Rumor Watch... So... What's Next?

[MacRumors]

Apple's Music Event brought conclusions to many outstanding rumors:

- New iPods and New Apple Music Service? (http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2003/02/20030226195649.shtml) - February 26, 2003
- Apple's Music Service - April 28th? (http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2003/04/20030417172429.shtml) - April 17, 2003
- Apple iPod/Music Service Commercial? (http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2003/04/20030412131444.shtml) - April 12, 2003
- iPods - This Month (http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2003/04/20030410085125.shtml) - April 10, 2003

What's Next?

Apple's next computer to see an update appears to be the eMac line. Rumors of an impending iMac update (http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2003/04/20030415021723.shtml) appeared a few weeks ago on ThinkSecret. The eMac is expected to see small speed bumps in the near future.

Apple's Keyboard and Mouse are also expected to see minor revisions (http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2003/04/20030427011347.shtml) in the near future... though not as dramatic as Apple's Rotary mouse patent (http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2003/04/20030426024856.shtml) might suggest.

Just today, word of minor (http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2003/05/20030501110019.shtml) iSync updates was revealed, while iChat has been expected (http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2003/02/20030227234459.shtml) to gain Videoconferencing as its next major capability.

The most exciting rumors -- those of the PowerPC 970 -- will come due in the next two months, at the World Wide Developers Conference (http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2003/03/20030321193212.shtml). WWDC was delayed until late June, which spawned both rumors and speculation (http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2003/03/20030325130959.shtml) that the PPC970 was responsible.

And, as always... what would rumors be without an upcoming mystery device (http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2003/04/20030421115609.shtml). Unfortunately, no further details are available on this nondescript device

[pyrotoaster]

Come on! Give us some hints about the mystery device!

[Hawthorne]

Originally posted by pyrotoaster
Come on! Give us some hints about the mystery device!

There's been hints on this and other sites of a plastic enclosure about the same size as 2 stacked DVD boxes being used for some nefarious purpose at One Infinite Loop.

When I see it, I'll believe it.

What I want is a 15" Powerbook update. Where's the AE, bluetooth and keyboard?

[FredAkbar]

Don't forget about the 15" PowerBook. That hasn't been updated in a while. The MR Buyer's Guide even thinks that we should hold off on a 15" PB purchase, as they may be updated soon.

[edit: okay, Hawthorne just beat me to the 15" PowerBook updates]

--Fred

[pyrotoaster]

Originally posted by Hawthorne
There's been hints on this and other sites of a plastic enclosure about the same size as 2 stacked DVD boxes being used for some nefarious purpose at One Infinite Loop.
I know of those rumors from such "reliable" sources as LoopRumors and MOSR (really reliable :rolleyes: ).

Macwhispers little 8-inch enclosure is interesting, but they're now expressing doubt in the source that brought them that info.

[Ambrose Chapel]

I'm also eager for some 15" PowerBook news, as my gf is eager for one. Should I tell her to stop waiting and just buy now? Any info you can share, Arn, would be appreciated.

RAILHead today said rumors are floating that it'll be out by the end of May, or June....not too helpful

[Sun Baked]

Originally posted by Ambrose Chapel
I'm also eager for some 15" PowerBook news, as my gf is eager for one. Should I tell her to stop waiting and just buy now? Any info you can share, Arn, would be appreciated.

RAILHead today said rumors are floating that it'll be out by the end of May, or June....not too helpful Remember Steve's marketing decision/delay on the death of OS 9 -- coming next month now.

This should mean an EOL for the legacy PowerMac, SDR iMac, TiBook is coming real soon.

The only decision is will he ship the things before WWDC, or wait to announce them at WWDC.

Though several people are hoping for a lot more than clearing house on the last OS 9 bootable machines.

[copperpipe]

Give us the new Powermacs, with the 1.8 Power 970's, and we'll all be in la-la land. That's when we can say that Apple has really "arrived".

