“Well, there’s apparently a big to-do coming up this weekend. It’s Apple’s 30th Birthday and we’re starting to hear some rumors. First off, there’s the touchscreen iPod. Oh, ho ho. What a wonder that will be. This has a 80-85% chance of actually appearing, and is one of the things I would love to see. Clearly, this would also mean that there will be full movies available on iTunes this weekend, which would be just swell. An anonymous source told me, back when the Hi-Fi was coming out, that the touchscreen iPod was months away, if it were ever to appear, so who knows,” Gizmodo writes.
“Apparently, Jobs and his Flying Monkeys were in talks to get good movie content for the big AV launch. We shall see, won’t we,” Gizmodo writes. “Next, we have the iPod phone… Then we have new MacBooks… A Mac Tablet? …Strangely enough, I haven’t heard of anyone being invited to the ‘launch’ this weekend nor have I heard that it is actually happening. Maybe Apple doesn’t like us, but the radio silence is absolutely weird.”
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“They now need to do something to capitalise on that.”
Speaking of capitalizing, Billy, it’s not MAC, it’s Mac (short for Macintosh, not an acronym), and it’s not IPOD, it’s iPod.
Sorry, but those along would “could care less” are my big pet peeves.
if apple puts something out this weekend, we’ll know for sure that they’ve silenced all the rumor leakers. there have been so many “retracted rumors” lately, nobody knows what’s going inside all those beautiful labs in cupertino.
Sorry, that should have read, “Sorry, but those along with ‘could care less’ are my big pet peeves.”
Back on topic, it seems, sadly, that they’re not doing anything for their 30th. The question is, will Google pay homage with some sore of Apple art in their logo on Saturday? If they don’t they lose serious points.
with macdude’s absence… can we ascertain who his aliases were by their conspicuous absence also?
haven’t see tHE dUDE recently…
was macdude booted by mdn? one can only hope.
“A possible design for the next generation iPod, resolving smudges/scratches”
“This design allows the iPod to switch between music and video mode by way of a sliding mechanism. In the “closed” mode, the player appears as current iPods. In video mode, the entire front face of the iPod slides away to reveal the full sized screen underneath. Screen is protected from impact and scratching in music mode.”
my guess? there will be no new products released.
wish there would be. but i doubt it.
a new Newton… aka iPad, with 6 gigs of flash memory, iPod capabilities, microphone, and perhaps cellular phone included. sweetness. watchout Blackberry. I could (mw)picture that.
ndelc
MAC MAC MAC
IPOD IPOD IPOD
Now back to the topic at hand
I think it would be best for Apple to announce a Mac product not an iPod product. After all, the iPod has already changed the world, but the real revolution would be if the Mac could do the same.
No hard feelings ndelc!
I remember seeing people responding to MacDude’s posts a few articles ago. But there were no posts by him in the article. Maybe he did a bad no-no and They banned his IP. Ha ha ha ha ha!
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Oh God! Some idiot will surely attempt to clean their oily, sticky smudge prints off the touch screen iPod with scouring powder and then sue Apple because the screen is scratched!
MW: believe. You’d better believe it.
Someone should send Jobs and Woz pearls for their 30th.
Heidi: “healthy white collar adult professionals”
Those are the ones that scare me the most. Clean cut and definitely up to something.
“iPad”
Sounds like a wireless feminine hygiene device with built-in Bluetooth and networking.
beryllium: “Oh God! Some idiot will surely attempt to clean their oily, sticky smudge prints off the touch screen iPod with scouring powder and then sue Apple because the screen is scratched!”
That’s funny. Sad and true but funny. Too bad they can’t make the screens in different flavors. Then people could just lick them clean.
Billy, no hard feelings. Hopefully it’s out of your system?
I agree, if they were to do anything special, I’d like to see it involve the Mac.
I would like to see some fresh design from Apple for changes, whatever they release that is. Ives design is efficient but that’s about it. They should hire someone like Marc Newson or Ron Arad…or maybe Zaha Hadid to breath some fresh air in their designs. I still think the low-point was reached with that HiFi thingie. How ugly is that thing, say? I would love to see a desktop/tower designed by Newson…the guy’s a friggin genious.
Okay people, let’s get it straight.
Once and for all…
It’s Mac.
NOT MAC.
Mac is NOT an acronym. It’s Mac, short for Macintosh.
Simple. Get it?
Mac.
Repeat…
Mac
Mac
Mac
Mac
Mac
Mac
Mac
Mac
Mac
Mac
Mac
Mac
Mac
Mac
I feel better now…
BIG MAC?
two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun?
iMac?
two all intel cores, special os, dvdr, isight, ilife, ir remote, on a nifty metal stand
In November of 1991, in the Arabian Gulf, ALL radios went silent.
</i>Dead silent. No transmissions of any kind. Total radio silence. Do you know what happened next?</i>
Of course. The US launched an attack, didn’t finish the job, and spend the next 11+ years watching Saddam kill his own people and thumb his nose at the world.
It was a factor in 9/11. It is a major reason for the situation in Iraq today.
If you’re thinking of an Apple attack on MS turf, Apple had better be ready to finish the job and win. Like the US stopping short in Desert Storm, Apple will have serious long-term consequences if they attack and stop short of taking down MS.
I can believe a touch screen ipod easily, heck there are touch screen thermostats (Honeywell) for Pete’s sakes. I’m surprised they haven’t had them yet.
We need new ibooks.
And eggs!
“Ives design is efficient but that’s about it.”
Uh, isn’t that the point? Computers are tools. They’re not decor. They’re not art. Adding unnecessary visual gobbldigook would only take away from the Mac’s unobtrusiveness. Sleek efficiency and easy access are the ultimate design approaches for these tools.
the giant iPod ad is, if it is, in Western Australia, just north of Kalgoorlie.
Reported here:
http://boakes.org/apple-ipod-space-advert
in Google maps:
http://maps.google.com/?t=k&ll=-30.516354,121.336956&spn=0.293105,0.234146
It’s not quite ready on the satelite photo, but they must be several month old. This might well be Apples birthday stunt!
Uhhhhh… Isn’t Apple going to re-release Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club band on MP3 CD?
:0
prepare yourself to be amazed tomorrow as
nothing Apple related will happend other than a happy birthday to me from Apple.
I’m guessing there’s no announced press event because Apple has decided to give one web site, magazine, TV show, or National Newspaper and exclusive cover piece.
Remember they gave Time the exclusive years ago with the iMac G4…. which Time accidently leaked a day early.
Anyway, that’s my guess.
No big press event… instead a big splashy announcement on Apple.com along with tons of friendly coverage in one major place.
Rumor: Apple is going to release a DDR like video game all built into a dance mat called the iMat. Just plug it into the AV ports on a T.V. and your good to go. Also has a DVI adapter to connect to monitors:-P
See I can make up rumors too