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Newsfactor reports that Hitachi will be introducing 1.8 inch drives by second quarter:

By the second quarter, the company will offer a 20 GB 2.5-inch drive, as well as 20 GB and 40 GB 1.8-inch drives. The larger drive will target the automotive market, while the smaller drive will be geared toward mobile applications.
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iPoding posts speculation that these drives will make their way into current iPods.
 
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Firewire 800 won't make any difference with speed on hard drives unless you have a multi-drive RAID. THe iPod maxes out at 11Mbps (or somewhere around there) while firewire 400 can go up to 50Mbps. Putting Firewire 800 on an iPod would be a waste.

40gb iPod? that's quite a few songs there. I'm thinking there might be some other uses out there for a 40gb iPod like video storage.

What I would like to see now is a 802.11g iPod. completely wireless.
 
Updated iPod at MacWorld Tokyo?

The Hitachi press release specifies availability in April of this year.

MacWorld Tokyo is scheduled for March 21. That would seem to be the best launch event for an updated iPod.
 
I could fill the 40 gigs ;-)

But my PB 30Gb HD is full, so give us AAC too, Apple!
 
Re: Updated iPod at MacWorld Tokyo?

Originally posted by oldMac
MacWorld Tokyo is scheduled for March 21. That would seem to be the best launch event for an updated iPod.
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MacWorld Tokyo has been canceled.
 
And to go way off topic for a moment,

has anyone else seen that nutter on eBay selling a 23" HD Cinema Display for $0.01? And onther person is selling 30 of them for $500 each...

Must be something about eBay I don't know....
 
Re: Re: Updated iPod at MacWorld Tokyo?

Originally posted by morlium


MacWorld Tokyo has been canceled.
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So it has been cancelled...
There goes that theory. :)

Any reason to believe that Apple wouldn't be the first customer for this model?
 
Re: Now I'll be tempted

Originally posted by jayscheuerle
Now I can get my entire music collection on an iPod & sync it as another back-up. I already have 1 redundant drive because there's no way I'm ripping 500+ CDs again on a G3...
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My suggestion would be to start making backups on CD-R's. Since I have a Superdrive, I plan to make DVD's of my MP3 collection.

Oh yeah, and even with a G4, you wouldn't want to rip your collection again.
 
Re: Re: Updated iPod at MacWorld Tokyo?

Originally posted by morlium


MacWorld Tokyo has been canceled.
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Maybe someone can help me understand this...

Most of the rumor sites say that the iPod as well as the iMac are due for updating at the end of Jan or early Feb. I'm a little new to this so can someone tell me if there is an Apple event then (I don't think so) or how have these announcments been made in the past.

I'm itching to get an iPod but waiting for the updates. Does apple make some kind of pre-announcment that they will be holding an event? How will we know what's released unless we stumble upon it on the apple homepage?

Thanks,
 
Numbers...

The current iPod drives are 5mm for the 5/10GB models and 8mm for the 20GB one.

This hitachi drives are 7 mm for the 20GB model and 9.5 mm for the 40GB one.

I'm not sure if Apple can make room for the bigger drive, but the smaller one is certainly possible.

-Brett
www.universe42.com
 
Re: Re: Re: Updated iPod at MacWorld Tokyo?

Originally posted by KLFloyd

Does apple make some kind of pre-announcment that they will be holding an event? How will we know what's released unless we stumble upon it on the apple homepage?

Thanks,
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It's usually to little or no fanfare (with the exception of the rumor sites) when Apple released upgrades to their existing products. They often come out on a Tuesday, and believe me, you'll know. MacRumors won't miss it.
 
Re: Re: Re: Updated iPod at MacWorld Tokyo?

Originally posted by KLFloyd
Does apple make some kind of pre-announcment that they will be holding an event?
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Yes. In the past Apple has only announced new or upgraded products at the major Macworld shows (someone correct me if i'm wrong here, but i can't remember any older products being announced non-keynote) but recently some have been announced at special one-off events which are known in advance. The XServe was annouced at one of these events for example.