[mactastic]

I'm thinking 15"pb needs to be introduced soon. However, the longer it gets, the more i suspect there is something more than an oversupply of 15"Ti books keeping the new aluminums from hitting the stores. Not sure what it is, just one of those hunchs. Rumors were that the Ti would be updated soon after the new al books were rolled out, and it makes sense to even out the product line. 15" seems to be the sweet spot for laptops, more functional than the 12", more portable than the 17". This is an important spot in apples lineup, and should be top-o-the-line, which makes me think something else is causing the delay. Of course, I could be reading way to much in to the extended delay. I guess thats why rumors are so much fun! Just my $.02

[BaghdadBob]

A Quad 970 1.8 GHz beast running a 64-bit OS with a dial mouse, 30" HD flatscreen, and a new tablet-style universal remote for all your electronics and bluetooth equipped devices, including the new home stereos that will tie into your mac so all those iTunes playlists running off your secondary HD can be transmitted to recievers all over the house.

Plus Jobs is going to buy out the music radio channels off of DirecTV and do basically the same thing they do now, except that they will have iTunes visual interpolation on the channels instead of just the track info and an animation of raindrops. Each channel will be manned by two top-of-the-line 970 systems for unparalleled framerate and color depth to go along with the updates to the screen effects in iTunes that will come with Panther. It will play only songs available at iTMS, and the digital request system they will build in will go to the iTunes people to help them direct their music acquisition efforts. The Apple logo will stil pop up occasionally just to remind everyone who's boss, just like on your computer.

The remote tablet will give them a profitable front to R&D a new generation of draw tablets that have a built-in-display so you can see what you're drawing on like you were drawing on paper.

iTunes will soon offer stramed music videos, lyrics, and folios, plus catalogue numbers for advanced searchers and an easier way to reference specific tracks.

And then Jobs will hire me full time for an upper-mid five figure salary to test just how well video games work on each successive model of mac.

:D Yeah, we got it goin' on...

[pgwalsh]

Originally posted by BaghdadBob


:D Yeah, we got it goin' on... You nut! :D

[Mudbug]

Originally posted by BaghdadBob
A Quad 970 1.8 GHz beast...

Um... don't forget that wireless power supply thing that will be incorporated. 400 watts of pure juice direct from the wall the machine, without wires. I can't wait... it'll be sweeeeeet. :)

[macdong]

Originally posted by BaghdadBob

And then Jobs will hire me full time for an upper-mid five figure salary to test just how well video games work on each successive model of mac.


It does help to day-dream sometimes :D

[ennerseed]

All I know is the iPod sure would slide in to something pretty easily now.

[BaghdadBob]

Originally posted by Mudbug
Um... don't forget that wireless power supply thing that will be incorporated. 400 watts of pure juice direct from the wall the machine, without wires. I can't wait... it'll be sweeeeeet. :)
OK, I have heard this one a few times, and I need to ask...does anyone actually think this is physically possible, or is this just the darling of all outrageous rumors?

[Mr Jobs]

Originally posted by pyrotoaster
Come on! Give us some hints about the mystery device!

then it would not be a mystery anymore then would it:D

[jch200]

All I know is the iPod sure would slide in to something pretty easily now.

ooh yeah, and if I remember right, wasn't that empty space in that mystery device casing just a hair too small for the old ipods to fit? Boy that might bring some validity back to that rumor.

wouldn't that be sweet to just slide the ipod into a portable tablet like that and not have to waste all that space by duping your mp3s etc to a new device. And I'm sure it would work on it's own too, and the ipod would just be extra storage and stuff. Well, it's fun to imagine anyway....

[mangoman]

Aight. This is gonna sound stupid, and call to mind the sad fact that I'm never really satisfied, but I'd STILL like to see an iPod that I can use Inkwell with (on screen). That's it! That's all I'm askin' for. No bluetooth thisandthat. No ass-wiper blade that folds out automatically when my bowels grumble. Nope. Just a built-in way to enter info on screen.

Or...

(crawls under bomb-proof desk with keyboard in tow...)

... Apple delivers a friggin' PDA/tablet -- finally.

Go ahead. Start laughing. I can't hear you under my desk.

:D

[Stella]

Those hoping for 970 Powerbooks soon...

If indeeed the 15.4" is to be released within a months time and they are G4 based - which they probably will.. then I think we can forget about seeing 970 processors in powerbooks anytime soon.

Apple aren't going to release a G4 15.4" powerbook then two months down the line introduce the based 970 powerbook.

Apple may introduce the 970 Powerbooks in the revision after - *IF* the PowerMacs get the 970 processors this sumer.

There were rumours that 970 aren't going to be introduced in powerbooks until next year...

