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iTunes with Podcasting, Cell Phones and iTunes Movies?

aaroncd said:
Ok, there was this and another earlier post on podcasting. Neither of you get it. Yes some of the interfaces for the podcatcher software is clunky still.
Podcasting as a concept is still less than a year old, it has gone from one show to over 5000. That is one hell of a growth rate. And that is just the different shows being produced, that doesnt count the amount of people listening to them.

The content is far from blah, yes there are some blah shows, but its the concept of people being able to be their own broadcasters that is the exciting part. If you actually tried listening to a few shows, and do some checking about, there are lots of great shows out there, in almost all topics. They are done by people who love what they are doing and that is a huge driving force. It is giving people more content to put on their ipods.

For the short term, iTunes supporting Podcasts is the biggest news from this article. It will give more people easy access to podcasts which gives people more reasons to get ipods. And what is the cost for apple for this? Almost nothing, just the addition of podcatching software into itunes.

This is HUGE.....and completely awesome.

Aaron
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I agree 100%.

The people that "don't get" podcasts are either people, who doesn't care for the many different subjects that Podcasts brings you or people who only know little about the available podcasts.
The RSS reader NewsFire is clean and beautiful, it looks like an original Apple app and now it supports podcasts and imports them directly into iTunes. But it would be even better if iTunes did that all by itself.

(now if iTunes only had a better radio section, that would be something. There's no reason why the section can't look more like the store with nice graphics and station info.)

btw. Check out http://www.stylusmagazine.com/stycast/ They have some great Podcasts.
 
from appleinsider.com
Bill Gates

At one point Jobs asked members of the audience to raise their hands if they owned an iPod. The attention of the room was almost immediately turned to Bill Gates, who was also present. As the video cameras panned his way, Gates smirked and shied away -- he owns a Rio.
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i would have laughed SOOOOOO HARD if i was there. :D :D :D :D :D
 
With the agressive hold that Apple has on the digial lifestyle market, I wouldn't put it past them to try a few more "think different" ideas.

With the advent of QT7 (H.264) and all the new direct recording into QT, iTMS (podcasting). Not only could we be getting audio podcasting, but eventually video podcasting as well. This could be bigger than any other internet offering, imagine, everyone being able to be an executive producer of a film, the possibilities are endless.

Having the interface to hold it all...this is almost giving me chills!
 
Amygdaloid said:
Why does downloading a moviehave to be such a big deal? I rent movies from my Digital Cable provider on demand, and I can pause, rewind, fast forward and watch it over and over for the next 24 hours. Plus with my DVR, I can watch a movie in HD, and capture to disk for replay at any time. This is all from the same cable that I use for my high speed internet to the Mac.

Why couldn't the same thing happen directly to the mac and iTunes
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The Internet at some location, can be a bottleneck.

Your cable provider can better ensure fast download rates from their locally cached copies of the movie. The @Home portal pages from several years back worked in this manner, by caching movies and downloads for users to access a copy.

Phone lines, and other large/small networks put a big kink in that speed and availability.

A two hour HD Broadcast of CSI that has been encoded with Divx recently, ran 659MB.

Who knows what Apple would consider delivering one day, but 300MB for most Internet users takes a long time to download. Most likely doubling the playtime/download time of the movie/broadcast.
 
Surely the important part of this announcement is that iTunes will carry content created by iTunes users?

For instance, we might see a bunch of podcasts about apple tech, from all sorts of different users. Or complaints about apple tech...

Almost certainly, this will be used to hype things from the store - every thursday, they send an email out. How much better would it be if it was a radio show, with clips from the songs on offer?

The movie issue is down the road, next to the big house of DRM. The podcasting issue is the next stop, and I think there will be a lot of people getting on board.
 
Ok the videos would be cool but tonight i was planing on going to best buy to pick up a new iPod photo :D. Now after hearing this i dont no what to do :confused:. So does bestbuy have a thing where if something new/cheaper comes out you can trade it in. Or if apple introduces a new iPod for $349 should i complain about something then they would give me a new one. (i know this isn't the most "ethical" thing to do but im low on money)
 
narco said:
Yeah, I know what you mean. Asking Steve questions is like asking Jesus a question, or even Yoda. But it makes everything that much more exciting.

