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Two New iPods, Four New Mac Configurations
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If the new iPod really does have XM/Sirius satellite radio as our friend is purporting we may have a revolution on hand. Sat rad has been expanding for a few years now... but there's been a problem... a lack of a good device for playback. Something that is screwed to the dashboard of your car sucks because it just stays in your car. The portable units from Delphi et al suffer from ergonomic and aesthetic issues.
Here comes Apple, with the perfect end-user device for receiving satelite radio. Conveniently enough it happens to work with thousands of accesories, and can plug directly into many new cars and some cars that are already on the market. And it works with everything else out there via tape or FM transmitter or dock connector.
It can go anywhere and do anything. Wait what's that? Anything? It plays MPEG-4 video too, as an added bonus. And got a whole lot smaller than the 20/60 color iPods.
XM or Sirius will be present on the stage... pledging a year-subscription free to anyone who buys the new iPod. What's more...you can download the content you hear and send it back to your computer when you sync the iPod.
If Steve walks on stage with something like that Wednesday... the world will be a different place. Sat rad has been just waiting to go mainstream (and start making money).
I don't know how I missed the boat on this one, though. Adding satellite radio to iPod seems a hell of a lot more doable, likely and "Steve-able" than the video ever was.
Here comes Apple, with the perfect end-user device for receiving satelite radio. Conveniently enough it happens to work with thousands of accesories, and can plug directly into many new cars and some cars that are already on the market. And it works with everything else out there via tape or FM transmitter or dock connector.
It can go anywhere and do anything. Wait what's that? Anything? It plays MPEG-4 video too, as an added bonus. And got a whole lot smaller than the 20/60 color iPods.
XM or Sirius will be present on the stage... pledging a year-subscription free to anyone who buys the new iPod. What's more...you can download the content you hear and send it back to your computer when you sync the iPod.
If Steve walks on stage with something like that Wednesday... the world will be a different place. Sat rad has been just waiting to go mainstream (and start making money).
I don't know how I missed the boat on this one, though. Adding satellite radio to iPod seems a hell of a lot more doable, likely and "Steve-able" than the video ever was.
bertagert said:
Are you "Sirius"? Har har har, I kill myself. Oh, I see you made the same joke (penultimate paragraph.) I'll shut up.
XM or Sirius. Thing is though Jobs has been pretty dismissive of that entire market in the past, so I can't imagine why he'd have changed his mind. I'm willing to be proven wrong, but I seriously doubt this is the case. I don't know what Apple is about to announce, but a tie-in with satellite radio seems implausable.
m-dogg said:
I think the mini was brilliantly put into position. The pricing was genius. However, 4GB vs. 20 GB is not even in the same ballpark as 4 vs. 40. That's twice the capacity difference for the same price difference. The difference in capacity should not exceed 20GB, otherwise they'd be opening a hole in their line for competitors. Most people don't need 20GB as it is--forcing them to 40GB when 20GB players are out there for a lower price is a bad idea. The point is that there is a need at the high end for more capacity as I mentioned, but that it's foolish to drop the 20GB model, which is the best selling model of the current full size line (and it isn't because it's the cheapest).
For the people who want to use them, doing so without another device or an external power source would be a welcome convenience. Signal clarity could be improved just because it's coming right from the audio controller instead of the headphone port, and you'd also cut out line noise from the DC power adapter. Being able to turn it on or off would allow you to share your iPod to FM headsets in the area (at lesser quality, yes, but it's much easier than the podsharing that was popular around 2002-3 by switching headphone plugs). It's a simple feature that doesn't extend the function of the iPod, keeping it a simple music player while capitalizing on two popular uses, sharing and in-car listening for those without line-in).
berkleeboy210 said:
Yes, it does. So let me be the first person to complain that it scratches OMFGBBQLOLZ. I didn't future-spend $350 on a shiny plastic thing to have it be a less shiny plastic thing after a few days of it riding around in my messenger bag. Grrr Matt angry. Matt smash things!
podfuture said:
So podfuture (I know you have a good record on these matters) - you're saying video iPod then? Any word on the details?
Bull! Apple should really be thinking twice about this one. Listening to the music and podcast is great. Having the ability to tune into news, sports, music, weather, traffic, comedy, and talk without having to download it from my computer is a thousand times better.Peace said:
That little reciever that snaps into the bottom of the Siruis unit looks like it could easily do the same on an ipod. I'll take a look at this unit when its available. All it needs is more storage and to be a tad bit smaller. $10 I walk out of the store with this and ditch the ipod.
PodFuture has been saying vPod for a while now. He called the Nano exactly, So I'll take his word for this one too
matticus008 said:
but you aren't forcing them to spend more for a 40...you're giving them 40 for the price of 20. As hard drive prices go down, apple should pass those savings on. If they replace the 20 and 60 with 40 and 80 at the same price points, how is that bad?
