Man, I would have to say that would be the biggest hardware/software update I've ever seen Apple do at the same time (besides macworld of course) ... are you sure maybe they won't release the iBooks and eMacs THIS tuesday to keep attention for the music service and ipods high?
DHagan4755: I hope you're as right about all those hardware announcements as you were about the date. Using pure Apple logic, however, Bioflavonoid's prediction makes more sense: iBooks and eMacs introduced this Tuesday (i.e. tomorrow, April 22) and music service + iPods introduced Monday, April 28.
I really wonder where the 15-inch Aluminum PowerBook G4 fits into the equation. My hunch is that it doesn't. In other words, we won't see the new 15-inch PowerBook until later, maybe even WWDC in June.
"Apple wants to make a natural connection between iPods and the service, a seamless connection between hardware and content," analyst Rob Enderle of Giga Information Group said.
I've read several mentions in the press of how the new music service is tied to the iPod. I'm wondering if its possible that the new iPod can connect to Apple and allow you to listen to samples and purchase songs without the need for a computer? Wouldn't this be a good way to sell the service to non-Mac users?
But there's a software layer that's missing. (For Mac users it's not, it's called iTunes).
At some point a user, when ready to buy, must be able to say, "I want this, this and this song, here's my credit card number." That's a lot of interface and security to cram into the iPod UI.
Maybe, but I would expect an iTunes for Windows would deliberately lag the Mac version in features. The whole purpose of the iApps is to push people to buy Macs, and Apple would be very careful about any approach that might diminish their effectiveness in that role.
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s the 28th not a Monday? Everybody is saying Tuesday and the 28th. So what is it going to be, Monday or Tuesday? /F
It doesn't matter. Nobody here knows when the new iPods will be available. When Apple posts them on their website, that will be when they're here.
Monday, April 28th is the day:
* New Music Service goes public
* New version of iTunes software
* New iPods
* New, speed-bumped iBooks
* New, speed-bumped eMacs
Questionable Announcement that day:
* New PowerBook 15.4-inch model
That's it.
Originally posted by DHagan4755
Guys,
Monday, April 28th is the day:
* New Music Service goes public
* New version of iTunes software
* New iPods
* New, speed-bumped iBooks
* New, speed-bumped eMacs
Questionable Announcement that day:
* New PowerBook 15.4-inch model
That's it.
Man, I would have to say that would be the biggest hardware/software update I've ever seen Apple do at the same time (besides macworld of course) ... are you sure maybe they won't release the iBooks and eMacs THIS tuesday to keep attention for the music service and ipods high?
Announcement loction: Moscone Center
To be announced: No surprises ... new iPod line, music service, + surprise
http://www.thinksecret.com/news/may2.html
Originally posted by DHagan4755
Monday, April 28th is the day:
* New Music Service goes public
* New version of iTunes software
* New iPods
* New, speed-bumped iBooks
* New, speed-bumped eMacs
Questionable Announcement that day:
* New PowerBook 15.4-inch model
DHagan4755: I hope you're as right about all those hardware announcements as you were about the date. Using pure Apple logic, however, Bioflavonoid's prediction makes more sense: iBooks and eMacs introduced this Tuesday (i.e. tomorrow, April 22) and music service + iPods introduced Monday, April 28.
I really wonder where the 15-inch Aluminum PowerBook G4 fits into the equation. My hunch is that it doesn't. In other words, we won't see the new 15-inch PowerBook until later, maybe even WWDC in June.
Escher
Will Universal Music be "Amelio'ed"?
All right, not Hardware, but dammit it would be huge!
Screed
"Apple wants to make a natural connection between iPods and the service, a seamless connection between hardware and content," analyst Rob Enderle of Giga Information Group said.
I've read several mentions in the press of how the new music service is tied to the iPod. I'm wondering if its possible that the new iPod can connect to Apple and allow you to listen to samples and purchase songs without the need for a computer? Wouldn't this be a good way to sell the service to non-Mac users?
At some point a user, when ready to buy, must be able to say, "I want this, this and this song, here's my credit card number." That's a lot of interface and security to cram into the iPod UI.
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iTunes 4 for Mac and Windows.
Screed
Does anyone know where it's being held? The Moscone Center in S.F. seems too big for such a "small" event.
Originally posted by lolo
I was expecting this Apple special event to be held either in Town Hall on the Apple Campus or at the nearby Flint Center.
Does anyone know where it's being held? The Moscone Center in S.F. seems too big for such a "small" event.
No one has said so far as I have read to date. WWDC is at the Moscone Center, but that's about it.
Originally posted by sCreeD
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iTunes 4 for Mac and Windows.
Maybe, but I would expect an iTunes for Windows would deliberately lag the Mac version in features. The whole purpose of the iApps is to push people to buy Macs, and Apple would be very careful about any approach that might diminish their effectiveness in that role.
Originally posted by Retrograde
I predict it will not be released on a Tuesday