well i works with the iphone and i doubt the actual screen is curved, just the covering, and to be honest it' really is just an excuse to make a fatter ipod look skinny
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New iPod Nano, iPod Touch, iTunes 8.0, and Blu-Ray in 10.5.6?
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well i works with the iphone and i doubt the actual screen is curved, just the covering, and to be honest it' really is just an excuse to make a fatter ipod look skinny
iPod touch / iPhone software is always released on the same day.
I can guarantee 2.1 will be out for both devices at the same time, it's common sense.
I can guarantee 2.1 will be out for both devices at the same time, it's common sense.
Um... are sure you aren't desiring to come home to a new wife there, mate?
Blu-ray drives are the future. Accept it. See beyond the silly Blu-ray vs. HD DVD format war, as well as some people's natural biased against Sony, and take a look at storage as one of the dramatic reasons this format won out and is hear to stay... for the long-term.
thank god someone got the joke, but to be honest, i dont really mind moving to blu-ray, but i'll refraid until it becomes a bit more affordable, and if it IS the way of the future, it probably will.
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Zactly. Some rumours turn out to be true based on insider knowledge. To think it can only come from Apple themselves first, puts (the idea of) too much power in Apple's hands.
I'm hoping that the "rumors" of the Zune-ish Nano is false. In fact, I hope that Apple has seeded images and deliberate leaks of this, so as to fool and deceive rumor sites into thinking that this is what we are going to get in the coming month.
I prefer they keep the "square fattie" Nano form factor.
I'm well aware of who Kevin Rose is. I got into Digg about a year before it got really popular, but unlike a lot of folks on Digg, I don't worship the guy. In fact, I find this whole web-guy-as-rock-star schtick he's doing to be fairly annoying. I stopped listening to Diggnation way back when it became obvious that most of his and Alex Albrecht's appeal lie in the image of them as cool doodz, boozing it up and sprinkling every sentence with a few swear words. It got tiresome fast. If I want to hear a frat boy podcast, I'd subscribe to one.
Anyway, he has thus-far a spotty record when it comes to Apple rumors and IMO, half of the things he's "predicting" are more or less obvious. If he wasn't the founder of Digg, we'd be talking about him in the same way we talk about MacOSRumors. It's very hit-and-miss, like the old "even a stopped clock is right twice a day" thing. That, along with the fact that he does this coy little routine where he acts like he's 100% certain he has inside info, makes me wary of believing any rumors he claims to have.
You know, it's funny that you cite who he is and that he's worked with Leo Laporte on TechTV. You'd think someone with Kevin's background would be especially careful about the info he passes along. In a way, that makes it slightly more egregious than just the typical random rumor.
what do you mean zunish nano, the nano looked like that before zune ripped it off and it changed to the fattie.
My favorite feature is the horrible glare!
you know the itouch has a HORRIBLE GLARE when it's OFF
Bugger flac; give end users the ability to download complete albums in Apple Lossless format at no extra charge - and I'll be in there purchasing music like there is no tomorrow.
You are so wrong on this one. BD may be the present and surely has some future regarding data storage (altough with no optical competition, it will be still cheaper to just store data on HDs especially that 1TBs are now in the $120 range) BUT for media content, streamed and downloadable HD IS the future.
Ooo
Now the new Nano is ugly. I really like the current fatty design, it's cute, it's small. The new Nano (if the picture is real) isn't cute, isn't small. And besides, it's too much like... ZUNE.
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Now when I'm looking at it, I don't believe the image is real. The interface of iPods is absolutely unusable on tall and narrow displays. So either Apple is redoing the whole interface or it will continue using wide rather than tall and narrow displays.
Now the new Nano is ugly. I really like the current fatty design, it's cute, it's small. The new Nano (if the picture is real) isn't cute, isn't small. And besides, it's too much like... ZUNE.
EDIT:
Now when I'm looking at it, I don't believe the image is real. The interface of iPods is absolutely unusable on tall and narrow displays. So either Apple is redoing the whole interface or it will continue using wide rather than tall and narrow displays.
iTunes 8 is due, but I expect it at Macworld with a new iLife/iWork Suite. I don't know what new features it will have, but I know it needs much better Movie and TV Show organization (along with the Apple TV for that matter).
iTunes also needs a rental subscription, with the ability to purchase/rent HD right from the computer, not just the Apple TV.
Also, all SD rentals/purchases of Movies and TV Shows needs to be the new Anamorphic Encodes like the new movies have, plus a 5.1 DD track as well. There is no reason not to do this, since Apple already provides the Anamorphic for new movies encoded to the store, and has the ability to provide both a Stereo and DD 5.1 track as shown with the HD rentals on the Apple TV (not to mention the Handbrake developers figured it out).
As for the iPod Nano, the mockup can't be right. The curved screen is outdated. I really think the Nano is getting those smaller 2.5 touch screens we heard about earlier in the year through one of the rumors. I don't think it will have WiFi (so no Mail/Safari/Maps etc...), but I imagine it will be able to sync Apps through iTunes. Remember, Apple ultimately will want the App Store to affect all the iPod's as it seems to be a great success and could push sales.
iTunes also needs a rental subscription, with the ability to purchase/rent HD right from the computer, not just the Apple TV.