Regarding the itrip functionality, it was my understanding that signal clarity is poor due to govt. regulations, not technological limitations. If Apple could do this well, that's fine. But if they can't, then leave it to the third party manufacturers...
hey matticus
my wife and i are researching vancouver for a vacation for researching a possible more there from the states.... our honeymoon was in montreal and i instantly fell in love with canada. my friends who have been to vancouver tell me i will love it. i hear it has the largest chinese gardens outside of china. what profession are you in? Is there a decent designers job market there?
sorry for the OT post. just got really excited when i saw that you lived there... i was trying to convince the wife when i saw the worlds best city thing and sent it to her... now shes all about it, lol.
If i like it more than montreal, i'm in some serious trouble. i was ready to move there right after our honeymoon.
my wife and i are researching vancouver for a vacation for researching a possible more there from the states.... our honeymoon was in montreal and i instantly fell in love with canada. my friends who have been to vancouver tell me i will love it. i hear it has the largest chinese gardens outside of china. what profession are you in? Is there a decent designers job market there?
sorry for the OT post. just got really excited when i saw that you lived there... i was trying to convince the wife when i saw the worlds best city thing and sent it to her... now shes all about it, lol.
If i like it more than montreal, i'm in some serious trouble. i was ready to move there right after our honeymoon.
I hope they get recycled instead of going to the dump.podfuture said:
Video on a small device has a very, very, very limited audience.
- People will not wait for the huge file to download.
- People will not watch the small screen.
- People would much rather go get a DVD, order from Pay-per-view, or use OnDemand before waiting 30 minutes - 1 hour to get the content.
- If this is for music videos or small clips, people will either turn on the TV or surf the web.
- The Video iPod will not happen, period.
- I heard you were on with the nano. I don't think you'll be right on video. If you are, I'll apologize and bow out. I'm not saying satellite is going happen. it just should.
podfuture said:
Yeah, didn't you get the memo?
I think 20, 40, 80 would be the sweet spot in terms of product. I would snap up a 40GB in an instant if it was smaller than the last 40GB they came out with. After snapping up my nano of course, and my mini in what 7 weeks? (Gee i hope the cops haven't taken it home).
I'm gonna need another 8 or 9 jobs..... bugger...
bertagert said:I hope they get recycled instead of going to the dump.
Video on a small device has a very, very, very limited audience.
- People will not wait for the huge file to download.
- People will not watch the small screen.
- People would much rather go get a DVD, order from Pay-per-view, or use OnDemand before waiting 30 minutes - 1 hour to get the content.
- If this is for music videos or small clips, people will either turn on the TV or surf the web.
- The Video iPod will not happen, period.
- I heard you were on with the nano. I don't think you'll be right on video. If you are, I'll apologize and bow out. I'm not saying satellite is going happen. it just should.
1. It's not meant to d/l huge files
2.The small screen is for previewing
3.Or stream it to the Tele.
4.Partially true
5.It will happen
6.He will be partially right
7.Satellite radio on the iPod would be great if every country could listen in.
m-dogg said:
It's not about forcing them to spend more. The 40 for the same price as the current 20 sounds good, until you realize that most people don't even need 20. When they realize that it's way more than they need and look at the next cheapest and see that it's 4GB (which is not enough), they'll look to other brands that offer what they want. Apple popularity and RDF aside, people buy what they need, and Apple would be creating a gaping hole in its product line.
It's sort of like those huge gas station soda cups. The small one is only ten cents less than the 40 ounce one, which is only 10 cents less than the half gallon one. A 20 ounce bottle is the same price as the 40 ounce fountain drink, but it doesn't matter if you don't WANT the 40 ounce one because you can't ever hope to finish it and end up not consuming 60% of what's in it. Bigger is not always better, but most Americans don't accept this as valid.
INTELigence?
Keynote abandoned? WTF - Steve Jobs must have been so gutted himself. "Great products in the pipeline" - Ok, something must be coming. iPOD - I hope its a computer rather than another iPod. Two of the Worlds leading computer and electronics (Apple and INTEL) finally pull finger and the first intel chips will be ready on Weds! Think about it, this announcement must be something HUGE, no way iPod, no way just for dual core processors alone, I know we shouldn't expect till late 2006, but the project may have gathered some extreme momentum with Developers all over the world, and say Rosetta is running quicker, more stable or something, then why wait? (Far fetched, but just maybe...., what'd u reckon?)
