I will rarely go off on people for mistakes or missteps in their use of language. The major exception to this is when one person tears into another for no real reason and bases his/her tirade on language. In short, if olternaut wants to rip apart MacOldTimer on the basis of English, then olternaut should be prepared to defend his/her own language. (FWIW this is just my personalityin high school I was the student-advocate for the younger students and I would/will always defend a victim, as it were. If one's going to pick someone apart, s/he had better have good reason!)
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I will rarely go off on people for mistakes or missteps in their use of language. The major exception to this is when one person tears into another for no real reason and bases his/her tirade on language. In short, if olternaut wants to rip apart MacOldTimer on the basis of English, then olternaut should be prepared to defend his/her own language. (FWIW this is just my personalityin high school I was the student-advocate for the younger students and I would/will always defend a victim, as it were. If one's going to pick someone apart, s/he had better have good reason!)
Anyone know who will host this event on the web live/or not via video? I know I may be able to find (10 min.)bits and pieces of it on YouTube, but I like to watch the entire show on Tuesday.
I'd be very negligent if I didn't point out the flaw in your comments.
This has nothing to do with the topic in the room and yet nobody cares.
This has a lot to say about both the credibility of the room and the people that post "POINTLESS" comments that are not related to the subject.
This post is an example of one of the posts.
It would be the Greatest thing "in the world" if people used this forum properly.
I think Steve would approve, if not then surely Wozniak would. He's not the drone this room has come to be.
Please pay attention to whom you're replyingthat wasn't written by MacOldTimer.
In a direct reply to MacOldTimer you said ". . . As long as you keep things in perspective" [emph. mine]. Why would anyone who understands the English language and not what's in your own head think you were speaking generally and not specifically? You even referred to him/her by name:
Yeah. I'm sure he was just exaggerating oldtimer. At least I hope so. As long as you keep things into perspective though, this apple event anticipation stuff can be fun and exciting. [emph. mine]
In this case it is completely unclear that you meant "one" and not "you".
Excusing poor language skills on the basis of the medium is a lazy cop-out.
So you give me leave to edit your posts?
wouldnt it mark the first time an online music source sold beatles music tho? (i know its not worded right but you guys get what im saying right?)
Please pay attention to whom you're replying—that wasn't written by MacOldTimer.
In a direct reply to MacOldTimer you said ". . . As long as you keep things in perspective" [emph. mine]. Why would anyone who understands the English language and not what's in your own head think you were speaking generally and not specifically? You even referred to him/her by name:
Yeah. I'm sure he was just exaggerating oldtimer. At least I hope so. As long as you keep things into perspective though, this apple event anticipation stuff can be fun and exciting. [emph. mine]
In this case it is completely unclear that you meant "one" and not "you".
Excusing poor language skills on the basis of the medium is a lazy cop-out.
So you give me leave to edit your posts?
But its after the fact. Not much point in correcting it now. POINT ISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS that we keep things in perspective before we talk about apple announcements as being the biggest or greatest thing ever.
Now can we please get back on topic. Please?
My point exactly.
And yeah, to other posters, I'm 18, but listen only to classical music, which also what my parents only listen to. So yeah, I'm weird. But I seriously don't get what's so big about the Beatles joining up with Apple. Why do they need Apple anyway?
True for most people over, say, 35 or 40, but there are a lot of younger fans who wouldn't have every album on CD. The Beatles 1 and LOVE both sold extremely well and both were just re-issues of existing songs. The thing with The Beatles is that they are still the rock band; their albums are the Holy Grail of pop music and whichever download service gets them strikes a blowif only bragging rightsagainst the other services.
Besides, the "big news" might not be The Beatlesthis rumour surfaces for every event.
Hmmm I didn't even do what those people said to do and it appeared.
It just came up on its own...?
yea ive had it too, its actually like a cross over bug thingy thats just left over code from the iphone that for some reason wasnt disabled when you do a certain thing on the touch. I got it the very first time i started my ipod (running 1.1.1 at that point.)
so some people have been talking about the iPod Touch having physical volume buttons, and then I was on my iPod Touch when this appeared...
Is this common? I've never seen this before on an iPod Touch.
