“Apple’s having another one of its famous, Steve Jobs-hosted events in San Francisco on September 12, with the event slogan (“It’s Showtime”) drawing extreme attention. What’s up Apple’s sleeve this time? Here’s what the smart money is betting on,” Christopher Null writes for Yahoo! Tech.
Null’s odds:
• iTunes Gets Movie Downloads – odds 1:5
• Apple Set-Top Box – odds 2:1
• Apple ‘iPhone’ – odds 15:1
• Cube 2.0 – odds 40:1
• Something Lame – odds 5:1
Null writes, “Don’t forget that it’s almost certain that Apple will announce more than one of these things, in addition to the usual stuff like iTunes software updates (“Now you can turn volume up and down!”) and various upgrades to old hardware. A 24-inch iMac has already been announced, as well.”
Full article, with details for the five products mentioned above, here.
Related articles:
NY Times: How will Steve Jobs marry the computer and TV? – September 11, 2006
Is this Apple’s 6G iPod? – September 10, 2006
Speculation ramps up ahead of Apple Computer’s ‘It’s Showtime’ event – September 06, 2006
Report: Apple to unveil movie service with full-length Disney features on September 12th – September 06, 2006
It’s Showtime: Apple invites media to special event in San Francisco on September 12th – September 05, 2006
Analyst: Apple ‘iPhone’ finally ready for production – September 05, 2006
RUMOR: Apple plans blockbuster product announcements next Tuesday – September 04, 2006
RUMOR: Apple to launch iMac Core 2 Duo, movie store, new iPods on September 12th – September 04, 2006
– Movies from Disney and Lion’s Gate
– Airport Express A/V
– Updated Nano and/or iPod
That’s it! Re-visit tomorrow to see who’s right!
Forget new iPods????
This article didn’t say anything. It didn’t add anything to the discussion. Could have been better left out.
Null is void of objectivity.
iTunes Movies with Cars & Pirates: DMC available now.
New 6G iPod
Set top box
Airport Express A/V
Airport Extreme A/V
New iSight with Front Row built in/install (Mac Pro, Power Mac and Mac Mini G4)
New Displays with built in iSight & Front Row
MDN word “know”
I lost a couple of brain cells reading this *news* lol
1. Airport Express A/V (because the Mac is going to remain the digital hub).
2. A personal robot ASSistant: the face of Reality Check, the personality of Sputnik, the charisma of Pete Peterson, and the brain of a troll. It’ll call all your friends with its 14.4 Kb modem and berate them for answering.
3. Nano. Because I need to lose weight and lack motivation unless my music tells me how far I’ve run.
This guy is a turd.
Steve will open with this new commercial.
That was the horrible blog entry. He belongs with the Enderles and Thurrotts, but he’s actually worse. He knows nothing. Just trolling for hits.
The likelihood of a set-top box are nil.
check out our predictions at iMacazine.com
Monday Mac Predictions Sep 11
I heard John Karr was with Microsoft when it died…
@Risktaker + everyone else=
I’ve said several times, AND I’M RIGHT (on this one, anyway);
w/the power of youtube.com, et al., many of YOU can produce killer Mac commercials- AND THAT WAS A GOOD ONE!!!!
New iSight line of monitors. 1080p 24″ to match the new Mac Pros.
Mr. Reese,
Most pros use multiple monitors… Who is going to want to iSight cams built in to more than one monitor?
“Something lame” 5:1
I guess that means the odds are against “something lame” being announced. Boy am I relieved to hear that…! In fact, his odds are against everything except for “iTunes Gets Movie Downloads” so he believes nothing else will be announced.
I think this author is “lame.”
The most likely announcement is the replacement for the iPod Nano. Expect a new iPod slightly larger than Sandisk’s Sansa e200 series portable music player but looking like a reduced-size version of the old iPod Mini player, complete with scratchproof case and larger display (also scratchproof). Storage capacities using flash memory will be 8 GB, 6 GB and (possibly) 4 GB.
Null is null.
• iTunes w/Movie Download Service
• 8 GB iPod nano (same price, larger screen, better resolution, video)
• 40 GB and 80 GB iPod video (same iPod video, just larger screen)
• MovieExpress (think Airport Express for movie streaming)
• 30″ and 42″ HDTV’s (with built-in MovieExpress and iSight camera)
I think Steve just meant he prefers Showtime over HBO
here is my scoop:
1.Cinema Display-type TV with attached iMAC board on the back with Frontrow. remote control which brings up menu to control frontrow, TV stations or Mac desktop. Wireless Keyboard and mouse to be able to surf net. easy integration with EyeTV DVR.
2.Airport Express capable of attaching to “legacy” TV and HDTV sets
3.Home Xserve to download from movie store and iTunes and stream movies to new TV sets and Airport express attached to legacy TV
4.new ipods nanos with more color choices.
5. no change in iPods. new model will announce at Macworld expo in January.
6. No Iphone. to be announced at Macworld expo in January
7. and yes. movie rentals.
You can’t turn the “volume up and down” ?
iTicket – movie rental service. DVD quality, cheap, fast. A purchased ‘Ticket’ grants admission for limited period (48 hours?) Option to purchase full DRM key for ‘unrestricted’ viewing of the locked movie file in future (or purchase another Ticket at any time for re-viewing the file).
Airport Video – streams movie to your telly.
iPod Remote – bluetooth, control movie/computer from your iPod and see the the movie’s dedicated DVD menu displayed on its screen (+ liner notes etc)
iPop – a nice big bag of Apple popcorn to enjoy with your movie.
Dont know if it means anything but the free download on the UK ITMS has not been updated as it always is by Tuesday morning!!!
Oh, and now the Music Store has gone down completely. It’s just showing the moniker “It’s Showtime” and a notice saying it’s being updated.
Wait…I take that back.
A moment ago, I got a notice saying the Music Store was being updated and the moniker “It’s Showtime” when I tried to access the Mini Store. Now it’s back to normal. Can’t seem to get through at all to the main store though.
Okay…it seems like it only comes up with the notice on the Mini Store when I’m actually playing a song. Otherwise it just comes up with the Mini Store as usual.
How odd.
My prediction is the ability to surf the iTunes Movie Store from your sofa through your large screen TV using nothing but the Apple remote. Find a movie you like, view the trailer and a few video reviews before selecting BUY or RENT with one click. A message on your TV reads: “You have 7 minutes to make popcorn before the video is ready to watch.”
” width=”19″ height=”19″ alt=”smile” style=”border:0;” />
– STOP PRESS –
218pm – The UK iTunes Store is offline!
Click on the iTunes ‘home’ button and all you see is a black screen with the copy:
‘It’s Showtime!’
The iTunes Store is being updated.
Interesting that it says “iTunes Store” instead of “iTunes Music Store.”
isight with remote control (for front row?)
That this will be as stupid as the announcement about the HiFi…..
Who cares if you can get videos for your iPod? if you can’t take them on a plane, or it sucks the battery down to nothing in 60 minutes, or you can’t stand watching a movie on a screen the size of a PSP (assuming they launch a new iPod design today) then there is no point. I think we would all be better off if Apple stuck to Mac stuff and left the iPod as a kitschie little accessory/peripheral.
Just my 5 cents. (inflation, you know)
Core 2 Duo for MacBook Pro
Pleaseeeee!