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iTunes 4.9 To Support Podcasting
WaRrK writes "O'Reilly Radar are reporting that in a demo at D: All Things Digital Conference, Steve Jobs showed off iTunes 4.9, which has support for iPodder like functionality. Although, he was "slightly" dismissive of the phenomena, describing it as "Wayne's World for radio". Also, whilst currently only supporting free content, they are not ruling out paid for podcasting in the future. iTunes 4.9 should be available within 60 days." Yeah, Steve's kinda right on this - podcasting is neat & all, but the breathy overstatement of how it will change our lives is a wee bit overdone.
Are the editors supposed to editorialize in article write-ups? This seems to be a very recent phenomenon.
... I'd've thought that Apple would be all over anything that could possibly increase the usefulness of your iPod and ITMS bundle.
And no sir, I don't like it.
As for podcasting
iTMS 4.9: now YOU can podcast! and it washes your dog! and cleans your toilet! etc etc.
Am I the onlyone who read this and initially thought something along the lines of "what does Glenn Danzig have to do with Pi"?
What?!?
New music got to my hard drive via:-
1. As you say, ripping from a CD from my collection (but not using iTunes, its ripper is quite poor).
2. By using another legitimate music store i.e. Napster/Yahoo/etc.
3. By myself or a friend actually making some tracks
4. By downloading some perfectly legally free music tracks
And party shuffle, a decent enqueue system? Seriously?
The only thing I would call that heap of shit is a mess of a random playlist, NOT in any way, shape or form a vaguely useable enqueue system.
Kids in a second grade class in Brunswick, Germany were asked to sum all integers from 1 to 100. That should have kept them busy for a while but some 8-year old boy - son of a peasant gardener - said in bored voice: "the result is 5050 of course, 50 times 101 ". His name was Gauss.
To get a better deal from IBM. That would lower their costs and lower the prices of the Macs.
Essentially they're shifting part of the cost burden to IBM, while keeping their share of the profits intact, in an attempt to boost their sales.
Also, it could be an attempt to make sure that IBM, with its focus on the PS3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo Revolution, does not forget about Apple.
Yeah, I'm sure apple is going to release a x86 apple computer. I mean, PowerPC is not in its best moment, after all xbox 2, PS3 etc are not carrying powerpc chips. Also, a new architecture would mean no binary program for mac os x would work in a x86 computer, 3rd party companies would love such movement.
Jobs would rather let apple die before selling a x86 mac
This could be the same tactic Dell uses with Intel... "We could go with AMD, but about those prices..."
Cheaper because of Intel? I doubt it. Even if Apple does start using x86 - or more likely x86-64 - they would still likely use their own controller chips (Note that Apple uses a single, integrated controller rather than a north/southbridge approach) and custom boards.
It's not impossible that Apple will switch to Intel processors. We already know they keep a copy of the OS up to date on Intel hardware, and even released Darwin x86. The problems come from all the things they would leave behind:
Compatibility - The PowerPC architecture emulates x86 better than the other way 'round. To keep from eliminating all old software with one fell swoop, they would need to emulate PowerPC. This would cause old software to run like death.
VMX - Much of Apple's current power comes from the AltiVec/VMX/Velocity Engine available on the G4 & G5 processors. It is what offers Apple serious performance benefits in certain applications, and makes possible many of the near/realtime capbilities in programs like iPhoto, iMovie, and even Final Cut Pro. Unless Intel tacks on a VMX unit, I don't see Apple switching.
Maybe a dual-processor system: one PowerPC and one Intel? Not likely, I grant you.
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I want iAnus on the gayPod!
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