iPod update delayed until 3/15/03?
I just got this email from the Apple Store:
[quote] The great thing about the 10GB iPod is all the terrific-sounding music (up to 2,000 songs*) it lets you carry with you everywhere?and of course the stylish way it lets you do it thanks to its compact size, great battery life, and stunning ease of use.
The great thing about the XtremeMac Get Connected Kit is everything it lets you plug your iPod into as you move around. There?s an iPod cassette adapter for your car stereo, Xwire Gold RCA and mini-plug cables for just about any stereo or portable speaker system with auxiliary-in jacks, and an iShare earbud splitter for when you want to share your music with the person next to you. To top it all off, a premium iPod car charger is included to keep your battery charged on the road. It sells regularly for $39.95, and it?s yours at no extra cost when you purchase a 10GB iPod for Mac ($399) online from the Apple Store by March 14, 2003. Order yours today.
Offer applies only to the purchase of a 10GB iPod for Mac made online through the Apple Store or over the phone at 1-800-MY-APPLE by March 14, 2003. To redeem offer, enter your claim code in the claim code box at checkout. Click here for more information on how to redeem this coupon. This coupon can be used only once. Terms and Conditions apply.<hr></blockquote>
At least we know what's going on.
[quote] The great thing about the 10GB iPod is all the terrific-sounding music (up to 2,000 songs*) it lets you carry with you everywhere?and of course the stylish way it lets you do it thanks to its compact size, great battery life, and stunning ease of use.
The great thing about the XtremeMac Get Connected Kit is everything it lets you plug your iPod into as you move around. There?s an iPod cassette adapter for your car stereo, Xwire Gold RCA and mini-plug cables for just about any stereo or portable speaker system with auxiliary-in jacks, and an iShare earbud splitter for when you want to share your music with the person next to you. To top it all off, a premium iPod car charger is included to keep your battery charged on the road. It sells regularly for $39.95, and it?s yours at no extra cost when you purchase a 10GB iPod for Mac ($399) online from the Apple Store by March 14, 2003. Order yours today.
Offer applies only to the purchase of a 10GB iPod for Mac made online through the Apple Store or over the phone at 1-800-MY-APPLE by March 14, 2003. To redeem offer, enter your claim code in the claim code box at checkout. Click here for more information on how to redeem this coupon. This coupon can be used only once. Terms and Conditions apply.<hr></blockquote>
At least we know what's going on.
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3: versions of the iPod. That's a no-brainer.
14: 1+4=5. Obviously, this will be the last day of the 5gig iPod's life, to be replaced by a larger model on the 15th.
3.14: 3+1+4=8. Now, this might not look like much at first glance, but turn that little baby 90 degrees and...that's right, the infinity symbol. As in Infinite Loop.
Those are the easy ones. I could get into all sorts of 3.14=truncated Pi and how this might affect the circular scroll wheel, etc....but I've got to get to work.
I think you might be on to something here Fran.
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<strong>I just got an e-mail giving me $100 off a fuji 3800 camera. Not a bad deal if you ask me. The deal ends on the same date, March 14th.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I got the same email...
3/14 is a Friday. Apple rarely releases new products on a Friday but we could be surprised. 3/15 is the Ides of March. Beware the Ides of March. 3/16 is my birthday and Apple never releases anything good on my birthday (The original Pre-Aqua Mac OS X Server is the only thing).
3/17 is St. Patrick's Day so people won't be paying attention to Apple (I should hope).
So that looks like 3/18 as a launch date unless Apple puts out the iPods a week earlier 3/10, 3/11 and then kills their special offer.
<strong>I'm going to throw another wrench in the works.
3/14 is a Friday. Apple rarely releases new products on a Friday but we could be surprised. 3/15 is the Ides of March. Beware the Ides of March. 3/16 is my birthday and Apple never releases anything good on my birthday (The original Pre-Aqua Mac OS X Server is the only thing).
3/17 is St. Patrick's Day so people won't be paying attention to Apple (I should hope).
So that looks like 3/18 as a launch date unless Apple puts out the iPods a week earlier 3/10, 3/11 and then kills their special offer.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Or maybe 3/13 which is my Bday. (At least its not a friday the 13th this year)
A@ron
<strong>That is what Applrumors.com has to say on the issue.</strong><hr></blockquote>
you mean applerumors.com, or better known as macrumors.com :cool:
the circle will be complete under what condition?
3.14... sing along if you know the words... 15926...
it's Pi... friend to geometers everywhere
the system controller uses an Apple Pi Bus, IIRC
once there was a mac graphics manufacturer named radius
hmmmm... return of the pivoting monitor arm?
the imac base is hemispherical,
my bet is more round than square,
ivey seems to hate sharp edges... even the MDD is curvy
edited to clarify rambling stream of pseudo-consciousness
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Take it for what its worth....
From somewhere in the Mac Galaxy....
Have fun!
<strong>before some religious fanatic starts waving the 3:14 sign in here, let me propose a more mathematical possibility
the circle will be complete under what condition?
3.14... sing along if you know the words... 15926...
it's Pi... friend to geometers everywhere
the system controller uses an Apple Pi Bus, IIRC
once there was a mac graphics manufacturer named radius
hmmmm... return of the pivoting monitor arm?
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[ 02-21-2003: Message edited by: curiousuburb ]</strong><hr></blockquote>
Ok, I read this over 3 times, and I still cannot make a single bit of sense out of it. What are you trying to say??? <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />
About why it's only the 10G version: Maybe they already _have_ sold most of the others (or have just overproduced the 10G version), or the update will _not_ be linear. Maybe there won't be a 10G version as we know it now...
<strong>It is soooo strange how you Americans read and write dates the wrong way round... It's either 14.3. or 2003-03-14.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Yeah. When I was a little kid, I was convinced that the traditional (or American) way of writing dates was completely flawed.. since in my mind, they should have gone in ascending order in respect to chronological significance... that is, days preceding months, months preceding years. It does make a bit more sense.
<strong>It is soooo strange how you Americans read and write dates the wrong way round... It's either 14.3. or 2003-03-14.</strong><hr></blockquote>
You don't understand the American convention obviously.
The most logical system is YYYY/MM/DD, correct?
The American convention of MM/DD/YYYY is just YYYY/MM/DD with everything shifted one space because most of us follow a yearly cycle. Knowing the year really isn't too important to our schedule.
Now take the convention of DD/MM/YYYY. If you were to use this format for archival purposes it would be exactly the opposite of what you'd want. You'd get a list of everything that happened on various days of various months and years listed out of chronological order.
[ 02-21-2003: Message edited by: Eugene ]</p>
Here in the US, if we're asked the date, we always say the month first, then the day.
Hey Apple? Please mail me a 50 gb iPod. Thanks you!