Keynote abandoned? WTF - Steve Jobs must have been so gutted himself. "Great products in the pipeline" - Ok, something must be coming. iPOD - I hope its a computer rather than another iPod. Two of the Worlds leading computer and electronics (Apple and INTEL) finally pull finger and the first intel chips will be ready on Weds! Think about it, this announcement must be something HUGE, no way iPod, no way just for dual core processors alone, I know we shouldn't expect till late 2006, but the project may have gathered some extreme momentum with Developers all over the world, and say Rosetta is running quicker, more stable or something, then why wait? (Far fetched, but just maybe...., what'd u reckon?)
are you serious? Dont you think that Sirius or XM (companies not so hung up on secrets) would have had a leak by now about making the joint box?
People dont want to pay another 10 bucks a month on a box they are inevitably already going to be paying 200+ for. Once you add it, it will have to stay there forever, and it is not a for sure that XM or Sirius will be around then.
people would rather have a file than a stack of DVDs when they are traveling with their laptop, or carrying a portable movie player. i am sure that an ipod AV would have a larger screen and a click wheel more like a nano.
YOu have to understand a movie store wouldnt just be for ipods.... PEOPLE CARRY LAPTOPS... if i was apple... i would still be getting money from people who dont even own iPods... wintel and Mac laptops and desktops everywhere are getting movies when they want where they want. THAT IS A HUGE MARKET SHARE.
i do hope that apple DOES NOT do what cell phone multimedia has stooped to, making you pay for short clips of video from your favorite shows, and not the entire show. I hope that full shows and movies are what is offered.
People dont want to pay another 10 bucks a month on a box they are inevitably already going to be paying 200+ for. Once you add it, it will have to stay there forever, and it is not a for sure that XM or Sirius will be around then.
bertagert said:I hope they get recycled instead of going to the dump.
Video on a small device has a very, very, very limited audience.
- People will not wait for the huge file to download.
- People will not watch the small screen.
- People would much rather go get a DVD, order from Pay-per-view, or use OnDemand before waiting 30 minutes - 1 hour to get the content.
- If this is for music videos or small clips, people will either turn on the TV or surf the web.
- The Video iPod will not happen, period.
- I heard you were on with the nano. I don't think you'll be right on video. If you are, I'll apologize and bow out. I'm not saying satellite is going happen. it just should.
people would rather have a file than a stack of DVDs when they are traveling with their laptop, or carrying a portable movie player. i am sure that an ipod AV would have a larger screen and a click wheel more like a nano.
YOu have to understand a movie store wouldnt just be for ipods.... PEOPLE CARRY LAPTOPS... if i was apple... i would still be getting money from people who dont even own iPods... wintel and Mac laptops and desktops everywhere are getting movies when they want where they want. THAT IS A HUGE MARKET SHARE.
i do hope that apple DOES NOT do what cell phone multimedia has stooped to, making you pay for short clips of video from your favorite shows, and not the entire show. I hope that full shows and movies are what is offered.
technocoy said:
(Quick OT response)
Vancouver's awesome. I actually just moved here about six weeks ago, but I've made many trips over the years. I think that for design, depending on what you do, you could find a job pretty easily given the high volume of film/TV production that goes on around here, and the fact that it's a major city, but it's not my field. If you're into Japanese gardens, the Nitobe Garden out in Point Grey (on/near the big university campus) is supposedly the ONLY authentic Japanese tea garden outside of Japan.
I like it way more than Montreal, so you might be in trouble. PM me if you have any questions and I'll see if I can answer them
.Chundles said:
only in winter at warabrook trainstation after dark, man that was both cold and you got bitten hundreds of times
Ya know, I think we are all starting to drive each other and ourselves Crazy, why don't we all just sleep and not wake up until 10am PST Wednesday.
I think the cool thing about a new iPod won't be the larger capacities (although that will be there), but what they'll be banking on to add sales is the new design. Smaller, and a little cooler.
In regards to a Madonna (pink) iPod Nano, I say fine. If it gets some added sales, that wouldn't have been there, great. I think it would be better, if they could get a couple hundred artists to choose from, and then his or her autograph was engraved on the back, and you got a coupon towards that respective artist's music collection.
In regards to a Madonna (pink) iPod Nano, I say fine. If it gets some added sales, that wouldn't have been there, great. I think it would be better, if they could get a couple hundred artists to choose from, and then his or her autograph was engraved on the back, and you got a coupon towards that respective artist's music collection.
BTO Options across the entire PowerMac G5 line bump the shipping to 7-10 Business Days
BTO on the Powerbooks - 15 &17in...1-2 Weeks
12in is at 1-3 days.
BTO iMac - 5-7 days
Everything else seems normal.
From the looks of things, we will most certainly see a revision to the Powerbooks this week. I think we will see Powermac revisions no later than next week.
iMac shipping may just be a fluke.
BTO on the Powerbooks - 15 &17in...1-2 Weeks
12in is at 1-3 days.
BTO iMac - 5-7 days
Everything else seems normal.
From the looks of things, we will most certainly see a revision to the Powerbooks this week. I think we will see Powermac revisions no later than next week.
iMac shipping may just be a fluke.