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'The Beat Goes On' Rumor Roundup

You know what's so funny. HAHAHA

All this about a TOY. Thats right a TOY! Before you slam me I'm no better. But if this was my son a few days before xmas I'd say ENOUGH ALL READY. Thank goodness Santa Jobs comes in the morning. I really need to move on with my life. I don't know about you folks.


I'm done now!
Dean
 
slabwax said:
You know what's so funny. HAHAHA

All this about a TOY. Thats right a TOY! Before you slam me I'm no better. But if this was my son a few days before xmas I'd say ENOUGH ALL READY. Thank goodness Santa Jobs comes in the morning. I really need to move on with my life. I don't know about you folks.


I'm done now!
Dean
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Pretty sure an iPod is not a toy.... When was the last time you spent A$350+ on a toy that had a miniature hard drive, an operating system, multiple video/audio/image playback capabilities and a sophisticated user interface. It's definitely not a toy.
 
the basic things i want in my iPod is....a touchscreen and about 80gb

my wishing iPod is to have wifi WITH SAFARI....if apple does this tomorrow i will be estatic!!! :eek::eek::D

cant wait!! :apple:
 
Guardian article

Loge said:
Another article falling for the all-flash nonsense. :rolleyes:

Though they've been patchy lately, I'm with Thinksecret on this one.
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i agree - actually if you read the article it is from the Media section and not from the Technology section (which is usually more discerning and worthwhile on tech matters, as you can guess...).

and it would make no sense if video files are becoming more a priority to go purely NAND. rubbish article.

oh, and people: Ars Technica is doing live coverage (don't think anyone has posted this yet, could be wrong):
http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/09/04/live-coverage-of-apples-the-beat-goes-on-event

being in europe i have to go to sleep now
 
Chundles said:
Pretty sure an iPod is not a toy.... When was the last time you spent A$350+ on a toy that had a miniature hard drive, an operating system, multiple video/audio/image playback capabilities and a sophisticated user interface. It's definitely not a toy.
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Have you seen the new toys and games for kids these days. An Ipod is just a toy for teens and adults. Sorry it's just a toy.
 
slabwax said:
Have you seen the new toys and games for kids these days. An Ipod is just a toy for teens and adults. Sorry it's just a toy.
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The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys. :D
 
i want a black shuffle.

also, internet radio on an ipod would be great, especially if they added the feature to the iphone.
 
HD vs flash

I just have to add my two cents. Ever since my $500 40G iPod broke after 14 months (i didn't buy the warranty, with one minor drop and a good case), I swore i would NEVER pay that much for a hard drive ever again. At first switching over to a 1Gig Nano was VERY difficult but quickly I became used to it. I have phases of listening to the same stuff over and over again, so i didn't really need all the space anyway. I LOVE the flash iPod. It gets knocked around and dropped and i've never had a problem with it.

I will be very disappointed if the iTouch is only a hard drive and priced around $500. And I'm afraid Wi-Fi may bring up the price. If you need to be in a hot spot to use the Wi-Fi, isn't that frustrating and a waste?

I would LOVE if they introduced a Widescreen for showing off your pics/viewing videos, Touchscreen because it's cool, forward/back buttons for active people or driving, GAMEPLAY, 30/60G, Flash because it's faster and not as fragile.

30G $350
60G $450

I can't wait for tomorrow like everyone else on here.:p
 
Jobs RDF

My prediction is that boosted by the hype around the iPhone's release, Jobs' Reality Distortion Field has finally reached critical mass and all the Beatles WILL be reunited on stage, and start a live tour, content hosted exclusively on iTunes.

Or they may be introducing the next round of iPods...
 
pcorajr said:
Wonder is these new iPods will be available the same day as with the iMacs?
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im thinking they will. if theyve been out of ipods for over a week now they must be losing a lot of money. i expect they will want to resupply everyone quickly.
 
HDD vs. flash

Sweetbike40 said:
I would LOVE if they introduced a Widescreen for showing off your pics/viewing videos, Touchscreen because it's cool, forward/back buttons for active people or driving, GAMEPLAY, 30/60G, Flash because it's faster and not as fragile.

30G $350
60G $450

I can't wait for tomorrow like everyone else on here.:p
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erm, i would *love* it too if there were flash drive capacities of that size suddenly, but basically it would be *far* more expensive than the prices you suggest - unless Steve has been hiving off stocks of NAND memory chips for months, discovered a new manufacturing process, or something. the likelihood of this happening ready for tomorrow is miniscule, although we can dream :)

more likely it will be a HDD Touch, and that will still be worth an upgrade especially if the screen is now a decent size like the iPhone. it might even make me watch movies from time to time without feeling silly or squinting like a weirdo.
 
havenhamilton said:
im thinking they will. if theyve been out of ipods for over a week now they must be losing a lot of money. i expect they will want to resupply everyone quickly.
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yes - actually :apple: is starting to take europe seriously. i ordered my alum imac on the day it was released, and received it the *next day*. ever since then i've been i) incredibly impressed and ii) thinking that simultaneous rollout in euroland for ipods is likely... fingers xed
 
WorldMage said:
My prediction is that boosted by the hype around the iPhone's release, Jobs' Reality Distortion Field has finally reached critical mass and all the Beatles WILL be reunited on stage, and start a live tour, content hosted exclusively on iTunes.

