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6G iPod Interface: Real or Fake?

  • Real

    Votes: 80 32.5%
  • Fake

    Votes: 166 67.5%

  • Total voters
    246
Arn-
One thing that would be interesting to your subscribers (and stop the perception of some sort of collusion) is detailing what exactly transpired today at 3am.

Transparency will help us think you are "one of us" and not "one of them"
Sometimes saying nothing causes people to make up stories when in reality, the actual facts are not scandalous. I have a few questions I respectfully pose to you.

If you don't want to believe, then don't. I don't think anyone suspects Arn of "collusion" of any sort with regards to Apple. ;)
 
If you don't want to believe, then don't. I don't think anyone suspects Arn of "collusion" of any sort with regards to Apple. ;)

Surely you must be curious to know the answers to at least one of these questions?

1) Who exactly called you at 3am? An Apple attorney?
2) How long was your initial post on the 6G Ipod up? Do they monitor your site constantly 24/7? It appears so, since within an hour or two, at 3am (!) they woke up an attorney to call you, no?
3) What was their conversation with you? What exactly did you do that was wrong, in their opinion? Maybe it is copyright violation to post their video, but it isn't to state what they told you.
4) What did they threaten if you didn't take down the post?
5) How was Apple even able to find your home number at 3am?
6) Has Apple contacted you before about a posting on your site and asked you to remove it? If so, did you ever say you weren't?
7) In the past 7 years (not necessarily this time), has Apple itself ever directly leaked something to you?
8) Do you think this post came from Apple, but via an intermediary so they can dig out a mole? Has that happened to you before where you rec'd a tip from somewhere which you suspected really to be coming from Apple itself?

Arn, I really thank you for all you do on this site, and hope you aren't offended at these questions.
 
Nanos

That Interface Is For The Freaking Nanos For Crying Out Loud People, Not The New Full Screen Ipod Video!!!
 
Why not block apple.com and it's range of IP addresses from visiting macrumors.com?

I think the employees and higher ups in the company go home every once and a while... You know... Where they have their own computers to surf the net on?
 
So I missed the original posting...what did it say?!?!?!!?
any links to the video? any description?
 
i have an iphone, but for pure music listening there is nothing that beats the click wheel as a menas for controlling the device WITHOUT HAVING TO LOOK AT IT. seems like all those who want the iphone interface on the ipod are forgetting this.

I have to look at the wheel and the screen every time I use it :p I mean unless you are just talking about turning up the volume or something... If you really never look at it, why did they put that screen with a GUI on it??? You should just buy a shuffle i guess ;)
 
I have to look at the wheel and the screen every time I use it :p I mean unless you are just talking about turning up the volume or something... If you really never look at it, why did they put that screen with a GUI on it??? You should just buy a shuffle i guess ;)

Very true....How do you know where the M artists are if you never look at the screen for example. I find the iPhone quicker to get music because I can scroll faster and then touch the song I want and don't have to worry about scrolling past the song I want because the scroll wheel is too sensitive.
 
Maybe he's not allowed to say what the message was....

No- that is never true. A lawyer can force you to remove a post or a coprighted video off your site, but they can't forbid you from revealing what the lawyer asked you to do. This isn't Cold War Kremlin, after all.

Now maybe he doesn't want to say what the message was for fear of pissing off Apple. But a rumor site shouldn't care what Apple thinks, no?

I still think Macrumors secretly gets "scoops" from Apple, and Apple benefits from Macrumors generating buzz for them. All is fine- but free press demands transparency so we, the subscribers, trust what is being reported.

No answers to questions that should be easy to answer, simply generate more questions.

Here are the seemingly innocuous questions again. Others should feel free to add theirs. MacRumors is under no obligation to answer, but they will lose credibility in many people's eyes if they don't.

1) Who exactly called you at 3am? An Apple attorney?
2) How long was your initial post on the 6G Ipod up? Do they monitor your site constantly 24/7? It appears so, since within an hour or two, at 3am (!) they woke up an attorney to call you, no?
3) What was their conversation with you? What exactly did you do that was wrong, in their opinion? Maybe it is copyright violation to post their video, but it isn't to state what they told you.
4) What did they threaten if you didn't take down the post?
5) How was Apple even able to find your home number at 3am?
6) Has Apple contacted you before about a posting on your site and asked you to remove it? If so, did you ever say you weren't?
7) In the past 7 years (not necessarily this time), has Apple itself ever directly leaked something to you?
8) Do you think this post came from Apple, but via an intermediary so they can dig out a mole? Has that happened to you before where you rec'd a tip from somewhere which you suspected really to be coming from Apple itself?
 
No- that is never true. A lawyer can force you to remove a post or a coprighted video off your site, but they can't forbid you from revealing what the lawyer asked you to do. This isn't Cold War Kremlin, after all.

Now maybe he doesn't want to say what the message was for fear of pissing off Apple. But a rumor site shouldn't care what Apple thinks, no?

I still think Macrumors secretly gets "scoops" from Apple, and Apple benefits from Macrumors generating buzz for them. All is fine- but free press demands transparency so we, the subscribers, trust what is being reported.

