How is Apple supposed to fill a keynote by showing new iPods with cameras? I mean 3.0 is already out and I doubt the touch is going to have anything groundbreaking that is not in the iPhone. These seem like small tweaks which are nice but not "let's throw an event" for it nice. As every year goes on the iPod event is getting less interesting (especially for the touch) because Apple shows off the new firmware for the iPhone in June and the touch plays catch up in September/October.
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damn man, did he have to like drag it behind his truck to sneak it to his house? my god, thing looks like it got caught in a fight with a lawn mower and the lawn mower won!
Have EVER had an ipod? If so, you wouldnt be so surprised.
There is not a single scratch on any of my six iPods. Maybe you should take care of your possessions.
As to the photos? NOT SHOPPED. There is still the potential for them to be custom fakes, but being real is looking more and more likely.
I hope to see an unibody design. (with a shinny, non-lit black apple logo on back)
While I believe the touch may get a camera, I believe this photo is fake. I don't see them keeping the same shell for the second year in the row.
After all, all the ipods expect the classic ditched the chrome backing for a more unibody style.
You're kidding, right?
Don't you remember when they had an event to launch this thing?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod_Hi-Fi
(They also put out an upgraded Mac Mini at that event, but that's even less exciting than the speakers, in my opinion.)
New iPod Nano, new iPod Touch, new iPod Classic?, iTunes 9.0?, iPhone OS 3.1, whatever Cocktail is, Apple TV?, Snow Leopard, new iMac?, Tablet?.
I think all of these are huge possibilities. With Snow Leopard coming in September, I would expect Apple to talk about it, making the event not iPod-only. And with Snow Leopard, new iMacs (and maybe Mac Minis) can come, as well as the rumored tablet.
I don't know why, I just get the feeling Apple is losing steam a bit when it comes to innovation in iPods. Adding a camera seems a bit of a "Sony Ericssonish" type thing to do, just an evolutionary thing, and adding a camera seems like they're running out of ideas. Hopefully in the next couple of years they can introduce something thats truly revolutionary for an iPod.
I guess:
* New iPod Touch (Camera, more space, maybe slight price drop?)
* iTunes 9
* That download-an-album format thing they're talking about
* iPhone 3.1 update
I would like but am not expecting:
* Apple TV software that adds some new integration with iTunes 9 and iPhone 3.1 features
like what? Theres nothing much they can do. they have computers, they have a cell phone, they have a music player.
A digital camera/camcorder? may be, bjut there are far more advnaced models with features apple may think "suck" or "arnt cool enough"
a HD-TV? na, we got enough models.
So whats next?
Apple learnt from their mistake, I don't think they'll repeat embarrassment like that again.
Wow factor-wise, it's not doing anything for me. However, if they double the storage and increase the processor speed for the same price points, sign me up! It would also mean that you could buy a 32 GB iPod touch for less than a 32 GB iPhone 3GS even without the £35/month contract for 18 months. Can you say cannibalized sales? O2 may have to do something.
I don't know, I'm not the innovator. Apple is the innovator. They have innovated before, and I expect them to do it again. I wouldn't expect you or I to predict what Apple could do next to innovate, if one of us could then we'd belong on the Apple design team.
Fair point actually... do these people not know that even decent 9mp compacts make images that are acceptable why are they always mobile phone images -_- get a decent Nikon or Canon D-SLR and make the images again is what i say
engadget is calling it fake, saying,
"Update: As commenter Joseph pointed out, these look pretty fake when you zoom in Photoshop -- there's a pretty distinct square of pixels around the lens. Nice publicity stunt, guys -- we'll totally start listening to your show now."
"Update: As commenter Joseph pointed out, these look pretty fake when you zoom in Photoshop -- there's a pretty distinct square of pixels around the lens. Nice publicity stunt, guys -- we'll totally start listening to your show now."
It would seem odd for Apple to introduce a new iMac, Tablet, or talk about Snow Leopard at an iPod event. If they are going to do just an event to introduce new products and no specific theme involved (iPods, Notebooks) then I can see that. What I am trying to say is that iPod themed events are getting a little slow, I doubt the nano is going to see anything groundbreaking same for the classic. Do you really need an event to show OS 3.1? Throwing the new iPod's up on the front page of Apple.com and having some tutorials and new commercials would probably get the job done. A few years ago when a new iPod was introduced they would talk about in on CNN, thats how big of an event it was. Now it gets a small blurb on the scrolling news on the bottom.
