Apple's Rumored PowerPod

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday April 1, 2004 @10:16AM from the get-your-lust-on dept.

mobilemag writes "MobileMag has released a photo of the new Apple PowerPod. This sounds like an amazing device! With Wi-Fi and video messaging, the powerpod could very well be a hot seller."

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PowerPod != iPowerPod by Lord+Grey · 2004-04-01 10:16 · Score: 5, Funny

You know this is an April Fool's joke 'cause the product name doesn't begin with an "i".

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1. Re:PowerPod != iPowerPod by MikeXpop · 2004-04-01 10:28 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Now we know where apple got the idea for the iMac
  
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2. Re:PowerPod != iPowerPod by System.out.println() · 2004-04-01 10:32 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Actually, you know it's an april fools' joke because Slashdot didn't call it 'lame'.
  
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3. Re:PowerPod != iPowerPod by Anonymous Coward · 2004-04-01 10:42 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  People jokingly announce really cool things that have no chance in hell of ever coming out.
  Yeah. Like this joke on SecurityFocus about Microsoft improving security.
4. Re:PowerPod != iPowerPod by Gear_Media · 2004-04-01 10:58 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  you obviously missed this april fools joke.
  
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5. Re:PowerPod != iPowerPod by bahwi · 2004-04-01 15:53 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  How is that different from every other day on slashdot?
Swiss Army Knife by IdeaMan · 2004-04-01 10:17 · Score: 4, Funny

My swiss army knife does that too.
Also includes:
Ear Floss.
Portable Angiogram.
X-ray laser.

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Wait a minute by Sparky77 · 2004-04-01 10:18 · Score: 5, Funny

Is this another attempt to make the cordless extention cord?

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1. Re:Wait a minute by Anonymous Coward · 2004-04-01 14:50 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Don't joke about that. I'm still living down the time one of the layout guys had me go back into the press room to fetch a bottle of cyan halftone dots. And then the press guy told me they were all out of cyan and had me call (I shit you not) our ink vendor.
  
  I still get kidded about it. Every couple of weeks somebody makes a wisecrack about halftone dots.
  
  That was seven years ago.
  
  Kill me, please. Somebody just kill me.
it would be amazing if it was real... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-04-01 10:19 · Score: 2, Funny

iBut iApple iIs iToo iOverpriced iTo iHave iAnything iDecent iAt iThat iPrice.

iWho iKnows iThough, iRight?
Good news by generic-man · 2004-04-01 10:20 · Score: 5, Funny

I'm glad to see that Apple finally got on the ball and developed a portable media device with WiFi. The original iPod has sold very poorly because it had no wireless and less space than a Nomad.

However, I'm only buying it if it has Bluetooth and can support Linux. Otherwise, it's lame.

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April Fool! We melted your server! by jayhawk88 · 2004-04-01 10:20 · Score: 5, Funny

Enjoy the $2k bandwidth bill!
Apple? by Quasar1999 · 2004-04-01 10:20 · Score: 4, Funny

At this point, you might as well call the company orange... these april fools jokes are funny when they are reasonably real... that's what had me going 3 years ago on slashdot... but this is just stupid... Who's with me?

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1. Re:Apple? by OS24Ever · 2004-04-01 11:12 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  I'm with you. I hate april fools day. It's the one day a year I have to actually work instead of randomly surf links thrown out by Slashdot.
  
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Re:Somehow... by Sparky77 · 2004-04-01 10:22 · Score: 5, Funny

What? That is wierd. People must be reading the article.

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just in case. by fjordboy · 2004-04-01 10:23 · Score: 5, Funny

Just in case the page gets slashdotted, I'll paste the text that I got from it:

The page cannot be displayed

There is a problem with the page you are trying to reach and it cannot be displayed.

Please try the following:

Click the Refresh button, or try again later.

Open the www.mobilemag.com home page, and then look for links to the information you want.
If you believe you should be able to view this directory or page, please contact the Web site administrator by using the e-mail address or phone number listed on the www.mobilemag.com home page.

10060 - Connection timeout

Internet Security and Acceleration Server

Technical Information (for support personnel)

Background:

The gateway could not receive a timely response from the Web site you are trying to access. This might indicate that the network is congested, or that the Web site is experiencing technical difficulties.

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Slashed... by xThinkx · 2004-04-01 10:24 · Score: 4, Funny

and Dotted

That was quick, April Fools, enjoy your stupid bandwidth bill

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Um... by skidde · 2004-04-01 10:24 · Score: 3, Funny

"mobilemag writes 'MobileMag has released a photo...'"

Well, he tried.

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Yes, but! by Tibor+the+Hun · 2004-04-01 10:31 · Score: 3, Funny

Does it support Ogg Vorbis?
If so, then this is definitely an iPod Killer!
And if not, this is certainly the beginning of the end for Apple.

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If you realized here... by mhlandrydotnet · 2004-04-01 10:31 · Score: 5, Funny

If you realized it was April 1st after Google's Gmail To Offer 1GB E-mail Storage? then you're a telepathic genius.
If you realized it was April 1st after IF Quake Takes Fragging To Whole New Level then you are just a regular genius.
If you realised it was April 1st after Visualizing Stories On Current Events With Newsmap then you are smart, but mostly hate the media.
If you thought it was April 1st after 500 EURO reward for finding car by finding laptop then I can refer you to a friend of mine, Akmar #!#! (prounounced She-bang-she-bang-bang for those not versed in l33t sp34k or recent polls) who has some pills you might be interested in.
If you didn't think it was April 1st and you got all the way to Omniscience Protocol then I'm surprised all those hours listening to your own subliminal music and drinking coffee hasn't killed you yet.
If you ... ah screw it. I can't even keep up with the editors. And there's still time left yet!
1. Re:If you realized here... by Tumbleweed · 2004-04-01 10:38 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  If you realized it was April 1st before reading anything online, because you have a friggin' CALENDAR, then you're a super-duper-telepathic uber-genius who must be immortalized via a bronze sculpture in the middle of every town square in the world.
2. Re:If you realized here... by Dirtside · 2004-04-01 11:42 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Well, since I knew exactly when it would next be April 1st almost a year ago, that makes me a super-hyper-ultra-mega-duper-telepathic chrono-genius who must be immortalized by carving the entire Earth into the shape of my head.
  
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Hosting company gone too by Nynaeve · 2004-04-01 10:57 · Score: 2, Funny
mobilemag.com is hosted by a Canadian company:
Domain Name: MOBILEMAG.COM
Name Server: NS2.IHOST.CA
Name Server: NS1.IHOST.CA
Even the company web site is only intermittently available.
If you can't get to it, part of it says:
All Accounts Include:
- ...
- 99.8% Uptime
- ...
So much for 99.8% uptime! I think they will be having some words with their customer soon. Maybe 'mobilemag' will post the graphical stats for us. :)
699? by -kertrats- · 2004-04-01 11:06 · Score: 2, Funny

Why would i possibly want to spend $699 on a PowerPod? Why, for that much, i could pay the licensing fee for a copy of linux!

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Re:That is too... by 47Ronin · 2004-04-01 11:53 · Score: 2, Funny

Not as hilarious as the iPod port of DOOM (!!)

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yeah! by commodoresloat · 2004-04-01 12:00 · Score: 3, Funny

And it had better come with two mouse buttons too.