Anyway, it gives us all interested people time to save up for one :-)

[physicsnerd]

Originally posted by BaghdadBob
OK, I have heard this one a few times, and I need to ask...does anyone actually think this is physically possible, or is this just the darling of all outrageous rumors?

It is physically possible, but it ain’t gonna happen. There are three ways that I can see of doing it.

The first way is produce a large changing magnetic field inside of your house. You then use induction to produce an EMF inside of the power supply on the computer. Tesla came up with this idea in the late 1800’s to provide electricity to homes without the use of transmission wires. However, the draw back is that to produce a magnetic field capable of inducing the 400 watts or so of power to a computer would require basically a very large Tesla coil. Tesla coils run at 100,000+ volts and can be lethal if you get too close. However, a cool trick is to take a fluorescent light bulb and stick it near a Tesla coil. It will light up! Also, the entire computer would have to be electromagnetically sealed so that you don’t induce a current in the boards.

Second and most unrealistic way is to use microwaves. Just stick a highly focused microwave transmitter at the dish on your power supply and your ready to go. However, I wouldn’t recommend walking in front of that beam. But you could cook hotdogs without having to leave your desk!

Third, and the only realistic way of wireless power is to put a fuel cell inside of the computer. This is the most realistic method of doing it, and may wind up in laptops soon. But you’ll have to add hydrogen every so often and I don’t think this would be very cost effective with the plug a few feet away. But if you can figure out how to recharge the fuel cell by plugging into the wall (some form of electrolysis?) it may be realistic in the not too distant future.

physicsnerd

[Grimace]

I vote for the iCar. Team up with VW and put iTunes in the radio and iMovie/iDvd with a flip down screen for long car rides with the kids.

[neutrino23]

Much as I would love one, I can't imagine Apple would release a 970 based PB till perhaps MWSF.

Going from the G4 to the 970 is a big change. Certainly Apple engineers have been testing this for quite a while. However, nothing beats real world experience. Apple will first release the 970 in the PowerMac. This is the safest way. The 970 is stationary, has the best heat sinks, power supplies and biggest fans of any product Apple makes.

After they have sold a couple hundred thousand of these the engineers will get some real world experience about the kinds of problems to expect with this chip. Then they can tweak the designs they have have for a 970 PB.

[mim]

Originally posted by carletonmusic
I vote for the iCar. Team up with VW and put iTunes in the radio and iMovie/iDvd with a flip down screen for long car rides with the kids.

Bu**er me. That's a great idea!

But you forgot to include Sherlock to find road maps. And for those of us not in the US, we can call up Texas road maps and swear alot when they don't take us where we want to go.

[bokdol]

Originally posted by Mudbug
Um... don't forget that wireless power supply thing that will be incorporated. 400 watts of pure juice direct from the wall the machine, without wires. I can't wait... it'll be sweeeeeet. :)

not realizing what kind of energy is flowing through the air we find this wireless energy not only fries every electrical deiveise in your house. but also trunyour brain into mush:D

[Mudbug]

Originally posted by bokdol
not realizing what kind of energy is flowing through the air we find this wireless energy not only fries every electrical deiveise in your house. but also trunyour brain into mush:D

Ok - couple things - my brain "is" already mush, so what's the big deal? And the rest of the stuff in the house I was wanting to replace anyway, so this is really just a quick step in the right direction.

<runs off to check homeowner's warranty about mass appliance electrocution coverage>

second of all:mangoman, can I have the ass-wiper blade that folds out automatically when my bowels grumble? That'd be great.

[mangoman]

Sure, Mudbug. I'm working on the prototype this morning. Problem is, the blade snapped out unexpectedly and got stuck in my eyeball.

Here's squintin' at you, kid,

mm

[painandgreed]

Not a PDA. I suspect that we'll see the iPod become the PDA, or at least fulfill that roll with the next upgrade and feature growth of text input though the rotary wheel.

If there is talk of something like two DVD boxes stacked up, the first thing that comes to mind would be an Apple branded DVD/Quicktime player. Much like the iPod with rotary wheel and harddrive, but it would play video media instead of audio media (although it would do this too). It would be the complete entertainment center on the go, able to play CDs, DVDs, MP3s, AAC's, .mov's, etc. The new port icon that was recently patented is either the video input or output for the device. Soon to be followed up by a Quicktime movie service where you can download DDR mpeg4's onto your iMov (or whatever...) just like you can do AAC now.

