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Last Minute Rumors: DRM Free iTunes, Mac Mini, iPhone Tethering
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Same here... I have gone through all of my cd collection (300+) in the last three or so months and put them all onto my Dell laptop. Damned painful experience too so if the new Mini didn't have a DVD drive I would be taking a little bit more time to consider placing my order.
Same here... I have gone through all of my cd collection (300+) in the last three or so months and put them all onto my Dell laptop. Damned painful experience too so if the new Mini didn't have a DVD drive I would be taking a little bit more time to consider placing my order.
I couldn't care less for iPhone tethering personally but the rest of the news regarding iTunes sounds very promising.
I always thought that the iTunes Wi-Fi requirement on iPhone was due to licensing agreements as email attachments, Apps (and now podcasts) could be downloaded up to 10MB - all above the size of an average iTunes song. I hope this turns out to be true as it's annoying having to pop over to McDonald's to grab a Wi-Fi connection at lunch time when I'm need of purchasing a song on impulse
DRM-free - this has to be a biggie. It's got to happen or else Apple risks massively losing market share to Amazon (which, although I have not yet tried, is now available in the UK). I don't mind the odd price increase - that's inflation to be honest - but older classics at a lower price would be welcome, espcially as it's the primary reason for my iTunes purchases (otherwise I tend to buy the album on CD). At the end of the day, I think 79p for a song is good value considering the single costs £3.99 in the shops.
I would like to think that Apple would offer existing customers of existing purchases the option to re-download in DRM-free version. I know that this is technically possible because they made an error when selling Coldplay's new album Viva La Vida in DRM-protecting and then later offered those who bought it a free download of the DRM-free version (which it was advertised to be).
Also, long live the Mac Mini! I expect something more revolutionary in this area - particularly in terms of price - to combat the global downturn.
I always thought that the iTunes Wi-Fi requirement on iPhone was due to licensing agreements as email attachments, Apps (and now podcasts) could be downloaded up to 10MB - all above the size of an average iTunes song. I hope this turns out to be true as it's annoying having to pop over to McDonald's to grab a Wi-Fi connection at lunch time when I'm need of purchasing a song on impulse
DRM-free - this has to be a biggie. It's got to happen or else Apple risks massively losing market share to Amazon (which, although I have not yet tried, is now available in the UK). I don't mind the odd price increase - that's inflation to be honest - but older classics at a lower price would be welcome, espcially as it's the primary reason for my iTunes purchases (otherwise I tend to buy the album on CD). At the end of the day, I think 79p for a song is good value considering the single costs £3.99 in the shops.
I would like to think that Apple would offer existing customers of existing purchases the option to re-download in DRM-free version. I know that this is technically possible because they made an error when selling Coldplay's new album Viva La Vida in DRM-protecting and then later offered those who bought it a free download of the DRM-free version (which it was advertised to be).
Also, long live the Mac Mini! I expect something more revolutionary in this area - particularly in terms of price - to combat the global downturn.
iPhone front-facing Video-camera?
Could it be that Andy Inahtko's Twitter posting about his top-secretest Apple news of the year that he found out might be this? He said he hasn't even seen a rumor about it. That may be correct if you're talking about the last couple of weeks gearing up for Macworld. How little we remember. How could we have for gotten this?
http://gizmodo.com/5015732/phil-schillers-iphone-3g-has-front-camera-or-greasy-fingerprint
Could it be that Andy Inahtko's Twitter posting about his top-secretest Apple news of the year that he found out might be this? He said he hasn't even seen a rumor about it. That may be correct if you're talking about the last couple of weeks gearing up for Macworld. How little we remember. How could we have for gotten this?
http://gizmodo.com/5015732/phil-schillers-iphone-3g-has-front-camera-or-greasy-fingerprint
Wishful thinkingCould it be that Andy Inahtko's Twitter posting about his top-secretest Apple news of the year that he found out might be this? He said he hasn't even seen a rumor about it. That may be correct if you're talking about the last couple of weeks gearing up for Macworld. How little we remember. How could we have for gotten this?
http://gizmodo.com/5015732/phil-schillers-iphone-3g-has-front-camera-or-greasy-fingerprint
But that photo never looked convincing to me. And I doubt very much that new iPhones are coming, especially seeing as all current iPhone 3G users cannot upgrade this time (subsidised phones in contract).
Wishful thinking
But that photo never looked convincing to me. And I doubt very much that new iPhones are coming, especially seeing as all current iPhone 3G users cannot upgrade this time (subsidised phones in contract).
I stand corrected Johnny. You're right, wishful thinking on my part. But us Mac Geeks are always dreamers then, aren't we?
Sod AT&T, what about the rest of the planet?
O2 iPhone 3G users have an unlimited data contract for the iPhone 3G.
