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Apple Music Event Sept. 7

iPod micro

I normally prefer to lurk, but I feel the need to say something here only because I think many here may be missing the obvious.

I think that a video capable iPod will show up eventually, but I don't think the time is right for it now. Why? Because it would likely be a $499+ item. Remember how Apple got bit by the original iPod photo? They didn't sell too well. I think Apple is preparing for a big holiday season and a $499 iPod has already proven to be a slow seller. Maybe the video iPod will hit at Macworld SF, but I don't think it will hit before then. No, Apple wants a BIG holiday season and $499+ is just too expensive.

The iTunes phone from Motorola will likely be introduced, but will it be the star of the show. I say no. We've all known it was coming for far too long now. It would hardly be earth shattering news, right?

But think about everything that has happened lately. First, there is the deal with Samsung for flash chips. Then there is the fact that the iPod minis are in short supply these days. Also keep in mind the the iPod minis are still technically "First Generation." Then, there is the invitation. The text reads "1000 songs in your pocket changed everything. Here we go again." The invitation was accompanied by a photo of a pair of jeans. Specifically, the photo focused on the right front pocket, and as I hear it, it particularly focused on the smaller, inner change pocket. Now, we have the Wall Street Journal reporting the the products introduced will be the iTunes phone and iPod minis. Now it's all beginning to make sense. The iPod minis are due for the "Second Generation" treatment, and at $199 it could sell like crazy between now and Christmas.

So, it sounds like rather than simply replace the hard drive in the minis with flash memory, Apple will redesign the whole thing in a much smaller form factor. So the new tag line will be "1000 songs in your CHANGE pocket." That would explain the invitation pretty well, wouldn't it? They could even keep the 6GB minis, drop the 4GB minis, and replace them with this new line of flash based iPods. Smells like iPod micro to me!
 
gugy said:
I disagree. it's just a marketing tagline to announce something new as revolutionary as the original ipod. There nothing related to capacity.
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I don't know. "1,000 songs" is pretty specific. If capacity isn't at least a party of the announcement, why not just say "the iPod changed everything"?
 
derric1968 said:
I normally prefer to lurk, but I feel the need to say something here only because I think many here may be missing the obvious.

I think that a video capable iPod will show up eventually, but I don't think the time is right for it now. Why? Because it would likely be a $499+ item. Remember how Apple got bit by the original iPod photo? They didn't sell too well. I think Apple is preparing for a big holiday season and a $499 iPod has already proven to be a slow seller. Maybe the video iPod will hit at Macworld SF, but I don't think it will hit before then. No, Apple wants a BIG holiday season and $499+ is just too expensive.

The iTunes phone from Motorola will likely be introduced, but will it be the star of the show. I say no. We've all known it was coming for far too long now. It would hardly be earth shattering news, right?

But think about everything that has happened lately. First, there is the deal with Samsung for flash chips. Then there is the fact that the iPod minis are in short supply these days. Also keep in mind the the iPod minis are still technically "First Generation." Then, there is the invitation. The text reads "1000 songs in your pocket changed everything. Here we go again." The invitation was accompanied by a photo of a pair of jeans. Specifically, the photo focused on the right front pocket, and as I hear it, it particularly focused on the smaller, inner change pocket. Now, we have the Wall Street Journal reporting the the products introduced will be the iTunes phone and iPod minis. Now it's all beginning to make sense. The iPod minis are due for the "Second Generation" treatment, and at $199 it could sell like crazy between now and Christmas.

So, it sounds like rather than simply replace the hard drive in the minis with flash memory, Apple will redesign the whole thing in a much smaller form factor. So the new tag line will be "1000 songs in your CHANGE pocket." That would explain the invitation pretty well, wouldn't it? They could even keep the 6GB minis, drop the 4GB minis, and replace them with this new line of flash based iPods. Smells like iPod micro to me!
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I was just thinking that! Except I was fumbling around for what that pocket's supposed to be called. CHANGE pocket, yes thank you :p
 
The advertising seems to be clearly saying Apple are looking at breaking new ground on 7 Sep.

