Apple Announces iTunes 7, Movies, Set-Top Box 710
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.
I liked the old nano... (Score:2, Interesting)
While the capacities of the new one are nice, the design isn't nearly as sleek or sophisticated as the original nano design. It's a shame, I kind of detest Apple in general as fan-boy garbage (Rio Karma baby), but I did like the polish of the 1G Nano.
-rt
Re:I liked the old nano... (Score:4, Insightful)
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I like that they went back to the mini-style cases, less worry of scratches.
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If I'm close enough to sync I can plug in. I need to charge anyway.
WiFi would be cool for sharing music, but the music industry would never allow THAT.
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I wonder how many iPods were engraved with that quote on the back. Probably more than the total number of Nomads ever made...
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And it would be nice to recharge the batteries wirelessly as well.
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Still have to get too close.
Re:I liked the old nano... (Score:5, Funny)
Ok, you had me up until that point, but girlfriend? Please. What are you doing on
Re:I liked the old nano... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:I liked the old nano... (Score:5, Insightful)
No DVD burning??? Meh... (Score:3, Insightful)
Also, one of the supposed improvements to the new iPods is that the screen is now 60% brighter. Is it just me or was the iPod screen already extremely bright, almost too bright? 60% brighter and I'm not
Gapless Playback! (Score:5, Interesting)
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About time. I mean, it only took them until version 7....
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Re:Gapless Playback! (Score:4, Informative)
I'm really eager to try this out and see if they truly fixed it.
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from buying an mp3 player that costs more than £20
I know the Karma (rip) and one of the sony players does it - but the karma had flaky hard drives
and the sony (IIRC) needed the crappy sony software.
This just might swing the balance now.
I had thought about a san-disk as rockbox would possibly bring out gapless playback - but in the meantime i guess Apple may now
get my cash.
Re:Gapless Playback! (Score:5, Interesting)
Color screens did not make me want to replace it.
Nor did photos.
Nor did putting the buttons on the clickwheel.
Nor did the longer battery life.
Nor did videos.
But gapless playback? They hooked me. I RAN to the Apple Store over my lunch hour, only to be told to "check again tomorrow", which I most certainly will do.
The sweet thing about this is, since it also plays videos and a smattering of time-killer games, I can sell off both my old iPod and my souped-up PSP to friends who want them, and just about break even on the upgrade! w00t!
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And I'm seriously considering the 80GB model...
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Thanks! That's good to know!
(Time to go bust up all those "joined" tracks on Dark Side of the Moon tonight. ^_^)
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Re:Gapless Playback! (Score:5, Informative)
This would imply that it's done within the audio files themselves, perhaps making it usable on all iPods.
I'll see shortly.
The new music view/organize modes in iTunes are great. One is divided by albums, showing a small image of the album cover along with all the tracks. The other looks like they licensed "Cover Flow", it looks like flipping through albums in your old physical collection. Definitely better visual feedback then scrolling through a huge text list of songs.
Re:Gapless Playback! (Score:4, Informative)
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Don't get too excited, MP3s encoded with too old a version of LAME would need to be re-encoded as these older version automatically padded the file. You should be fine with AAC though.
Gapless Playback Notes (Score:4, Informative)
For the people who've reported gapless playback in existing generation iPods, can you double check? Any further details? Firmware versions? Won't work for me. I guess I'll have to listen to one of the new iPods in store before purchasing.
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THey also added gapless playback (Score:4, Interesting)
But perhaps most shocking and sacrilegious: they changed the color of the music note! It is blue now! How could they destroy tradition like that!
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As the AC said, it's been blue before. It was also purple for a while. Apple changes it around every so often.
I'm not following you. That little warning has been there forever. The cleaned versions of explicit songs even get a little "CLEAN" tag to say that they're alternate versions. Apple has other tags as well, but they
Re:THey also added gapless playback (Score:5, Informative)
Behold! The iTunes Icon Timeline! [techmanifesto.com] Note that the icons on that page are the real deal until you get to "Alternative iTunes icons", then the rest are mildly crappy "fan art". (Ugh.)
