[olePigeon]

Is that today, or what?

[starman]

12 minutes

[Doofy]

What announcement?
They're going to let Emagic go and let Logic become a professional tool (instead of a geek toy) once again?

[olePigeon]

http://news.com.com/Apple+hints+at+b...3-5844112.html

Maybe in 5 minutes? 10 AM sounds OK.

Or I can just wait for the "OMG!! APPLE STORE DOWN!!!" thread.

[MaxPower2k3]

yeah, 1pm EST. can't find anyone that's doing live coverage of it, though. guess we'll just have to wait until it's up on apple.com

[Turias]

Originally Posted by MaxPower2k3

yeah, 1pm EST. can't find anyone that's doing live coverage of it, though. guess we'll just have to wait until it's up on apple.com

There are supposedly some live-coverage links here. However, I can't seem to get the iPodLounge one to load. Looks like they might be getting hit with too much traffic.

[MaxPower2k3]

Motorola press release:

Motorola and Apple today announced the availability of the world's first mobile phone with iTunes, enabling music lovers to transfer up to 100 of their favorite songs from the iTunes jukebox on their Mac or PC to their mobile phone.
The new Motorola ROKR (pronounced "Rocker") is available in the following markets:
- U.S. - today, exclusively with Cingular
- U.K. - expected to be available first with Carphone Warehouse in mid-September and with O2, Orange, Virgin Mobile, BT Mobile and other top retailers by late September
The Motorola ROKR features a color display for viewing album art, dual built-in stereo speakers and stereo headphones that also serve as a mobile headset with microphone. Music fans can randomly autofill or manually fill the mobile phone with playlists of their favorite music, audiobooks and Podcasts from their iTunes library via a USB connection. The Motorola ROKR pauses music automatically when users take a call and offers the ability to listen to music while checking messages or snapping a photo

[olePigeon]

Apple Special Event Live Update

By Peter Cohen [email protected]

Last week Apple sent press and VIPs invitations to a special event at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, Calif. Apple CEO Steve Jobs took the stage this morning to welcome attendees.

"Thank you all for coming and welcome to our music event today," Jobs said. "Apple's leading the digital music revolution, but at its core, it's all about the music. I just want to recognize a good friend of mine and incredible musician in the audience today, 16-time grammy award winner, the incomparable Yo Yo Ma."

Jobs told the crowd that Apple has sold more than half a billion songs through its iTunes Music Store to date. "We are selling songs at a rate of 1.8 million songs per day," he explained. "iTunes has an 82 percent market share here in the US."

Jobs reiterated an Apple press release offered earlier today that it has 80 percent of the legitimate online music download market in the UK, and said that iTunes is doing "extremely well around the world." There are iTunes Music Stores in 20 countries, he said, representing 85 percent of the global music market.

85% of the GLOBAL online music market? Holy cow.

[Eriamjh]

Apple Store is down right now...

[MaxPower2k3]

iTunes 5

Jobs then rolled out iTunes 5, an update to the popular software Apple makes available for Mac and Windows users alike. He described the new version's interface as sporting "a little bit of a refined look."

Users can now organize playlists into folders, and new search capabilities have been added. Windows users can now automatically synchronize contact and calendar information using iTunes 5 and Microsoft's Outlook and Outlook Express software.

[Eriamjh]

Playlists in folders!! Woo hoo!

[starman]

ROKR official

[davesimondotcom]

Great, the ROKR is only Cingular... no Cingular in Montana. No iTunes phone for me. Not that I care, I have a shuffle and a first gen iPod.

[AB^2=BCxAC]

Can someone here keep a play by play of posted updates from the event? Endgadget and iLounge are taking a pretty bad hit.

[mdc]

iTunes Phone - Motorola ROKR

Jobs also used today's event to unveil the first iTunes-compatible cell phone, the Motorola ROKR. "You've probably heard about this," Jobs said, a reference to the speculation that has run rampant prior to today's event.

The phone will automatically pause when you get a call, explained Jobs. Songs are transferred through a USB cable.

The ROKR can only hold about 100 songs, according to Jobs. "The way we think of this phone is, it's really an iPod shuffle on your phone," he explained. Both devices can shuffle, both can autofill, neither has a click wheel -- but the phone has a display.

[DigitalEl]

ROKR pricing anyone?

Wonder if you can get it unlocked and stick your T-Mobile SIM card in it?

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by davesimondotcom

Great, the ROKR is only Cingular... no Cingular in Montana. No iTunes phone for me. Not that I care, I have a shuffle and a first gen iPod.

It's a quad-band phone, so it will work with T-Mobile or other GSM providers as well. Just put in your SIM card.

The question is if it's going to be available w/o a Cingular plan. It might be a bundle deal only...

-t

[starman]

I wonder if it has Bluetooth.

[ort888]

folders folders folders


HUZZAH! YEAH!

WOOOOO!


YEAH!

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by DigitalEl

Wonder if you can get it unlocked and stick your T-Mobile SIM card in it?

Was is mentioned that it would be LOCKED ?
Usually it's only locked if you get it subsidized when buying with a new plan...