Fishes,
narco.
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It's that we haven't been given all the knowledge to understand his answer.

Just make the approach of WWDC in two weeks, just that much more exciting.
 
Ugg said:
Ah, the one thing about Steve is that he is farily upfront about feasibility, AT THE MOMENT HE IS SPEAKING. Just because it's not feasible then, doesn't mean it won't be at some point in the future.
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This is the Clinton defence - it depends upon the precise meaning of "is".
 
First things first, people calling a video iPod the iVideo or the vPod should stop. iVideo sounds like a really stupid name for a VCR, and the vPod breaks apple's iModel (sorry, i had to...) iPod AV sounds much better...
Second, an iPhone is unnecesary. It's like asking a classical piano company to make MIDI switchboxes and FireWire interfaces.
Third, the whole freaking point of podcasting is that it is prerecorded radio aka FREE. I wouldnt pay $5 to get NPR 3 hours later. I can wiretap it from a RadioShark for free.
Apple should write a compression algorithm that keeps good video suitable for iPod AV playing but small, like AAC. H.264 Medium with 128kbps AAC sound is around twice as much as an AAC file, but it looks decent and is smaller than many other formats.
Apple should offer free podcast making programs, or at least plug it into GB.

Thank you.
 
ccool2ax said:
Second, an iPhone is unnecesary. It's like asking a classical piano company to make MIDI switchboxes and FireWire interfaces.
Third, the whole freaking point of podcasting is that it is prerecorded radio aka FREE. I wouldnt pay $5 to get NPR 3 hours later. I can wiretap it from a RadioShark for free.
Apple should write a compression algorithm that keeps good video suitable for iPod AV playing but small, like AAC. H.264 Medium with 128kbps AAC sound is around twice as much as an AAC file, but it looks decent and is smaller than many other formats.
Apple should offer free podcast making programs, or at least plug it into GB.

Thank you.
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Erm, in regards to the iPhone, I think you're ignoring the fact that Apple is slowing moving away from solely being a computer company to being an entertainment company. The iPod and iTunes and Airport Express all point in that direction. Also, phones are used by virtually everyone and are an important source of information regarding our friends, family, work associates, etc, etc. Why not have a phone that can connect you with all the people around you and play a few favorite songs and synchronise flawlessly with your computer.

I am totally hyped about podcasting being built into iTunes, both making Podcasts and downloading them. I never seem to be listening to the radio when my favorite radio shows are on and can't ever be bothered to download them later. I would pay a small fee for NPR, maybe 5 bucks a month. I think a mix of pay to play and free is the way to go, that way some quality programming could be mixed in with the experimental stuff and possibly attract more listeners.
 
I'm the perfect candidate for an iPhone, but I'm not sure I need one.

I use iChat AV daily with my family on the other side of the world and don't really have a need for an iPhone. I think it's more likely that Apple will keep pushing the iChat concept. (and I hope they will continue to push it)

Unless the iPhone will be outstanding, I'm not sure how many would want it. I know several people who could buy an iSight, but prefer their privacy so video (iChat or iPhone) is not for everybody.
 
iTMS video function does not necessarily have to be a service where you download movies forever. I do not have any statistics, but I'd guess pirating movies hurts rentals the most. I would think that an itunes movie store would involve downloading videos that would cost a few dollars and last about a week before they will not play anymore. So instead of going out to Blockbuster and renting the newest movie, you simply download it, put it on your ipod, which outputs video, plug it into a TV and watch your movie. This would destroy services like Netflix because there would be no shipping, only downloading.

I do not think a small screen to watch feature length videos would be cool. The next generation of ipod should have a video playing function, but that should be intended for music videos and such. The ipod video should be used to plug into monitors and TVs to display video. That makes the most sense in my mind.

If you're going to pay ten dollars to buy a movie, I'd rather pay the extra money for a DVD that I can transport easily and has packaging and extras.
 
