“Analysts for Needham & Co this week said they believe Apple will hold a special media event sometime in April to unveil Intel-based iBooks and a more functional video iPod,” Kasper Jade reports for AppleInsider. “‘At the end of his Macworld keynote address in January, Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO, noted that the company will celebrate its 30th birthday on April 1, 2006,’ analyst Charles Wolf wrote in a research note released to clients on Thursday. ‘While it’s possible that Jobs’ was simply pointing out the longevity of Apple, we interpret it as a signal that Apple will hold a major birthday party in the form of new product event around that date, most likely in early April.'”
Jade reports, “‘The one sure-fire product Apple has to introduce is an iBook running on the Intel single core Yonah processor,’ wrote Wolf. The analyst notes that the K-12 school-buying season begins in May; and the iBook represents an increasing fraction of Apple sales in this market. ‘Failure to have an Intel iBook ready for the school-buying season could significantly jeopardize Apple’s education sales,’ the analyst added. Wolf also believes that Apple will use the event introduce the ‘real’ video iPod. ‘Apple was careful to call the iPod capable of displaying video that it introduced in October just that—an iPod that played music but also featured a video viewing capability,’ he wrote. ‘According to our sources, the screen on the Video iPod will occupy the entire front of the current iPod with a touch-activated scroll wheel.’ Assuming the iPod retains the fifth-generation form factor, this move will increase the size of the screen three-fold, the analyst said.”
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RUMOR: True Apple video iPod with 3.5-inch display, touch-screen click wheel coming soon – February 09, 2006
Don’t believe the video iPod part… maybe eventually, but a lot of people would be pissed off if they start shipping an iPod with a 6″ screen so soon.
Just so long as it is a scratch resistant surface! There are enough complaints without having to touch the screen!
april 1st
remember macworld…..
Just in time to spike the stock price for the taxpayers’ profit taking…
now, what am I supposed to do with my new video ipod!
Maybe this guy is getting his rumors mixed up. It sounds like he’s talking about the rumored Mac tablet.
I don’t think the real video iPod bit holds any water.
What is this “Real Video iPod” crap.
I just shelled out big bucks for my Video iPod and it is already a “Shuffle”!!!!
Not happy.
darn, I’m in the market to replace my 3rd generation iPod but I don’t want to buy too soon. I think I’ll wait until whatever the next change is.
Maybe he has his rumors confused with the iWalk we use to hear so much about.
On my birthday! Thanks Apple!
Mac genius, I hope you in fact are one because you are not a financial one. Why would people seek to profit so they can pay more taxes?
Interestingly… the wide screen iPod w/ the touch interface inches us closer to the form and function of the Apple smart phone. Remember that qwerty overlay from the patent app?
And while we’re on that topic another potentially big revenue line occured to me … ringtones (iTones?) purchased via iTunes or, crafted by you in GarageBand.
While I’m stunt-speculating here… don’t forget to throw in iChat, voip option, wireless audio/video capabilities, OS X mobular, etc. all for the same price point as a Treo.
Only problem I forsee at this point … requires an automotive battery to run for morhe than 5 minutes (but Ive will undoubtedly make the iBatt a thing of beauty).
Video iPod Folks….
The 5th Gen iPod is NOT and NEVER has been a “Video iPod”, except for those that cannot properly parse the English language. The latest iPod is an iPod with a bigger screen that is capable of playing video. Any new product from Apple will not remove one iota of capability from the iPod you own. Technology doesn’t stand still. Get over it and enjoy your 5th gen iPod; some of us don’t have one.
I predict stock analysts will try to spin any and all Apple news as positive or hopeful because they suckered lots of people into buying Apple stock thinking it would already be over $100 a share and ready to split and they are trying to calm lots of irate people that lost lots of money on Apple stock in the last couple of weeks.
I predict that MDN will print all rumors regarding Apple no matter who and what says them.
sounds like a pda to me. an ipod sized (roughly) device that you can access the web, play music, watch video. and of course snyc with your mac.
this would really be the next generation device.
interact with the interface via touch sensitive screen. a scroll wheel could still remain but be a part of the interface, not a physical scroll wheel.
remember the name.
its the i POD.
not i MUSIC PLAYER.
I think that the MacTablet could make it’s debut in time for the education market spending spree.
