Notes From Today's Showtime Event

[MacRumors]

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As we begin to soak in today's announcements, a few tidbits of note:

- In reference to 'iTV', Steve only said that "802.11" would be used for wireless communication. Currently, Apple employs 802.11g "Airport Extreme" in its products, but the lack of specificity may hint at an adoption of the upcoming 802.11n standard.

- Many users have noted the iTunes 7 standalone installer includes a greyed-out custom option for "iTunes Phone Driver". It is not clear whether this driver is for the rumored iPhone or for already iTunes compatible phones from Motorola.

- To the delight of many existing 5G owners, iPod Software 1.2 (included with iTunes 7) will provide capability to playback the increased resolution of new iTunes TV Shows, Music Videos, and Movies. The technical specifications of the 5G had originally stated the maximum resolution for h264 playback as 320x240 px.

- iTunes 7 will confirm if you wish to re-download content, and has a backup utility for backing up your library. Also introduced is a feature called "skip count" which tells you how often you have skipped a song.

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[balamw]

Originally Posted by Macrumors

- iTunes 7 will confirm if you wish to re-download content

What does that mean.

Can I redownload any TV Shows in 640x480 (crosses fingers)

B

[chuckles:)]

my 5g wont let me play zuma.

any help here?

[longofest]

Originally Posted by balamw

What does that mean.

Can I redownload any TV Shows in 640x480 (crosses fingers)

B

No... as in if you are re-buying it

[lwood]

Glad I saw the software updates, ordered a 30G black refurb, but it's a 5G, so, I can get the higher res videos and play games. that works for me. Couldnt beat it for $199 + tax.

[jrath1]

Do any of these new ipods have a firewire connection??

If not..that's some BS

[longofest]

Originally Posted by chuckles:)

my 5g wont let me play zuma.

any help here?

Try updating to iPod software 1.2. If you continue having problems, go to this forum.

[Lertie32]

Whoohoo! One of the first replies!

I'm watching the webcast now... already updated iTunes and looks very coool so far!

And... OMG... Steve's wearing a black dress shirt instead of a turtleneck!


Anybody know if the new iPod search features are going to work for existing iPods? So far I can't find it on my 60G that I just also updated...

[iGary]

Holding myself back form a shuffle for running, but I will definitely be buying a set top box when they come out. They must have been delaye din getting those together, or they wouldn't have given a sneak peak.

Not like they could really release movies without any hope to the consumer of playing them on a TV.

[scottlinux]

Gapless playback on my 60GB 5G now works. Thank you apple. Finally.

[pilzbury]

Anyone have pic's or know where to look for pics of this 'iTV'? or did they not show it? I am really interested in this.

[longofest]

Originally Posted by jrath1

Do any of these new ipods have a firewire connection??

If not..that's some BS

iPods haven't had Firewire since 4G

[treblah]

Originally Posted by jrath1

Do any of these new ipods have a firewire connection??

If not..that's some BS

The 'old' 5G iPods didn't have Firewire.

EDIT: <maxwell smart>Missed it by that much.</maxwell smart>

[longofest]

Originally Posted by pilzbury

Anyone have pic's or know where to look for pics of this 'iTV'? or did they not show it? I am really interested in this.

See the Keynote stream, or you can see the updated part of our story on it... http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2006/...12161621.shtml

[bcallen]

So... Does this mean my G5 iPod will have increased resolution? And also, when I updated my iTunes and plugged in my iPod it said it was already up-to-date. Hummm... any one have a suggestion?

[mrwilly123]

The greyed out Phone driver option under "customize" has been there in every recent version of the iTunes installer.

[zach]

Originally Posted by scottlinux

Gapless playback on my 60GB 5G now works. Thank you apple. Finally.

i haven't tried this yet, but if it's true, i'm basically the happiest person ever.

[syklee26]

no one seems to be pointing out that they got rid of educational pricing for iPods... that's a bummer.

[simX]

Originally Posted by Macrumors

- iTunes 7 will confirm if you wish to re-download content, and has a backup utility for backing up your library. Also introduced is a feature called "skip count" which tells you how often you have skipped a song.

This is not new to iTunes 7. This has been in iTunes since practically version 4. Where did you get the idea that this was a new feature?

BTW, the iPod software update 1.2 for video iPods does not appear to give the new Advanced Search function to older 5G iPods.

Originally Posted by syklee26

no one seems to be pointing out that they got rid of educational pricing for iPods... that's a bummer.

It's not really that much of a bummer. The max discount you ever got was $30 (I think, not sure if you got more for a $399 model), but with the new models, Apple discounted the highest iPods by $50 instead. So if you buy at full price, you're still paying less than you would have with the educational discount previously.

I don't think the shuffles ever had special educational pricing, and I'm not sure the nanos ever did either.

[suneohair]

Originally Posted by syklee26

no one seems to be pointing out that they got rid of educational pricing for iPods... that's a bummer.

It is fair to point out that they did drop the price on the big ipods and increased storage on the nanos. Pretty good deal.

[darwen]

Originally Posted by Lertie32

Whoohoo! One of the first replies!

I'm watching the webcast now... already updated iTunes and looks very coool so far!

And... OMG... Steve's wearing a black dress shirt instead of a turtleneck!


Anybody know if the new iPod search features are going to work for existing iPods? So far I can't find it on my 60G that I just also updated...

Has anyone else had problems playing back the video? It keeps cutting out audio on me!

[macca]

In the file menu, I now have an option (greyed out) for Transfer purchases from iPod...not sure what that means given you can't currently buy stuff direct from your iPod...and pretty sure it wasn't there in Itunes 6...sounds intriguing though!

Also - there a custom option for encoding rates from CD that takes you up to 320 kbps for AAC - can't remember that either in the previous version...

[darwen]

Originally Posted by simX

I don't think the shuffles ever had special educational pricing, and I'm not sure the nanos ever did either.

I think they all had discounts. I know for a fact the nano's did. Not much but they did have a discount.

[MacWarriorX]

Anyone else notice that iTunes now has an option to burn CD-TEXT?

It's called "Include CD Text" and is in the burning preferences.

[runninmac]

Originally Posted by chuckles:)

my 5g wont let me play zuma.

any help here?

Try Authorizing your library. It fixed my problem.