Podcasting capture in iTunes sound great. Glad they acted fast on this one as I sisn't want to splash cash down on a 3rd party product.
 
thediesel said:
I do not think a small screen to watch feature length videos would be cool. The next generation of ipod should have a video playing function, but that should be intended for music videos and such. The ipod video should be used to plug into monitors and TVs to display video. That makes the most sense in my mind.

If you're going to pay ten dollars to buy a movie, I'd rather pay the extra money for a DVD that I can transport easily and has packaging and extras.
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Since iPod photo can show pics on a TV, the jump to make the iPod show movies on a Tv isnt that big.
I doubt that many people would sit and watch a full length movie on a iPod, but who knows.... I might be wrong
 
no cash needed

aswitcher said:
Podcasting capture in iTunes sound great. Glad they acted fast on this one as I sisn't want to splash cash down on a 3rd party product.
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No cash needed, go to ipodder.org and grab ipodder. Its free and adds all the podcasts to itunes for you. I personally use iPodderX, which has a free and pay version, I have the pay one.

And while u are all at it you can check http://celticmusicnews.com and check my podcast :)

Cheers lads and lasses,
Aaron
 
Dr.Gargoyle said:
Since iPod photo can show pics on a TV, the jump to make the iPod show movies on a Tv isnt that big.
I doubt that many people would sit and watch a full length movie on a iPod, but who knows.... I might be wrong
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the Archos media player already does all of this, the new version can be used as a PVR to record your TV shows and watch them on any TV or on the go. It has a 7" 16:9 screen and 100GB hard drive, auto sync music/pictures/video and WiFi.

http://www.archos.com/

The technology is already there its just a question of wether Apple wants to put it into a video iPod.
 
a chess move for iPod Video

VicMacs said:
so we should expet the ipod movie soon?
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The point underlying the selling of videos in ITMS is all about setting up the scene for iPod Video. Soon Creative and other crappy mp3 players will begin (some already did) offering Video support on their devices and Apple will need to answer that move.. But since you cannot sell the device unless there is legal stuff to play on it, ITMS is now beginning to sell videos and other stuff to be able to sell iPod Video later on..
 
ariza910 said:
the Archos media player already does all of this, the new version can be used as a PVR to record your TV shows and watch them on any TV or on the go. It has a 7" 16:9 screen and 100GB hard drive, auto sync music/pictures/video and WiFi.

http://www.archos.com/

The technology is already there its just a question of wether Apple wants to put it into a video iPod.
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The technology was there probably 5 years ago, but the market wasnt ready for it and there was no demand. Apple is now setting the scene to prepare the right environment to be able to make the right move on the right time.

By the way, that ugly brick can be a miracle but it looks nothing but a useless crap and waste of $$$ to me..
 
ccool2ax said:
First things first, people calling a video iPod the iVideo or the vPod should stop. iVideo sounds like a really stupid name for a VCR, and the vPod breaks apple's iModel (sorry, i had to...) iPod AV sounds much better...
Second, an iPhone is unnecesary. It's like asking a classical piano company to make MIDI switchboxes and FireWire interfaces.
Third, the whole freaking point of podcasting is that it is prerecorded radio aka FREE. I wouldnt pay $5 to get NPR 3 hours later. I can wiretap it from a RadioShark for free.
Apple should write a compression algorithm that keeps good video suitable for iPod AV playing but small, like AAC. H.264 Medium with 128kbps AAC sound is around twice as much as an AAC file, but it looks decent and is smaller than many other formats.
Apple should offer free podcast making programs, or at least plug it into GB.

Thank you.
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thanks... my thoughts exactly.... lots of stupid posts in this thread... and you pretty much spoke my mind about everything.... though i was too lazy to post my thoughts myself
 
Coolness. I actually downloaded my first podcast on Saturday. It was from engadget.com. It was an E3 wrap-up and discussion session from the folks at Joystiq. I very much enjoyed it. Even more so when I figured out you CAN make custom genres in iTunes by typing it out in the field. (e.g. PodCast)
 
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