Re:THey also added gapless playback (Score:5, Funny)
Although, it could also be a chair sailing out the window. I bet they're bolting down everything in the campus today.
Re:Why not?? Xbox360 + MCE= iTV (Score:4, Insightful)
Xbox 360 breaks the metaphor. Ok, so I want to buy a movie. I plug in my xbox 360 (wait...isn't that for games?) then I go to the movie store on the xbox. I browse and press download. Ok...where are my movies living now? On the xbox? Uhhh..ok...but what if I turn off the xbox?
A savvy user knows the answer to these questions. Of course the xbox is just like your pc, and I'm sure the xbox movie download will work great. But the issue here is that the experience seems a little more confusing, just a little harder to deal with. And that is a major marketing hurdle. Tivo and Apple overcame consumer resistance to tech that savvy people were never afraid to use. The Tivo is so easy to deal with the consumer loses their fear of using a computer to record shows, which sounds too complex. The previous barrier to mp3 player adoption was the complexity in sorting music and getting it on the device. Apple combined ideas and features everyone else already had in a way that wasn't too indimitating for average users. Now, in the consumer's mind an ipod is something they can use. Apple comes around with a thing that is like an ipod for your tv. Easy. The consumer will not be afraid of this because they already have an idea of how this works (of course, they are wrong about that, but that doesn't matter). It will make sense to people, the fear of complexity is easy to overcome here. Microsoft (or sony or amazon or whoever) has a major hill to climb. The first user objection to the Amazon system is "how does it get on my TV?". The objection to the xBox 360 is that people think of it as a game console and using it to download movies is going to sound complex, even if it isn't. Most consumers didn't want Tivo because they hadn't seen it and it sounded too hard. Tivo caught on once enough people had it that people could see how easy it was and lose that fear. So like a sibling poster said, the major innovation here is marketing, followed up by products that deliver as promised. Apple marketing convinces people that they CAN use an ipod. Then the product actually is easy enough to use that it meets this expectation.
Let's be serious...microsoft does not have a reputation for ease of use.
Re:THey also added gapless playback (Score:5, Funny)
play by play (Score:3, Informative)
09:51 am iLounge: Griffin Technology, Belkin, Incase and Nike are in attendance.
09:52 am iLounge: Folks are crowding to get up-front seats. (wonder why?)
10:03 am iLounge: theater is filled to capacity (755 person theater). Podium on the right, a computer setup on the left of the stage (looks like an iMac)
10:04 am the event appears to have begun
10:05 am iLounge: talks about iPod sports kit. Foot Locker is blown away by sales. 450,000 sales in 90 days
10:06 am iLounge: iPods. 3 iPods: iPod, Nano, and Shuffle
10:07 am iLounge: iPod is getting enhanced today. 60% brighter with brighness control, 3.5 hours video playback (up from 2 hrs... big version goes to 6.5 hours), new headphones, gapless playback
10:08 am iLounge: new iPod software features: instant searching, new games (Bejeweled, Cubis 2, Mahjong, Mini golf, pac man, tetris, texas holdem, vortex, and zuma)
10:09 am iLounge: games for sale off iTunes for $4.99
10:10 am iLounge: games will work on 5G ipods
10:12 am iLounge: 249 and 349 with 60GB and 80GB capacity [SHOULD BE 30GB, 80GB. See below]
10:12 am iLounge: Nano is now, as rumored, Aluminum and in colors
10:14 am iLounge: Green silver black blue pink
10:14 am iLounge: 24 hour batter life
10:15 am iLounge: New software just like standard iPod
10:16 am iLounge: 3 models, but with double storage capacity at each model (and varying colors available)
10:16 am iLounge: 2GB is $149 in silver only
10:16 am iLounge: 4GB is $199 in all colors but black
10:16 am iLounge: 8GB is $249 in all colors
10:17 am iLounge: All models are 52% smaller in volume than previous nano. new charger, new armband, new lanyard
10:18 am iLounge: iPod Shuffle is now 2nd generationl size of iPod Radio Remote
10:21 am iLounge: metal body, 1 model (1GB), $79, ships in october.
