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Special Apple Event Scheduled for September 12
davidmcg writes "Macworld are reporting that Apple is hosting a special media event on Tuesday, September 12th 2006 in San Francisco, CA at 10AM Pacific. The event will also be simulcast to a location in London where journalists have also been invited.
The invitation to the media was entitled It's Showtime — suggesting Movie-related announcements. Rumors sites had originally expected iMac updates during the event, but Apple surprised everyone with iMac and Mac mini updates last week.
This leaves iPods, a Movie Store and the possibility of a new streaming Media device for the Tuesday event."
It was the tubes, no, not the ones the internet uses, the ones which people used to watch pictures on. If you make it wider you have to make it deeper so you may as well make it higher and then you have a square screen again.
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That's true, people might have forgotten it was the anniversary of 9/11 if they didn't see it on Slashdot.
the point is I only have 1 computer - a laptop I take with me to work and home every day.
at home I have wireless:
keyboard
mouse
internet
speakers
phone (sync + remote)
why NOT have everything wireless if it can be?
my laptop is only 3 feet from the monitor because it HAS to be to use the monitor.
and if it makes my computer easier to use and I'm willing to pay for it who the fuck are you to stand in the way of progress?
I'd say that iTunes 7 is also a given:
- last year, iTunes 5 then iTunes 6 (iTunes 5.1 in all but name) were released within a month, mostly to make iTunes release version coincide with the business year. iTunes 6 = 2005-06. iTunes 7 = 2006-2007
- update of some core components to include the movie store
- need to address the competition, particularly WMP, whose ergonomy is improving with v. 11, especially concerning visual interface and the use of artwork.
iTunes is still well thought as a MP3 player but Apple needs to put some more buzz and hype into it as it hasn't much evolved for the last two or three years. It's the piece of Apple music strategy that has been the least covered by rumor sites for the last few months but it's determining none the less.
what happened on the 9th of november?
Conservatism: The fear that somewhere, somehow, someone you think is your inferior is being treated as your equal.
for me better is all about the user experience. I don't believe there is anyone creating anything even remotely close to iPod + iTunes + iTMS, and some of the players put out there with better hardware specs than iPods treat their users horrifically (the one suggested by the other replier can't autosync and can't browse by artist, album, or genre!).
every aspect of Apple product design is an order of magnitude greater than their nearest competitor. and every great new product Apple releases makes the integrated experience even stronger. so I don't expect to even consider moving away from iPod in the near future but am still curious what "the best of the rest" is.
You don't read slashdot for the comments?
I'll bet you read the articles in Playboy too!
Dear Steve Jobs,
Just make a goddamn phone already, Jesus fucking Christ!!
Sincerely,
bunions
there is no need to sign your posts. this isn't usenet. your username is right there above your post. stop it.
What about updated Merom based Powerbooks? All major PC brands has announced Merom based laptops. Apple can't lag that much without losing brand value etc.
Ooh, and I want to order a new Powerbook ASAP!