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since there is another even in october, I doubt that we'll see an announcement for the mac tablet or anything besides music oriented products. After all, it's called the apple "media" event for a reason.
 
str1f3 said:
You just made my week even more with the link. I'm a 31 years old partying right now and haven't heard that mentioned in almost 5 years from a friend. Every time I post on this board I feel like I'm talking to a 15 year old. Thanks for the link. I totally forgotten about that post and I've been reading MacRumors for a while now. All I care about is making iTunes faster with people larger than a 10,000 song library (not torrented).
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If you come to NYC anytime PM me. Drinks are me.
 
Yoko Ono spills the beans on Apple event tomorrow.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10596228

Yoko Ono has dropped a Beatles bombshell on Sky News in the UK - saying that the entire Beatles back catalogue will be made available on iTunes.

But the story was shortlived on the pay TV network's website - pulled down almost immediately after it was posted.

Ono's comments pre-empted a mysterious Apple press conference tomorrow US time - the same day that the remastered Beatles' catalogue and the long-awaited The Beatles: Rock Band game was to be released.

It is unclear whether the story was taken down due to an Apple complaint.

Apple news site 9to5Mac is saying a Sky News staffer "told us they were told to cut the story out immediately and not to comment. Directive came "from the very top".

The Financial Times knocked back Ono's comments, quoting EMI global catalogue boss Ernesto Schmitt saying: "Conversations between Apple and EMI are ongoing and we look forward to the day when we can make the music available digitally. But it's not tomorrow."

The most likely scenario, it would seem, is that the iPod line is getting refreshed, but many believe the Ono info is correct.

Others are picking that Apple's much-rumoured tablet PC - like a giant iPhone - will be announced.

Google's cache of the original story can be found here.

All will be revealed when the Apple event takes place tomorrow morning, New Zealand time.
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str1f3 said:
You made me laugh and I don't mean that in a offensive way with the yellow box reference. iTunes on Windows would require a complete redesign on the Windows side if they went with 64bit Cocoa and it has to be mIntained. It's interesting that he says this as iTunes is already in a sense a browser, albeit a specialized one.
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Itunes on Windows does require a complete redesign - it is simply gross. An alien pig of an application.

Forget Cocoa - make it C# and .NET.... It might have a chance then....
 
Spoiler Free

It looks like MacRumors isn't having the Spolier-free link like usual. Could someone give me the link if it is there, and I just can't see it?
 
AidenShaw said:
Saw this today:

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Full story link.

"Full story" is a:

  • 2.66 Quad Core i5
  • Intel Motherboard
  • 4 GiB OCZ DDR3 PC3-10666
  • 1 GB 7200 drive
  • Mid-tower case (black, not beige ;) )
  • 550 watt PS
for under $600...
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Apple would never use OCZ memory in a shipping Mac-most likely this system is from a PC vendor (and of course not related to iPods).
 
I really think Steve Jobs will mention something about a widescreen iPod with touch controls, a revolutionary mobile phone, and a breakthrough Internet communications device. Mark my words!
 
True, no one needs an ipod. No one needs a mac.

3 needs in life. Food, water and shelter. The rest are wants.

Drag'nGT said:
Totally agree but it seems I always think I won't need it and then when I get home I get "Why didn't you answer me? I needed you to _________" :rolleyes:
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turn it on vibrate then.

BeyondtheTech said:
I really think Steve Jobs will mention something about a widescreen iPod with touch controls, a revolutionary mobile phone, and a breakthrough Internet communications device. Mark my words!
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they will not release a new iPhone. get over it
 
My predictions:
  • No Beatles related announcement
  • iPod nano fifth generation introduction, featuring camera.
  • Similar range of colors like last year's models for nano
  • touch-camera, faster processor and GPU, oleophobic screen coating.
  • classic-120GB model refreshed, includes earphones with remote and mic
  • iTunes 9
  • Cocktail format introduced
  • No tablet announcement
  • One more thing: standard non remote/mic earbuds discontinued, replaced by remote/mic version-bundled with every new iPod