What business it is of anyone's other than the end user whether the data running through the iPhone's connection that has already been paid for ends up being on the iPhone itself or a laptop a couple of feet away, I don't see.
I jailbroke my last iPhone specifically to tether for this very reason. I tethered my old HTC with no issues using the same SIM so O2 don't care. Once jailbroken the tethering worked a treat (although O2's 3G consistency doers leave a lot to be desired).
I haven't jailbroken the current one yet (previous one didn't take too kindly to being washed on 23rd Dec) and will hang on to see what MWSF brings, but this should be a readily available functionality for any smartphone, not restricted planetwide because AT&T reckon they can scam their customers just that little bit more
O2 iPhone 3G users have an unlimited data contract for the iPhone 3G.
What business it is of anyone's other than the end user whether the data running through the iPhone's connection that has already been paid for ends up being on the iPhone itself or a laptop a couple of feet away, I don't see.
I jailbroke my last iPhone specifically to tether for this very reason. I tethered my old HTC with no issues using the same SIM so O2 don't care. Once jailbroken the tethering worked a treat (although O2's 3G consistency doers leave a lot to be desired).
I haven't jailbroken the current one yet (previous one didn't take too kindly to being washed on 23rd Dec
) and will hang on to see what MWSF brings, but this should be a readily available functionality for any smartphone, not restricted planetwide because AT&T reckon they can scam their customers just that little bit more
You're forgetting that Apple is an American company! Amercians don't really do MMS and I bet you that Apple doesn't even really know what that is. Yes, email is better, but how many UK phone users (apart from iPhone and Blackberry users) know how to set up email on their phones?! The smartphone market is still quite small - a lot of phones don't even do email, but most now do MMS.Sod AT&T, what about the rest of the planet?
O2 iPhone 3G users have an unlimited data contract for the iPhone 3G.
What business it is of anyone's other than the end user whether the data running through the iPhone's connection that has already been paid for ends up being on the iPhone itself or a laptop a couple of feet away, I don't see.
I jailbroke my last iPhone specifically to tether for this very reason. I tethered my old HTC with no issues using the same SIM so O2 don't care. Once jailbroken the tethering worked a treat (although O2's 3G consistency doers leave a lot to be desired).
I haven't jailbroken the current one yet (previous one didn't take too kindly to being washed on 23rd Dec
Heck, had the iPhone been released a year earlier it probably wouldn't even be SMS-capable!
The same probably applies to tethering.
I would imagine that O2 wants to capitalise on sales of their add-on laptop dongles, which would be cannibalised if all iPhone users could get that for free. I agree that tethering should be an option - and a free one at that - but don't forget that laptops tend to use more network bandwidth than iPhones. That bandwidth doesn't go on opening web pages and emails, but on downloading movies and media content.
I'm excited for what the Mini should be getting upgraded too. It will make it easier for me to reccomend to other people.
I couldn't care less for iPhone tethering personally but the rest of the news regarding iTunes sounds very promising.
I always thought that the iTunes Wi-Fi requirement on iPhone was due to licensing agreements as email attachments, Apps (and now podcasts) could be downloaded up to 10MB - all above the size of an average iTunes song. I hope this turns out to be true as it's annoying having to pop over to McDonald's to grab a Wi-Fi connection at lunch time when I'm need of purchasing a song on impulse
DRM-free - this has to be a biggie. It's got to happen or else Apple risks massively losing market share to Amazon (which, although I have not yet tried, is now available in the UK). I don't mind the odd price increase - that's inflation to be honest - but older classics at a lower price would be welcome, espcially as it's the primary reason for my iTunes purchases (otherwise I tend to buy the album on CD). At the end of the day, I think 79p for a song is good value considering the single costs £3.99 in the shops.
I would like to think that Apple would offer existing customers of existing purchases the option to re-download in DRM-free version. I know that this is technically possible because they made an error when selling Coldplay's new album Viva La Vida in DRM-protecting and then later offered those who bought it a free download of the DRM-free version (which it was advertised to be).
Also, long live the Mac Mini! I expect something more revolutionary in this area - particularly in terms of price - to combat the global downturn.
79p for a song is not good value when you compare it to N. American prices (at least before sterling took a nose dive)
^^
I don't really get this whole MMS thing. Who actually uses MMS when you can use email for free??? MMS has never done well in any market. It's just for the innovators and.. as we know... those are few and far between.
.... Waiting patiently for 6pm!! (not really patiently at all!)
I don't really get this whole MMS thing. Who actually uses MMS when you can use email for free??? MMS has never done well in any market. It's just for the innovators and.. as we know... those are few and far between.
.... Waiting patiently for 6pm!! (not really patiently at all!)
I am really looking forward to the new mini, I think I could be replacing my MacBook with one if it matches the specs. I just hope they drop the power brick in favour of a built in one, like the Time Capsule, to make it more portable.
