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Two New iPods, Four New Mac Configurations
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the iPod...
is going to have satellite radio. finally. it will be awesome, and so much better than a video iPod. you will be able to rip your streams to the iPod as well. again, it will be AWESOME.
is going to have satellite radio. finally. it will be awesome, and so much better than a video iPod. you will be able to rip your streams to the iPod as well. again, it will be AWESOME.
pipspot said:I really think we'll be seeing Intel Mac preview machines for the masses. Apple made an OS X beta release for the public. I'm sure they're more than willing to sell boxes with Intel chips and profit from the big demand from them. I'm predicting the same exact dev. configuration kit to be made available for around $1299. Shipping with the latest Mac OS X 10.4.3 for IntelAs for casing, Apple will go with the small-form factor (like the Shuttle) since it doesn't offer one in this config. Apple wants this box to be faster than the Mac mini and probably the iMac, but slower than the basic updated G5 towers.
Powerbooks will of course receive their G5 chips, running at 1.6 - 2GHz with 512MB memory baseline and a nice X600 graphics chip across the board.
Powermacs will go dual dual cores (4 logical processors?) at 2 - 2.4GHz each.
iPod will not go video. As widely rumoured, same price-point, 40GB and 80GB. They'll announce a special Nano discount during the holiday season, and further bring up the prices of flash memory (by selling more units of the Nano). We're talking about $179 and $229 now.
Airport Express Video will go 802.11n but is backward compatible with current g hardware. Apple wants to be the first few in the industry to go 'n'. Apple introduces iFlicks to store, convert, rip and organise your video collection to be streamed wirelessly.
Bluetooth Mighty Mouse is introduced, bringing down the base wired MM to $39.
I do not see any G5 PowerBooks. The ATI Mobility Radeon X600 is a last generation chip with PCI-Express. The X700 is new technology.
Chundles said:
It's not that bad in Wollongong is it?
Maybe you should make the move 3hrs north
technocoy said:
I must agree, Satellite Radio has always been another one of my wishes for the iPod.
bertagert said:
Ok, when i think about the sky there are lots of things up there. Obviously the sun is the first thing folks think about, but I think the epod (that's an environmentally friendly solar ipod) is probably out.
There are also satellites in the sky, so i guess it could be XM or Sirius satellite radio built in to the ipod, but I don't see how they could do that without making it much larger. One thing i'd like to see if we do get video has to do with other things in the sky. TV signals. With the digital tv signals available and the perfect pictures i think that would be a great addition when the vpod finally does make its appearance.ok, my guess is satellite radio or GPS.
Aqua Structure said:
First off, I aknowledge these statements as wild speculation, but still...
OLEDs with this sort of resolution are a bit over the horizon. I like the resolution you gave it, and this might be possible, given the nice showing with the nano's screen (frailty notwithstanding). Controls will remain on the face, through; this isn't a Walkman. Bluetooth 2.0 might be enough for simple audio, but I believe that Jobs has passed on that feature already. WiFi might be an option, if the spec is updated to something with a wider bandwidth.
I like the Media Store name, the the BitTorrent peer-to-peer downloading is right out. The movie industry will (IMHO) never want to give up its content to Apple if this is the sort of distribution they'll be getting. Without real security and stringent rights management, the only video content to get to the iPod AV will be music videos (aquired from the music industry thanks to the iPod's stranglehold on the market) and movie trailers (aquired from the existing Quicktime distributions). That and user owned content. I expect you're right to say that limited initial content will pave the way for ever greater archives.
I'd expect that the independent short film crowd (like the stuff at AtomFilms.com) would be willing to work with Apple to get its content formatted for the iPod AV. This might go the way of Podcasting and become an integral part of the iTunes Media Store. (Of course video Podcasting is on its way already.) I mean, how many of these independent films are already cut together with Apple software and hardware. The iTunes Music Store and GarageBand (and Logic Pro) go together like the iTunes Media Store and iMovie HD (and Final Cut Pro). For every creation there is an outlet.
holy crap...
