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'It's Only Rock and Roll' Rumor Roundup

jlasoon said:
The product is being neglected, I'll give you that. But when it comes to the hard drive, I could care less about storage capacity. I currently own the 160gb version and don't even use the internal hard drive. All my movies (720p) are streamed over my wireless N network without any hiccups. I just want 1080p capabilities since I have a 1080p television.
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Problem is: the computer has to be awake all the time for streaming to occur...
 
hitekalex said:
Probably the most boring Apple event in recent history.. Cameras in iPods.. yawn.

I suppose Bluray support in iTunes will make me a little more excited, but I don't see this happening.
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thank you somebody agrees with me... i think apple are running out of ideas.... bloody cameras on ipods??? wtf how about a larger ipod classic with os revamp (basic touch screen and scrolling like on ipod touch music part?) itunes 9 better be good!!!!
 
Last year's iPod event was awfully boring. I do wonder though if this one will beat even that.
 
No Way Apple makes a Beatles related announcement!

The event is named after a Rolling Stones song, it is retarded to think that a Beatles announcement would be made at such an event.
 
MikeTheVike said:
My iTunes at work and at home does not feel bloated, slow, and certainly not complicated...Why does everyone think this? I have a LOT of music, podcasts, etc. and it loads instantly.
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On Windows it runs very slow. It is not as bad as Office 2008 for the Mac but it does run slow compared to a Mac with the same specs.

Apple should call the next version of iTunes for Windows, "iTunes 2008".
 
GPS touch

Crossing fingers for GPS on touch. I would love to consolidate and get rid of my GPS data logger that I carry around when I take photos. This info. makes me think it will happen for the touch eventually, but I can only hope it's tomorrow. http://db.tidbits.com/article/10083 Apple needs to do something with places in iPhoto. It's such a great feature, and adding GPS to the touch would open up geotagging to so many people. If there isn't any GPS, I don't know if I'll make the jump from my 60 GB 5th gen to a 64 GB touch. I might have to hold out another year and hope for GPS.
 
I'm never one to complain about what is or isnt announced at events, but this is going to be really boring. I will proabably get one of the new pods but there is just no excitement (imo) in tomorrows event.
 
Itunes needs a revamp especially when it comes to the organization of Movies and TV Shows, which let's face it, was added as an afterthought.
 
Look, all I want is a 64-bit Cocoa iTunes app, slimmed down to half to 3/4's its current size. Give me social networking. Give me the ability to organize my apps. For god sakes, take music videos out of my music library and give them their own tab. Speaking of library's, can I get a multiple library feature please?
 
MacRumors said:
iTunes 9
A report from early last month suggested that iTunes 9, likely to be introduced at tomorrow's event, will offer support for Blu-ray media, as well the ability to organize iPhone and iPod touch applications within iTunes. Claims of social media integration also surfaced, along with several groups of questionable screenshots.
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However, rumors that iTunes will get slimmer and faster to load - thereby making it more useful for simply backing up and synching content with an iPod or iPhone - seem very unlikely.
 
McCartney said there's no deal 3 weeks ago and about 10 days ago. EMI said today that negotiations continue.

The Wednesday after Labor Day is Apple's traditional ipod announcement day. Harmonix picked 9/9/09 as the release date because of Revolution #9. EMI picked 9/9/09 to piggyback Harmonix's marketing.

I guess macrumors hasn't been paying attention cuz that rumor died awhile ago.
 
If there is an iTunes update, I hope it'll fix the thing where you're listening to music or watching a video in iTunes while also ripping a CD in it, & the music/video you're listening skips while it's ejecting the CD. I hate that! Does ejecting a CD really require that much CPU time?

Maybe it's the paranoid skeptic in me, but if I have a bad feeling about any iTunes update Apple puts out tomorrow. I just fear it'll either still be a Carbon app or if it goes Cocoa, it'll be Snow Leopard only. For Carbon, I could understand how rewriting a whole app (especially one as big as iTunes) would be a chore, but it would be really hypocritical of Apple to tell all other Companies to go to Cocoa when they don't. As for the going Cocoa in iTunes, it might be Snow Leopard only, but I wouldn't totally bet on it. If it is Snow Leopard only, it'll only be a business ploy to get people to upgrade to Snow Leopard (and by extension, a new Mac for all those PPC users out there). Although, it would be interesting to see how fast iTunes would be with OpenCL & Grand Central. Ripping CDs should be quite a bit faster, with your CD drive being the main bottleneck. Although, iTunes does a good job at maximizing CD speed already I find. It's more of an issue of how good the actual CD is rather than the drive.
 
guzhogi said:
If there is an iTunes update, I hope it'll fix the thing where you're listening to music or watching a video in iTunes while also ripping a CD in it, & the music/video you're listening skips while it's ejecting the CD. I hate that! Does ejecting a CD really require that much CPU time?

