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iPods Tuesday?
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OK, I'm a little confused, I must have fallen off the face of th earth for a few hours...
What's with all the iPod on Thursday rumors?
Any basis in fact or is this just a bunch of talk?
What's with all the iPod on Thursday rumors?
Any basis in fact or is this just a bunch of talk?
Uhh...G homie, according to Walmart.com, Walmart doesn't sell iPods. I called The Apple Store a long time ago, maybe 4 hours ago, and they said they only have 10 and 20 gigs And I went to Bestbuy and they had one 10gb and one 20gb. I doubt new iPods will come out tomorrow. BUT IF THEY DO....GREAT! If they don't, I'm going to buy a refurbished 10gb. -tomorrow
n-dog... thats why i said orange is for sarcasm!!! im aquainted with the fact that whitetrash-mart doesnt sell anything but cheap cough syrup and stale pretzels to the trailer park kids... mac users shop at target...
iPhones/iPods..?
With all of these rumours re iPhones being a sort of extension of the iPod and, more importantly, Apple branded, a lot of people seemed to have overlooked a very obvious fact.
That Motorola already make mobile phones!
If Apple were to make their own phones, they would be in direct competition with its main processor suppliers! Therefore, the logical solution has to be an Apple branded Motorola made phone. This would surely be titanium (at least in colour) and would definitely include Bluetooth, otherwise there's no point.
I thought of the idea for an iPhone a few years ago. The idea was based around an iMac having a TV tuner and an infra-red port. The phone would hae acted as both a remote for the iMac's TV tuner and iTunes, and as a mobile contacts system via a USB port. The creme de la creme would have been a touchpad screen on the phone that would double up as a mouse. Now that Bluetooth is out, these would be so much easier to implement, and link in with Apple's iLife fantastically. I want one now!
With all of these rumours re iPhones being a sort of extension of the iPod and, more importantly, Apple branded, a lot of people seemed to have overlooked a very obvious fact.
That Motorola already make mobile phones!
If Apple were to make their own phones, they would be in direct competition with its main processor suppliers! Therefore, the logical solution has to be an Apple branded Motorola made phone. This would surely be titanium (at least in colour) and would definitely include Bluetooth, otherwise there's no point.
I thought of the idea for an iPhone a few years ago. The idea was based around an iMac having a TV tuner and an infra-red port. The phone would hae acted as both a remote for the iMac's TV tuner and iTunes, and as a mobile contacts system via a USB port. The creme de la creme would have been a touchpad screen on the phone that would double up as a mouse. Now that Bluetooth is out, these would be so much easier to implement, and link in with Apple's iLife fantastically. I want one now!
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the thursday prediction was a joke, i believe. no need to get upset about its innacuracy!
however, i think we may be waiting until april for a new ipod and itunes (they just have to be released together to support each other's new features; whatever they might be
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the thursday prediction was a joke, i believe. no need to get upset about its innacuracy!
however, i think we may be waiting until april for a new ipod and itunes (they just have to be released together to support each other's new features; whatever they might be
)First, holiday demand depleted Apple's stock of 5gb iPods to none. Then, sustained demand for these unavailable iPods peeved them off so much that now they won't make any more until we stop demanding them so rudely (and significantly)!!
We should start asking politely for some 5gb iPods, and not demand them. Apple is trying to retain some respectable etiquette in our greedy consumer society.
Removed the word holiday . . .
It seems that when they removed the word holiday they also inadvertantly removed some other html tags in the ipod webpage. Maybe I'm crazy, but the section below 'iPod Corporate Gifts' is not formatted like it was.
Needless to say I'll be happy to visit this page when the 40 gig comes out a buy one, no matter how bad the formatting of columns looks!
It seems that when they removed the word holiday they also inadvertantly removed some other html tags in the ipod webpage. Maybe I'm crazy, but the section below 'iPod Corporate Gifts' is not formatted like it was.
Needless to say I'll be happy to visit this page when the 40 gig comes out a buy one, no matter how bad the formatting of columns looks!
New 5 Gig iPod $289
I went to my local Fry's Electronics here in Phoenix today and they had a single 5 GIG ipod (Mac version) on the shelf. It wasn't a return and was priced at $289.
It looks the few retailers who do have 5 gigs in stock are trying to get rid of their inventories.
Fry's had plenty of 10 and 20's w/ no price reduction.
There's been a lot of speculation regarding what type of update Apple will release. Realistically, when an iPod announcement occurs here is what I think we'll see :
1. no changes to 10 & 20 gig models
2. introduction of 40 gig model
3. three tiered product pricing will remain the same at $299/$399/$499
4. firmware update for some sort of additional functionality. (AAC would be nice but not likely)
Basically, there will be no cosmetic or hardware changes except for the larger 40 gig.
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I went to my local Fry's Electronics here in Phoenix today and they had a single 5 GIG ipod (Mac version) on the shelf. It wasn't a return and was priced at $289.
It looks the few retailers who do have 5 gigs in stock are trying to get rid of their inventories.
Fry's had plenty of 10 and 20's w/ no price reduction.
There's been a lot of speculation regarding what type of update Apple will release. Realistically, when an iPod announcement occurs here is what I think we'll see :
1. no changes to 10 & 20 gig models
2. introduction of 40 gig model
3. three tiered product pricing will remain the same at $299/$399/$499
4. firmware update for some sort of additional functionality. (AAC would be nice but not likely)
Basically, there will be no cosmetic or hardware changes except for the larger 40 gig.
my .02
Well, I decided to go ahead and get a 10gb from Best Buy. They had some in-stock and the sales associate checked the computer and he didn't see anything about new shipments of updated iPods. But hey, I've got 30 days incase something does happen.
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