekly when Merlin Mann made this up on this spot?Guys, this a blatant fallacy.

So who here's getting the iHipster PDA when it comes out? I hear it's going to be "groundbreaking technology".

0racle

Jul 12, 2007, 03:06 PM

According to this website, a special edition Yellow Submarine Beatle's iPod is in the works - supposedly filled with the entire Beatle's library.If it did have the entire library, I'd buy it in a second.

in the shape of a submarine, I'll buy it on the spot.

Wouldn't changing the shape make it incompatible with a lot of existing accessories?

bravedeer

Jul 12, 2007, 03:30 PM

I just got this confirmed by a trusted source!

Additional detail, it's 100% waterproof! Comes in 4 colors representing each Beatle.

Mgkwho

Jul 12, 2007, 03:30 PM

Did you guys NOT listen to the macbreak weekly when Merlin Mann made this up on this spot?

I can't wait for Leo to bring this up on the next MacBreak, though. :D

-=|Mgkwho

Squonk

Jul 12, 2007, 03:57 PM

Hmm, would that be DRM-free Beatles music on there? If this is true AND if it was not hideous (I just cannot imagine a good looking yellow iPod), then I'm there! Oh yeah, and make this a 6G and include all of the Beatles movies too!!!! :eek::D:cool:

iMeowbot

Jul 12, 2007, 04:32 PM

The music bundle part of this story seems strange. Wouldn't anyone who'd be interested in a hideous device like that already have all the Beatles releases plus a pile of RoIO material on CD already?

Wild-Bill

Jul 12, 2007, 04:36 PM

I think yellow would be hideous. Now, if it was an iPod designed with images from the Sgt. Pepper's album cover well, then they might have something.

B. Hunter

Jul 12, 2007, 04:46 PM

Baaahh.

The might was well release a trout shaped nano.
Load it up with every song by Trout Fishing In America.:rolleyes:

Lord Blackadder

Jul 12, 2007, 04:57 PM

Yecch, you won't see me lining up for one of these. Special Edition iPods are lame IMO. I don't have a problem with preloaded music, but the "special edition" unique iPod (like the U2) seems gimmicky.

Plus, what do you think they'd charge for an iPod with the entire Beatles library on it? :eek:

wmmk

Jul 12, 2007, 05:02 PM

Yellow Submarine iPod rumour surfaces

Did anyone else catch the clever wording?

submarine..surfaces? That was good!:)

shamino

Jul 12, 2007, 05:51 PM

I think yellow would be hideous. Now, if it was an iPod designed with images from the Sgt. Pepper's album cover well, then they might have something.
If some of the psychedelic graphics from the Yellow Submarine movie could be silk-screened under the clear top-coat (and across the click-wheel) of a full-size iPod, it would look incredible. Might even convince me to upgrade my nano.

Spades

Jul 12, 2007, 06:20 PM

Guys, this a blatant fallacy.

So who here's getting the iHipster PDA when it comes out? I hear it's going to be "groundbreaking technology".

When? It's out already! I hear they're selling them at Office Depot right now.

I bought a knock off from Barnes and Noble of all places, but I had to replace the input device with something more durable after I broke it. :(

rwdebes

Jul 12, 2007, 06:59 PM

Sounds like a lotta bullplop to me! Who would want a yellow iPod anyway?!?! Yellow is like the worst color choice for a product period, I don't see it selling well just because it's preloaded with the Beatles catalog. Nice thought but i doubt it actually coming to fruition.

and who told you the yellow submarine ipod need to be yellow ? if will be the new touchscreen could easyly be black , gray i dont know and have just something yellow..

iMeowbot

Jul 12, 2007, 07:27 PM

and who told you the yellow submarine ipod need to be yellow ? if will be the new touchscreen could easyly be black , gray i dont know and have just something yellow..
Black? I guess they could go with a Sea of Holes theme to complement any Blue Dalmation iMacs that are still kicking around.

mwp98223

Jul 12, 2007, 07:49 PM

You all realize this was a story made up as a joke on a Podcast, right? Geez.

iMeowbot

Jul 12, 2007, 09:30 PM

You all realize this was a story made up as a joke on a Podcast, right? Geez.
This is page 2, where stories are allowed to be sillier! And any stories that offer breaks from That Other Product can't be entirely bad :D

The idea is definitely older than the Macbreak mention, see two (http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=2313975&postcount=85) examples (http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=3261421&postcount=55) from right here on MR. It's kind of like a miniature version of the PowerBook G5 legend :)

Genghis Khan

Jul 12, 2007, 10:09 PM

hmmm...or you could just buy every beatles CD like i have:D

so in a way i don't need a yellow submarine iPod:)

frequeniquity

Jul 12, 2007, 11:44 PM

Did you guys NOT listen to the macbreak weekly when Merlin Mann made this up on this spot?