If you're bored and can't wait for the keynote to start, here's some real-time rumoring. Comes with tweets and flickr pics.
http://macworld.twistori.com/
http://macworld.twistori.com/
Design doesn't need a refresh unless it's for more hardware?????? What Apple company are you talking about?????
Apple tv 3.0?
Hey, I was just thinking that we might see a new apple tv?
I think they are a bit expansive right now, so they should at least consider revising the price, since Hard drives have become cheaper now.
*Hoping, hoping*
Hey, I was just thinking that we might see a new apple tv?
I think they are a bit expansive right now, so they should at least consider revising the price, since Hard drives have become cheaper now.
*Hoping, hoping*
If that were the case they wouldn't sell HTC models rebranded as Xda's which are quite capable of being tethered without any alteration whatsoever. Open box, insert SIM, power on, open Internet Connection Sharing, connect laptop. It's that simple.
What bugs me the most is all the useful applications that require jailbreaking. PDANet was not approved, Netshare was then taken down after a matter of hours I believe, SwirleyMMS caters for the people who actually bemoan not having MMS... Video - the iPhone actually shoots pretty good quality video in good lighting... Provided you've jailbroken and installed Cycorder for free.
It's all well and good saying the App Store approval process is designed to weed out duplicate content (which, as an aside, it doesn't; plenty of apps in the store do exactly the same as others), but these are apps which add functionality (and therefore value, surely) to the device; the iPhone hardware is quite capable of doing all these things, it's the fact Apple don't authorise the software to run on it because of stupid politics like the AT&T crap above.
/rant
Expect to pay something like $10 per Gigabyte. Or $29.99 with a 3 GB per month limit. Tethering is for being able to use your MacBook in a hotel without paying their extortion rates; it is not for replacing your phone line.
I'll chime in.
The primary reason a mini would need two display-outs in my mind is to make it as generally connectible as possible (dvi-d, displayport, HDMI, VGA, and component video perhaps through adapters) if it were to really become the center of a REAL media solution.
What I really hope for from the mini is not just a streaming server, but essentially a IPTV cable box as well. I would love to be able to subscribe to a channel and watch whatever's live on it at the moment, but also be able to pull down shows on demand (both through iTunes).
I know that's perhaps a pipe dream, but someone's got to change the cable TV paradigm. I'd gladly give up cable if I could pick channels a la carte.
Another possibility might be DVR functionality?!?!? I'm shocked that I haven't heard that rumor pop up again. It would be awesome if you could use an on-screen guide to select what to record, then either watch on your mini, stream to your appleTV or other computers, or even take it with you on your iPhone or iPod touch...
OK. Done dreaming...
The primary reason a mini would need two display-outs in my mind is to make it as generally connectible as possible (dvi-d, displayport, HDMI, VGA, and component video perhaps through adapters) if it were to really become the center of a REAL media solution.
What I really hope for from the mini is not just a streaming server, but essentially a IPTV cable box as well. I would love to be able to subscribe to a channel and watch whatever's live on it at the moment, but also be able to pull down shows on demand (both through iTunes).
I know that's perhaps a pipe dream, but someone's got to change the cable TV paradigm. I'd gladly give up cable if I could pick channels a la carte.
Another possibility might be DVR functionality?!?!? I'm shocked that I haven't heard that rumor pop up again. It would be awesome if you could use an on-screen guide to select what to record, then either watch on your mini, stream to your appleTV or other computers, or even take it with you on your iPhone or iPod touch...
OK. Done dreaming...
If someone wants to send me drunken pics, I really don't want my fancy but strangely crippled phone to be the reason that doesn't happen...
I'm desperately trying to not get over-excited about this... In case there's a huge disappointment - but that last Snow Leopard rumour, especially coming after the Ihnatko rumour - has :-(. So I'm prepared for a huge letdown!
What I'd love to see from this conference is a new Mac mini (for myself), which seems pretty certain at this stage, a new iMac (which I'm trying to convince my parents to get, as their XP machine is slowly killing itself off), and Snow Leopard (which, btw, I don't see happening at all). I'd also like to see a home media server, in the form of a combination with either
tv or the Mac mini.
Quick off-topic question - is it possible to use a Mac mini as a media server (eg, store an iTunes library on it and share it to other computers)?
What I'd love to see from this conference is a new Mac mini (for myself), which seems pretty certain at this stage, a new iMac (which I'm trying to convince my parents to get, as their XP machine is slowly killing itself off), and Snow Leopard (which, btw, I don't see happening at all). I'd also like to see a home media server, in the form of a combination with either
tv or the Mac mini.Quick off-topic question - is it possible to use a Mac mini as a media server (eg, store an iTunes library on it and share it to other computers)?