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Apple's iPod Media Event Rumored for Mid-September Date
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I'm sure Apple will stay up nights crying over the potential $1,500 hit to their bottom line this quarter
Wow. How many songs is that? Like 75,000?
The iPad likely will be refreshed in April 2011. That's a loooong way away. Just get it now and sell it later.
A January refresh of a relatively new product that is still selling very well makes a lot of sense, actually.
They will sell millions in Q4 2010, and then roll out a new iPad that many will end up upgrading to later.
They will sell millions in Q4 2010, and then roll out a new iPad that many will end up upgrading to later.
This is correct. It also explains why the iPod mini/nano is by far the most popular model in the iPod lineup.
Apple has already ignored the availability of higher-capacity 1.8" drives as well as the 1" drive form factor.
While I would love a 128GB Touch, I doubt it. If they didn't upgrade iPhone to 64, then I doubt they will do a 128 Touch. Especially if they have to jam two cameras in there.
Wow. How many songs is that? Like 75,000?
The iPad likely will be refreshed in April 2011. That's a loooong way away. Just get it now and sell it later.
I have about 45,000 songs on my backup drive. Mostly lossless and the rest AAC with a few MP3 (uuuuugghhh). Most are from my CD collection. I don't download music because most of the sound is crap. Yes playing on an iPod is not ideal for audio freaks but I love to take as much of my music as possible to my studio or when I travel. Yes there are many who want huge pods for work, play, travel DJ-ing and so on. And mostly I play it back through pretty good stereos. Not alot with earbuds.
I'll take the two cameras over the extra 64GB to get to 128GB. With streaming audio services, having all of my content on my iPod touch is less important today.
I miss SimplifyMedia though.
What ever happened to the iPhone nano rumor.
If Apple is still making their products smaller with each release, I expect the nano and shuffle to be half the size and double the memory and battery capacity. That would be "magical".
If Apple is still making their products smaller with each release, I expect the nano and shuffle to be half the size and double the memory and battery capacity. That would be "magical".
An iPad refresh at this time makes no sense. The device hasn't even completed its international rollout. They aren't going release an update of the existing device before it hits all markets that they intend to ship to.
The most logical guess is that the current 9.7" iPad will be refreshed next spring.
The most plausible iPad announcement before then would be the introduction of a smaller sized iPad, a lower-priced 6" or 7" model that would be resemble (size-wise) the current batch of eReaders. Either they announce a second iPad model in September/October, or it waits for January (or later in spring 2011).
It does sound sort of funny, but it's also sort of funny to complain about it because you really aren't going to change these people. And by the way, the 't' isn't capitalized: it's iPod touch.
Even more funny is the people that referred the 4th gen nano as the "nano chromatic".
If a 32gb nano were to be released I suppose I could get by without the massive capacity of the iPod Classic, but it is so nice not having to play around with play lists to get the songs you want onto the limited capacity flash iPods.
I'm still using my 120GB Classic and it stands at 80GB capacity right now. I will purchase a 160GB towards the beginning of September just in case they drop it off the iPod menu, take it back if there is a capacity bump this year.
Really I don't see a reason to get rid of it completely as it still sells quite well and every other place other than apple seems to have the iPod Classic 2nd only to the iPod Touch in terms of sales.
Hmmm, refresh iPads in January? Right after Christmas when everybody is broke and worrying about paying off their massive credit card bills? Wouldn't be a very smart business decision.
And before anyone here says that they will be "announced" in January, nope, Apple doesn't do that either, because then nobody would buy the current models while they wait for the refresh. The only reason it was announced in 1/10 and sold in 4/10 is because it was a brand new product and not available anywhere anyway.
The iPad refresh will be a surprise, technically like every other refresh they do. One day it's the old Macbook, the next day it's the new one, with only a hopeful rumor a day or two before to give us nerds the head's up.
The only reason we all suspect new iPods in a couple weeks is because we have recognized the iPod pattern. There is no iPad pattern as of yet, just educated guesses as to how it will go down. My educated guess is April 2011.
apple released the iPad in January so are you saying that that was a bad business decision?
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it seems like apple is trying to focus on so many things that they cant handle updating them every year (like iLife and iWork) I mean there are so many products that are due for renewal i think they better catch up before long. All there macs except the Air I think are up to date. But then software wise they need to catch up with everything. Garageband, photobooth, iChat, iCal, (basicly all of iLife), basicly all of iWork, and mac os alltogether really needs to be redesigned. Apple was in a good pattern for a long time but coming out with a reveloutionary new iPhone, iPad, and every iPod every year seems to be getting in the way of the macs tremendoulsy.
it seems like apple is trying to focus on so many things that they cant handle updating them every year (like iLife and iWork) I mean there are so many products that are due for renewal i think they better catch up before long. All there macs except the Air I think are up to date. But then software wise they need to catch up with everything. Garageband, photobooth, iChat, iCal, (basicly all of iLife), basicly all of iWork, and mac os alltogether really needs to be redesigned. Apple was in a good pattern for a long time but coming out with a reveloutionary new iPhone, iPad, and every iPod every year seems to be getting in the way of the macs tremendoulsy.
I would say odds are that Apple will quietly release a capacity-bumped iPhone (at a new $399 subsidized price point) alongside a 128GB iPod Touch.
Why in the hell the stupid ipod media event and NOTHING for the iMacs and Mac Pros earlier?
Come on Apple, I mean really! Your events are getting ridiculous and boring.
The new iPods where you can listen to music, play games and watch movies blah blah blah. NO CRAP APPLE, REALLY?
Come on Apple, I mean really! Your events are getting ridiculous and boring.
The new iPods where you can listen to music, play games and watch movies blah blah blah. NO CRAP APPLE, REALLY?