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Apple Music Media Event - October 16th? [Updated]
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I absolutely agree - SJ, are you listening ?
It would also allow Apple to estimate future demand a little better and could even influence what they add to the catalogue and when.
I wonder if they have a tracking program for all those songs, that we look up in the search field and can't find in their repertoire.
I have a similar question. I currently am running several windows boxes with the possibility of going Mac sometime next spring. The big question is will I be able to migrate my music from the PC to the Mac. Before I take the plunge with using iTMS I NEED to know.
Cnet article about apple presentation
http://msnbc-cnet.com.com/2100-1027_3-5088849.html?part=msnbc-cnet&tag=alert&form=feed&subj=cnetnews
http://msnbc-cnet.com.com/2100-1027_3-5088849.html?part=msnbc-cnet&tag=alert&form=feed&subj=cnetnews
Let the pre-holiday season media blitz begin. . .
This week was the announcement of Panther. Next week is iTunes for Windoze and in-store concerts (and new iPod accessories?). The week after is the "Night of the Panther" and a new website design -- hence the countdown.
What else does Apple have up their sleeves for this holiday?
New Displays?
iBook upgrades?
-rik
This week was the announcement of Panther. Next week is iTunes for Windoze and in-store concerts (and new iPod accessories?). The week after is the "Night of the Panther" and a new website design -- hence the countdown.
What else does Apple have up their sleeves for this holiday?
New Displays?
iBook upgrades?
-rik
Bandwidth
When Apple made available iTMS for the Mac, the servers couldn't cope - it was hideously slow.
There will be far more Windows users logging on to the Windows store. Apple had better had enough band width to cope, otherwise they are going to get a lot of bad publicity in the media.
Windows users are going to think - "this sucks, can't log on" - ignoring the fact that there is a huge demand at the time - and never return.
When Apple made available iTMS for the Mac, the servers couldn't cope - it was hideously slow.
There will be far more Windows users logging on to the Windows store. Apple had better had enough band width to cope, otherwise they are going to get a lot of bad publicity in the media.
Windows users are going to think - "this sucks, can't log on" - ignoring the fact that there is a huge demand at the time - and never return.
someone back me up here...
Does anyone elee think that this will likely lead to a version of Safari for Windows? After all... isn't iTunes fundamentally a browser with quicktime pre-installed?
the lead story on cNet kind of led me to consider this:
http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-5088642.html?tag=nefd_lede
Does anyone elee think that this will likely lead to a version of Safari for Windows? After all... isn't iTunes fundamentally a browser with quicktime pre-installed?
the lead story on cNet kind of led me to consider this:
http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-5088642.html?tag=nefd_lede
Does Windows already have AAC through QuickTime?
I'm curious if the latest Windows QuickTime version can play AACanybody know?
I thought it could, but I sent my dad an AAC file (of my own music, not protected), and even though he had Windows QuickTime, he said he couldn't open it.
I guess it seems logical that the Windows ITMS would use AAC. I'm going to be curious, however, what other file formats it would support. I think my father, for instance, would take iTunes for Windows much more seriously if he could migrate his entire library over there (and I'm sure some is the Windows format, although most is mp3).
I'm curious if the latest Windows QuickTime version can play AACanybody know?
I thought it could, but I sent my dad an AAC file (of my own music, not protected), and even though he had Windows QuickTime, he said he couldn't open it.
I guess it seems logical that the Windows ITMS would use AAC. I'm going to be curious, however, what other file formats it would support. I think my father, for instance, would take iTunes for Windows much more seriously if he could migrate his entire library over there (and I'm sure some is the Windows format, although most is mp3).
Hey, maybe we're going to see the Music Store for Canada, who knows. Apple shouldn't forget that we exist...
Re: Re: Does Windows already have AAC through QuickTime?
Apple would never, ever support WMA in iTunes *without* supporting it on the iPod. And I doubt Apple will ever shell out to MS for the licensing to do that.
However, I do hope that my purchased songs on my Mac will play in iTunes for Windows. That would allow me to authorize my work computer and copy everything over!
Apple would never, ever support WMA in iTunes *without* supporting it on the iPod. And I doubt Apple will ever shell out to MS for the licensing to do that.
However, I do hope that my purchased songs on my Mac will play in iTunes for Windows. That would allow me to authorize my work computer and copy everything over!
Apple isn't stupid....
This week they release the new ipod commercial and next week the new itunes for windows. They're going to be selling a lot more ipods in the coming weeks. Once the PC folks get a taste of an Apple......
