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iHome Photos and Video

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Windowlicker said:
No, we don't. Apple might want the pictures offline to create a buzz (is that a word?!) around all this.
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I don't think Apple's legal team could strike rumors and hoaxes. What legal leg would they stand on? What about the people who'd counter-sue because they've been sued for no reason?
 
I didn't notice anyone else posting this:

Apple is known for their packaging, and the packaging seen in the iHome box is not typical of Apple in any way.
Apple's styrofoam is singular and form-fitting, the products are centered in the box with a layer of posterboard over it, and any accessories are under the product itself

This has modular styrofoam, the product is off-center, there is not a layer of posterboard present, etc.
 
100% Fake

It's 100% fake, IMO, and my main basis for the fact is that the UK Apple Store is advertising a product called...

..."eyeHome"...

...which is a set top box with a Wi-Fi card that interfaces with your mac, enabling you to display content on your TV that's on your mac's hard drive.

I seriously doubt Apple would release a product called "iHome" considering they're advertising a third party product with an almost identical name.

See http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObj...wzCzV1VpwEHDU/0.0.11.1.0.6.21.1.8.1.0.0.0.1.0 for details...
 
tb2me said:
Has it not bothered anybody else that this thing has no power button?
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Yes it does -- front face, on the bottom left corner. Doesn't make it less wrong.

Zaty said:
First of all, you're incorrect about the video out. Only PBs (the 12" via dongle) and PMs have DVI out. All other Mac only have VGA out.
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Thanks for clearing that up. I was sure about the PBooks and the PMs, but I couldn't recall if it were the same for the iBooks.

Zaty said:
you can connect a VGA monitor to you Mac via a DVI to VGA adapter.
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I figured as much, and if they did that, they'd obviously include an adapter (or at least one would hope so). But would that be a problem for the everyday user, who just wants to plug it in and go? Then again, think of the last time an everyday user got a PC. I know most of the ones I've seen don't exactly setup their own machines...
 
Yvan256 said:
So, I wasn't the only one wondering "Is this real?! iPod socks?!?" :confused: :D
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I thought it was a joke too :D


utah_boy2 said:
This may be a really stupid question, but I cant watch the video on that page with all the photos. I'm using Win XP, Any idea why?
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Do you have QuickTime? I don't know what kind of video file that is, but it opened in Safari just fine via QT, which should be the same cross-platform.

But you're not missing much, I assure you :D
 
Do you have QuickTime? I don't know what kind of video file that is, but it opened in Safari just fine via QT, which should be the same cross-platform.

But you're not missing much, I assure you :D
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Okay, I told windows to use quicktime, then I just needed to update something with QT.

Thanks
Jordan
 
1984 said:
Looks like they added carpeting since then or the older hoax was in a freight elevator at the same location. I'm sure it was done in an elevator again as a joke, just to see if anyone was paying attention. The original poster is from the UK hence the spelling of "Centre" which he didn't take into consideration when he said these pics were taken at the Moscone Center in the US. Whoops. Amazingly some still believe it but I think this is likely due to drug or alcohol abuse.
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I'm not quite sure about this, but I remember using an Apple Colour Classic back in the days.. It surely is still a fake though.
 
funny

Floop said:
Maths, because Mathematics is a plural word and when abbreviating it, it should not become a singular. Maths is short for Mathematics, not for Mathematic.

"Apple are cool" is used when people perceive Apple to be a team of people, rather than a non-human entity.

As for making your head explode, Mr. Brit-Basher, don't get me started on the way Americans pronounce the word 'herbs' without the 'h'. WHY, dammit! AluminIUM people!!!

Floop
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thats funny...sounds a little eddie izzard like. :D
 
Yvan256 said:
That's fine for a computer (where your main output is VGA/DVI), but for a home media box (which connects to the TV), the S-Video/RCA connectors need to be directly on the box.

Also, I can understand wanting to save space on laptops, but I don't get it for the eMac, iMac and that supposed "iHome", where space isn't really rare.
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Uhh.. Have you ever opened an eMac or iMac? There isn't really much space for anything else than memory and airport..

Also, as someone already pointed out, the RCA connectors would be made the Apple way so there would seem to be only a headphone jack, don't u think?
 
tb2me said:
Sorry, this isn't particularly on topic, but whatev. This is actually the first time I've ever posted, and I wanted to clear something up. As a musical theatre major, I can tell you that 'theater' and 'theatre' are actually two distinct words. 'Theatre' refers to the art form itself, i.e. 'I am a great lover of the the theatre.' or 'He was one of the theatre's great actors.' 'Theater,' on the other hand, refers to the building in which one acts, as in 'At what theater is that new play going to open?' or 'Wasn't it sad when that grand old theater burned down?'

Nowadays, people tend to use them interchangeably, using their preference for the 're' or 'er' for everything. In fact, most dictionaries now list them as the same word because of it. But if you want to be really correct about it, the difference is there.
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This off topic, but in regard to "theatre" vs. "theater". Theatre is how it is spelled in real English (everywhere except the US). This English spelling has been around for more than 500 years and is based on the Latin word "theatrum".

