This Week?
07/09/09 21:08
In two days time, as I mentioned last week, Apple is scheduling a major announcement with the tag line saying it's about the music. One of the commercial radio stations in London has been running a Beatles special week (along with The Times newspaper) tied in with the launch of newly remastered CDs.
Could it be a coincidence? Well, there have been long running rumours that having settled the long running legal dispute over the use of the term "Apple" in a musical context, that The Beatles would appear in iTunes Music Store. You'll remember the special U2 iPod (which didn't actually have any music on it, you had to download it from Music Store) so maybe there will be a Beatles iPod. Nice.
Nice enough to justify a whole launch event? I doubt it, further rumours suggest that iPod boxes are not being replenished in Apple's retail centres which suggests a revamp of the product line. My feeling is that the hard drive version of the iPod will go in favour of a flash memory based unit. This would offer substantial capacity, maybe a sleeker form factor, and better battery life.
A camera? Much as I love photography I can't see there being too much demand for snapping while you bop. I can see that having a web-cam device in an iPod would be great, and a camera-as-scanner to interact with albums could be useful - to acquire album art for tracks that aren't in iTunes Music Store.
Well - in about 48 hours all will be clear. But if you just happen to be reading this Steve, and it's not too late, can you please shoot that silly iPod Shuffle thing.
Could it be a coincidence? Well, there have been long running rumours that having settled the long running legal dispute over the use of the term "Apple" in a musical context, that The Beatles would appear in iTunes Music Store. You'll remember the special U2 iPod (which didn't actually have any music on it, you had to download it from Music Store) so maybe there will be a Beatles iPod. Nice.
Nice enough to justify a whole launch event? I doubt it, further rumours suggest that iPod boxes are not being replenished in Apple's retail centres which suggests a revamp of the product line. My feeling is that the hard drive version of the iPod will go in favour of a flash memory based unit. This would offer substantial capacity, maybe a sleeker form factor, and better battery life.
A camera? Much as I love photography I can't see there being too much demand for snapping while you bop. I can see that having a web-cam device in an iPod would be great, and a camera-as-scanner to interact with albums could be useful - to acquire album art for tracks that aren't in iTunes Music Store.
Well - in about 48 hours all will be clear. But if you just happen to be reading this Steve, and it's not too late, can you please shoot that silly iPod Shuffle thing.
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