-t

[MaxPower2k3]

Originally Posted by turtle777

Was is mentioned that it would be LOCKED ?
Usually it's only locked if you get it subsidized when buying with a new plan...

-t

I believe the phone is Cingular-only in the US, so I assume it's locked.

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by starman

I wonder if it has Bluetooth.

I doubt it. There is no mentioning of it anywhere.

They need to keep options open for future releases.

-t

[mdc]

Madonna and other musicians are also being tapped to shill the new ROKR in an advertising campaign set to begin later this week, showing them in a phone booth out in the desert.

"A great phone with an iTunes client is half the story," said Jobs. "What we're adding to that is the number one wireless carrier in North America. Cingular will be the exclusive provider of this phone in North America." Jobs then introduced Ralph de la Vega, Cingular's Chief Operating Officer.

"We have a vision, working with Apple and Motorola, about convergence between entertainment, computers, and communications, coming together and forming a real product," said de la Vega. "There have been a lot of rumors about this product, but today, the talk ends and the music begins. You're going to get your songs on your phone, anywhere you want them, any time you want them, with the world's best music service, brought to you by Motorola and Cingular."

[mdc]

the maccentral page seems to be dead, and on that note i'm going to lunch.

hopefully when i get back it will be finished and there will be pictures of the phone.

[agentz]

http://onlinestorez.cingular.com/cel...unes_ROKR.html

[starman]

"Bluetooth Capable for voice calls"

What about data???

[starman]

Ads are up

[ort888]

iPod Nano!

[Kenneth]

iPod nano too.

[ort888]

Pod mini is most popular MP3 player in world
"Today we're replacing it."
Thinner than #2 pencil
Has click wheel
1000 songs
80% smaller than original iPod
Nano is 62% smaller than mini
Hold switch on top
No headphone port
Smaller than every competitor
Smaller than razy phone
Color screen
1/3 size of Motorola RAZR
Headphone port and dock connector on bottom
25k photos on screen
Very high res
New clock is analog
As many world clocks as you want
Dark at nighttime
Games calendars new stopwatch and lap timer!
Screen lock
42 grams. 1.5 ounces - less than 8 quarters
USB 2
14 hr battery
White is signature color
We have 2nd color - Black
1st model 4gb 1000 songs $249
2nd model 2gb 500 songs $199
Available today

[starman]

No stores in my area (Central NJ) have the phone yet. "A few weeks".

[PookJP]

Meh. I was hoping for a phone designed by Apple, not just a gadget that uses Apple's interface and technology. Not that I'm really complaining, but since I'm not in the market for a new phone anyway, I was hoping for something to excite me on a conceptual level.

What would have actually excited me was an iPod with a larger HD, as that's something I would buy today.

[ort888]

NANO

http://flickr.com/photos/ipodlounger...n/photostream/

PHONE

http://flickr.com/photos/ipodlounger...in/set-903596/

[baw]

Weeeee, iTunes phone. $250 with 2/yr agreement and hold 100 songs! That will sell real well, not.

[maxintosh]

The Nano is freakin' sweet. The ROKR is incredibly disappointing. It's just an e398 with a Java app, and the e398 has been out for over a year now.

[ThinkInsane]

[ort888]

The Nano is sweet. I feel like a dufus paying $99 for a shuffle about 3 months ago. I would much rather have a flash based Nano for with a color screen and 4 times the memory for twice as much.

[PookJP]

Oh, looks like I spoke a bit too soon. Nano looks neat; now gimme that bigger iPod, Stevie!

[baw]

Originally Posted by maxintosh

The Nano is freakin' sweet. The ROKR is incredibly disappointing. It's just an e398 with a Java app, and the e398 has been out for over a year now.

And the fact it is fugly.

[ThinkInsane]

Apple store is back up.

[RAILhead]

[baw]

Nano is sweet.

But damn, an mp3 player that holds 100 songs and new Madonna songs. I feel like I'm in some kind of time warp.

[ort888]

The iPod Nano is freaking HOT. That thing is beyond cool. I need one now!

[mdc]

@ort888, i agree completely. i so do not need one, but i want one so badly.
something tells me $249 is disappearing out of my account very soon.

[Eriamjh]

No more iPod mini... I guess mine is now a collector's item.

I am lamenting what appears to be the lack of firewire on the iPod nano.
Apparently, Apple chose to skip "iPod micro" and go for broke.

[baw]

Originally Posted by Eriamjh

I am lamenting what appears to be the lack of firewire on the iPod nano...

Yup, Firewire support is gone.

[ort888]

The should have stuck with the iPod Mini name and made this the gen 3 iPod Mini. It's going to get confusing. Nano sounds kinda dumb.

Who cares though, I so want a black Nano. Now.

[Kerrigan]

iTunes 5 looks nice, finally we have moved beyond the OS 8 Soundjam style window.

[mdc]

yeah, i was thinking that brushed metal might go to the look of the new itunes. a dark unified look.

i hope it does since the screenshots looks awesome. i can't wait to go home and download itunes 5.

[RAILhead]

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