As with a lot of words, they take on new modern meanings, so your definitions are fine. But since you brought it up...
 
jtgotsjets said:
I didn't notice anyone else posting this:

Apple is known for their packaging, and the packaging seen in the iHome box is not typical of Apple in any way.
Apple's styrofoam is singular and form-fitting, the products are centered in the box with a layer of posterboard over it, and any accessories are under the product itself

This has modular styrofoam, the product is off-center, there is not a layer of posterboard present, etc.
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Please have a look at post no. 164. There you'll find an explanation why packaging inconsistencies are not conclusive evidence. Like I said in the above mentioned post, there is enough evidence that's is fake but not everything that has been brought up is evidence. :)
 
Windowlicker said:
Uhh.. Have you ever opened an eMac or iMac? There isn't really much space for anything else than memory and airport...
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I'm not talking about internal space, I'm talking space to put the actual ports. You don't think the video electronics are in the adapters, do you?

Windowlicker said:
Also, as someone already pointed out, the RCA connectors would be made the Apple way so there would seem to be only a headphone jack, don't u think?
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And "the Apple way" for RCA connectors would still look like a half-baked solution if this thing is supposed to be an audio/video component to sit next to your other devices.

And last, a headphone jack on a home component would ALSO be quite stupid. 99.999999% of the home devices have two RCA outputs for the audio (and most new ones have opticall/coax out for digital audio).

My point is, WHY would Apple only put a headphone jack (on the BACK of a home device, no less), and REQUIRE the use of an adapter to actually use the damn thing. This makes no sense AT ALL.

Useless adapters are pointless, please stop defending Apple on this one.
 
Seems real to me

The design seems about right, and the peripherals are appropriate for a headless mac. Two firewire ports, two usb, a network port, a mini VGA and an audio port. Only the essentials.
The pictures seem to show all the programs it could run. Now this might just be someones weekend project :rolleyes: but the actual item did not look painted to me. The peripherals look well placed.

I problem, one of the front view pictures seems to show a rainbow like line where I had placed the slot loader. If it has no CD this would cast certain doubt :confused: would it not?
 
100% Fake.

No doubt. This is not an Apple product. No way.

Of course, it may be a mock-up of something that has been seen, and this was the closest the faker could manage... someone went to a LOT of trouble here.

Fake is my vote. But let's hope not ;)
 
definately 100% fake

Right down to the foamcore model, the too black 'media centre' printing on the box, the copied ports under a 'strip' of plastic film and the poor positioning of the Apple logo.

Nice try, but us real modelmakers and product designers aren't fooled so easily.
 
Yvan256 said:
I don't think Apple's legal team could strike rumors and hoaxes. What legal leg would they stand on? What about the people who'd counter-sue because they've been sued for no reason?
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Misuse of apple's trademarked logo (in the case of fake product photos).
 
Yvan256 said:
I have no idea, seems like a software box to me. Does anyone recognize the box on the right of the "iHome" box?
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Not sure if this has been answered yet, but it looks exactly like the box for a spare ibook/powerbook power adapter.
 
Zaty said:
Please have a look at post no. 164. There you'll find an explanation why packaging inconsistencies are not conclusive evidence. Like I said in the above mentioned post, there is enough evidence that's is fake but not everything that has been brought up is evidence. :)
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Your explanation doesn't make any sense. Why would Apple make a low-quality mock-up of the packaging, and then pile it on top of some real products, then put it in an elevator so people could take pictures?
 
Pistol Pete said:
i dont know if any of you are big on the apple disscussions boards but i am.
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Meanwhile, in the Land of People Who Care... :rolleyes:

Also, a little grammer lesson: "i" should be capitalized, as well as proper nouns like company names. Contractions have apostrophies, and you need a comma after "boards."

"Big on the Apple discussion boards..." indeed.

Getting back to the iFake...

The huge "iHome" on the top of the device seems out of place, as well as the spelling of "Centre" on an American product. We are still in that same stupid elevator from the faked iMac G5 pics, with the same poor digital photos. Which were being shot with a camera phone if I remember the excuse from last year. This may explain why the video is in 3GP format. But I just can't help but think I bought a 3.2 MP camera for $150 after Christmas, and we continue to get crappy recon photos like this. The same mistaes from last year are being made, too (foam packaging that doesn't fit, fonts on packaging wrong).

Does anyone notice how bright the white of the iHome's packaging is compared to the iMacG5s'? They should be the same.

I would be really pissed if this was the "headless iMac for $500". I don't want an Apple Media/WebTV (a product that is sure to fail because the concept itself is flawed, must be why Microsoft is going to try it again). I want a full blown computer.
 
jtgotsjets said:
Your explanation doesn't make any sense. Why would Apple make a low-quality mock-up of the packaging, and then pile it on top of some real products, then put it in an elevator so people could take pictures?
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Did you read the post I referred to? I clearly said those pictures were fake. My point was those packaging inconsistencies alone wouldn't be enough evidence to call it a fake.
 
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