Hopefully a new iBook too, but not with Solo core. But instead the low power core chip:
T2600 2 MB L2 2.16 GHz 667 MHz 31W (Future iMac/Macbook Pro 17″)
T2500 2 MB L2 2.0 GHz 667 MHz 31W (iMac)
T2400 2 MB L2 1.83 GHz 667 MHz 31W (Macbook Pro)
T2300 2 MB L2 1.66 GHz 667 MHz 31W (Macbook Pro)
L2400 2 MB L2 1.66 GHz 667 MHz 15W (iBook/Macbook? 13.3″)
L2300 2 MB L2 1.50 GHz 667 MHz 15W (iBook/Macbook? 10″ / MacTablet)
Sweet lineup!
MW “reached” we’ve reached a good platform
$$:
Because capital gains are only paid when a stock is sold, and there is only a 15% capital gains tax. If I have a stock, like Apple, with a high price increase over what I initially paid, I can sell, and keep 85% of the increase.
Just to clarify:
T2600 2.16 GHz 667 MHz 31W (Future iMac / Macbook Pro)
T2500 2.0 GHz 667 MHz 31W (iMac / Macbook Pro 17″?)
T2400 1.83 GHz 667 MHz 31W (Macbook Pro / iMac)
T2300 1.66 GHz 667 MHz 31W (Macbook Pro)
L2400 1.66 GHz 667 MHz 15W (iBook/Macbook? 13.3″)
L2300 1.50 GHz 667 MHz 15W (iBook/Macbook? 10″ / MacTablet)
This would be cool but we’ll see …..
I may get one given some time to see if there are any bugs for first time buyers…
“The real iPod” thing sounds great who cares if I bought a 5G iPod that plays video. Hell, bring on the “Real iPod phone”.
-L
It is about time that Apple had something to do with a durable display–I think it needs to be wifi equipped and with blue tooth. Apple should also have a RIMM type Blackberry phone capable of doing internet internet searches and e-mail. I admit I dont know pro s and con s of entering such a wireless phone market but Im a free citizen and I can say whatever I want to say. And while Im at it–ADMIT YOU ARE JEALOUS OF THE 6GHZ POWERPC CHIP THAT IBM IS GOING TO PRODUCE IN 2007. By the way dont down loaf the HAL software it has a serious bug in it….some virus called DAISY.
with regards to the iBatt idea. that is a possiblility. although probably more along the lines of iButt.
1. insert the iButt into your colon and wait till the heat extracting battery turns heat into a charge.
2. when the iButt is sufficiently charged you will hear ” Come and get me you dirty little animal” from the in-built battery.
3. if over charged you will hear a ” Squeeze me out brother!! Its hotter than the blazes of hell in here!! “
*could be a problem extracting in public places.
I completely second Spark’s comments. He/She has it completely right: the 5G ipod is NOT called the Video ipod and was never intended to be a video player. It’s no more than an ipod with the ability to play the 4:3 ratio tv shows itunes now has available for download. Which brings me to my point:
Apple isn’t interested in coming out with a player thats primary purpose is the 16:9 ratio movie. They are only interested in producing a player that pairs up with itunes well, and as of yet itunes only offers television programs in the classic 4:3 ratio, hence the 4:3 screen on the 5G ipod. In other words, none of the content currently offered on itunes would even benefit from a larger 16:9 screen. I’m not saying it would be cool, esp, with divx support. But we all know Apple is sometimes a bit too proprietary for their own good.
I agree with sam’s comments that these folks are getting their rumors mixed up. This sounds a LOT more like the rumored apple tablet than the oft-wished-for video ipod. Even the tablet patent Apple filed for features a virtual clickwheel, which is probably how this video ipod rumor got sparked.
To me, the only way Apple would release a 16:9 full screen VIDEO ipod would be if they start offering movies for download. While I don’t put this past ol’ Stevie boy, I doubt even he could convince the movie houses to distribute over itunes. I would look for iBooks (macbooks?) in April, and ‘maybe’ the mac tablet, however that is probably and unfortunately still further down the road.
Hi, my name’s Doug. I’m an Anylist. I predict that some company, somewhere in the near future will release something new to the market. Now please pay me money. Thanks.
Magic word was (of all things) PAID!