10:22 am Engadget: (for nano) $149 2GB ipod is aluminum only, $199 4GB has colors, $249 8GB is black only
10:23 am iLounge: iTunes 7 today
10:24 am iLounge: Source list now includes library with sep libraries for all forms of media
10:24 am iLounge: Store now has own section, devices have their own sections, playlists too
10:25 am iLounge: iTunes will give you cover art for free if you are missing cover art (thanks Steve)
10:26 am iLounge: 3 different views of iTunes, list view, album view (with art and tracks), then "cover flow view" lets you rapidly find what you want by album cover
10:27 am iLounge: iPod updater appears to be now integrated into iTunes
10:28 am iLounge: TV shows are now encoded at 640x480 (h264), up from 320x240
10:28 am Engadget: Today we're introducing the biggest single enhancement: iTunes 7
You say "it looks the same," but it isn't
[the left nav is more cleanly organized without being radically different]
We've added a View switch, a 3-position switch. we've added a 2nd view called album view, so you can scroll through your music library and look at it by album. what if you ripped your CDs and don't have the covers? Today we're announcing free missing album cover art for all the music in your library if you have an itune acct. itunes will automatically download it for free
but there's something even better. that's the third view. it's called Cover Flow view. [LOOKS LIKE FLIPPLING THROUGH YOUR CD RACK]
10:30 am iLounge: you can now sync between multiple computers using an iPod, as long as both are authorized on the same account
10:30 am Engadget: Now, all of this video is encoded with the best encoding in the world, H.264. We've been distributing it at 320x240. Today, we're going to take that up a notch to 640x480. That's 4x the resolution. iTunes 7 also has seamless playback for video.
10:31 am 10:27AM Engadget: You can update your iPod from right inside iTunes now, you don't need to go to Preferences. You can say, "I want to sync the 10 most recent unwatched episides of all my TV shows."
10:31 am iLounge: Demo of iT
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DRM (Score:2, Informative)
Myfairtunes6/7? (Score:4, Interesting)
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What is it about the 4th and 5th generation iPods having vastly different system architecture that eludes your grasp?
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But you are still missing the main point. My original point, and the only one I have towards the OP is that his complaint about the new features on the IPOD make no sense. itunes has nothing to do with the point I was making to the OP.
Just placed an order for one. (Score:2)
The estimated shipping time is currently 3 - 5 days.
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Quicktime still installs an icon in your system tray in Windows, no matter if you had that checkbox deselected previously. Dammit.
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How Much Space (Score:5, Funny)
If only Apple new that I like 10 minute songs, 4096x3072 pics, and 3 hour movies.
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Hear hear! Tech is boiled down so freaking much for most people, it makes me mad. I can remember having this conversation about 20 times in the late 90's:
Person: How many songs can you put on a recordable CD?
ME: CD's hold 80 minutes of music, so it depends on the length of a song.
Person: But how many songs is that?
Me:
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Don't you ever get tired of listening to American Pie?
Honestly, why would you carry a ditigal negative around in your pocket? Images that large are only good as source material for image editing and printed materials. What good is having hundreds of them in your iPod?
100 hours of video is 100 hours of video. I think you can do the math to figure out how many movies that is. :)
Re:How Much Space (Score:5, Insightful)
They really should also market the raw capacity in GB on the Apple Store page. Maybe before the number of songs. In bold.
iTunes 7 (Score:2)
and it pisses me off how videos doesn't have a section now jus a playlist. but I can't even play iTMS videos yet because you need the new quicktime that isn't on software update yet.
the cover view is made crappy by not grouping compilations - hence the same album art repeated for different artists.
so don't bother downloading the
Re:iTunes 7 (Score:4, Informative)
the cover view is made crappy by not grouping compilations - hence the same album art repeated for different artists.
It seems it shows you cover art in the order in which your music is sorted. If you're sorting by "Artist", for example, then yes, it will show you the same cover art multiple times if there are multiple artists on the album. That's because it's actually sorting the cover art by artist.
If you sort by Album, however, I think you'll find that your complaint goes away.
