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Banners Up for Apple's Let's Rock Media Event on September 9th
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Correct, just the educated few.
Agreed. I am not making any guess, especially the uneducated ones claiming or hoping for MacBook Pros and redesigned MacBooks. I am just going to sit back and watch... may even wait until the 10th to see what happened.
Double agreed. People got a little too carried away with the Air launch. They got their hopes on some magical 11" 1 pound 12" Powerbook replacement with dedicated graphics and 4GBs of RAM. And were pissed off when Apple gave them what was technically feasible.
Don't think that we will see all flashed based iPods this time. Agree that we will see it in the future.
A Nano Touch would be interesting, but think we won't see this as the screen would be too small.
Wireless syncing would be nice.
The rest seem plausible. We'll know soon!
Fake!
That huge banner is soooo fake, even the bench is fake, look how it pixelates at the end, even the buildings are fake. And the sky? Who said sky was blue hmmm?
(Yes I'm being pretentious like all the other Photoshop 'experts' tht claim they can spot a fake)
That huge banner is soooo fake, even the bench is fake, look how it pixelates at the end, even the buildings are fake. And the sky? Who said sky was blue hmmm?
(Yes I'm being pretentious like all the other Photoshop 'experts' tht claim they can spot a fake)
Umm, maybe it will be announced that this will be Steve Jobs last Apple media event and the "one more thing" announcement will be his successor.
That would absolutely KILL Apple's stock. Steve doesn't want to lose that much money (seeing as he has so much Apple stock). No way.
- new iPod Nano design.
- new iPod Touch Nano.
- high capacity 30 and 60 GB iPod "Classic" offered with flash memory only.
- Mostly DRM-free iTunes tracks.
- Mobile Me storage of your music, and streaming anywhere you are.
- new iPod Touch Nano.
- high capacity 30 and 60 GB iPod "Classic" offered with flash memory only.
- Mostly DRM-free iTunes tracks.
- Mobile Me storage of your music, and streaming anywhere you are.
The last Apple thing I bought was an iPhone, on launch day (July 11).
I am suddenly overcome to buy something more. I don't need anything. I have a sweet MacBook and iPhone 3G. But for some reason I want a nano or a classic. Why??
I miss my 80GB classic, but I love my iPhone. What is a boy to do?
I am suddenly overcome to buy something more. I don't need anything. I have a sweet MacBook and iPhone 3G. But for some reason I want a nano or a classic. Why??
I miss my 80GB classic, but I love my iPhone. What is a boy to do?
Apple TV
Apple's held events for less, but iTunes going all DRM free is nothing more than a press release. Special events are hardware focused.
Television shows in HD? Weren't Apple televisions rumored about once upon a time? iPhone/iTouch remote controls, Apple TV built-in, they've even tested a speaker system. The display is the easy part. Throw in some Ive design pizazz, and it's home theater Apple style. What are they waiting for?
Or maybe it's a souped up Apple TV/Time Capsule/preamp/receiver that can drive your home theater. Digital amp. QAM/ATSC tuners. One device to rule them all.
Apple's held events for less, but iTunes going all DRM free is nothing more than a press release. Special events are hardware focused.
Television shows in HD? Weren't Apple televisions rumored about once upon a time? iPhone/iTouch remote controls, Apple TV built-in, they've even tested a speaker system. The display is the easy part. Throw in some Ive design pizazz, and it's home theater Apple style. What are they waiting for?
Or maybe it's a souped up Apple TV/Time Capsule/preamp/receiver that can drive your home theater. Digital amp. QAM/ATSC tuners. One device to rule them all.
I would love to see an iPod touch-thin Classic. That would be awesome.
The one thing I miss is being able to control my iPod from my pocket, without taking it out. With the iPhone and iPod touch, I need to take it out to change tracks.
Yes, I know the iPhone has that little clicker thingy. But who uses iPhone earbuds anyway?
Free iPod Touch Firmware
Please no more paid upgrade for iPod Touch firmware. I believe I already got what I wanted for upgrading my iTouch to 2.0 the Apps. That is the only reason why I paid for this firmware. After this forget about future paid firmware update nothing revolutionary about it that supports the current version for iTouch. Alright Apple I'm done paying you $9.99 for the firmware I rather buy me a nice app than buying a firmware update this coming tuesday.
Please no more paid upgrade for iPod Touch firmware. I believe I already got what I wanted for upgrading my iTouch to 2.0 the Apps. That is the only reason why I paid for this firmware. After this forget about future paid firmware update nothing revolutionary about it that supports the current version for iTouch. Alright Apple I'm done paying you $9.99 for the firmware I rather buy me a nice app than buying a firmware update this coming tuesday.
you can only put them on your iPod. you can put them on a third party mp3 player or your phone.