I heard this too so I got out some clips and submitted it to digg. I'm sick of this rumor so I want to quash it.

http://digg.com/apple/The_Origin_of_the_Beatles_iPod_Rumor

Doctor Q

Jul 13, 2007, 01:21 AM

Sounds you like actually know the Yellow Submarine music, iMeowbot.

For most of the year I've been using "Pepperland" from the Yellow Submarine album as my default music for iPhoto slideshows. When family members hear that song, they come to my Mac, like Pavlov's dogs, to see whatever photos I'm showing off!

I don't think Apple should start making iPods in odd shapes, but they could put odd-shaped pattern overlays on them.

However, I think I'd quickly get tired of looking at any consumer device that was bright yellow.

chewy5000

Jul 13, 2007, 02:30 AM

If it's yellow, a nano, and in the shape of a submarine, I'll buy it on the spot.

That was the first thing that popped into my head

beepboppbopp

Jul 13, 2007, 04:54 AM

Found a spy pic of it! :p
It's more like the old iPod shuffle but then again, it doubles as a kazoo.

http://www.endofthread.com/images/yellowsubmarine.jpg

c-Row

Jul 13, 2007, 10:43 AM

Sounds you like actually know the Yellow Submarine music, iMeowbot.

For most of the year I've been using "Pepperland" from the Yellow Submarine album as my default music for iPhoto slideshows. When family members hear that song, they come to my Mac, like Pavlov's dogs, to see whatever photos I'm showing off!

:D

The movie is one of my all-time favorites. Ah, wish there was a complete soundtrack with all the music by George Martin...

twoodcc

Jul 13, 2007, 11:19 AM

i would love to see this released

whooleytoo

Jul 13, 2007, 12:11 PM

I wonder if the yellow submarine iPod will be a widescreen, touch variety.

Extremely unlikely. When Apple released the U2 iPod, it still was the old, monochrome version when the generic iPod model was the new colour model.

They probably reckon the 'branding' will mean it'll sell anyway, so why not brand the older, cheaper-to-produce model and maximise profit.

minik

Jul 13, 2007, 01:41 PM

Gotta be a joke. Did Apple ever make a product in yellow colour? Not even the iMac G3. Beatles? I will stop now.

paddy

Jul 13, 2007, 02:02 PM

A White Album one would be cool, but it's too small a variation on the design for them to even bother methinks.

Jerry Spoon

Jul 13, 2007, 02:02 PM

Gotta be a joke. Did Apple ever make a product in yellow colour? Not even the iMac G3. Beatles? I will stop now.

I think the closest they got was the Gold iPod Mini. And I don't think that sold too well. Isn't it the only color that didn't stick around in some fashion?

Fairly

Jul 13, 2007, 03:34 PM

If only the people who post these articles could speak English.

Doctor Q

Jul 13, 2007, 06:20 PM

A White Album one would be cool, but it's too small a variation on the design for them to even bother methinks.Since Apple already makes white iPods, perhaps they've secretly been using a "White Album" Beatles theme all along!

White Album iPods (http://images.apple.com/ipod/images/indextwirl20060912.png)?

rockosmodurnlif

Jul 14, 2007, 12:29 PM

Why would someone buy this?

To get all the Beatles tracks, the engraved signatures of the four members on the back, and the unique non-nano iPod color (when the black and red U2 edition came out, only white was availible). But most importantly because you're a Beatles fanatic and products like this appeal to fanatics.

And if it is a complete fabrication, it still sounds like a good idea, it'll be a release just like the U2 release I would guess.

Peace

Jul 14, 2007, 12:37 PM

techlover828

Jul 14, 2007, 12:43 PM

this is true, I heard it on my local radio station, it will come preloaded with every beatles cd and they are going to start selling beatles music in the store. I didn't read all the post so if this was already stated I apologize.

shamino

Jul 14, 2007, 01:49 PM

this is true, I heard it on my local radio station, it will come preloaded with every beatles cd
That's doubtful. If they bundle it with music, it will be in the form of an iTunes Store voucher, good towards the purchase of the songs. This is what they did with the U2 editions.
and they are going to start selling beatles music in the store.
If a Beatles edition iPod ships, then that would be a prerequisite.