[copperpipe]

your own personal Apple robot, that will do the dishes, walk the dog, give great back rubs, and will look oh so cool.

[iGav]

Originally posted by carletonmusic
I vote for the iCar. Team up with VW and put iTunes in the radio and iMovie/iDvd with a flip down screen for long car rides with the kids.

Kind of been done... I think it was Nissan a couple of years ago, created a concept car with a G4 Cube in it.... ;)

Usual rumours aside.... I reckon we'll be seeing updates to all the PowerBooks sooner rather than later... rationale being that the 15" is due to be updated now... and I really can't see Apple not increasing the speed.... and then I can't see Apple allowing the 17" to be slower than the 15"...

Even though the the 17" has only been shipping a couple of months (at best) this hasn't stopped Apple before.... 1GHz Ti update in November, didn't start shipping with SuperDrive until the December and they announced the new PowerBooks in Jan....

I cancelled my 17" order, on that rationale above... and also I can't be bothered on the expense of going from one 1GHz machine to another 1GHz machine.... ;) :p :p

[mcwinterr]

i am definitely interested in "re-switching" back to the mac side o' things and getting a 12" powerbook when i return to school in the fall. however, i have heard people talking about overheating problems, "warping" problems with the chassis, etc.

i was wondering if anyone has heard when the second revison of the 12" powerbook is due, and what sort of specs it's supposed to have.

thanks!

[fred_lj]

This French site has been pretty darn accurate before (still don't know how they pull off such stuff) --- they claim single-proc 1.4 GHz 970s will begin shipping at the end of May. This could open the door to lots of other things as well --- i.e., 970-based 15" PowerBooks!! :p

[jettredmont]

Originally posted by jch200
All I know is the iPod sure would slide in to something pretty easily now.

ooh yeah, and if I remember right, wasn't that empty space in that mystery device casing just a hair too small for the old ipods to fit? Boy that might bring some validity back to that rumor.


Yes, the opening was just a smidge too short on the "height" of the iPod.

Problem is, the iPods got just a smidge "taller" while all other dimenions shrank. So, the new iPods are an even worse fit for those (now discredited by MacWhispers) tablet dimensions.

[jettredmont]

Originally posted by carletonmusic
I vote for the iCar. Team up with VW and put iTunes in the radio and iMovie/iDvd with a flip down screen for long car rides with the kids.

I assume you meant QuickTime on the flip-down screens, unless you want the kiddies to be authoring their own movies and burning them to DVD while riding in the car (which would be cool, but would make more sense giving them laptops and a car battery recharger than trying to build a laptop into the car for all to share ...)

[Snowy_River]

Originally posted by painandgreed
... The new port icon that was recently patented is either the video input or output for the device....

Apparently you didn't follow up on the news on that. That icon is for their Sound Units, which are, IIRC, a proprietary plug-in format for FCP...

[Snowy_River]

Originally posted by BaghdadBob
... It will play only songs available at iTMS...


Let's be a little realistic, here, (realism, what's that? ;)) this sounds like they'd be trying to control what people listened to ("If it's not available for iTMS, you can't listen to it!"). I'd say it'd be far better to say that Apple managed to get every piece of music ever recorded available for iTMS. :D


And then Jobs will hire me full time for an upper-mid five figure salary to test just how well video games work on each successive model of mac.

Surely you can dream bigger than that?

I know I wouldn't take such a job for less than six figures. :p

(Five figures just isn't what it used to be... :()

[Snowy_River]

Originally posted by Stella
Those hoping for 970 Powerbooks soon...

If indeeed the 15.4" is to be released within a months time and they are G4 based - which they probably will.. then I think we can forget about seeing 970 processors in powerbooks anytime soon.

Apple aren't going to release a G4 15.4" powerbook then two months down the line introduce the based 970 powerbook.

I agree. If we see a new G4 based 15", then it'll be a while before we see and 970 PBs.


There were rumours that 970 aren't going to be introduced in powerbooks until next year...

Anyway, it gives us all interested people time to save up for one :-)

Ah, but there were also rumors that the reason for the prolonged delay of the new 15.4" PB is because, after all of the troubles that the 17" has had, and the unexpected yield rates the IBM has had in their production of the 970, that the 15.4" line was switched over to the 970, and has been geared up for that for a couple of months now. So, I don't think that it's at all clear what's coming down the road. It could well be a 970 based 15.4" PB by or at WWDC, or it could simply be a new G4 15.4" PB on the same time frame.

