[Jawbone54]

New touch-screen iPods?
Fat nanos?
New iTunes?
The Beatles FINALLY coming to the iTunes Store?

It's only an hour and a half away...

DISCUSS!

[Dakarʒ]

I thought it was 10.30 pst... oh well.

I think the fat nanos might be real - if they do indeed upgrade them to include video. Seems the only way to make the screen reasonable without making them match the 5G iPods in size.

[Dakarʒ]

Also, I call shenanigans on the OFFICIAL part. Prove it.

[Jawbone54]

It's official because people cherish every word I post.

Including you. Admit it.

[turtle777]

NBC will reuturn to iTunes.

-t

[Dakarʒ]

Originally Posted by Jawbone54 

It's official because people cherish every word I post.

Including you. Admit it.

Suck my back.

[Jawbone54]

I think the fat nano mock-ups are kind of funky looking. I've thought about "downgrading" to a nano since I keep all of my music on an external hard drive now (I lost 95% of my music in an iPod incident, roughly 60% of which was bought from iTunes), but I'm waiting to see what they do today.

[Dakarʒ]

Originally Posted by Jawbone54 

I lost 95% of my music in an iPod incident, roughly 60% of which was bought from iTunes

That hurts just to think about.

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by Jawbone54 

I think the fat nano mock-ups are kind of funky looking. I've thought about "downgrading" to a nano since I keep all of my music on an external hard drive now (I lost 95% of my music in an iPod incident, roughly 60% of which was bought from iTunes), but I'm waiting to see what they do today.

*cue standard admonishment over lack of backups*

-t

[Jawbone54]

80 GB hard drive on my PowerBook + Final Cut Express + Lightroom + Photoshop + Dreamweaver + iWork + MS Office + 20 GB worth of pictures = no space left for music.

And I never did get an external HD because it was "too expensive." Well, now I lost a few hundred dollars worth of music.

CDs for me.
And torrents.

[Dakarʒ]

There's also absolutely no reason Apple can't let you redownload content you purchased.

[Jawbone54]

Originally Posted by Dakarʒ 

There's also absolutely no reason Apple can't let you redownload content you purchased.

If I had my way, that's what this so-called Special Event would be about. It really is ludicrous. Even Microsoft gets it right with XBox Live.

[Dakarʒ]

So who has a link to a text feed or something?

[Jawbone54]

I couldn't fine one yet. Still too early, I guess.

Sucks that my first class is at 1:00 too. I'll miss out on the good stuff until later this afternoon.

I can't believe this, but I just saw the Dane Cook reference earlier in the thread. Thpt....

[goMac]

Originally Posted by Jawbone54 

If I had my way, that's what this so-called Special Event would be about. It really is ludicrous. Even Microsoft gets it right with XBox Live.

You can re-download content on XBox Live? If that's true, it's time to clean off my hard drive when I get home...

[Jawbone54]

Originally Posted by goMac 

You can re-download content on XBox Live? If that's true, it's time to clean off my hard drive when I get home...

Yeah, definitely.

I'm not sure about the steps, since my 360 is at home, but you go to download history, click the A button, and there's an option to redownload. That's all from memory. I might be wrong about the way it's done, but I've done it several times.

[MacinTommy]

I think the beat goes on (since we figure it refers to the Beatles last press release) means that Apple is closing its doors forever.

[King Bob On The Cob]

Apple will re-enable your downloads once

I've done it, just write them, let them know your iPod died with all your music, and you'd like them to reset your download tokens. (I lost my backup HD, my iPod, and my Laptop HD within about a week. Never again will I not have backups on a hard media).

[ort888]

So who has the best live coverage? Where should I be going?

[starman]

Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide

Engadget's is backwards so you have to keep scrolling down.

[Mastrap]

Originally Posted by Jawbone54 

And I never did get an external HD because it was "too expensive." Well, now I lost a few hundred dollars worth of music.

Mozy Online Backup: Simple, Automatic, Secure

Unlimited off-site backup, $5.00 a month

[starman]

Ringtones!

[Dakarʒ]

99¢ ringtones. Hahahahahahahaha

[starman]

You're better off with the ringtone app from Ambrosia.

[dawho9]

99 cents + cost of song. So its 1.98 for a ring tone. Still cheaper than many other phones out there. Agreed, going to Ambrosia web site now. :-)

dw9

[Dakarʒ]

If Apple let you make ringtones for free with any iTS song you've purchased, I could at least respect that. This is pathetic.

[starman]

New lineup across the board.

[Dakarʒ]

Sounds like they cheated on the Shuffles.

[Laminar]

The new Nano looks fat.

[Dakarʒ]

It doesn't look as bad as the leak previously indicated, though.

[analogika]

From the engadget stream:

Jason Chen:
No booms yet, but Steve’s said “amazing” a couple times.

10:18 AM ON SEP 5 2007

[Dakarʒ]

Originally Posted by Dakarʒ 

It doesn't look as bad as the leak previously indicated, though.

I have to take it back, the others do look as bad as previously indicated.

On the upside it appears your rating will finally be visible with other song info.

[Dakarʒ]

No memory upgrades for the Nano.

Get ready for some multiple posts, people, looks like I might be flying solo here.

[Laminar]

I'll be in and out.
but have fun flying solo...

[Dakarʒ]

Use protection.

[Dakarʒ]

iPod Classic. I wonder if this hints at a fourth iPod model. Nah, that's crazy talk.

[wallinbl]

Originally Posted by Dakarʒ 

iPod Classic. I wonder if this hints at a fourth iPod model. Nah, that's crazy talk.

Yep. Problem is that "classic" is $349, so "touch" will be expensive!

[Dakarʒ]

iPod touch. I own you all.

[dawho9]

iPod Classic at 80 & 160 GB! That is some serious storage.

[Dakarʒ]

$5 says its not HDD based.

Edit: The iTouch.

[ThinkInsane]

Finally, the iPod "Touch". Now I don't have to get an iPhone. Sweet.

[dawho9]

Gizmodo says they saw the WiFi logo up top. iPod Touch + WiFi!

[Dakarʒ]

Originally Posted by ThinkInsane 

Finally, the iPod "Touch". Now I don't have to get an iPhone. Sweet.

The cynical side of me wonders how many fewer iPhones would have sold if this had been available to begin with.

[ort888]

Originally Posted by Dakarʒ 

The cynical side of me wonders how many fewer iPhones would have sold if this had been available to begin with.

But the frosted side says... WHEN CAN I GET ONE?

[Laminar]

Safari on your iPod.

[Dakarʒ]

Originally Posted by ort888 

But the frosted side says... WHEN CAN I GET ONE?

The cynical side says "size and price first."

[starman]

Yeah, I'm worried about the size.

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by Dakarʒ 

The cynical side of me wonders how many fewer iPhones would have sold if this had been available to begin with.

Solely depends on the price of the iPod touch.

-t

[ort888]

I bet we see 16 gigs for $400.

[Jawbone54]

I'm back. I skipped class to keep up. Muuuuah ha ha ha...

Yeah, so the bottom icons on the iPod touch look like Leopard's dock.