This week they release the new ipod commercial and next week the new itunes for windows. They're going to be selling a lot more ipods in the coming weeks. Once the PC folks get a taste of an Apple......
Another Nice Addition
In addition to the great idea of having a "Buy Later" option, I think selling "Prepaid Music Cards" or having the ability to credit a positive balance to say my son and daughters iTMS Accounts would be a BIG hit!
In addition to the great idea of having a "Buy Later" option, I think selling "Prepaid Music Cards" or having the ability to credit a positive balance to say my son and daughters iTMS Accounts would be a BIG hit!
Make sure you don't just voice these things here but that you also leave feedback via the iTunes music store...
If all of your music is in AAC and then you burn and MP3 disc it burns it all in MP3...
If you burn a data disc it will burn them in their original file formats.
If you burn an audio cd it will burn it with only 80 minutes.
So what's the problem???
Really? I coulda sworn I tried this a while back and it refused to burn me a CD... I mighta been trying this with protected AAC files... I know it won't work with protected AAC files (that just wouldn't make sense).... I'll have to try with only my own rips when I get home... man that'd make me happy...
Everyone has it wrong.
Obviously, Apple is going to announce the PowerBook G5s next week.
Seriously, I did a mini review of MusicMatch at my site and found that the free version of the software has some pretty decent features above what iTMS offers (Streaming "Radio" stations ala Spinner, In-Depth artist information, etc). While other services like BuyMusic.com and, today, Napster are poor competitors, MusicMatch is a worthy competitor for Apple.
Granted, I don't like the idea of feature limited software to get people to pay for a full version and we won't even discuss the copy protection on the songs.
I wonder if Apple is going to be adding new features to the iTMS for both the Mac and Windows platform. The streaming radio stations are pretty nice the way MusicMatch does it.
theFly
Fly on the Mac
Obviously, Apple is going to announce the PowerBook G5s next week.
Seriously, I did a mini review of MusicMatch at my site and found that the free version of the software has some pretty decent features above what iTMS offers (Streaming "Radio" stations ala Spinner, In-Depth artist information, etc). While other services like BuyMusic.com and, today, Napster are poor competitors, MusicMatch is a worthy competitor for Apple.
Granted, I don't like the idea of feature limited software to get people to pay for a full version and we won't even discuss the copy protection on the songs.
I wonder if Apple is going to be adding new features to the iTMS for both the Mac and Windows platform. The streaming radio stations are pretty nice the way MusicMatch does it.
theFly
Fly on the Mac
Re: someone back me up here...
Nope. Not gonna happen. They'd have nothing to gain for doing that. IE may be stagnating and broken on both PCs and Macs, but PCs have tons of other browsers you can download if you want. And IE is built in, so there's no reason to download another browser if you don't mind or aren't aware of the holes & problems in IE.
Safari is just Apple's answer to the stagnation of IE - on Macs. They're not going to help out the PC world in that respect.
iTunes for Windows would probably do better to make sure of IE's on rendering engine, built-in to Windows like the new WebCore is bundled with Panther. If they couldn't use the built-in HTML rendering engine of IE, and they actually did have to use KHTML for some reason, porting the KHTML engine that they used for Safari wouldn't necessarily mean they'd also build a browser around it. It wouldn't gain them anything to do it.
Anyone who wants an alterantive browser on Windows already uses Opera or Mozilla or MozillaFirebird or K-Meleon or Netscape or... anything else. Safari wouldn't serve any purpose on Windows. iTunes for Windows itself should do well to show Windows users the benefits of Apple products.
Mind you, I wouldn't mind seeing Safari on Windows, but I don't see how it could help Apple, and it would probably be pretty costly to port it over. I really expect they just used IE's HTML renderer where they need to display HTML/XML in the iTunes interface. Everyone else who codes for Windows does. Why port KHTML when they can just use something that's already there? If they really didn't want to touch IE, they could use Mozilla's Gecko engine, it already runs on Windows, too. No need to port anything...
I would be extremely surprised to ever see Safari on Windows. Ever.
As for iTunes being fundamentally a Browser, it would use an HTML engine to display HTML, but the main features of the app are its ability to organize and play music files. No browser necessary for that, they only need web capabilities for the music store. Before iTunes 4, it was mostly a music player/database.
Nope. Not gonna happen. They'd have nothing to gain for doing that. IE may be stagnating and broken on both PCs and Macs, but PCs have tons of other browsers you can download if you want. And IE is built in, so there's no reason to download another browser if you don't mind or aren't aware of the holes & problems in IE.