I know that I'm waiting to find out. Whichever comes, I'll be buying one. (Though, truth be told, for more reason than one, I really hope that it's a new 970 based PB. ;))

[Mudbug]

Originally posted by Snowy_River
(Five figures just isn't what it used to be... :()

Especially in silicon implant valley...
example:
here in Shreveport, a typical 3 bedroom, 2 bath home at a modest 1800 square feet on 1/4 acre of land = $100,000

same house, same lot in Silicon valley - starting at $600,000, and going up daily.

And that's just housing, let alone ANYTHING else. I would imagine the only thing you could get on the cheap there would be computers or computer parts. Anything else you're gonna pay out the yin-yang for.

[Snowy_River]

Originally posted by physicsnerd
It is physically possible, but it ain’t gonna happen. There are three ways that I can see of doing it.

The first way is produce a large changing magnetic field inside of your house.....
...Also, the entire computer would have to be electromagnetically sealed so that you don’t induce a current in the boards.

You forgot to mention that this would make formatting the harddrive very easy... :D

For that matter, it might format our brain... :eek:


Second and most unrealistic way is to use microwaves. . .
Yes, but no need to worry about heating the house in the winter!! (Summer cooling bills could get a bit out of hand, though...)

"Spot... Spot... Here boy.... Come here... No! Don't go skulking behind the couch! Watch out for the power!! Oooo! Now that's what I call a hot dog..." ;)


Third, and the only realistic way of wireless power is to put a fuel cell inside of the computer....
.... it may be realistic in the not too distant future.

physicsnerd

I think it's far more likely that we'll have a fuel cell in the basement. In comes the hydrogen (or, for that matter, natural gas, which can then be scrubbed to get the hydrogen for the fuel cell) from the local gas company. No more power lines disrupting our view of the sky... Then get everyone on cell phones and using satelite TV and we'd be rid of all of those pesky wires...

Oh well. It's a dream...

From one physics nerd to another...

[dongmin]

Originally posted by fred_lj
This French site has been pretty darn accurate before (still don't know how they pull off such stuff) --- they claim single-proc 1.4 GHz 970s will begin shipping at the end of May. This could open the door to lots of other things as well --- i.e., 970-based 15" PowerBooks!! :p

hmm, I think Macbidioulle is still standing by their previous claim that 970-based PowerMacs will be introduced at WWDC and ship 6-8 weeks later; I don't think they've said anything regarding 970-powered PowerBooks.

The new rumor claims that 1.4 ghz 970 'processors' are coming off the assembly line at some manufacturer named Hon Hai--my guess is that these guys are manufacturing the motherboards. They also claim that they will release benchmarks--I'm seriously skeptical that these will be authentic--on May 15.

MacBidioulle link (http://www.macbidouille.com/niouzcontenu.php?date=2003-05-02#5413)

[fred_lj]

Thing is, that plant (at Hon Hai) usually cranks out PowerBooks...what's changed with the new Power Macs? Fun stuff....

[Snowy_River]

Originally posted by fred_lj
Thing is, that plant (at Hon Hai) usually cranks out PowerBooks...what's changed with the new Power Macs? Fun stuff....

Hmm.... Could this mean that these 1.4GHz 970s might actually be PowerBooks? Perhaps new 15" PowerBooks.

Hehehehehehehehe!

:D

[iMook]

About the wireless power supply thing.

Ther's another way to do it, though it sounds similar to the Tesla coil method.

It's the way electric toothbrushes are charged.

A spinning magnet (powered spin motor) is situated in the charger, which induces a changing EM field in teh toothbrush, charging its battery. But, I would think that this is quite inefficient, and thus dangerous (heat) for somethin on the scale of 400 watts continuous power. So basically, no. No wireless power supply in the near future.


Microwaves...
Actually, directed microwaves wouldn't heat the house very well.
The microwave oven emits radiation that excites water molecules. That's why water boisl so frickin' fast, but a dry crust of bread wouldn't be blisteringly hot after the same amount of time. Thus, the directed microwave would not heat the ambient air TOO much (though at 400 watts output, it just might). It'd be a good bug zapper, though.

Also the microwave idea is quite dangerous, as it would literally boil anything containing water (read: your hand, your pet) that blocks it.