Video iPod maybe, although I agree the price is goign to be nasty unless of course they can firmware upgrade the Colour iPods...

Mobile phone music player is hardly revolutionary because Apple have been late to market. Its a logical move but nothing to special.

Mini with flash will be nice. Smaller form factor, colour screen...same price?


I do wonder about wireless. Its the big hassle with my iPod, damn wires getting tangled or hard to put away. Wireless would be a big step. But I hope they manufature an adapter and headphones for current owners.
 
Forget all this "New iPod" and "iPhone" and "Here we go again" crap

I wanna see what those sexy denim jeans look like!

Apple Jeans (Yes they come in white)
 
I contend that Apple partnered with Cingular because they are the largest carrier in the US, now that they merged with AT&T, and because Cingular would allow Apple to sell a phone that didn't get it music by buying from an over priced Verizon music store. Sprint, Verizon, etc sell Motorola phones too
but the GSM carriers will sell whatever they think is gonna bring in the customers.
 
jinzo012 said:
Forget all this "New iPod" and "iPhone" and "Here we go again" crap

I wanna see what those sexy denim jeans look like!

Apple Jeans (Yes they come in white)
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Forget what they look like, how about seeing one of those sexy female sillouette models in nothing but those iJeans!!!
 
Perhaps the will release a trio:
The ipod video
the ipod mini flash
and the itunes phone

that would stir things up quite nicely
 
My Theory

I think Apple being Apple, they wont just bring out a new video ipod if theres bugger all to put on it. So I think Apple will announce the video ipod along with an internet music channel that would rival MTV and let you buy and download music along with music videos and maybe even save some music programmes in the form of podcasts and all can be carried around on an ipod. This will keep sales of ipods doing well when motorola released phones that can play itunes songs.
 
Seperate Movie App

They made iTunes able to play movies (makes me think of a movie store) but I think they will make a new app that has movie and picture databasing and have it work with the eyepod 1000songs in your pocket now 100 movies in your pocket
 
derric1968 said:
I normally prefer to lurk, but I feel the need to say something here only because I think many here may be missing the obvious.

I think that a video capable iPod will show up eventually, but I don't think the time is right for it now. Why? Because it would likely be a $499+ item. Remember how Apple got bit by the original iPod photo? They didn't sell too well. I think Apple is preparing for a big holiday season and a $499 iPod has already proven to be a slow seller. Maybe the video iPod will hit at Macworld SF, but I don't think it will hit before then. No, Apple wants a BIG holiday season and $499+ is just too expensive.

The iTunes phone from Motorola will likely be introduced, but will it be the star of the show. I say no. We've all known it was coming for far too long now. It would hardly be earth shattering news, right?

But think about everything that has happened lately. First, there is the deal with Samsung for flash chips. Then there is the fact that the iPod minis are in short supply these days. Also keep in mind the the iPod minis are still technically "First Generation." Then, there is the invitation. The text reads "1000 songs in your pocket changed everything. Here we go again." The invitation was accompanied by a photo of a pair of jeans. Specifically, the photo focused on the right front pocket, and as I hear it, it particularly focused on the smaller, inner change pocket. Now, we have the Wall Street Journal reporting the the products introduced will be the iTunes phone and iPod minis. Now it's all beginning to make sense. The iPod minis are due for the "Second Generation" treatment, and at $199 it could sell like crazy between now and Christmas.

So, it sounds like rather than simply replace the hard drive in the minis with flash memory, Apple will redesign the whole thing in a much smaller form factor. So the new tag line will be "1000 songs in your CHANGE pocket." That would explain the invitation pretty well, wouldn't it? They could even keep the 6GB minis, drop the 4GB minis, and replace them with this new line of flash based iPods. Smells like iPod micro to me!
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I believe that you are on to something here with your comments.