The rumor of Beatles music becoming available in iTunes has been going around for a long time. Beatles management has strongly implied that this is going to happen, but only as a part of an ongoing effort to remaster all the old songs at higher quality than the currently-shipping CDs. And nobody has said a word about when this will happen, if it actually does.

Gav

Jul 14, 2007, 01:49 PM

Does it come with a Periscope??

Lord Blackadder

Jul 14, 2007, 06:05 PM

Someone with more time on their hands than I should figure out just how much it would cost to buy the Beatles' entire library, plus the cost of an iPod...That's gotta be some SERIOUS dough.

Doctor Q

Jul 14, 2007, 07:48 PM

Someone with more time on their hands than I should figure out just how much it would cost to buy the Beatles' entire library, plus the cost of an iPod...That's gotta be some SERIOUS dough.The phrase "Beatles' entire library" would have to be defined. I imagine that it would include the Beatles Anthology albums, but what about the U.S. vs. U.K. albums, the Beatles "1" album (all songs from other records), music from the Tony Sheridan days, or the songs never released on albums?

I'll leave it to one of those Apple companies to figure it out.

Peace

Jul 14, 2007, 08:37 PM

If we consider "The Beatles" to be just The Beatles they put out about 300 songs.This figure doesn't include albums by the individual members.

AaronM58

Jul 17, 2007, 10:14 AM

I'd buy this thing in a heartbeat...that is...if it actually existed!!

raykhrud

Jul 18, 2007, 07:27 PM

Music would be lossy. So I won't buy it for music. For look - yes.

davidmyers

Jul 19, 2007, 11:43 AM

While this would be fun, I don't think the surviving members are likely to give up their grudge over suing apple over their name. (Now there really WOULD
be confusion where there was none before--- Apple iPod (c) Apple Computer........ while Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (c) Apple Music scrolls on the screen. Hmm. Lawyers are going to have a party sorting it out. Expect delays, people.

(And do you think if Apple scrolls lyrics like they say they might, it will tell
us what the devil the hidden lyrics are in I am the Walrus????????)

Peace

Jul 19, 2007, 11:58 AM

Seems "somebody" just paid 4 Billion dollars for digital delivery of The Beatles catalog.;)

please do not ask me ok? :)

iMeowbot

Jul 19, 2007, 06:59 PM

Seems "somebody" just paid 4 Billion dollars for digital delivery of The Beatles catalog.;)
That would be Hands' buyout of EMI, woudn't it? That's due to go through tomorrow for £2.4 billion ($5 billion, give or take a billion)

Doctor Q

Jul 19, 2007, 07:35 PM

EMI, with its attractive catalog of current artists (Coldplay, Gorillaz, Norah Jones, Keith Urban, Yellowcard) and classic rockers (the Beatles, Queen, the Rolling Stones) had a deal to be acquired by Terra Firma (http://www.terrafirma.com/), a European private equity firm led by founder and CEO Guy Hands.

Then Warner Music Group appeared to be coming to EMI's rescue. The European Commission had qualms about mergers between major labels, namely Sony+BMG, but Warner was willing to sell some assets to get the Commission's favor.

Now Warner has backed out, leaving the way clear for the Terra Firma takeover. Their modus operandi is to make strategic changes in a company, so who knows where this will lead, and whether it has a positive or negative effect on Apple Inc.'s possible plans for a Beatles deal.

cjsaxman

Aug 5, 2007, 12:59 PM

The "Digital Beatles/Beatles iPod" topic was brought up again at this weekend's "Fest for Beatles Fans" in Chicago. Martin Lewis, one of the ultimate Beatles insiders, claimed that the music would be available within weeks and that the iPod was definitely in the works...just passing on what I heard. Also, next year will be the 40th anniversary of Yellow Submarine which could lead to some sort of tie-in.

Fairly

Aug 5, 2007, 01:56 PM

Sounds like a lotta bullplop to me! Who would want a yellow iPod anyway?!?! Yellow is like the worst color choice for a product period, I don't see it selling well just because it's preloaded with the Beatles catalog. Nice thought but i doubt it actually coming to fruition.
It might be good for kids. Kids love yellow. But it'd have to be waterproof. After all, it's a submarine.