Happens a lot. Especially when you use it with a dock, or there are a lot of processes going on while you are changing the volume.
My prediction...
iPod Classic - thinner, better batteries, little else
120GB - $249.99 (to match with Zune 120GB)
240GB - $349.99
iPod nano - we all know how it looks like...
8GB - $149.99
16GB - $199.99
iPod Touch - no design change. GPS added. (but I wonder what good is GPS is this thing can only work in wifi?)
16GB - $199.99
32GB - $299.99
iTunes 8 - announcement of subscription service to launch in about a month or so. $149.99 without MobileMe. $99.99 with MobileMe. (This might be why Apple is hyping this event so much.)
This could be incorporated in iPhone as subscription on the go (where it is not necessary to download the music but just play as if the entire iTunes server is your database.)
and one more thing.....Powerbook G5.
iPod Classic - thinner, better batteries, little else
120GB - $249.99 (to match with Zune 120GB)
240GB - $349.99
iPod nano - we all know how it looks like...
8GB - $149.99
16GB - $199.99
iPod Touch - no design change. GPS added. (but I wonder what good is GPS is this thing can only work in wifi?)
16GB - $199.99
32GB - $299.99
iTunes 8 - announcement of subscription service to launch in about a month or so. $149.99 without MobileMe. $99.99 with MobileMe. (This might be why Apple is hyping this event so much.)
This could be incorporated in iPhone as subscription on the go (where it is not necessary to download the music but just play as if the entire iTunes server is your database.)
and one more thing.....Powerbook G5.
:] that would be. then, "One More Thing... we're discontinuing the Mac mini. bye."
There are no 240 GB 1.8-in HDD's out there.
Nsno prices look good and reasonable.
Touch prices look about right, except that GPS does NOT need WiFi.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/gps.htm
The Touch will have GPS with pre-loaded maps.
A subscription service sounds unlikely, but who knows.
And sorry, no Powerbook G5.
I'm hoping for GPS but I won't complain if it's not there.
I don't understand why people think that GPS requires cell serviceGPS is a standalone technology. Think about the in-car GPS units: they don't have any wireless connectivity; the maps are pre-loaded and the satellites send position info.
I'm holding out for what two other posters predicted: 1.5 TB iPod Touch with 100-year batteries sold in a 10-pack for $49.99! Woohoo!
I've had only one dropped call since day one. What you say is a huge exaggeration.
It's a big deal to Steve Jobs since he's a big Beatles fan.
Not sure about live video but engadget does a fine job at live text/pic based stuff.
It's more of a "we have them first" thing than anything else. That's what would make it big.
And speaking of big. Just because we hear about one Apple PR guy telling a media rag it's going to be a big deal doesn't mean there's any secret meaning to it.
I'm with you. Magnetic HDD is so 20th century. Flash is the future. HDD may still be around for storing large amount of data. But for the general consumer I guess HDD will be a better option in the near future
Many people seem to think that Beatles on iTunes would be a big deal, maybe that's it then..
but I started thinking about the GPS rumors and had an idea:
TomTom navigation software preinstalled on iPod Touches with GPS, now that would be a big deal too.
It's probably the Beatles thing, but I personally would be happier with the latter. (since I'm soon going to buy a GPS device anyway)
but I started thinking about the GPS rumors and had an idea:
TomTom navigation software preinstalled on iPod Touches with GPS, now that would be a big deal too.
It's probably the Beatles thing, but I personally would be happier with the latter. (since I'm soon going to buy a GPS device anyway)
Will you be running the MacRumours be running the spoiler free link to the video when posted???
Another thing is - will steve jobs be hosting?
Please do!!
Another thing is - will steve jobs be hosting?
Please do!!
I wanna bump these posts. Can I come to macrumors tomorrow and not be spoiled? I would like a way to watch the keynote a couple of hours after the event, without everything that happened coming up in text.
I hadn't thought about that - but it makes sense. Either that or I want it to make sense.
Also, just a quick question - Is SSD and flash hard drive the same thing? Except they call it the former if it's inside the computer, and the latter if it's external?
Another thing... now that I think about it, I NEED the ipod touch to have a larger capacity. I need more than 32 GB, and I want my first iPod to be the touch.