Fuel cells...
Current fuel cells run on hydrogen, and if i'm not mistaken, this hydrogen is derived from water electrolysis and/or hydrogen mining. Hydrogen is a rather rare natural fuel, and derivation from water costs energy (which defeats the point of a fuel cell). Either way, unless we find a way to cheaply produce massive amoutns of hydrogen, current fuel cell technology (hydrogen + oxygen = water + energy) just isn't going to cut it.

[Snowy_River]

Originally posted by iMook
Fuel cells...
Current fuel cells run on hydrogen, and if i'm not mistaken, this hydrogen is derived from water electrolysis and/or hydrogen mining. Hydrogen is a rather rare natural fuel, and derivation from water costs energy (which defeats the point of a fuel cell). Either way, unless we find a way to cheaply produce massive amoutns of hydrogen, current fuel cell technology (hydrogen + oxygen = water + energy) just isn't going to cut it.

Well, there are two aspects of this that aren't quite true. First, the advantage of hydrogen powered fuel cells comes in power transmission. Transmitting power over powerlines can be accompanied by a very measureable amount of loss due to resistance in the power lines. Now, using that same power to obtain hydrogen from water through an electrolytic reaction is a very efficient process. Piping the hydrogen to a fuel cell in your basement is, again, a very efficient process. So, using a fuel cell could save a lot of power, simply from eliminating losses that are currently a part of the system.

Second aspect is that there are new technologies that allow 'scrubbing' of hydrocarbon chains to extract the hydrogen. I believe the by products of such scrubbers are hydrogen and carbon-dioxide. The hydrogen can then be sent on to a fuel cell. Now, what's so great about this? Well, the hydrocarbons that are typically focused on are those found in natural gas (though gasoline has also been experimented with).

I suppose some might ask why this is any better than burning gas in something like a turbine generator. Well, turbine generators typically get, at most, in the neighborhood of 60% efficiency, whereas fuel cells get in the neighborhood of 95% efficiency. Looking at this way, replacing the IC engine (typically around 30% efficiency) in your car with a gasoline scrubber, a fuel cell, and an electric motor, and you'd go from 30mpg to 95mpg, but still have just as much power at your disposal.

<Steps down from the podium, figuring it's time for his lecture to be over...>

[BaghdadBob]

Hey Snowy, what's the differential between the energy used to distribute the hydrogen to basements and the resistance in the power lines? :p

I'm just kidding, I don't really want to get into an argument on this, I actually like hydrogen technology, but I'm going to wait the quarter of a century before we have a fusion reactor.

[Snowy_River]

Originally posted by BaghdadBob
... I'm going to wait the quarter of a century before we have a fusion reactor.

Ah, you haven't heard...

Fusion is the energy source of tomorrow, and always will be!

;)

[Mudbug]

I feel as though responsible for jokingly opening the discussion of the "wireless power" debate. Anyone with enough power should start a thread on this, and get this back to the possible rumors. I kinda seriously doubt that Apple's burning off brain cells thinking this one through.

[Snowy_River]

Originally posted by Mudbug
I feel as though responsible for jokingly opening the discussion of the "wireless power" debate. Anyone with enough power should start a thread on this, and get this back to the possible rumors. I kinda seriously doubt that Apple's burning off brain cells thinking this one through.

I suppose I'd like to appologize too. I've kept it going a bit.

Back on topic:

I really, really hope that we see absolutely incredible new PowerMacs (and PowerBooks) based on the 970 that will bring us back to the good old days of the G3, when the Mac was undisputably more powerful than the PC.

Here's to hoping!

[Mudbug]

what I'd like to see is some way for the new 15" pb (whether G4 or 970) have a direct connection way to attach the new iPod to the deck. Basically a retractable (got a better idea?) male port on the PB that would directly connect into the base port of the iPod. If some of the other threads are correct, you could have a somewhat complete, albeit simplistic, recording studio that you could conceiveably take anywhere. One less cord to carry around...

[BaghdadBob]

Originally posted by Snowy_River
Ah, you haven't heard...

Fusion is the energy source of tomorrow, and always will be!

;)
You ever wonder hours later if you used the word you meant to and it turns out you didn't? Take fission for example. But enough of the electricity alrady :)

DP iMacs for under 2k! That's what's next. You know, ESPN the magazine has a "What's Next" issue every year, maybe I should consult them.

Ah! It's LeBron James! Good job, Apple.