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'iTunes + iPod Video' Sighting

Veldek said:
I think the following link is more proof than this.
http://www.apple.com/movies
Normally, links to sites that don't exist lead you to the 404 page, but this one is different.
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That isn't true, it could be just in place for no reason at all. On some webservers, if you try to add anything on to the end of their URL that doesn't exist, you get a 403. Also, any specific keywords can bring up 403's as well. For example, there's QT products, Trailers, but not movies so it gives you a 403. Basically I would make absolutely nothing of it in terms of speculation re: video.
 
ronrosell said:
After all, Cingular also sells Sony Ericsson S710. And Cingular's notoriously poor customer service, US-only network and generally clumsy management probably give the Apple folks an unsettled feeling. T-Mobile's not perfect, but the general consensus seems to be that they're a better-run company.

We'll know soon ...
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Hey!?!?! whats wrong with the S710a?!?! lol i love mine.
 
mongoos150 said:
LOL - you own it so it automatically becomes the best phone on the market...
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LOL Back to you! Ive owned just about every cutting edge phone out(including..Nokia 6820 & Moto Razor) and settled on this phone! So There! But this would be a whole new thread.
 
It is time for a major PB update. PM as well, but the PB needs a big announcement. I am always open to other great ideas being introduced though.
 
Digging In The Wrong Hole

berkleeboy210 said:
After watching the video clip on MSNBC from this past wednesday, they seem fairly certain that the video iPod will be released.
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How about if the next iPod wasn't video capable...at least not yet....but able to snap digital still photos instead, perhaps even Quicktime movies - the way many cell phones can.
Would be a perfect tie-in to iPhoto as well as Quicktime.
And...oh, forget it.
The red curtains on that invitation, combined with the fact that there are no new videos on iTMS....lead me to believe that we are looking at a video iPod.
Watch the Apple U2 Special Event from last year and try to figure out how sincere Steve was with the Raiders of the Lost Ark clip.
"They're digging in the wrong hole."
 
You Guys Are All Wrong

The curtain means movie.
Movie in 2005 means HD.
HD means Hgh Resolution Widescreen.

3 new PowerBooks with HD Res Widescreen and Built in Webcam/Wifi etc.


Wanna bet? :D
 
ronrosell said:
Nah, he'd just hand out Nano's at the front door and we'd all wander off giggling and chattering about what a great guy he is.

BTW, I've come up with a name for the version of OS-X to run on the new Apple PDA Phone / Mac Nano: OS-X Kitty.
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What's the deal with orange. I've been reading about a clue regarding orange, in which case the OSX-lite might be Tabby.
 
Chupa Chupa said:
While that is how a lot of products like CDs and software are delivered, I don't think Apple does this. If it did then all the Apple Stores would have had the nano in stock the day of the announcement. I think only the SF store had them and those were delivered during the announcement. All the other stores were delayed 1-3 days. In fact, I called up the local store after Jobs said they were available immediately and the guys there thought I was from Mars. They never heard of an iPod nano.
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Get this, the Shibuya Apple Store had heaps of them, and yes the outerboxes containing the little black 'nano boxes were standard brown cardboard boxes. I know cause the store staff were handing out 'nanos to customers directly from the boxes!

And this was the morning right after teh announcement ( about 6 hours after the announcement give or take time differences)
 
xsnightclub said:
The invite has curtains which appear to be the type that cover a movie screen or stage.

This almost postively has to do with video,
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Not really, you did say movie screen or stage so maybe it is the iBroadway - 1,000 broadway plays in your pocket
:p
 
ronrosell said:
BTW, I've come up with a name for the version of OS-X to run on the new Apple PDA Phone / Mac Nano: OS-X Kitty.
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More like OSX ***** (the ***** represents another word for kitten or cat, you figure it out :confused: )

But a tablet like devise is something i mentioned in one of the other 200 related threads on nexts announcement.

