“Because it is Apple, speculation is running high about what the iconic tech company will unveil next,” Swisher reports. “And most of it centers around the blinging of the iPod Touch to bring it into line with many of the features on the iPhone.”
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“That is likely to include a front- and rear-facing camera, which would allow the device to use FaceTime, Apple video-calling software that works over Wi-Fi,” Swisher reports. “There could also be an A4 processor in the iPod, which will give the even more oomph.”
Swisher reports, “Other rumors run the gamut, such as a new cloud-based, streamy rethink of Apple TV (possible and exciting), a smaller iPad (silly and unlikely) and a streaming music service (useful and most likely).”
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MacDailyNews Take: She forgot to mention the new iPod touch’s Retina display, but Gruber didn’t.
And a fix for the iPhone4 Proximity Sensor issue, perhaps?
New iPod touch, yes.
New AppleTV, mmmm maybe,
7 inch iPad, no way in hell, never, ever.
There will be NO change in the iPad hardware, but the arrival of iOS4 will be announced for the iPad.
There will be a “one more thing.” It will be a surprise.
Fix for “antenna issue” for iPhone 4 perhaps.
@ Alasdair
Any iPhone-related updates will be not be part of the September event. This one is usually focused on iPods and entertainment services. Apple TV is definitely in the picture too, assuming there is something new. It is highly unlikely that there will be anything new for iPad.
While an iPod touch with an A4 and Retina Display are exciting, I’m most curious about what’s next for iPod nano. What more can Apple do to it, in its current general design? The next iPod nano many be something completely different.
Hey Apple, can u Puleeeeeeeeeeeze upgrade the iPod Classic, with Better Audio at Least give us Something in the Vein of
(Dolby Mobile) Because thats My only Problem with Apple’s Portable Media Players. “The Sound Sucks” in Comparison with my “Sony Walkman” Minidisc Players, and i have had a Couple different Models, so i can Attest to Great Portable Audio.
As a matter of fact, No one even comes close to “Sony” when it comes to Audio, “No One”
Mac OS X 10.7 Clouded Leopard sneak peek!
@ Bkire
It’s an event to refresh Apple’s popular “holiday season” products, not the WWDC keynote address.
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@ rizzior
I don’t think Apple will give iPod Classic very much more attention. If there’s a single-platter (thin) 1.8-inch hard drive larger than 160GB from Toshiba (such as 200GB), it may get that type of upgrade. Or it may be cancelled.
Smaller iPad? Not likely. I actually see them increasing the size a little once they can knock the weight down to under a pound.
iPods
iPad OS 4.1 (I think they’ll skip 4.0 for the iPad)
iPhone/iPod touch OS 4.1
iLife 11
iWork 11
iLife will include a new piece of software for HTML 5 code creation and editing – designed to work with iWeb, of course.
@ rizzior
how about getting a good quality pre-amp that uses the digital output from the iPod?
Apple will present and complete the rest of it’s entire 2010 Holiday Lineup.
Once again, Xmas 2010 will be almost exclusively an Apple retail blockbuster.
I think it is a safe bet that iPod Classic will be gone from the line-up. If you really, really want one, get yours now (or while closeouts/refurbs last).
Solid-state memory seems to be ramping up capacity at decent prices, so we should be able to expect a 128GB touch at this announcement, given that they’ve been doubling the capacity every year for the past three years.
rizzior:
You haven’t a clue.
The days of Sony producing good audio have long gone, even their Pro Audio gear is not what it used to be though still pretty good.
The iPod Classic’s frequency response and other audio specs blow any Sony consumer audio product specs. Import your CDs into iTunes at a 16 bit 441.Khz resolution and output your audio from your iPod through the dock connector using line level signal as opposed to a noisy headphone out signal which degrades the audio and is not intended as a feed to anything but headphones.
You will then get great audio that will only be realized to it’s full potential as amplified through a good audio chain: One consisting of a stand alone ( not integrated) pre amp, power amp and a good pair of real speakers.
I already have one of these devices – it’s called the iPhone4 and it will do most things an iPod Touch will do except for making phone calls.
rizzior:
You know, I re read your post, not only don’t you have a clue but you don’t even know what you’re talking about – scratch that your a real igno.
you’re an igno idiot
If this is for a new IPod touch and this new touch has both a retnia display and built in satellite GPS, I’ll be buying one asap…
@Breeze
Hey There, Don’t u Dare Question my Integrity When it comes to Audio, or shall we say Music.