1. Lets see the shuffle has no screen, however its flash based storage.

2. The mini is HD based with a screen and larger than the shuffle.

Rather than have a colour screen on the mini and try to put a screen on the shuffle, let merge both the product lines mini and shuffle.

This way you get the best of both worlds, put it either or in a mobile phone and you have BT, Wireless downloads, FireWire mini, USB mini, SD mini, a colour screen, the iTunes/iPod nav screen, and you can make calls with it. What a perfect package? Indeed.

It doesn't seem far fetched at all...with or without the mobile its sounds similar alone those lines. :)
 
BTW if any of you notice on the Apple Store site there are BT headsets for sale and many customers love them.

I have a hunch that its going to have BT headphones with streaming so it can utilize the BT 2.0 that the PB, iMac, etc... has.

Flash storage will give the battery an extended life and the colour screen can go into sleep mode, without hampering the battery life too much.
:)

You heard it here first peeps. ;)
 
To all of those people that say that video isn't the right direction for the iPod and it is better as an audio device (including Steve, but he has a chance to redeem himself next week ;)), I agree with you. Kind of. If apple introduces a vPod, I would still mostly use it for audio because its a passive form of media, blah blah blah. But that still doesn't change the fact that I would LOVE to watch video on my ipod in certain situations. Why do you need passive media if your sitting in the laundromat with nothing else to do? I would rather have video on a small screen (hopefully bigger than current) than no video at all.
 
25 song cap???

did anyone see those stupid rumors about having a 25 song cap on iPod phones? (link= http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/08/30/itunes-motorola-phone-cx_pak_0830ipod.html). Forbes is reporting this, but their caveat says that the actual phone may be different that what this one person reported trying. Anyway, the most obvious debunker of this rumor is Apple's Invitation saying '1000 songs in your pocket, here we go again...' proving that it would be stupid to offer a phone that has a 25 song artificial cap by software.
 
it's a set top box - maybe not in ipod form. It is NOT just the phone.

My money is on video - probably set top box - maybe portable.
 
agentkow said:
It pretty much says it all on iLounge:



I don't know why macrumors hasn't jumped on this yet, or am I missing something somewhere?
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September 7 ? If it is anything like the U2 iPod maybe it is a September 11 iPod ? One of those "im memory of" items alot of people capitalize on.

/just a thought ;)
 
We've got a bit annoucment:

Steve Jobs isn't a man, he's actually...a woman
*unzips skin to reveal that he is in fact a women*
Actually, he's not a woman at all, he's actually a horse!
*unzips skin to reveal that he is in fact a horse*
well actually, he's not a horse either, he's a broom!
*unzips skin to reveal that he is in fact a broom*
*broom falls over*
 
With this announcement given at NAB in April, why wouldn't Steve jump over the competition and release a video iPod first?

http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2005/050418b.html

Further, with existing patents on phone technology and the iPod, why wouldn't Steve move to have Apple release an iTunes phone?

Finally, with Apple soon moving to Intel chips, why wouldn't a video iPod release poise Apple perfectly to take over the gaming market? SWOOSH!

Go Steve, GO!!!

xo Shacklegrind/Audiohead.net
music: http://www.shacklegrind.com/
audio: http://www.audiohead.net/
 
dornoforpyros said:
We've got a bit annoucment:

Steve Jobs isn't a man, he's actually...a woman
*unzips skin to reveal that he is in fact a women*
Actually, he's not a woman at all, he's actually a horse!
*unzips skin to reveal that he is in fact a horse*
well actually, he's not a horse either, he's a broom!
*unzips skin to reveal that he is in fact a broom*
*broom falls over*
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what family guy is that from???
 
Jesus said:
what family guy is that from???
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The one where Meg keeps getting humiliated by the rest of the family, so she tricks them into going on a "Jerry Springer"-type show. Then they become a reality series and Meg is replaced by a hotter chick. Ultimately, they're ALL replaced and end up living in a motel.

I love the response to the revelation that the one person is a broom: "To be honest with you, Diane, I'm surprised."
 
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