The devise could be portable and dock with a monitor/screen. I think this would be great, but could Apple apply the 'iPod' name to it? They did the 'schuffle but it was not very iPod looking, the 'mini was a deviation on the iPod form factor and the 'nano is several Dawinian steps up the iPod evolution ladder, so sure, Apple could apply iPod to this device if they wanted to.

Edit: and sorry for the 4 posts in a row, they were all responses to other posters. I guess the rest of the world is sleeping, it is 4.30 pm here in Tokyo and i was bored so off to MR i went...
 
The S710a is a pretty cool phone but the service is HORRID. Honestly - Cingular can't hold a candle to Verizon (in nearly ALL US areas). After using both I'd definately take the Moto E815. Back to the matters at hand...

PLEASE PB PLEASE PB PLEASE PB!
 
SiliconAddict said:
So you actually think the original idea of the iPod is stupid? Hence the reason for circa 2001. Everyone said it was stupid. Everyone said it would flop. Everyone said Apple should stick with what they know. Everyone was dead wrong.
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I'm very glad that they did stick with what they know. They knew that the iPod would be huge! I sure wish it was around about ten years ago when I really needed it.
 
jayscheuerle said:
Until you are connected to your TV and able to store video files, there will be no Video iPod except in the hopeful minds of nerds.
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My Macs have been connected to my TV for years now… and my movies are stored on my Hard Drive temporarily until I burn them to CD. Bring on the iPod Video…
 
SiliconAddict said:
Give me a break. Sensory experience? :D that actually was funny. Have you actually ever used a PMP before? If not then you have NO frame of reference to use. The simple fact is that you and no one else knows what the general public wants because no one has produced a PMP on a level that Apple could. So please take the sensory experience and use it on someone else. This device wouldn't be intended for home viewing. Its intended for on the go access to your media. Not just music. Not just photos. Everything. And if Apple doesn't want to market this its fine. They will loose out on the next generation of media distribution. watching a TV show on a small screen is perfectly acceptable experience. No it’s not like a 40" widescreen plasma HDTV at home but its not intended to be. No it’s not like lugging around a 17" laptop but it’s not intended to be. You are putting too much thought into this device. You can have quality without needing a huge *** screen. What is it with people thinking you need a screen to cover your vision’s field of view to make it some uber experience. You don’t. There is a certain size that is minimum for an adequate viewing experience and that screen size CAN be put into an iPod without making it drastically large. Larger yes. But still small enough to be pocketable. I still think we are going to at some point see the following lineup:

iPod video $500

iPod $400-$300

iPod Nano $250-$199

iPod shuffle $129-$99

There is NO reason why a video couldn’t be the top of the line iPod. Apple did it last year with the Photo.
Well no reason other then people’s insane notions that it can’t happen “because” its just not good enough. Take a look at the iTMS and their 128KB/s, low res coverart as a idea of where good enough for Apple is right now.
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Very nice comment here, about the Screen size thing. Just look at the Sony Watchman. Many of them were only two inches. There was even a wristwatch TV. AFAIK, Sony still makes the Watchman.
 
Tupring said:
I'm very glad that they did stick with what they know. They knew that the iPod would be huge! I sure wish it was around about ten years ago when I really needed it.
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What amuses me about all those critics from 2001 is their statements about 20GB models being out there and, even if they are bigger, they can store much more than the iPod. Now we see those same manufacturers' mainstream models, (i.e. the ones that sell the most), all still being around the 20GB mark. Four years later and apple could be bringing out a 80GB model, video or not.

While there are larger capacity mp3 players out there already, few of the competition manage to sell those above the 20GB mark, so apple has effectively cornered the market above that size. They still also outstrip their rivals on the smaller capacity, (nano/mini sized and capacity), but with lots of cheaper models knocking around, less so i'd say.

So often do I also hear a group of people ask if the iPods have radios like Creative do, when they find out they don't, half decide not to bother or go with one that does, half are so determined to have one they convince themselves a radio isn't important anyway. Either way, apple quite clearly has a winner despite those assurances from others four years ago.
 