No answers to questions that should be easy to answer, simply generate more questions.

Here are the seemingly innocuous questions again. Others should feel free to add theirs. MacRumors is under no obligation to answer, but they will lose credibility in many people's eyes if they don't.

1) Who exactly called you at 3am? An Apple attorney?
2) How long was your initial post on the 6G Ipod up? Do they monitor your site constantly 24/7? It appears so, since within an hour or two, at 3am (!) they woke up an attorney to call you, no?
3) What was their conversation with you? What exactly did you do that was wrong, in their opinion? Maybe it is copyright violation to post their video, but it isn't to state what they told you.
4) What did they threaten if you didn't take down the post?
5) How was Apple even able to find your home number at 3am?
6) Has Apple contacted you before about a posting on your site and asked you to remove it? If so, did you ever say you weren't?
7) In the past 7 years (not necessarily this time), has Apple itself ever directly leaked something to you?
8) Do you think this post came from Apple, but via an intermediary so they can dig out a mole? Has that happened to you before where you rec'd a tip from somewhere which you suspected really to be coming from Apple itself?

Maybe in you're little world it can never be true. Were not in a court of law here. If Apple requests material be taken down and not to say anything about what was said, you do it.

You're truly full of crap about Apple giving out information to MacRumors. Yeah, a company that fires employees, threatens legal action if things aren't taken down is going to give a rumor site free information....
 
1) Who exactly called you at 3am? An Apple attorney?
2) How long was your initial post on the 6G Ipod up? Do they monitor your site constantly 24/7? It appears so, since within an hour or two, at 3am (!) they woke up an attorney to call you, no?
3) What was their conversation with you? What exactly did you do that was wrong, in their opinion? Maybe it is copyright violation to post their video, but it isn't to state what they told you.
4) What did they threaten if you didn't take down the post?
5) How was Apple even able to find your home number at 3am?
6) Has Apple contacted you before about a posting on your site and asked you to remove it? If so, did you ever say you weren't?
7) In the past 7 years (not necessarily this time), has Apple itself ever directly leaked something to you?
8) Do you think this post came from Apple, but via an intermediary so they can dig out a mole? Has that happened to you before where you rec'd a tip from somewhere which you suspected really to be coming from Apple itself?

Give it a rest...
 
Thats because you steal your rumors from other sites...

Quote:
Originally Posted by arn
This is simply wrong.

I've been doing this for 7 years, and Apple has never asked for Fake/False information to be taken down.

arn
Thats because you steal your rumors from other sites...
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Hey I just visited your website, www.macpressonline.net ...wow....that is the worst Mac rumor website I have ever visited. I did read that it is a work in progress, but shouldn't you actually post a rumor or something before you start offending established rumor websites. As for MacRumors "stealing" information from other sites....they always give credit to the site the are reporting from. You used some accusatory language. I understand you would like to compete with MacRumors, but you will need some actual news & reporting. I'm a positive person, so I wish you luck, but you started off on the wrong foot.
 
zub3qin, I want to try and not be too offensive, but...

you have no sense of context and are showing yourself to be very, very, very ignorant of the actual world around you. I'm sure you are young and this will be one of many lessons that will hopefully shape you into someone who can reason, so that's something to look forward to.

MacRumors does get many rumors from other sites, but they DO give credit. MacRumors also has its own sources for the occasional accurate predictions. MacRumors also provides the best live Keynote coverage, and offer the handy Buyer's guide.
MacRumors has been around for a long time and has been ordered to take down many screenshots in the past.
Apple is about the most serious non-government company I have ever seen about keeping secrets. Apple even pushed into seriously sketchy areas of freedom of speech to try to suppress the rights of bloggers. Feeding info to a rumors site is completely out of character. Apple has, however, fed false rumors to weed out leaks in the company and promptly fire the employees without remorse.

Just to comment on the actual topic here, I'm in the camp that thinks this is the next interface for a nano.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by arn
This is simply wrong.

I've been doing this for 7 years, and Apple has never asked for Fake/False information to be taken down.

arn
Thats because you steal your rumors from other sites...
__________________
http://www.macxpressonline.net
New Website is launched!!! Please come and check it out!!!


Hey I just visited your website, www.macpressonline.net ...wow....that is the worst Mac rumor website I have ever visited. I did read that it is a work in progress, but shouldn't you actually post a rumor or something before you start offending established rumor websites. As for MacRumors "stealing" information from other sites....they always give credit to the site the are reporting from. You used some accusatory language. I understand you would like to compete with MacRumors, but you will need some actual news & reporting. I'm a positive person, so I wish you luck, but you started off on the wrong foot.

Ummm...because its not a rumor site. And the comment wasn't meant to be an insult. Arn works hard at the website he has and to keep it up to date. I just don't have time to sit down all day long and keep up a website and add new content every day.
 
So are you hinting that the interface sucks?

Not so much saying that it sucks as it doesn't live up to the hype that the rumor mills have been putting on the next gen ipod being a stripped down iPhone. And judging by the rating people do look at it negatively. So not so much that it sucks just underwhelmed.
 
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