dornoforpyros said:
As both a SIRI and AAPL shareholder, this is exactly what I'm hoping for. The potential for this is bigger than huge.
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As both a SIRI and AAPL shareholder, this is exactly what I'm hoping for. The potential for this is bigger than huge.
Just more evidence that Apple is definitely a hardware company.
A hardware company that makes the best software and gadgets on the planet so people will buy their hardware.
Or maybe they're a software company that is limited to selling to only 1.6% of the computer market because their software only works on 1.6% of the computers out there.
Which decision would be better for the future of the company...
#1 spend zillions of dollars making the best software with nobody to sell it to (in hopes they'll purchase your hardware)
#2 spend zillions making the best software and make it available on the best hardware (apple) AND the other 98%
Or option #3 announce that your cool awesome hardware also now runs windows if you just have to have it, but it also runs OSX, which runs all the cool mac programs.
I think Jobs is secretely, but completely openly, marketing #3. He announced that the box would run windows, but OSX can't run on wintel boxes. Instantly increasing apple's hardware market to EVERYONE. And, everyone will want one because they can also boot into OSX and run the cool apple stuff.
Hmmmmmm
A hardware company that makes the best software and gadgets on the planet so people will buy their hardware.
Or maybe they're a software company that is limited to selling to only 1.6% of the computer market because their software only works on 1.6% of the computers out there.
Which decision would be better for the future of the company...
#1 spend zillions of dollars making the best software with nobody to sell it to (in hopes they'll purchase your hardware)
#2 spend zillions making the best software and make it available on the best hardware (apple) AND the other 98%
Or option #3 announce that your cool awesome hardware also now runs windows if you just have to have it, but it also runs OSX, which runs all the cool mac programs.
I think Jobs is secretely, but completely openly, marketing #3. He announced that the box would run windows, but OSX can't run on wintel boxes. Instantly increasing apple's hardware market to EVERYONE. And, everyone will want one because they can also boot into OSX and run the cool apple stuff.
Hmmmmmm
<Insert obligatory whine about how they've probably ignored gapless playback again, when it should have been a core feature no later than iTunes 2.0... Music lovers? Attention to detail? Yeah right! >
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akac said:
Regardless of how much music one has, one will always get tired of it. Podcasting might be a fad, but when there are 12 million iPods outhere a fad lasting a couple of years could translate into big business for Apple as it sells more iPods and Apple computers.
Personally I could not for the life of me see how Apple can seriously believe the people would spend over $350 for an iPod. And yet it was a fad that made Apple millions. Steve knows what he is doing and has some very good minds around him. This podcasting may be the mid term fad to keep Apple going until those kick ass Intel systems come out.
Podcasting
I think podcasting could kill XM satellite radio. Why pay all that money when you can just download your talk radio shows and you already have all your music. I think this could be the reason we haven't seen XM radio in an iPod.
Apple needs to come out with a car stereo.
I think podcasting could kill XM satellite radio. Why pay all that money when you can just download your talk radio shows and you already have all your music. I think this could be the reason we haven't seen XM radio in an iPod.
Apple needs to come out with a car stereo.
Bit Torrent + podcast = super cool!
I've tried "amateur" podcasts using jPodder before, and for many podcasts it really sucked big time because of server timeouts (during download) and being unable to download a podcast completely.
Even with a few thousand subscribers to podcasts, the bandwidth requirement of the publisher could shoot up a lot (imagine a 4MB file downloaded every week by just 10000 users - 160GB total bandwidth!!!). I wish they'd integrate something like Bit Torrent into the client and use it to download the podcasts - that would make a lot of sense for amateurs or independent authors who want to get into podcasts without a high cost.
Of course, Bit Torrent isn't infallible - so it could be the primary mode of distribution with a backup mode available in case something were to go wrong. Building such solutions AROUND iTunes would make it worthwhile.
I've tried "amateur" podcasts using jPodder before, and for many podcasts it really sucked big time because of server timeouts (during download) and being unable to download a podcast completely.
Even with a few thousand subscribers to podcasts, the bandwidth requirement of the publisher could shoot up a lot (imagine a 4MB file downloaded every week by just 10000 users - 160GB total bandwidth!!!). I wish they'd integrate something like Bit Torrent into the client and use it to download the podcasts - that would make a lot of sense for amateurs or independent authors who want to get into podcasts without a high cost.
Of course, Bit Torrent isn't infallible - so it could be the primary mode of distribution with a backup mode available in case something were to go wrong. Building such solutions AROUND iTunes would make it worthwhile.
scu said:
Some good points are brought up in the article comments...
It would seem that integrating podcasting into iTunes is a great move for Apple. Let's hope it catches as much as it's hyped to.
wiseguy27 said:
If the podcast is released with a Free license then it can be hosted in the Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org) which has lots of bandwith... There are lots of podcasts there (including mine
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I'm not sure how much I will listen to podcasts since I don't today. But I do agree with Steve and pretty much everyone else that radio sucks nowadays and clear channel is scum.
Maybe it'll be like the shuffle feature. Never used it before it popped up on the top menu on my iPod, but now it's my favorite way to go.
ALL I really want for 4.9 is the ability to group playlists in folders. That would help a great deal.
Maybe it'll be like the shuffle feature. Never used it before it popped up on the top menu on my iPod, but now it's my favorite way to go.
ALL I really want for 4.9 is the ability to group playlists in folders. That would help a great deal.
I think Steve already mentioned that it would come out in 6 weeks or so. So rumor came from him but it is just that nobody can remember anything but Intel.
I have not tried podcasting or listening to a podcast because it doesn't fill a need for me, like other posters have mentioned. I doubt I'll see many differences in iTunes 4.9 compared to 4.8, if most of them are in the iTMS (which I keep turned off).
Must be a case of getting the timing right
No you must have read the wrong schedule...
The PowerPC G5 Laptops have to be released before iTMS Australia can go live.
They shouldn't be too far away now.................
DJY said:
No you must have read the wrong schedule...
The PowerPC G5 Laptops have to be released before iTMS Australia can go live.
They shouldn't be too far away now.................
I turned iTMS off the moment it appeared, I have disabled the Party Shuffle feature (or whatever it is called), I don't use Smart Playlists and no doubt the Podcasting feature will be yet another piece of over-hyped bloatware that will require a trip to the Preferences to disable. If it weren't for the handy AirTunes feature, I'd be running iTunes 4.0.wrldwzrd89 said:
iTunes has become a real disappointment. They keep piling on all kinds of crap to appeal to the lowest-common-denominator iPod-wielding airhead. And the rest of us are stuck with it.
Revolutionary, you say? Just plain boring. An update to Calculator is more exciting than this.
I agree with you - my list of features that I use is different from yours:qubex said:
I have AirTunes, iTunes Music Sharing, Radio, Party Shuffle, the iTMS, Crossfade, Sound Enhancer, Sound Check, and video playback disabled. I use Smart Playlists exclusively in my library - that's really the only iTunes feature I actually use regularly, and the only one other than playlist folders (which hasn't appeared yet) that I'm likely to use for the foreseeable future.
And the obligatory music dinosaurs make their entrance into the thread!
"You damn kids with your features, and your long hair, and your rock music! ::shaking cane::"
If nothing else, the seemingly free "New Music Tuesday" podcasts from the iTMS will make this feature number 1 in my book.
"You damn kids with your features, and your long hair, and your rock music! ::shaking cane::"
If nothing else, the seemingly free "New Music Tuesday" podcasts from the iTMS will make this feature number 1 in my book.