Also, all SD rentals/purchases of Movies and TV Shows needs to be the new Anamorphic Encodes like the new movies have, plus a 5.1 DD track as well. There is no reason not to do this, since Apple already provides the Anamorphic for new movies encoded to the store, and has the ability to provide both a Stereo and DD 5.1 track as shown with the HD rentals on the Apple TV (not to mention the Handbrake developers figured it out).
As for the iPod Nano, the mockup can't be right. The curved screen is outdated. I really think the Nano is getting those smaller 2.5 touch screens we heard about earlier in the year through one of the rumors. I don't think it will have WiFi (so no Mail/Safari/Maps etc...), but I imagine it will be able to sync Apps through iTunes. Remember, Apple ultimately will want the App Store to affect all the iPod's as it seems to be a great success and could push sales.
That is to be expected now. It's what they've done the past few years, and it wouldn't be very competitive for them to keep the same exact design for more than a year. Even just a capacity increase is good enough.
Again, that's very obvious. The touch won't change to match the iPhone, otherwise it would have gotten an aluminum back when it launched last year. iPods have shiny backs, the touch isn't any different. I think it will probably look almost identical to the current design.
I also don't think the nano will be completely round because of the obvious screen issues. A rounded back is very possible, which would make it similar to the current iPhone and MacBook Air. Besides, he is just repeating the rumor posted a few weeks ago with some slight changes. (*My personal opinion: I hope the rumor is true about the new nano; I'm still not over the fact that the square nano is so ugly)
Large price drops to distant them from the iPhone? If Mr. Rose is suggesting that the iPods will be significantly cheaper than the iPhone, he is probably wrong. The iPhone is cheap because of a subsidy, it wouldn't be wise for Apple to decrease the price of the iPods below the price of the phone.
That's probably true. Apple announced the 1.1.1 update for the iPhone last fall, which included features that came preloaded with the iPod touch.
If the iTunes subscription rumor is true, then iTunes 8 is probably right around the corner.
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I also forgot, the Windows version of iTunes is very buggy, and Quicktime is completely broken. Hopefully Apple can fix that before adding anything more to iTunes.
Again, this is to be expected now.
the ability to sync video playlists across devices like iPhone and appletv would be a good start! Would require software updates on those devices too though.
Awesome '80s!
Wow, clu10, I got the first song for you to download on that glossy bad boy:
"I Wear My Sunglasses At Night" by Corey Hart
Wow, clu10, I got the first song for you to download on that glossy bad boy:
"I Wear My Sunglasses At Night" by Corey Hart
I think that Apple should make the device rotabable and the way they should do it is by using an OLED backlit clickwheel...for one it solves the issue of the click wheel adapting to the rotation. Also it provides a backlit click wheel (something Apple should have held onto after the
3rd Gen iPod).
Next regarding iTunes 8...it should not be called iTunes anymore...iTunes was created when it was only music (back in 2001?). Now people manage not only music but movies, podcasts, games, and even iPhone apps through this application. Maybe something like iMedia (if you can come up with something better, be my guest).
One feature that I would like to see is for Apple to expand the full screen cover flow functionality to make it flip the album over to reveal the songs (like in the iPhone OS). Also maybe create the ability to have a very condensed "Now Playing" screen (something better than the current minimized mode).
Finally, not much they can do to the iPod touch...maybe add a GPS and a plastic back (to cause a better WiFi signal) and physical volume buttons (maybe a similar button set as the iPhone but the Ring/Silent switch is a hold switch for the iPod.
One thing can be said for sure: Apple has some amazing things up their sleeve. We can say what we want about rumored product designs but the minute Steve holds the device up in the air with that smile he always has, the design is suddenly really cool. Just the reality of being an Apple fan.
I agree streaming / downloadable content is the future, but I really wish they'd drop the damn price so it can be the present! ( I'm in UK - even old SD movies are being sold on iTunes for £6.99 when I can buy the DVD on play.com for as little as £2.99 which I can encode at better quality than apple does with handbrake AND I've got my hard copy backup already sorted!!!) - it's still got a long way to go sadly...
That would be great, but I'm pretty sure that's a studio decision, not a technical one. Don't forget to demand no DRM. Another caveat, no cheap shortcuts like encoding the Apple Lossless files from the MP3s.
I sure hope there will be the speed and the capacity to download an entire movie in a couple of minutes (not hours). Especially when everyone else will be doing it, too. But say I want to take my movie to a friends house. No need to bring my computer. There's where a hardcopy comes in handy.
Perhaps the future will be a postage stamp-sized (flash?) memory stick movie [although more possible to lose], but in the meantime, discs are what we have and Blu-ray gives it to you the best way possible.
Perhaps the future will be a postage stamp-sized (flash?) memory stick movie [although more possible to lose], but in the meantime, discs are what we have and Blu-ray gives it to you the best way possible.