I've always thought that now would be too soon for a flash-based Classic model, because flash memory is too expensive.
But...you can buy a 32GB CompactFlash card for $100, stuff it inside an old iPod Mini, and you basically have a 32GB flash-based iPod right there for $150. So maybe Apple can do a 32GB flash Classic for a reasonable price after all.
I have always been attracted to the thought of purchasing a Nano, the only thing holding me back thus far has been capacity issues.
For about the past 4 months I have been using an orange iPod Shuffle as my mp3 player of choice for running/car/home etc. I enjoy the portable size and the random song play in the car, but I would eventually like to choose what I listen to besides flipping the in-order/random switch.
That being said, I hope the Nanos come with larger storage capacity. If they were to announce a 32GB nano I'd be all over it. On the other hand I'd love to get an iPod touch, but for as active as I am I don't see the convenience of having a touch with you while running, or for that matter even car use.
Either way, this whole debut will be cool that they're doing. My true excitement lies in the hope that they announce the laptops everybody has been aching for.
For about the past 4 months I have been using an orange iPod Shuffle as my mp3 player of choice for running/car/home etc. I enjoy the portable size and the random song play in the car, but I would eventually like to choose what I listen to besides flipping the in-order/random switch.
That being said, I hope the Nanos come with larger storage capacity. If they were to announce a 32GB nano I'd be all over it. On the other hand I'd love to get an iPod touch, but for as active as I am I don't see the convenience of having a touch with you while running, or for that matter even car use.
Either way, this whole debut will be cool that they're doing. My true excitement lies in the hope that they announce the laptops everybody has been aching for.
I've never had problems with my iPhone, nor have the handful of friends who also have iPhones. But I am in Japan, and we have relatively good 3G networks here. I have said it in the past, the fact that Japan iPhone's don't have a 'fall back network' - aka Edge - that the Iphone seems happy to play along by itself on the 3G. I think this is the issue with the software for the US as the iPhone gets itself a little confused and drops calls as it tries to decide 3G or Edge. That being said, it needs to be fixed.
And I hope the event does fix it, and the iPod nano is not the candy-bar orange one as i still don't think I like it, not that I have any say as to what would be a hit or not - just my opinion, new designs on th iPod touch to bring the features just below those of the iPhone, better mobile me intergration of all products - it is 'mobile' me so put the 'mobile' in there for better use, and possible new features on newly designed MacBooks and MacBook Pros - multi-touch trackpads across the line, with more touch functionality - and dare I say it - a MacTablet with full touch screen.
I have to agree. I hope Apple releases an iPhone / iPod touch remote (one that looks cool and doesn't have a mile long cable) that can clip on nicely and have a headphone jack for those who want to use better headphone. Or Apple partners with a quality headphone maker to come up with a better sounding set of Apple headphones.
Global store
iTunes store goes global starting in all countries where iPhone is sold. Purchases will be of course DRM free. But to get agreement for that from labels Apple agreed to provide also subscription scheme. DRM for subscriptions will be licensed also to 3rd party hardware producers. Some major partners will be announced.
iTunes store goes global starting in all countries where iPhone is sold. Purchases will be of course DRM free. But to get agreement for that from labels Apple agreed to provide also subscription scheme. DRM for subscriptions will be licensed also to 3rd party hardware producers. Some major partners will be announced.
^^^Yeah, I should have added "subscription model" to my last post. That's coming.
And the image is played out, boring, and doesn't conjure up any excitement anymore, really. Nothing is cool forever, and Apple's marketing department should realize that.
And the image is played out, boring, and doesn't conjure up any excitement anymore, really. Nothing is cool forever, and Apple's marketing department should realize that.
subscription won't be happened this time. never. global store? it can't happened neither. copy right management is big trouble in some countries like China, Korea, Russia. we can't see it yet. there are a lot of songs already DRM free.
I can't wait!! Even though its just a day to go now, I'm seriously tempted to buy any IPod Touch I can lay my hands on. Yeah, I know how dumb that is. Don't tell me!. BTW I'm just curious about the fact that the net is swarming with the (so called?) leaked photos of Nano (I'm goin to kill any1 who tells me that its actually 'IPod Nano' ) and there are no solid rumors regarding IPod Touch, barring the random spectulations that it might have a camera and/or GPS. Anyways, I just wanted to ask that when will these IPods be available in the market?? On the day of the launch or does it take a couple of days? Also, will it be available in all the countries initially? Is there going to be a price drop?
) and there are no solid rumors regarding IPod Touch, barring the random spectulations that it might have a camera and/or GPS. Anyways, I just wanted to ask that when will these IPods be available in the market?? On the day of the launch or does it take a couple of days? Also, will it be available in all the countries initially? Is there going to be a price drop?