Maybe it's the paranoid skeptic in me, but if I have a bad feeling about any iTunes update Apple puts out tomorrow. I just fear it'll either still be a Carbon app or if it goes Cocoa, it'll be Snow Leopard only. For Carbon, I could understand how rewriting a whole app (especially one as big as iTunes) would be a chore, but it would be really hypocritical of Apple to tell all other Companies to go to Cocoa when they don't. As for the going Cocoa in iTunes, it might be Snow Leopard only, but I wouldn't totally bet on it. If it is Snow Leopard only, it'll only be a business ploy to get people to upgrade to Snow Leopard (and by extension, a new Mac for all those PPC users out there). Although, it would be interesting to see how fast iTunes would be with OpenCL & Grand Central. Ripping CDs should be quite a bit faster, with your CD drive being the main bottleneck. Although, iTunes does a good job at maximizing CD speed already I find. It's more of an issue of how good the actual CD is rather than the drive.
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What does going cocoa (or 64-bit for that matter) have to do with going Snow Leopard only? Haven't you noticed most of your Tiger and Panther apps are cocoa too? :) Apple still sells (or gives away) lots of cocoa apps that run on Tiger.

Besides, this would be dumb, because new iPods will probably need the new iTunes, and that means they can no longer sell these iPods to Tiger and Leopard users. Not going to happen!
 
9to5Mac / Sky News: Yoko Ono - Whole Beatles catalog to be available on iTunes


We'll believe it when we see it but a late comment by John Lennon's Heiress seems to indicate that the whole Beatles back catalog will be showing up on iTunes...perhaps at tomorrow's event. That is all. Here's some more music.

Update: The Sky link is down but here's some twitterin' evidence below.
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Although absurd, my fingers are crossed that Apple will release some sort of amp/stereo component - something ridiculously simple that integrates with your network and/or Apple TV and/or a stand-alone iPod. I picture something with the same form factor - perhaps slightly thicker - of the Apple TV. I would not miss my current amp and all its BS surround sound settings, etc. for a moment if Apple came out with simple 5.1 amp that stacked nicely with my Apple TV. (The bonus would be that the heat generated by an Apple TV and Apple Amp could replace your central heating unit and cut down on your utilities.)

Flame away...
 
AtHomeBoy_2000 said:
9to5Mac / Sky News: Yoko Ono - Whole Beatles catalog to be available on iTunes
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beat me to it... hopefully this wasn't the "one more thing" of the event... unless of course it's followed up by paul rockin' out some tunes on stage.

edit: by that I don't mean it isn't a big deal (I think it is, the more people that have access to the beatles, the better - my opinion) but i mean that it would be disappointing for them if this was the BIG reveal and yoko messed it up.
 
Don’t you get it! Apple likes to purposely confuse their consumers. They spread wrong rumors to make us think something other then the actual product is coming out. "Its only Rock and Roll" is Apple stating the opposite. I bet Apple is coming out with a whole lot more then music related products. They're throwing us a curve ball with have a Rolling Stones lyric on the invitation causing us to assume it there can't be a Beatle announcement. I bet Apple is going to have semiannual announcements, September and March.

*I see :apple:TV hardware and software updates
*iPod(obviously)
*iTunes
*iPhone 3.1
*New Displays
*The Beatles
*the much anticipated :apple:Tablet!
*Lastly the return of STEVE JOBS!

Apple as a company thinks outside of the box. Apple loves to keep us on our toes speculating what their next move is.

I’m ready for the beat down! Let me hear your comments!
 
moneyman118 said:
Don’t you get it! Apple likes to purposely confuse their consumers. They spread wrong rumors to make us think something other then the actual product is coming out. "Its only Rock and Roll" is Apple stating the opposite. I bet Apple is coming out with a whole lot more then music related products. They're throwing us a curve ball with have a Rolling Stones lyric on the invitation causing us to assume it there can't be a Beatle announcement. I bet Apple is going to have semiannual announcements, September and March.

*I see :apple:TV hardware and software updates
*iPod(obviously)
*iTunes
*iPhone 3.1
*New Displays
*The Beatles
*the much anticipated :apple:Tablet!

Apple as a company thinks outside of the box. Apple loves to keep us on our toes speculating what their next move is.

I’m ready for the beat down! Let me hear your comments!
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I've got news for you.

Your going to be in for a surprise, come the announcement tomorrow.
 
moneyman118 said:
*I see :apple:TV hardware and software updates << I'd say software/payment options not hardware
*iPod(obviously) << Agree
*iTunes << Agree
*iPhone 3.1 << Agree
*New Displays << Certainly is possible, for the 30" at least to be updated
*The Beatles << Agree
*the much anticipated :apple:Tablet! << Maybe a mention of it, doubt we'll see it for sale
*Lastly the return of STEVE JOBS! << I sure hope so
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I added what I thought, a lot seems probable.
 
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