My predictions-the results:
  • No Beatles related announcement Correct
  • iPod nano fifth generation introduction, featuring camera. Correct
  • Similar range of colors like last year's models for nano Correct
  • touch-camera, faster processor and GPU, oleophobic screen coating. Partly correct-no camera, but OpenGL ES 2.0 support would mean it has a new CPU/GPU, no info on if the screen coating was changed
  • classic-120GB model refreshed, includes earphones with remote and mic Wrong-160GB, comes with standard earbuds and not the remote and mic ones
  • iTunes 9 Correct
  • Cocktail format introduced correct-Seems to be iTunes LP
  • No tablet announcement Correct
  • One more thing: standard non remote/mic earbuds discontinued, replaced by remote/mic version-bundled with every new iPod
    Partly correct-only touch and shuffle includes the remote/mic version

    So in all, I was a little accurate with my predictions.
 
AidenShaw said:
Itunes on Windows does require a complete redesign - it is simply gross. An alien pig of an application.

Forget Cocoa - make it C# and .NET.... It might have a chance then....
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I agree. I've used it on Windows XP. On the Mac it's unbearable. On Windows it's almost impossible. That's why even though I disagree with Gruber, sometimes, it's a possibillity if it's fast enough. Windows is as important (if not moreso) to iTunes as the Mac is now.

I can imagine Jobs thinking the exact same thing as well. He must have unlimited access to songs and his iTunes library has to be 10x as much as mine and he must loathe it. With the update to Office 2008, it has become the slowest app on my Mac and I'm an avid iTunes user to its fullest extent.


You are also welcome to drinks on me if you ever come by NYC Aiden.
 
Drag'nGT said:
Besides, Michael's dead and his funeral cost too much. The family needs the money. :D
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Michael Jackson only owned half of the rights to record new music using the songs...he didn't own, and never owned, the original recordings.
 
Well it looks like these new ipods will be hitting store shelves pretty much immediately according to this site http://www.jbhifi.com.au/ . If u look at the banner at the top of the page it says "NEW IPODS COMING THIS WEEK"
 
yea i dont think this year is going to be so "Spectacular" as previous years. I Hope the tablet is the new "Revolutionary" tech gadget coming in the next few months..
 
FreeState said:
I bring my iPhone into health clubs all the time and see other smart phones with cameras all the time in the gym.
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Many schools have banned cell phones from locker rooms. Just a few cases of some pervert posting naked pictures on myspace and that rule gets established pretty quickly. Worse: video.

My health club has a strict no cell phone use in locker room policy, because of the camera problem. It wouldn't be too far of a stretch - if ipods have cameras - to see that policy extended to camera ipods too.
 
AidenShaw said:
Itunes on Windows does require a complete redesign - it is simply gross. An alien pig of an application.

Forget Cocoa - make it C# and .NET.... It'll be exactly the same....
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Fixed

.Net (MONO) on Unix is a load of sloppy brown cheese cake. (Just use Banshee or Gnome) Cocoa is a relatively good Framework, it just needs competent programmers.

As far as I can tell the MacOSX, Quicktime/iTunes, iWork and iLife teams are separate.
 
mkatsa said:
Well it looks like these new ipods will be hitting store shelves pretty much immediately according to this site http://www.jbhifi.com.au/ . If u look at the banner at the top of the page it says "NEW IPODS COMING THIS WEEK"
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This is hardly a reliable source. Anyone reading macrumors the past month could've guessed that, but the recent delay may not be reflected in that ad.
 
mattwolfmatt said:
Many schools have banned cell phones from locker rooms. Just a few cases of some pervert posting naked pictures on myspace and that rule gets established pretty quickly. Worse: video.

My health club has a strict no cell phone use in locker room policy, because of the camera problem. It wouldn't be too far of a stretch - if ipods have cameras - to see that policy extended to camera ipods too.
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Wow, looks like the only option in that case if you wanted to bring it would be to either cover up your camera so they can't see it, or else break it so it's clearly unusable.
 
aafuss1 said:
My predictions:

[*]One more thing: standard non remote/mic earbuds discontinued, replaced by remote/mic version-bundled with every new iPod
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that's boring.

I'm thinking the cable and the crappy stock headphones will be in black/sliver (or they will match the ipod color) (given the ipods no longer come in white)
 
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