Re:iTunes 7 (Score:4, Informative)
Another expensive Christmas (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Another expensive Christmas (Score:5, Funny)
Shocking Interface Change (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Shocking Interface Change (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Shocking Interface Change (Score:5, Informative)
The most noticable difference appears to be the new scollbars. I agree with the original poster -- I don't like them.
Can we please just get everything looking consistent again Apple? Please? Before you stick Java scollbars on iTunes 7, can we please ditch brushed metal in Finder (and a half dozen other Apple apps that ship with OS X)?
I mean seriously, OS X is starting to look more frankensteinish than your typical Linux installation. I can count 5 different application "looks" now:
- iLife (darker, unified toolbar, squared off corners)
- iTunes 7 (same as iLife, new scrollbars)
- Mail.app (unified toolbar, lighter than iLife, rounder corners)
- Safari/Finder/iCal (etc) (brushed metal)
- TextEdit/Preview (etc) (older non-unified look)
I love my MacBook Pro, but I'm not sure what happened to that consistency that Macs were supposed to be known for.
Re:Shocking Interface Change (Score:5, Informative)
If the interface schizophrenia is getting to you, it might be the best solution, until Apple at least realized that their getting slightly off base with the "a style per app" philosophy. How hard is it to just use some stardardized Aqua on everything? Do individual apps really need to stand out, can function speak for them? I damn well know I'm running iTunes (sound coming from speakers, etc), and don't need it to be styled in such a way to let me know that "yep, thats itunes" when I look at it. Its annoying that they screw up their own standards.
Sorry for the rant, preaching to the choir.
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http://gui.interacto.net/ [interacto.net]
Re:Shocking Interface Change (Score:4, Informative)
Would it be nice if all the iApps had a similar look? Yes. Is it more important that they all have a similar "feel"? Yes.
OK, please follow me and close the main window by clicking the red button in:
iTunes - nothing remarkable happens, it is just the window that vanishes
iDVD - closes the current project, goes to opening screen
iChat - nothing remarkable happens, it is just the window that vanishes
iDVD - closes the current project, goes to opening screen
iPhoto - quits application
Three types of behaviour in five applications on a principal part of the interface. I wish Apple shared your beliefs.
Re:Shocking Interface Change (Score:4, Informative)
iTunes/iChat: They can keep doing their thing even without any windows around and you will probably use them that way. iTunes will keep playing music, iChat will keep you connected and people might contact you.
iDVD/iMovie (I assume that was a typo): They are project based. Close the project, go back to the opening screen. There's not much to do with neither app without a project open.
iPhoto: The window manages the library. Nothing to do without it around. Application quits.
Hope that helps.
Big question... (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Big question... (Score:5, Insightful)
Two reasons. One: we love new iPods. and Two: Apple nearly wrote the book on this sort of marketing technique, and we still love to fall for it every single time.
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iTV (Score:5, Interesting)
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Re:iTV (Score:5, Informative)
But, since you can absolutely import any video you wish (including, say, ripped DVDs) into iTunes, there's no reason you wouldn't be able to play any media you wished.
This is likely for people that DO NOT already have some kind of media center or EyeTV/EyeHome/DVR setup: the target for this isn't people who already have made the leap to having full-fledged computer systems in their living room. The target for this is the same as for AirPort Express: not people who build an MP3 and media station computer in their living room. People who want to plop down a device, hook the A/V outputs up to their TV and entertainment system, use an assistant (like AirPort Express) to set it up, and it's ready to play media they download/import on their computer/laptop/etc. elsewhere in the house.
No second whole computer in the living room. This is, essentially, an AirPort Express for video (and yes, I know it's not exactly like an AirPort Express, but its functionality in the context of video and the living room can be summed up that way).
There probably will be *some* advanced or interesting functionality, but it looks like this is more or less an appliance designed to play video content downloaded to iTunes on a remote computer via a Front Row-like interface. But yes, you will be able to add your own video content, since you can do that with iTunes now. The only requirement is that it be some format QuickTime understands.
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As yet, I have not seen anything telling us definitively whether or not we will be able to rip copys of previously purchased DVD's for playback on an iPod. Should this capability exist, *then* I'll get excited. As it is, I can't see paying 10-15USD for a movie that's less quality than a current DVD.
