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iPods Tuesday?

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Originally posted by vanillamike
I don't really see why the offer on the 10Gb iPod would push back the release of the new iPods. Personally I don't think offering a bunch of free connection accessories is going to sell a ton of 10 GB iPods. I could be wrong, but if I am how many people have gone out and bought 10GB iPods because of the promotion?

All I want is a slim 20GB (oh and a price drop), please Apple, please let me spend money on your product :(

Here's hoping for tomorrow!!!

Mike
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I agree. To further your point, it is only th Mac version that applies. If they wanted to deplete their inventory they would have made the offer available to all models or put them on sale. Furthermore they would have made the offer available to everyone not to the few who receieved an email (the offer does not apply to retail stores). Maybe they just wanted to get rid of the chargers. Lastly, Apple is losing business by not having a lower end model available - there have been many new products released that offer 20 gb for under 400 $. Here is to new ipods on the splash page tomorrow.
 
I don't think iPods will be out until there is a new iTunes, like how itunes 3 and 20gig ipod came out at same time, and itunes 2 and original ipod. i think they are starting a trend, hopefully with aac in itunes 4. do you think they will include a "converter" to convert MP3s to AAC?
 
Originally posted by SoonToGetAMac
do you think they will include a "converter" to convert MP3s to AAC?
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No. At best it would sound just like the MP3 you have, but perhaps you are more concerned with file size.

If you want to use AAC rip the original source CD using AAC to get better sound quality at the same file size as your MP3s. Converting MP3s you have already ripped to AAC would be a huge waste of time IMO. The main idea is to get something better sounding in the same size, not making something compromized alreaady and making it slightly smaller and perhaps worse sounding.
 
Okay, thanks. I knew file sizes would go down, but I wasn't positive that it was a totally different compression algarithm. Wow, it would really suck to have to re-import all of my CDs.
 
Apple is taking sssso long to come out with an update that they *must* be working out the bugs on a new iPod with a new featureset! Some new 'wow' features, hopefully? Can't think of any other reasonable explanation for the delay.

40GB ipod, full-panel color LCD display with mini iCal, iTunes, Safari,
and Appleworks with inkwell input, not to mention airport extreme. Pleeeeeeazzze?
 
vanillamike, i think your pushing for something other than an iPod. I personally don't think they will updat ethe iPod anytime soon. i can't believe i've been waiting this long though. All i want is an iPod for $299, and a remote.....!
 
Originally posted by Nitro230ft
vanillamike, i think your pushing for something other than an iPod. I personally don't think they will updat ethe iPod anytime soon. i can't believe i've been waiting this long though. All i want is an iPod for $299, and a remote.....!
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Ya no,

I am only looking for a 20GB iPod that is slimmed down to the size of the current 10GB and for the price of the current 10GB ($399).

I'm not asking for a colour screen, a pda, or a tablet. All I am asking for is the above, which translates to "All I want is a slim 20GB (oh and a price drop)"

Mike
 
I am using a PC, until I can afford a powermac, I want to re-rip all my CD in the ACC file format. Any suggestion on an encoder for PC. I know that the LAME encoder is widley considered to best MP3 encoder, but how about in the AAC format.

Thanks:D
 
i broke down

today i went out and bought a rio s35s.

i could not wait any longer for the rumored ipods and i needed an mp3 player that i could rough up, since i'm running x-country and lifting weights while using it.

ah well. i'll save the rest of my money for the rumored 970s. ;) :p
 
Fat Tuesday!!!Screw the ipods!

Oh great! Every frickin tuesday I was one of the many optimistic fools hoping for a new ipod to be released and every tuesday I was only let down. Well, Tomorrow is Fat Tuesday and instead of hoping for an ipod, I'm hoping for some kick ass beads from the Zulu parade and then whatever else I can get from the quarter! Happy Mardi Gras folks! Go crazy then get spiritually cleansed on Ash Wednesday. Wow, I love my school for giving us 3 days off for Mardi gras and then spring break a couple weeks later.

yeah, you know I'll be checking the apple site wednesday when I regain consciousness.:D
 
FlashTrax player

That FlashTrax media player by SmartDisk looks great but the press release does not have a lot of details. I bet they use the Windows Media Player format but hopefully it is MP4. I wonder if it will be supported on OS X. One of their slide-scanner products has Mac support but by that they mean OS 9.