Safari is just Apple's answer to the stagnation of IE - on Macs. They're not going to help out the PC world in that respect.
iTunes for Windows would probably do better to make sure of IE's on rendering engine, built-in to Windows like the new WebCore is bundled with Panther. If they couldn't use the built-in HTML rendering engine of IE, and they actually did have to use KHTML for some reason, porting the KHTML engine that they used for Safari wouldn't necessarily mean they'd also build a browser around it. It wouldn't gain them anything to do it.
Anyone who wants an alterantive browser on Windows already uses Opera or Mozilla or MozillaFirebird or K-Meleon or Netscape or... anything else. Safari wouldn't serve any purpose on Windows. iTunes for Windows itself should do well to show Windows users the benefits of Apple products.
Mind you, I wouldn't mind seeing Safari on Windows, but I don't see how it could help Apple, and it would probably be pretty costly to port it over. I really expect they just used IE's HTML renderer where they need to display HTML/XML in the iTunes interface. Everyone else who codes for Windows does. Why port KHTML when they can just use something that's already there? If they really didn't want to touch IE, they could use Mozilla's Gecko engine, it already runs on Windows, too. No need to port anything...
I would be extremely surprised to ever see Safari on Windows. Ever.
As for iTunes being fundamentally a Browser, it would use an HTML engine to display HTML, but the main features of the app are its ability to organize and play music files. No browser necessary for that, they only need web capabilities for the music store. Before iTunes 4, it was mostly a music player/database.
That doesn't make sense. An "MP3 disc" is a data disc. So if you burn a data disc, it burns the music in its original format, and so if you have your music in AAC/MP4 format, it will burn a disc full of AAC/MP4 files. Unusable in a player that can't play AAC/MP4 files.
Or do you really mean that iTunes transcodes all of your AAC/MP4 music to MP3 format when you burn a data disc? That must take a long time...
Re: Another Nice Addition
A 'pre-paid' card would be awesome. Just sell them anywhere that you can buy Apple stuff. That way it would allow people who don't want to use a Credit Card of those who are too young, etc.., to have there own Credit Card to buy music. I will not be able to buy music from the story because i'm only 15 and my parents won't use there Credit Card for 'security' reasons. But i'm not buying there excuse because they have bought things offline before and my mom uses eBay all the time. So the 'pre-paid' cards would be a really good thing. And it could possibly help Apple because let's say they sell the cards so that you can buy 10, 25, 50, 100, and so on amount of songs. And lets say I was to buy the 25 Song card. Well I get on to the iTMS and I only find a few songs. Well naturally I would come back to buy the rest of the songs on the card. It would help keep those people who aren't into the whole 'music' thing that only like a few songs here and there and it could keep them coming to the store so that they get the rest of there songs and they might come across some songs that they won't which would lead to more sells whereas if they would have used a Credit Card they would have just bought the songs they liked and never thought about the store again. I'm not sure if this all makes sense but if you think about it, it does.
A 'pre-paid' card would be awesome. Just sell them anywhere that you can buy Apple stuff. That way it would allow people who don't want to use a Credit Card of those who are too young, etc.., to have there own Credit Card to buy music. I will not be able to buy music from the story because i'm only 15 and my parents won't use there Credit Card for 'security' reasons. But i'm not buying there excuse because they have bought things offline before and my mom uses eBay all the time. So the 'pre-paid' cards would be a really good thing. And it could possibly help Apple because let's say they sell the cards so that you can buy 10, 25, 50, 100, and so on amount of songs. And lets say I was to buy the 25 Song card. Well I get on to the iTMS and I only find a few songs. Well naturally I would come back to buy the rest of the songs on the card. It would help keep those people who aren't into the whole 'music' thing that only like a few songs here and there and it could keep them coming to the store so that they get the rest of there songs and they might come across some songs that they won't which would lead to more sells whereas if they would have used a Credit Card they would have just bought the songs they liked and never thought about the store again. I'm not sure if this all makes sense but if you think about it, it does.
I agree, theFly. HERE COME THOSE POWERBOOKS!!!
Actually I'm totally convinced we'll have iTMS windoze come the 16th. I'm hoping for some iPod gear though (I couldn't care less whether iTMS works on windows as I don't have to even touch a PC most days).
Actually I'm totally convinced we'll have iTMS windoze come the 16th. I'm hoping for some iPod gear though (I couldn't care less whether iTMS works on windows as I don't have to even touch a PC most days).