Occasionally products that have small upgrades are not announced at any specific event, in which case you'd have to be checking the mac news sites or apple.com to notice it.
 
Apple only announces *major new products* at press events. They've only held two and I can't imagine that there are people who still think Apple is going to use press events to announce every little thing.

Anyways, Toshiba is already shipping a 30gb 1.8 drive with their new Porteges. Its been shipping for a while now.
 
but it's still all very mysterious... since they said nothing about an itunes 4 i am inclimned to think aac is not coming soon and thus a new ipod is not coming soon.

please, i am going to buy an ipod this week but if there is a price drop i will be very frustrated with myself. that kind of tears me up for weeks. (i know, i take it way too seriously)

any realistic hope of a drop in price?
 
Originally posted by Nebrie
Apple only announces *major new products* at press events. They've only held two and I can't imagine that there are people who still think Apple is going to use press events to announce every little thing.

Anyways, Toshiba is already shipping a 30gb 1.8 drive with their new Porteges. Its been shipping for a while now.
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Apple has stated quite frankly that they want to get away from making new product releases at just MacWorld keynotes. Also there has been at least a half dozen or more released in the last 3 years that have been of the non MacWorld variety.
 
Re: Re: Re: Re: Updated iPod at MacWorld Tokyo?

Originally posted by Knox


Yes. In the past Apple has only announced new or upgraded products at the major Macworld shows (someone correct me if i'm wrong here, but i can't remember any older products being announced non-keynote) but recently some have been announced at special one-off events which are known in advance. The XServe was annouced at one of these events for example.

Occasionally products that have small upgrades are not announced at any specific event, in which case you'd have to be checking the mac news sites or apple.com to notice it.
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If I'm not mistaken, the first G4s were at a Seybold Keynote - correct? So still a keynote, but not ALL their press.
 
God I need more than 40GB for music alone, never mind using the iPod also for data and backup or other functions.

I am extremely distressed by the lack of AAC support in the iPod. It is long overdue. Honestly, WHAT is the problem? I am dumbfounded that this obvious upgrade was absent among all the other iLife enhancements.
 
the demoed itunes 4 at mwny.... and it's not to be part of iLife?

i hope they are moving away from xml database. any other reason is unimportant, i could cive a rats ass about rendevous

aac...........
 
move away from xml?!

Originally posted by melchior
i hope they are moving away from xml database. any other reason is unimportant, i could cive a rats ass about rendevous

aac...........
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Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean about hoping they move away from the xml database. All the system support files are based on xml! plist files, if i'm not mistaken, are a variation of it. Hundreds of support files are xml files. They are incredibly powerful to manipulate on the code level, without much difficulty at all. I don't know why you would want Apple to drop xml.. you odn't even give a reason.
 
AAC info

Does anyone have any in-depth about exactly what AAC will do for filesize/quality? I've heard it's half the size at thd same quality, so twice the number of songs as present can be stored on the iPod. And if this is the case, wouldn't this be a great incentive to "Switch" again - because Musicmatch on the PC wouldn't support AAC for a while? What's up with Apple? They'd still sell their big iPods - I'd buy 40Gb with AAC, and maybe finally be able to use some space for data transfer/backup. Must be quite a few people in the same position.

Also for me, re-ripping is not a problem, just do it one CD at a time when you would otherwise have played it with mp3... The ones I no longer have can stay in mp3 format.
 
Re: move away from xml?!

Originally posted by bobindashadows

Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean about hoping they move away from the xml database. All the system support files are based on xml! plist files, if i'm not mistaken, are a variation of it.
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plist is a very loose variation on XML which relies upon order of tags being preserved (not guaranteed by XML standard, and in fact specifically warned against) instead of encapsulation of tags (which would have made a lot more sense and not complicated the file format at all). Oh, well. Still, plists are better than most configuration attempts (especially the Registry), so I'm not overly miffed by the fact that the guy that put them together bastardized XML to do it.
 
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