Mjolnir 998

Aug 6, 2007, 09:52 PM

tbobmccoy

Aug 7, 2007, 04:55 PM

that would be awesome I wouldn't care if it looked like crap I would buy it.
I VERY HIGHLY doubt if there is a Beatles edition ipod coming out that it will have the entire Beatles catalog preloaded on it. that would jack the price up SO MUCH. As great as it sounds they'll probably just include a ticket to get like 50 dollars off or something of the sort, didn't they do that with the U2 ipod??

My girlfriend got the U2-pod and it ended up only coming with a 50 dollar coupon off the 150 dollar U2 collection, so expect this when you hear "pre-loaded" iPod. :rolleyes:

mac 2005

Aug 7, 2007, 06:04 PM

Yellow is like the worst color choice for a product period....

I guess that's why yellow is among the more popular colors in North America.

From our friends at DuPont (http://www2.dupont.com/Automotive/en_US/assets/images/newsEvents/ColorPop/NorthAmerica_hi-res.jpg)

davidmyers

Aug 24, 2007, 05:34 PM

Anyone else notice that two of the "featured" music items on itunes store
right now are John Lennon catalog and a live Paul McCartney thing?

I sense that we're closing in on a iBeatles moment soon.

The September press event will probably give us
ipods (maybe a Beatles one???), with osx and flash the
way it looks. I wonder if they will announce a Leopard date then
(they'd have to don't you think?). I'm thinkin somewhere around Sept 18.

AdamL

Aug 24, 2007, 07:35 PM

I could only hope for something like that, considering I lost my iPod a couple months ago. Actually, I think it was stolen. But if they came out with a Beatle's iPod I would have to buy it.

LizKat

Aug 25, 2007, 08:06 AM

If it's yellow, a nano, and in the shape of a submarine, I'll buy it on the spot.

If it's yellow and it's November, anyone in the Catskills will crave it. Every November, when we haven't seen the sun for about three weeks, I visit that PC Colorware site and daydream about getting one of my old ibooks and an old 40Gb iPod painted yellow to bring sunshine back to my life. The winter toys of my dreams!

tartsquid

Aug 30, 2007, 01:58 PM

It would be so cool if they came out with a Beatle's edition iPod. I'd have to buy it to replace my boyfriend's old 3rd Gen one.

majordude

Aug 30, 2007, 03:07 PM

I'd buy this thing in a heartbeat...that is...if it actually existed!!

I'm holding out for the Yoko Ono iPod. :eek:

tingly

Aug 30, 2007, 04:32 PM

mmm, hours of primal screaming. oh wait, that was me while listening to her 70's stuff. hehe

Just looked into the thread. I don't know why people think it'd be yellow. Yellow Submarine artwork has all kinds of big, bright colors. The movie/album already had its big comeback about 5 years ago, odd if they promoted that again.

I like the white album idea much better. Its 40th is also next year and it's a far more important part of their career. The original album jacket didn't have anything printed on the front beyond whiteness and a number. "The Beatles" wasn't printed, but embossed so it bumped out. It'd be a pain for ipod factories to be retrofitted for embossing a white case front, so maybe a grey "The Beatles" like you see on its cover these days.

Mgkwho

Aug 30, 2007, 10:10 PM

I think it's laughable that this even is in discussion.

Haha, go merlin mann. That guy's awesome.

-=|Mgkwho

zap2

Aug 30, 2007, 10:11 PM

I'm holding out for the Yoko Ono iPod. :eek:

Please!!!

Unless it also let you break it down into four parts!

majordude

Aug 31, 2007, 12:50 PM

Please!!!

People would take the Yoko Ono iPod back to the Apple Store and complain that something was wrong with the headphones but the Genius would only sigh and shake his head and say, "No, that's simply the way she sounds." :eek:

Doctor Q

Aug 31, 2007, 02:57 PM

People would take the Yoko Ono iPod back to the Apple Store and complain that something was wrong with the headphones but the Genius would only sigh and shake his head and say, "No, that's simply the way she sounds." :eek:How would we know if it was a real Yoko Ono song or somebody had faked it by squeezing a cat?

Hmmm... Now that I think of it, I guess we wouldn't care which case it was!