(Let me give u some History)
I have been Playing Music, and touring Internationally since 1982 Playing Guitar, Singing, Producing, Arranging, Composing, Directing, and Writing Songs for a Living, and if there is one thing that The other Band Members always Credit me for is my Aural Gift.
The Average Human being u see walking the Streets do not have The Hearing ability that i have, and that includes You, Trust me on that One.
If u read Comments from Most of the Folks that write about the iPod weaknesses, Most will tell u that it’s the Audio, and they think Apple should Put much more effort into Giving us a Better Listening Experience, so don’t u Dare tell me that i am Ignorant, and i do not Know of What i Espouse.
And @YoYo,
I do not want to carry any Extra Devices.
I Travel a Lot and i Just wanna Take my iPod and My Headphones, My dearly Loved “Shure SE530’s” with me.
(Come on Steve Jobs, Make me Happy) Puleeeeeeze
Rizzior:
Wipe the milk off your lips Mr humble, I’ll just say that Ive been in the music and recording industry longer than that and say you don’t have a fucking clue.
@Rizzior,
I play too and I’m not saying that I have Doggie hearing, but I can tell you that if you convert your songs to Apple Lossless and run it through the dock connector you will get sound superior to CD quality. I have this set up at home and in my car and it was the only way that I would have accepted converting my library to a digital one.
The files are akin to a wave file in size, but the accuracy is there.
Now, if you are talking about the headphone jack, remember that the engineers at Apple designed the ipod to play through specific headphones. So the bass reproduction is less.
Although I have stated the above, Apple lossless does pale in comparison to FLAC, which I find superior to almost anything that I have ever heard.
..just saying.
And the most sense-maker is- R!
I would agree.
R:
You are mistaken:
Apple lossless is compressed at a 2:1 ratio. It is not better than Wav of AIFF files which are the industry standard.That is a fact. All Retail CDs are all mastered @ 16 bit 44.1 kHz. This is the industry standard. So if you import at anything less than that to iTunes or otherwise ( like Apple Lossless) you are degrading your audio. You cannot get better than that. ( Unless you record at 48 or 96Khz in 24 bit r higher, which is not practical for final mastering product).
The old adage of “garbage in =garbage out applies here too : if you start with and inferior audio product even if you convert to 441.kHz @16 bit you will not improve the quality.
auramac: Might make more sense to you, but you are obviously not the aurasonic I mistook you for and are too mistaken.
The iPod Classic doesn’t make anymore sense to me especially as the iPod Touch can go up to 64GB or maybe even 128.
Obviously the camera front and back should be in the new touch plus iOS4.
The usually form factor changes / enhancements for the remaining iPod lines.
A new AppleTV / iTV would be welcome but the price has to be better. $99 would get plenty of people trying it out.
Apps should work for the new iTV plus it should integrate with the iPhone or iPad to provide a way to control the TV from the couch or control games like the Wii controller can. All of the hardware is in place so only the integration needs to be done.
With this Apple could take on the Gaming industry at the TV level as well as the handheld level.
I was a pioneer and technic fan myself, but my classic 120 gb does just fine… i use either my studio or ear bud senheisers to tone the bass down a bit, and love em.I take it for what it is; and It is, after all, a portable unit, not a full fledged audio system. MHO
sony make ok tvs and mediocre at best hi fi
you telling me the’yre superior to the likes of krell , linn , naim , audio research , burmester etc ?
lol
How is it that all you “smart ” Apple faboys don’t know fact from hot air?
Breeze is 100% right – Apple lossless is inferior to 16 bit 44.1kHz.
I guess ignorance is bliss and you’re never interested in the truth.
breeze, Ptoducer
You guys have no clue, lossless compression (like apple’s lossless audio format) are lossless, meaning that they reproduce the exact same bit stream as the original.
This can be achieved by numerous algorithms (lempel-ziv likely being the most well known) and is also used in compressing applications and other types of data.
Uncle Fester’s cousin:
You are absolutely 100% wrong. This is my field of expertise.
Uncle Fester’s cousin:
Another way for you to find out that you’re wrong is to compare the file sizes of a song in losselss vs 16bit wav or aiff @ 44.1kHz…
1 minute of full res stereo = 10 MB
breeze
Dude, you are clueless, Lossless compression is just that, it is commonly used in computer programs and data (ie .zip files, which use LZ as one of the available compression algorithms BTW) where the resultant uncompressed data must exactly match the original.
