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'It's Only Rock and Roll' Rumor Roundup
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Maybe the "surprise" will be a Core i5 mini-tower?
Saw this today:
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"Full story" is a:
Saw this today:
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
I'm excited 'cuz what ever Touch is $299, I'll be ordering. I got 100+ free apps waiting to be used. Come on Wednesday!
Gruber has lost his mind. He needs to quit drinking the Adobe AIR kool-aid. The iTunes Store may get rendered by WebKit in iTunes 9, but there’s no way the UI will be in WebKit view. Maybe Apple will bring back “yellow box” for Windows?!?
No way will they get rid of the shuffle tomorrow. After the cameras are in all the other ipods, this is the only device that will be allowed in health clubs.
Surprise us Apple!! Make all these rumors FALSE by giving us the BEST!!
"So you guessed it, a new ipod refresh this time! WRONG!!!"
i could see peoples faces if steve jobs said that...lol
"So you guessed it, a new ipod refresh this time! WRONG!!!"
i could see peoples faces if steve jobs said that...lol
I bring my iPhone into health clubs all the time and see other smart phones with cameras all the time in the gym.
About Steve Jobs, I think we have a 50/50 chance of seeing him. But I wouldn't mind seeing Phil Schiller, I like him.
As much as I think the button-less iPod Shuffle is a stupid idea (the last gen was the sweet spot between size and functionality), they are definitely not getting rid of it. Especially now. IDK if anyone else has noticed, but the shuffle is not updated with the rest of the iPods. They do it during the Spring/late winter (~March for those of you south of the equator). Besides, the shuffle is selling quite well. So no.
As much as I think the button-less iPod Shuffle is a stupid idea (the last gen was the sweet spot between size and functionality), they are definitely not getting rid of it. Especially now. IDK if anyone else has noticed, but the shuffle is not updated with the rest of the iPods. They do it during the Spring/late winter (~March for those of you south of the equator). Besides, the shuffle is selling quite well. So no.
I think you've pretty much nailed it. I agree with what someone else said that I doubt they would phase out the shuffle though - unless of course the video nano was getting down to the size of the original shuffle
I haven't seen anyone else mention this, but they had to leave the iPhone OS 3.1 introduction until the ipod touch had a camera. If 3.1 has the rumoured augmented reality APIs included then they would need for all devices running it to have a camera. I hope we see the OS3.1 launch today. I'm wondering if google maps will have a nifty street view tie-in as a demonstrator app.
I don't think the iTunes/Beatles announcement is coming tomorrow. If it were indeed true, wouldn't they have chosen a Beatles song to headline the show vs. a Rolling Stones song? LoL That seems to sort of fly in the face of that idea IMHO.
By the way, one reason for the existance of the shuffle in the first place was because it could play FairPlay-DRM'ed AAC files.
But now that Apple has dropped FairPlay for AAC audio files, there is no real need for the shuffle anymore. Hence the possibility of a non-camera 5G iPod nano with 8 GB of flash memory selling for only US$99, not much more than the current 3G iPod shuffle with 4 GB of flash memory.
But now that Apple has dropped FairPlay for AAC audio files, there is no real need for the shuffle anymore. Hence the possibility of a non-camera 5G iPod nano with 8 GB of flash memory selling for only US$99, not much more than the current 3G iPod shuffle with 4 GB of flash memory.
My guesses:
itunes/beatles announcement
end of shuffle
iPod touch w/camera 8gb-64gb the 8gb will be $149
iPod Nano w/camera
Classic has a software update- can't see much happening with it will probably die next year if the iPod touch can get over 100gb.
itunes/beatles announcement
end of shuffle
iPod touch w/camera 8gb-64gb the 8gb will be $149
iPod Nano w/camera
Classic has a software update- can't see much happening with it will probably die next year if the iPod touch can get over 100gb.
4] Not going to happen. See the camera comment above mine
5] Don't see the tiered thing happening. Probably cheaper to have all the nanos have the same case design (unless they decide to plug the camera hole in a camera-less model, but I don't see Steve Jobs okaying that), and after the current nano-chromatic scheme, I don't see them going back to the way the second and third generations were structured color-wise. I don't know about a 32GB model either; last time Apple hastily added a 16GB model and canned the 4GB model after production started because of the Zune 8 and Zune 16. Not much pressure on that front this time.
6] 160GB single-platters don't exist, not that I know of, at least. Currently it's still 120 single and 250 double. While it's time for a hardware change, I don't find it likely.
8] Why announce it now? EMI already said it wasn't happening yet/soon.
So, is there a set time when the event starts? Just trying to figure out if I want to wait for the show to begin.
It starts at 10:00 Pacific.
Nobody can be bothered to get off their asses to go and buy CD's anymore
Nawww.. its just easier i suppose. It'd boost their download sales.
Personally I prefer classical on cd's. There are times, though, you are only wanting certain tracks. Its easier to
.So still 13.5 hours left... Thanks for your help, in 13.5 Hours I'll be in deep REM Sleep
So still 13.5 hours left... Thanks for your help, in 13.5 Hours I'll be in deep REM Sleep
Go to bed now and get up early! Then go back to bed!
So, how long does it typically take for ipods to show up on amazon after they are announced? I like not paying tax
Usually a week or two. I too live in Cali. However, I'm imagining there will be a lower-priced tax-free & free shipping online store out there. Amazon usually doesn't discount off retail, though their free shipping and no tax more than make up for it.