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Apple Announces iTunes 7, Movies, Set-Top Box
necro81 writes, "As anticipated, Apple announced several additions and upgrades to its iPod and iTunes lineup. The iPod now comes in an 80 GB model, with a $50 price drop for the 30 GB model. The 2nd generation iPod Nano harkens back to the iPod Mini with metallic, multi-colored shells (though as diminutive as ever) and comes in an 8 GB model. The Shuffle has been completely redesigned and shrunk down to the size of a matchbook. All of this comes with the release of iTunes 7, which includes support for downloading full-length movies from iTMS." All 75 movies initially available are from Disney-related studios. The new iTunes will download cover art for all the songs in your library, no matter where you got them from, as long as you have an iTunes account. (A confirmation dialog says: "Information about songs with missing artwork will be sent to Apple. Apple does not keep any information related to the contents of your music library.") There's a new album-cover browsing view of your library. And Steve Jobs gave a sneak preview of a project code-named iTV: a Mac Mini-like wireless set-top box. Engadget has a blow-by-blow of Steve Jobs's presentation.
How much can your pocket hold? That's up to you and your iPod. It holds up to 20,000 songs, up to 25,000 photos, and up to 100 hours of video -- or any combination of each.
If only Apple new that I like 10 minute songs, 4096x3072 pics, and 3 hour movies.
For fuck's sake. I hate giving money to Apple. But now my girlfriend's going to insist on having one of these new iPod Nanos for Christmas. And what really winds me up is that she isn't even going to care about the capacity, or the battery, or the patented scroll-wheel interface, or iTunes integration, or anything like that. She's going to want it because it's blue.
Putting "Blow by blow" and "Steve Jobs" in one sentence really wasn't a good idea.
Summation 2
By the way, that sinking sound you hear coming from Redmond is the hope of Microsoft in taking over the living room through Zune, the XBox 360, and Media Center PCs.
Although, it could also be a chair sailing out the window. I bet they're bolting down everything in the campus today.
"Sufferin' succotash."
"Hey, you've got a bit of dust on your clothes"
"That's not dust! That's my ipod!"
Demented But Determined.
I love that somewhat Orwellian slide that Engadget has from the presentation:
Apple is in your den
Apple is in your living room
Apple is in your car
Apple is in your pocket
What's next?
Strength Through iTunes
iTunes Through Apple
Apple Prevails
If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else.
Best. Tie Clip. Ever.
No. Moron.
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
I wanna Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro
I wanna Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro
...
I wanna Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro
I wanna Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
When are they going to utilize the brown note?
You can't talk about Wikipedia's flaws on Wikipedia
4GB? No WiFi? Lame. :-)
I like that they went back to the mini-style cases, less worry of scratches.
You don't have a girlfriend! Nobody on slashdot does. Ha. Ha. Ha.
I love that somewhat Orwellian slide that Engadget has from the presentation:
Apple is in your den
Apple is in your living room
Apple is in your car
Apple is in your pocket
What's next?
Strength Through iTunes
iTunes Through Apple
Apple Prevails
It's always like that. Apple is going along, brainwashing people. Things are great. And then when we are watching a Steve Jobs special event presentation on a giant screen in an auditorium some athletic chic from IBM comes running in and throws a big hammer at the screen. Bummer.
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Ditto that. I had to get a new skin for my phone because the GF...
/. then?
Ok, you had me up until that point, but girlfriend? Please. What are you doing on
This product will have so much DRM built into it that it will know when you have guests over and will shut down the movie/TV show so your "criminal" friends can't "pirate" a movie by sitting on your couch and watching it with you.
Waiting for her to get back from school?
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
And it would be nice to recharge the batteries wirelessly as well.
Remember, You are unique...just like everyone else.
With a 5-digit UID you should be old enough to get that reference. No Wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame.
I wonder how many iPods were engraved with that quote on the back. Probably more than the total number of Nomads ever made...
0 1 - just my two bits
Man, I hate being dyslexic sometimes. On first read through, I read "set-top box" as "sex-bot top."
Rhapsody in Numbers
Big deal, my toothbrush does that.
Still have to get too close.
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does my head in as well. It remembers every other preference except that one.
How many people can read hex if only you and dead people can read hex?
That's because...are you ready for this? Leopard and Vista are the same OS. just mungified to keep it a secret.
People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them