It (lossless) is also commonly used on audio and video files, where again the resulting (decompressed) stream is -EXACTLY- the same as the original.
Comparing the compressed and original streams and stating “see they aren’t the same size” indicates you don’t have a clue about programming nor digital audio recording
Uncle Fester’s cousin:
You my friend are a complete idiot.
Compression by definition is just that.
Just like jpeg ( compressed vs Raw files.
Anytime you compress audio, you alter the integrity of the original file and full dynamic range.
Yes, lossless compression is commonly used but don’t let the name fool you – it’s fidelity is not anywhere as good as 16 bit or 24 bit Wav @44.1kHz.
Fortunately for the audio world, audio is a science that wasn’t subject to baseless dumbed down e-idiot standards and posturing.
If you sit down and A B one vs another on a real stereo system that are able to reproduce full spectrum audio and full bandwidth fidelity, you’ll see that it’s easy to hear the difference even with mediocre ears and hearing.
Is Google making you stupid?
( http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/07/is-google-making-us-stupid/6868/)
I have engineered and produced more albums than you’ve probably ever even listened to.
Dude you need to educate yourself a bit
Compression has nothing to do with depth or rate. Compression can be applied (with more or less compression efficiency depending on the structure and redundancy present in the data) to any data in any format.
Simply spewing digital audio rates and resolutions, and then claiming golden ear status is stupid, and easily refutable The (audio) data coming out of a lossless compress/decompress cycle is exactly the same as what went in.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lossless_data_compression
You may indeed be a “musician” but you are no engineer, I can guarantee that.
Uncle Fester’s cousin:
You’re not worth the effort – the best you can do is is rely on wikipedia, which is now formerly a disqualifier in any educational institution .
Yes I am an audio engineer and producer and have many years of experience at it with the best of them.
By the way, did you know that Jerry Lee Lewis after marrying his 12 year ld cousin never had kids because he didn’t want them named Uncle Fester’s cousin?
Breeze:
I was almost willing to take you word on it, and accept that “Apple Lossless Compression” was somehow cheating and not actually “Lossless”; but now I see you arguement is based on filesize, you show yourself to be absolutely clueless.
Lets try simple math:
4 + 4 + 4 + 4 = 16
or
4 x 4 = 16
Both give you EXACTLY the same result, 16, but one can be written down in half the space (2:1 compression). You are effectively claiming you can tell the difference between 16 and 16 when one is arrived at via addition and one is arrived at via multiplication.
Nonsense.
Sometimes it makes sense to write out 4 + 4 + 4 + 4, because not everyone understands multiplication or can multiply very fast. In this case, the math is way more complicated than addition and multiplication, but the net effect is the same; the bare CD said 16, Apple lossless will say 16. If you export the Apple Lossless BACK to CD format, the result will be a bit-for-bit identical song. That is exactly what LOSSLESS means, there is NO LOSS OF DATA.
Geek:
If true to your name and you have good ears, listen for youself on a good stereo reproducing system ( not plastic). Don’t take anyone’s word. If you’re interested in fact.
Geek:
Read properly, I said ” another way ” to check I’d file size…by no means a substitute for proof of performance. I’m done on the topic .
breeze
This,
http://www.answers.com/topic/lossless-compression
Is less technical (then the wiki on lossless compression) and more specific to audio, perhaps it will help you understand the basic concepts involved.
Or not, your choice.
Fester:
It’s all technical you backwards hick.
Ptoducer,
Insults aside, that is not very technical, I would think most grade schoolers could comprehend it.
Perhaps it just seems very technical to you.
Festered:
Get some real education, where you have to study learn retIn and then practice hands on for years, you are a typical molested wiki head that would have no right of passage practising any specialized proffesion.
” you would think”? Ha what a novel concept you inbred ignoramus – Pro audio is an exact technical science idiot.
When your generation is left to survive the planet, your real skills will be evident and you’ll all be up shit’s creek without a paddle. Go play with your sister now and remaber she’s only 8.
Google, wikipedia and answers.com will never make you more than a smart ass who’s ignorance is evident to anyone that has real educated skills. Look in the mirror inbred festered.
Ptoducer,
dude do you think we can’t tell that Ptoducer and breeze are the same person? (same tone, poor usage, grammar and sentence structure)
Dude give up on the hate and adolescent insults, it only damages you.
You were dead wrong about lossless compression, admit it (at least to yourself) and move on. It is a good life lesson.