Apple Teases 'Exciting' iTunes Announcement Tomorrow

[Intarweb]

There has been quite a bit of buzz going on in the business world for the past few months because Sony Corp is up for sale and the asking price is well under half the amount of money Apple usually has available in liquid assets just sitting in savings.

Apple's acquiring Sony would be a boom to all of its divisions, but the first to feel the love would have to be iTunes and the iTunes Music Store. Sony entertainment holdings include the major conglomerate known as Columbia/Tri-Star in the film and video division and that also includes a couple of dozen other major studio brands that are either owned or which they hold the distribution rights to. Then there is the music side of things where you have the huge Sony label, which owns the Michael Jackson catalog, and also owns several major labels like A&M and the distribution rights to several other major labels including some of the major players in key markets like Christian/Gospel music. I believe at one time Sony even owned the golden goose Apple Music, which, of course, if that is true and they still hold that property, would mean that Apple would have finally ended the feud between them and Apple Music, owners of the Beatles catalog.

The announcement of a Sony Acquisition would be a sweet addition that would at least double their content delivery offerings, which not only increases the pleasure for the end user, but means that a whole slew of new users would be drawn over to iTunes, the iTunes Music Store, and the products that receive and manipulate content from them. Not to mention, what a boon to the advertisers that will be if such an announcement could potentially dramatically increase the number of iOS devices out there, ramping up from now through year's end.

Yeah... That's not happening. Sony will never be sold to an American company.

 

[dxstewart]

Or just use Plex for your movies and Tv shows.

I love Plex! So easy and has a pretty nice interface.

 

[davidwarren]

What could they announce that will not require a demo? I'm guessing something that people already use. Free Mobil Me through your iTunes account login.

I don't know why the couldn't do a demo, they have been working on a live stream of presentations for a few months now. They might just not have an audience.

 

[Vintage Season]

This might seem like a stretch, but my first thought when I saw those four clocks was that if you slightly rotated each of them, they would approximate the Beatles' semaphore letters on the cover of Help!:

- M.

Like me, you read a tweet re this from mac format then posted it

I'm afraid not... I don't think I've ever read a "tweet." (I was dragged kicking and screaming into Facebook earlier this year. I've honestly never touched Twitter. Any Mac news I get generally comes from MacRumors.com, when I bother to check.)

- M.

 

[Becordial]

How would cloud based music work if you're not internet connected? Lets say you're in the car out in the country and have no mobile connection, is it going to cache up hours of music onto your ipod?

How will it, or the users, decide what music to keep locally and the rest in the cloud? Do you have to pre-plan to get (your) music from the cloud and will it even let you have a local copy?

 

[Tears Apart]

I don't understand what you're saying.

If Apple bought Sony, I don't see how that would change anything from a consumer point of view. iTunes has Sony Music, it has Sony TV shows, it has Sony Movies.

Apple doesn't have first party game developers and handheld consoles expertise...

 

[tkermit]

they are gana annouce that their data center is really housing the worlds thinnest nuclear war head and was just fired at google head quarters

They would have had to do some test firings, right? It all makes sense now.

 

[davidbrummy]

Beatles.

Doubtful and too be honest not that many people care. I am a Beatles/McCartney fan and like most people I bought and ripped the CD's a long time ago.

Most likely the cloud. What will be interesting is will they offer it to everyone or only MobileMe people.

 

[Daveoc64]

Apple doesn't have first party game developers and handheld consoles expertise...

An exciting announcement about iTunes in less than 24 hours is about the PS3?

I don't think so.

As others have noted, Sony being bought by Apple is far too big for this sort of announcement, assuming that such a purchase is even possible (which as others have noted, it probably isn't).

 

[sniffies]

I bet it's iPad 2 and iWeb '11!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111111111111111!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Warbrain]

Doubtful and too be honest not that many people care. I am a Beatles/McCartney fan and like most people I bought and ripped the CD's a long time ago.

Most likely the cloud. What will be interesting is will they offer it to everyone or only MobileMe people.

The 99 bucks could be the yearly subscription. That would make MobileMe worth it.

 

[ThisIsNotMe]

Hmmmm

Event at 10AM EST not PST.......

Means the event in Cupertino.

Now, where could Apple be having this event on the east coast?

 

[Warbrain]

Hmmmm

Event at 10AM EST not PST.......

Means the event in Cupertino.

Now, where could Apple be having this event on the east coast?

It's not an event, it's an announcement.

 

[Tears Apart]

The 99 bucks could be the yearly subscription. That would make MobileMe worth it.

Wait a sec - wasn't there a rumor recently about certain MobileMe functionalities bound to become free for all?

A hint?

 

[Surf Monkey]

I bet it's iPad 2 and iWeb '11!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111111111111111!!!!!!!!!!

No chance. iPad 2 will come with a Jobs keynote.

 

[kas23]

Beatles.

I really don't think people care about this anymore, especially the current demographic of people who own iPods (i.e. people who were not even born yet when Lennon was shot). That said, if you really want the Beatles on your iPod, go out and buy them and upload them onto your iPod. For whatever reason, Macrumors keeps beating this dead horse about iTunes getting the Beatles. It's really a "nonissue" at this point.

My guess: free MobileMe for everyone.

Or, Apple has teamed up with Al Gore to Invent the Internet. Again.

 

[mikechan1234]

I bet it's iPad 2 and iWeb '11!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111111111111111!!!!!!!!!!

LOL! you're kidding right?

 

[Warbrain]

Wait a sec - wasn't there a rumor recently about certain MobileMe functionalities bound to become free for all?

A hint?

Yes but I doubt that would include any cloud-based iTunes service.

 

[SBlue1]

with such a big announcement it better be something big

 

[redgaz26]

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It's a Texas Holdem update. Great app. !!! Lol.

 

[Gravedrinker]

Hmmmm

Event at 10AM EST not PST.......

Means the event in Cupertino.

Now, where could Apple be having this event on the east coast?

Its an announcement.

If it were an event it wouldn't exactly be smart not to tell anyone about where it is until it starts.

 

[Kemkromik]

Of course, Mac users have no excuse if they lose data. Time Machine is just brilliant.

I can't see us storing our music libraries in the cloud. The idea of syncing GBs of data over the web is just too slow. Even WiFi is unacceptably slow, hence the USB limitation so far.

Bahahaha. Oh I needed that laugh. Was having a crummy Monday so thanks for that bit of levity.

 

[GSA190]

What do you guys mean by iTunes cloud?

 

[ruralguy]

I really can't believe so many people think it would be the Beatles coming to iTunes. That would be so lame.

 

[milo]

Considering they JUST released an update to iTunes, wouldn't it be more likely that the announcement is something on the content side? Meaning something that would appear in the store instead of a new feature to the app? Although it's possible that whatever it is is already in iTunes and just not enabled yet (but something like that could be found by someone digging through the app).

Not to mention that new features they'd want to explain with an event, content doesn't need that.

-64 bit (please)

Sadly, this probably appeals to me more than anything else mentioned.

Wi-Fi Sync???? that will be cool

OK, that one I would be excited about...but probably not what we'll get tomorrow. There's only one thing we know for sure - whatever is announced won't be the slightest bit "unforgettable".