Or they may be introducing the next round of iPods...
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WOW! That would be the ultimate Apple Event!:) If only we could get George and John back.:(:(:(:(

I think I will get no sleep tonight. The Nano sounds cool, but an iPod Touch would be AMAZING! Also I have been looking into the Macworld February issue and seen some interesting views in the Future of Apple Column. Most of the people say that a widescreen iPod could happen as soon as spring and October at the latest. Although, this might have just been the iPhone, but they seemed confident that it was a wide-screen iPod. But, "we all know when it will be." Says John Moltz, of Crazy Apple Rumors site," The next time Steve Jobs says 'oh, and one more thing.'" :D
 
havenhamilton said:
i just dont think the whole thing is going to be flash based, i think its going to be hd based with a large flash buffer.
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This is the intelligent post of the night. The main benefit of flash based ipods (battery life), could be achieved without the main drawback (the cost of 32 or 64gb of flash), by adding a 1 or 2gb buffer. Even video would only need to refresh, what, every hour or two with a 2gb buffer?

Once the drive has spun up, for audio, you could easily pull down to the flash layer 10s to 100s of songs for little more juice than just doing it one song at a time.
 
paulyras said:
This is the intelligent post of the night. The main benefit of flash based ipods (battery life), could be achieved without the main drawback (the cost of 32 or 64gb of flash), by adding a 1 or 2gb buffer. Even video would only need to refresh, what, every hour or two with a 2gb buffer?

Once the drive has spun up, for audio, you could easily pull down to the flash layer 10s to 100s of songs for little more juice than just doing it one song at a time.
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I use my 2gb nano alot just because I get tired of the delay between songs on my 30gb.

A big flash buffer would be cool, but wouldn't help skipping around songs that aren't in a playlist or album. But still cool.
 
prisoner54 said:
erm, i would *love* it too if there were flash drive capacities of that size suddenly, but basically it would be *far* more expensive than the prices you suggest - unless Steve has been hiving off stocks of NAND memory chips for months, discovered a new manufacturing process, or something. the likelihood of this happening ready for tomorrow is miniscule, although we can dream :)

more likely it will be a HDD Touch, and that will still be worth an upgrade especially if the screen is now a decent size like the iPhone. it might even make me watch movies from time to time without feeling silly or squinting like a weirdo.
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Yes, i guess i am dreaming with those prices being how expensive Nanos are now. I thought i read something earlier today either in here or somewhere else about how flash is a little cheaper now. I'd take the 16G also in NAND. I know a lot of people like to have storage for videos but personally i'd be happy with one movie at a time, maybe 2 music videos and some pics, and the rest for music. That is what the ipod is all about anyway.. music. Please no radio stations of any kind. I have an ipod because i can't stand the radio.
 
Project said:
I just asked the dude at the Genius Bar if they had taken delivery of the new iPods into the store yet. He said "I have no idea what you are talking about..", with a wry smile on his face - seems even the retail staff keep their mouths shut when it comes to keeping secrets. Steve got them well trained, lol.
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*sigh*

You do know that Apple Store employees are as clueless as you are about upcoming updates right? In fact even Apple employees working on campus won't know unless they are directly involved with the product in question.

My take on all this:
The beat goes on
This is a direct reference to the Beatles' last press release. So yes, expect to see some sort of Beatles announcement. We already know their catalogue has been remastered for digital release, so this 45th anniversary is as good as any date to release it. You'll probably see either Ringo or Paul or if we are lucky both on stage.

And for crying out loud, no it does not refer to Madonna. KT Tunstall appearing has little relevance to this.

iPod Nano update
This one is a sure thing and will look like the pictures that were pulled in the colours posted. 16GB flash memory is likely.

Touch screen iPod
Seems likely. WiFi will be used for iTMS and possibly widgets (YouTube, Stocks, Weather, Trailers(?). Wireless syncing is - judging by the iPhone - sadly not going to happen. No Safari, no communication.

No radio - internet (dying because of new royalties pricing) or FM (useless in most areas of the world).

Prices will stay the same. Harddrive sizes will increase finally.

Remote control for iTunes or :apple:TV? Meh. Not too likely. I doubt that it will stream to APEx either, but one can always hope.

The thing is, for every cool new product Apple releases, they always underwhelm us with features, the iPhone being a prime example.
 
slabwax said:
Have you seen the new toys and games for kids these days. An Ipod is just a toy for teens and adults. Sorry it's just a toy.
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where do you draw the line? push your definition a smidget, and pretty much every luxury item is a "toy." Your Lexus is a "toy", so is your Smith & Wesson, and that Steinway Grand, Sony HDTV, that plush leather couch, your stainless steal appliances that clean themselves, that Oreck Vacuum cleaner, your cashmere sweater, the 100-Blu Ray disc changer...

no need to be condescending, get on with your life, no body is stopping you.
 
ErikGrim said:
You do know that Apple Store employees are as clueless as you are about upcoming updates right? In fact even Apple employees working on campus won't know unless they are directly involved with the product in question.
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Yes, but if they got a delivery of fresh new iPods, I think they would know just a little about the iPods (sarcasm) ;)
 
Hmm, just noticed this. The article says "ThinkSecret has said that a 3.5 inch display will take center stage." Does this mean the new touch iPod will be smaller than previously thought? I had always imagined something like a 4-inch.

What do you all think?

P.S. - I'm just taking a look at Apple's iPod page. The iPod won't be like that for long :'( .
 
arn said:
http://www.thinksecret.com/news/0709preipod.html

ThinkSecret says Touch-screen iPod tomorrow.

arn
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My store manager said he got a corporate note saying touch screen iPods will be arriving tomorrow at the store ... I really don't think he's the type that would read rumors, then again I can't imagine that Apple would ship the new iPods to stores before the keynote. Too bad I won't get a chance to see if it comes in first hand because I'll be on a business trip.
 
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