The Apple music service rumor sounds too nutty not to be true. Now that audio CDs are sold with piracy protection I would definitely consider a service like this for my music purchases. The problem is that downloading music is better suited to singles rather than whole CDs.

I think new iPods will come out tonight. I hope there will also be new firmware for the older iPods so that we can play MP4 sound files with them.
 
the idea of new iPod's is nothing but a dream now... they might be updated one' when i am old and deaf. i will look at them through my 2-inch thick spectacle and tell my grandkids about how i used to stay up nights, waiting for these little pieces of white heaven.
 
From a product placement perspective, Apple is truly acting like a bunch of fools. They are losing market share, there is a certain amount of disappointment in their silence, and they are leaving the front splash page up with something that is annoying any Apple consumer who does not care about high powered servers. They need an update just to get off the Xserve kick and get back to some high margin consumer products that people are ready to go out and buy immediately. Sorry, just venting my frustration.
 
If they are waiting for April to coincide with the release of the new iTunes I am going SCREAM!!!!

I would say I am leaving the rumor boards and buying a new mp3 player, but I have invested too much time, that and I love you guys :p

I just keep looking at my empty Marware SportSuite Convertible iPod case I got for Christmas and wonder when the madness will end.

On a separate note that article sounds awesome. Imagine you are putting together an iPhoto album for your friends. For just $15 you can load it up with perfect quality current top 40 songs then burn it and send it to your friends. (I guess you could do that now, but having it all integrated with iLife would be sweet).

Mike
 
Originally posted by Digidesign
My guess is we won't see new iPods until iTunes 4 is released. :(
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After 3 months of waiting, I don't want you to be right, but I think you are going to be...:(

Apple will most likely flaunt any new capabilities of an improved iPod with the latest tricked out version of iTunes.

Raid
 
Originally posted by ceb
From a product placement perspective, Apple is truly acting like a bunch of fools. They are losing market share, there is a certain amount of disappointment in their silence, and they are leaving the front splash page up with something that is annoying any Apple consumer who does not care about high powered servers. They need an update just to get off the Xserve kick and get back to some high margin consumer products that people are ready to go out and buy immediately. Sorry, just venting my frustration.
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XServe is their highest margin product. One Xserve sale generates as much profit as 50 iPod sales. My guess is that this is part of Apple's strategy to market itself as a serious business solution. That's why they've recently upgraded and seriously promoted Powerbooks, Powermacs, and XServe and de-emphasized IBooks (update comping in 2010), iMacs (update sucked), and eMacs (updated? I think I heard a whisper when it happened), and unfortunately the iPod. They'll redouble this push when the 970 comes out.

Just my pennies.

- Curious ... a Mac?
 
that's the great thing about the title of this thread - it's ever-enduring!

here's to next tuesday :p
 
No ipod...surprise surprise

Well, I'm mardi gras-ed out and there's still no ipod. I got a chance to check out an archos and that thing weighs a ton! Okay, relative to the ipod it weighs a ton. But hey, if I ever took up running and wanted to run with weights, I could buy two of them and listen to a different song in each ear and get a great workout.
 
Originally posted by Anne
that's the great thing about the title of this thread - it's ever-enduring!

here's to next tuesday :p
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I think this idea should be a new thread... but seriously folks... :rolleyes:
 
Apple is taking sssso long to come out with an update that they *must* be working out the bugs on a new iPod with a new featureset! Some new 'wow' features, hopefully? Can't think of any other reasonable explanation for the delay.
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Or that they aren't releasing it yet for other business reasons. Is the reason the 17"PBs aren't out yet is because of a killer new feature they've decided to add at the last moment? No. My guess the new ipods are ready to go designwise. Perhaps (unlike the PBs) they're trying to actually have some they can sell when they announce them :rolleyes:
 
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