Handicapping the 6th Generation iPod

An anonymous reader writes "It's that time of the year again, when Apple rumors bloom with the fall foliage and the press is inundated with hype and wishful thinking. MP3 Newswire has a reasonably sober article addressing 17 of those rumors, even giving odds on the validity of each. From the article: 'It is the peripheral manufacturers that now have a heavy sway on what features the iPod will add to its 6th generation. The peripheral market has done more to cement Apple's proprietary technology as a standard than Apple itself, adding to the iPod's dominance. Mr. Jobs will not upset that balance without good reason and Apple's recent deal with Creative to make iPod peripherals shows he wants to feed it further. But the iPod needs something new to keep it fresh and ahead of the competition.'"

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Re:Typical Mac users

[Gentlewhisper]

Apple's customers are like no others--a rich blend of the most sociologically elite [atspace.com] with those seeking elegant [atspace.com], simple computing... Unlike users of Intel/Windows computers, a significant portion of Apple's users are active [atspace.com], exploratory [atspace.com], avant-garde [atspace.com] and early adopters [atspace.com]. The activities they enjoy are unique in the way that they more often incorporate rich media such as video [atspace.com] and music [atspace.com] as well as more active prosumer behavior than many more passive Windows [atspace.com] [and Linux [atspace.com]] users.
                                                                                    â" MetaFacts, Inc. [metafacts.com]

With above-average household income and education levels, the Mac population [atspace.com] [is] very attractive [ intellectually [atspace.com] as well as physically [atspace.com].]
                                                                                    â" Nielsen/NetRatings (as quoted by C|NET [com.com])

Enjoy your $1000 Zippo lighter troll. And as for being very attractive....

DRM IS GETTING worse on the ipod already!

[TheCouchPotatoFamine]

unless you haven't noticed, the songs that are in the hidden directory USED to be in non-ordered folders, true, but the song titles were right. This means that (and as a set and setting - i'm a sunday muscian and have a bunch of my own music on the ipod) if i lost a file i wanted i could still search for and retrieve it. As of the latest firmware update, NOW IT AIN'T like that. All songs have been renamed to a XXXX alphanumeric code such that, except for filesize, i can't figure out what is what at all. Some of MY music i'd really like back is trapped.

Just a cute litttle apple feature, or the closing alligator jaws of the ipod trap?

Well, if you boil a frog slow enough they'll nary jump an inch to save themselves. You decide.

Meh.