After all, as SJ has been telling us all for years, why would anyone want to watch a movie on a 2" screen?
Give me
Re:iTV (Score:4, Informative)
That's because it's not "legal" in many jurisdictions, including the US.
I wasn't saying that iTunes or iTV would do this; what I'm saying is that it's definitely going to be technically possible, and in fact it's possible right now, in one step, with tools like:
http://handbrake.m0k.org/ [m0k.org]
But it won't be iTunes itself that does it for you; you'll still have to rip it with another tool first, such as HandBrake. But you can then certainly import into iTunes, play via iTV, or put on your iPod (and you can put it into iTunes and sync it to your iPod today).
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Ripping DVDs is still illegal in the USA which is Apple's biggest market. If you do the ripping, you can add the DivX (or another quicktime supported format/codec) of a DVD to iTunes.
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I expect the iTV to support the same codecs the iPod does: H.264, MPEG-4, MP3, AAC, Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV.
iTV (Score:2)
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iTunes Browse-Album Mode (Score:4, Informative)
Kinda Underwhelming, no? (Score:2)
Sure, cheaper iPods with more storage and battery life are a good thing, but I didn't really see anything that wanted me to upgrade my existing MP3 player.
Another Settop Box (Score:2)
Interesting that they did a preview of a product they’re not ready to formally announce yet. Rather uncharacteristic. I guess they feel their hand is being forced. Perhaps they’re trying to steal thunder from Vista Media Center Edition or whatever it’s called? You’d think they’d at least finalize the name, though. Really odd.
Or maybe they’re trying to convince the other movie houses that they’re really serious about this a
Re:Another Settop Box (Score:5, Interesting)
It's been pointed out that the only reason most iTMS users would buy full-length movies online is so they could watch them on their TV set. Since DVD burning isn't an option (yet?), Apple had to announce their intended set-top box to give the movie announcement some real weight..................
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No movie burning? Meh (Score:5, Interesting)
Without it - sorry, folks, but I'll wait.
Baby Steps (Score:2, Insightful)
Blow by blow? (Score:5, Funny)
Lovely! (Score:3, Interesting)
But, I've noticed the installer mentioned something about a "Software updater" (or equivalent in English) for iTunes & QuickTime - have they finally solved the full-install download for each version revision I wonder? I guess we won't know for sure until there's an update.
This is lame (Score:5, Informative)
I know this is not new, but enabling this functionality for iTMS tracks only is a real dick move.
In the iFuture: (Score:4, Funny)
"That's not dust! That's my ipod!"
Just downloaded a movie... (Score:5, Informative)
- The movie is 1.22 GB, and downloaded in about 20 minutes on a 100 Mbps connection (Internet2).
- The movie was able to be played before downloading was finished, and could skip to anywhere in the content that was already complete.
- The content shows itself as being protected by "FairPlay Version: 2".
- The bitrate is 1.5Mbps.
- The framerate is 24fps.
- The audio on this particular movie is Protected AAC, stereo, 128kbps, 44.1kHz.
- The video on this particular movie is Protected H.264/AVC0 640x272 (Widescreen format, probably just 640x480 with the black bars eliminated).
- The video looks very good (indeed, "near DVD quality") on a high quality 20" LCD. (I'm not a "videophile", but this is absolutely more than watchable on a nice quality large TV or monitor, and I suspect most consumers would agree).
- The video can be played in QuickTime, and uses QuickTime Chapters for DVD chapters; chapters are also accessible in iTunes.
- The video file can be burned to a DVD, but you cannot burn the file as a video DVD.
- You can play the file on multiple computers (I *believe* up to three as opposed to five for music), or on an unlimited number of iPods (if the usage rights haven't changed with iTunes 7; I haven't looked through the terms - if someone knows this to be different please correct me. In any case, it's already less restrictive than Unbox).
- iTunes 7.0 requires QuickTime 7.1.3.
- Pretty much every movie I looked at was $9.99; some new releases were up to $14.99, but were cheaper if preordered.