I think SiliconAddict has it there, if people are happy enough to listen to lower quality music, why not watch lower quality video? Okay, we all want the best quality video there is, but on a screen that size it isn't an issue.

Taking a seperate issue though, with all these speculations on wild things it might be other than an iPod AV, (still the coolest sounding name I think), any more news on the development of iWork? Is it still coming along nicely and becoming a serious contender to the use of Office for Mac? It would be nice if Steve could announce one or two enhancements between now and June and then when the first Macintels come along, really bill it up as the Mac Office package. That way the average people that are likely to be buying Mac Minis and such would be able to see that the Macs are different to PCs in more than just the operating system. So many still need the hardware differences explained to them and when you have the same processor in each, they could see a different design, different OS and think that it isn't worth the extra money. I'd like to see more apple products aimed at the average consumer, without affecting their core market at the moment.
 
Now, here is what I think will happen:

You know the ROKR? "The ROKR with iTunes"

I think that the iPod will either have a mini iTunes client that looks like the current mac iTunes 5 or it will stay the same and have iTunes on the top. Thus becoming iPod with iTunes.

Steve will do his normal Keynote telling us the market share and stuff about iPod. Then I think he will release eithere an update to a mac or a new mac completely. Then he'l say "Thanks for coming everyone but there is one more thing..." That will keep up to the event's name. Some red curtains will appear on the projection screen. They open and the iPod 5G/iPod video/Airport HD/iSight HD (sorry but the quality on my iSight is not HD!!! :eek: ) . Then a live iSight link will be established to the BBC so they can talk about their content (Little Britain and Spooks on an iPod will rule!!! :D ). Then, to keep up with the 'Music Event' trend, some rubbish rapper with strong feelings about world leaders will come on and will basically destroy all your excitement for the whole event. i.e. Kanye West.

As I'm from England,


That's my £0.02 :p
 
applemax said:
Now, here is what I think will happen:

You know the ROKR? "The ROKR with iTunes"

I think that the iPod will either have a mini iTunes client that looks like the current mac iTunes 5 or it will stay the same and have iTunes on the top. Thus becoming iPod with iTunes.

Steve will do his normal Keynote telling us the market share and stuff about iPod. Then I think he will release eithere an update to a mac or a new mac completely. Then he'l say "Thanks for coming everyone but there is one more thing..." That will keep up to the event's name. Some red curtains will appear on the projection screen. They open and the iPod 5G/iPod video/Airport HD/iSight HD (sorry but the quality on my iSight is not HD!!! :eek: ) . Then a live iSight link will be established to the BBC so they can talk about their content (Little Britain and Spooks on an iPod will rule!!! :D ). Then, to keep up with the 'Music Event' trend, some rubbish rapper with strong feelings about world leaders will come on and will basically destroy all your excitement for the whole event. i.e. Kanye West.

As I'm from England,


That's my £0.02 :p
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Yes, the BBC do seem to be in on this one, even apparently letting slip to some that the Video iPod will be announced. Also fits that they are just starting trials of allowing us to watch delayed Tv over their website for up to seven days after broadcast. they have been really enthusiastic about podcasting, so perhaps they are looking to link up with apple to allow the downloading of low quality video for up to 7 days after broadcast, (high quality wouldn't make sense with their DVD sales, unless of course they were wanting us to pay a small amount for it :eek: ).
 
davidgilmour said:
The curtain means movie.
Movie in 2005 means HD.
HD means Hgh Resolution Widescreen.

3 new PowerBooks with HD Res Widescreen and Built in Webcam/Wifi etc.

Wanna bet? :D
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3 new PowerBooks with HD Res Widescreen and Built in Webcam/Wifi etc.
i dont think the built in webcam will be party of the rev. Thinking there saving it for intel. They ahve to make their first intel machine amazing to keep up with the makret.
 
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