Um. i am an apple ZEALOT, but i have admit, that sirius device is pretty damn sweet. I hope apple doesadd this functionality to the iPod, because honestly, i want one of those. I haven't been convinced to get satellite yet, but that is the perfect implementation of it. the one push thing to store the current song is bad-ass. thats EXACTLY what i was just thinking the new iPod would do. ans seeing how small that is, and knowing that apple engineers are better than most, i'd be willing to bet they could fit in in the full-size iPod. sweet. and you will be able to organize your shows and channels through iTunes.
nice, even if it IS wishful thinking. this is MUCH more exciting to me than video. i have a PSP and i love it, but i almost NEVER use the video feature.
Um. i am an apple ZEALOT, but i have admit, that sirius device is pretty damn sweet. I hope apple doesadd this functionality to the iPod, because honestly, i want one of those. I haven't been convinced to get satellite yet, but that is the perfect implementation of it. the one push thing to store the current song is bad-ass. thats EXACTLY what i was just thinking the new iPod would do. ans seeing how small that is, and knowing that apple engineers are better than most, i'd be willing to bet they could fit in in the full-size iPod. sweet. and you will be able to organize your shows and channels through iTunes.
nice, even if it IS wishful thinking. this is MUCH more exciting to me than video. i have a PSP and i love it, but i almost NEVER use the video feature.
Well.. I want it be an internet tablet or the like.
I agree that this would be a huge disappointment is this "one more thing" is a Madonna iPod and speed bumps...for God's sakes.
I have to feel it is something (like an internet tablet) that is not being talked about. I personally feel Apple folks feed crap info to the Rumor sites to muddy things as they laugh their asses off at 1 Infinite Loop.
Cant you see them gathering around an iMac G5 in someone's cubicle having a good laugh!!
If I were at Apple and in the marketing /pr dept. I would do the same thing especially with Apple's history of hating rumor sites!
Less than 48 hrs to go!
I agree that this would be a huge disappointment is this "one more thing" is a Madonna iPod and speed bumps...for God's sakes.
I have to feel it is something (like an internet tablet) that is not being talked about. I personally feel Apple folks feed crap info to the Rumor sites to muddy things as they laugh their asses off at 1 Infinite Loop.
Cant you see them gathering around an iMac G5 in someone's cubicle having a good laugh!!
If I were at Apple and in the marketing /pr dept. I would do the same thing especially with Apple's history of hating rumor sites!
Less than 48 hrs to go!
I really wish I would have known about that before I posted. Now I look like an ass. I'll have to seriously think about getting that little gem. After getting sat radio in my car it is very hard to imagine living without it. It's a hard call between that and my ipod. I have to admit, sat radio truly rocks and sometimes I don't even miss my ipod.Peace said:
Well maybe my Siruis on ipod thing will come true anyway. At least we broke up the 500 post threads people have been repeating for weeks on end.
Yours truly,
Ex-Socrates
ibook30 said:
Huh? What does the weather have to do with iPods, or is there a new function I am not familiar with?
BornAgainMac said:
I said this a couple of times in one of hte other 200 MR threads on the media event!
Something will come out at the investor call, then the '...one meore thing' on Wednesday. And it will blow us away.
No iPod in the sky
From CNNMoney Feb.9 2005
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Mel Karmazin, the new CEO of Sirius Satellite Radio, said he's talked recently with Apple Computer about adding satellite radio to its popular iPod music player.
"I've spoken to (Apple CEO) Steve Jobs," said Karmazin, speaking Wednesday morning at a media conference in New York. He declined to elaborate, other than to say that the "current thinking" at Apple (up $0.40 to $81.30, Research) is that "they don't need to put a satellite radio in their box."
From CNNMoney Feb.9 2005
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Mel Karmazin, the new CEO of Sirius Satellite Radio, said he's talked recently with Apple Computer about adding satellite radio to its popular iPod music player.
"I've spoken to (Apple CEO) Steve Jobs," said Karmazin, speaking Wednesday morning at a media conference in New York. He declined to elaborate, other than to say that the "current thinking" at Apple (up $0.40 to $81.30, Research) is that "they don't need to put a satellite radio in their box."