- When used on a Mac in a media center configuration, or with the forthcoming iTV solution that will presumably be much like a video AirPort Express (and yes, I know it's not an AirPort Express, but it will probably act a lot like a AirPort Express functionally, except allowing the streaming of video to your TV), this will be a pretty compelling and vertically integrated solution for most consumers.
Shouldn't compare Microsoft MCE to Front-Row (Score:5, Insightful)
Front-Row is a product designed to be turned on and used with a remote with 5 buttons and no skills. The iTV (!!) box is designed and marketed to be plugged in to a television and used with no skills. It is also sold specifically to be attached to a TV to watch movies, it is not bundled into a general purpose PC guerilla marketing style by PHBs that mistakenly believe that once the user realizes he has a media center on his desktop that he will move his PC to the living room and attach it to his television.
In comparison, MCE is something that is really only owned accidentally by people who don't even know they have it (because it was bundled with their PC from Best Buy), it requires the PC to be near the TV rather than on a desk and requires the user to know how to configure it and operate it with some crazy 300 button remote control (exaggeration, but the point is clearly made). It would probably require a class to get a user comfortable with the relationship between and configurations of MCE and Microsoft Media Player (and the derivitaves such as Amazon Unbox). It really doesn't matter if MCE can do any of the things that Front-Row does (which it really doesn't because Microsoft doesn't use zero-conf [bonjour] and whatnot). The simple fact is, it is not designed or marketed in a manner that will ever be used that way by the common man.
To say that something *can* be done is not the same as saying that people *will* do it. You *can* write an assembly language CGI script library for publishing a Blog site. But I doubt you *will*...
Apple = Big Brother (Score:5, Funny)
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
Re:Apple == Big Brother (Score:5, Funny)
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.
Dag Nabbit. (Score:4, Funny)
I wanna Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro
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I wanna Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro
I wanna Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro
Perfect for the digital family (Score:3, Interesting)
Also, you can backup movies downloaded from iTMS onto DVD, it just isn't a DVD-player readable format. So, they've even thought about that touch. Now just to decide how long to wait. Second edition? Third edition? It's always hard to tell with Apple products. Just when will they hit that sweet spot?
Smart, Apple, very smart! (Score:4, Insightful)
With iTunes 7, Apple will now let you get the artwork for your entire music collection, even if it wasn't bought from iTMS. This means that Apple has now given you a reason to willingly tell them about your entire music collection, effectively letting them get the information they want about your musical tastes. Very smart!
Baseless paranoia? Why, mod it up, of course! (Score:4, Insightful)
Student discount (Score:3, Interesting)
Well, I've found a bug in iTunes 7 (Score:4, Interesting)
But there is a third option, which you generally have to set via the terminal, for double arrows at both ends. This has worked in everything AFAIK until now. iTunes 7 appears to have the arrows at the bottom right by default, and only changes to the arrows at each end if that is set. It doesn't honor the double arrows at both ends setting, instead defaulting back to double arrows only in the lower right. And since it apparently doesn't use the standard arrows, like pretty much everything else, this is relevant.
This is pretty minor, but annoying, especially since if I couldn't have double arrows at both ends, I'd have single arrows at both ends, but since I won't change the global setting (since everything else still works with it), iTunes uses the double at one end arrows, which I hate.
New features (Score:4, Informative)
CoverFlow (Score:5, Informative)
New shuffle cute but not a USB key anymore (Score:5, Informative)
Upgrade your old videos? (Score:5, Insightful)
How Apple's iTV Media Strategy Works (Score:3, Informative)
How Apple's iTV Media Strategy Works [roughlydrafted.com]
A Visual Comparison of CD, DVD, HD and iTMS [roughlydrafted.com]
Why Apple is Winning in Media Downloads [roughlydrafted.com]
The Apple iTMS vs Amazon Unbox Rivalry Myth [roughlydrafted.com]
Re:New shuffle (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Yawn (Score:5, Insightful)
A dock isn't so bad if you have a desktop computer, but with a laptop that moves around a lot, it's suddenly a third component to keep track of, where you really only want two.
Gapless != overrated (Score:4, Insightful)