New iPod

440Hz

Well.... its gonna happen! Keep your ears open today for the new touchscreen iPod.

Getting my credit card ready and Apple store on refresh!!

woohooooo

Kimbot

I heard on the radio at 11 that is going to be a widescreen iPod thats announced!! Maybe they got it wrong on the radio.

440Hz

Its gonna be an iPhone-like touchscreen!! I bet ya! hehe

Creamy Goodness

mock up of new nano:
http://www.macrumors.com/2007/09/02/more-ipod-nano-and-touch-mockups/

before you scream shennagins look at this:
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/uniea-unveils-u-suit-case-for-unannounced-ipod/11325

Cabaal

I won't be buying one anytime soon, but still interested in seeing what it'll be

I'm happy with my iPod Shuffle, reason I got one is I'm sick to death of trying to stop screens from being scratched to hell

NullZer0

FACT -> Watch the RSS feed.

NullZer0

440Hz wrote:

Its gonna be an iPhone-like touchscreen!! I bet ya! hehe

If it is im buying one as soon as its on the online store... which is right away I think!

Owen

I just hope that all the existing devices that use the 5.5 Gen dock connector to remote control the ipod will work with this. I just blew 450 Euro on the Alpine IDA-X001 headunit!

faceman

i only bought the 80gb recently so im not goin to be upgrading for at least 2 years. i knew the upgrade was on the cards but unless apple were goin to annouce the ipod with wi-fi then i wasnt pushed on waiting.

440Hz

Pish! I don't need RSS!!! I have insider info

I only bought my 80GB recently but Ill sell this evening, or at least put it up for sale!

NullZer0

440Hz wrote:

Pish! I don't need RSS!!! I have insider info

I only bought my 80GB recently but Ill sell this evening, or at least put it up for sale!

lol, worse than me!

babypink

440Hz wrote:

Pish! I don't need RSS!!! I have insider info

I only bought my 80GB recently but Ill sell this evening, or at least put it up for sale!

hehe

Creamy Goodness

i was thinking about doing the same as katie, but i want to hold out to see if it's actually worth while

Chardee MacDennis

yup have my credit card ready - bet we wont see it foe 2-4 weeks though... 5pm GMT - expect the store to go down same time. can't wait!

440Hz

http://www.thinksecret.com/news/0709preipod.html

http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/09/04/eventpreview/index.php

Rumours of that Yellow Submarine Apple-Apple Corps iPod have not died down then hehe

440Hz

Call_me_al wrote:

bet we wont see it foe 2-4 weeks though...

Dunno all about that! *some* people have already played with it... set to be online some time after 6pm today, apparently.

Now, I have to shut up in case I get in trouble!

BanzaiBk

I'm wondering if there might me an AppleTV update/announcement. It kinda follows with the entertainment theme. Yeah just guessing tbh:p

My own 30gig is holding up fine, should last me for the next few months anyway. iPod wifi maybe?

Creamy Goodness

Call_me_al wrote:

yup have my credit card ready - bet we wont see it foe 2-4 weeks though... 5pm GMT - expect the store to go down same time. can't wait!

normally though - with exception to the iphone - once apple annouce a product it's normally in stock to be shipped right away.

NullZer0

BanzaiBk wrote:

I'm wondering if there might me an AppleTV update/announcement. It kinda follows with the entertainment theme. Yeah just guessing tbh:p

My own 30gig is holding up fine, should last me for the next few months anyway. iPod wifi maybe?

Apple TV ---- Don't like it at all. Prefer Myth TV! More functionality and its open source.

Chardee MacDennis

Cremo wrote:

normally though - with exception to the iphone - once apple annouce a product it's normally in stock to be shipped right away.

to Ireland?

440Hz

Call_me_al wrote:

to Ireland?

Yup!!

In fact there is probably a large consignement of these new wonders sitting in a certain industrial estate somewhere in Munster right now! hehe all ready to ship, once ye olde VISA goes through.

whiterebel

Sorry to be the doom and gloom here, but don't buy first build product. Ever. From anyone. You will be their guinea pig to iron out all the kinks.

Spud83

whiterebel wrote:

Sorry to be the doom and gloom here, but don't buy first build product. Ever. From anyone. You will be their guinea pig to iron out all the kinks.

How is this first build? Its the 6G ipod and what the third or forth nano. Plus they have the iPhone to learn off for and kinks on the touchscreen interface.

I agree with you about first builds thats why I wouldn't go near an iPhone until the second or third one but thats for a different thread (which we have many of)

Cabaal

Its the 1st build of the 6th Gen iPod, its true first builds of new designs can have issues

whiterebel

If this is a touch screen iPod, its first build. They are making laptops and desktops long enough to learn but still bring our PR nightmares like the 5500, The Ti Powerbook, The "Please turn off the hoover in the background - Thats my G4 Mirror Drive Doors - OOPs", the original iPod etc etc. Not always their fault entirely, but until it gets people bashing it around 24/4, they don't know how new product will stand up until its released.Believe me, 4 1/2 years of taking migraine tables for new product releases in Apple has taught me the hard way. And yes I did buy a Mini C2D, but there was only a processor change involved there.......evolution, not revolution.

440Hz

Hehe!! Normally I don't buy a first rev, however I tend to err on the side of this being a merging of two existing technologies rather than an entirely new product. So,... I think I would be willing to take a chance. Having said that, I don't think I have ever bought a first rev of anything, so I agree it's not best practice, in general.

BanzaiBk

iRock wrote:

Apple TV ---- Don't like it at all. Prefer Myth TV! More functionality and its open source.

Me neither, badly executed imo. After reading a few threads over on macrumors some people have been suggesting an update to ATV too.

Any guesses on pricing for the proposed iPods? €300+ for the top of the range model?

Spud83

I bought the first rev of the video iPod and never had a problem with it (until it soaked one day). The main problems apple have had with iPod is the screen and battery. They ahve fixed the problem with there batteries as this hasn't been an issue with iPods for a good while so that shouldn't be a problem, as for the screen the seem to have fixed that with the iPhone. So in reality what they are doing is keeping the existing iPod(apart from capacity increase) and slapping on the iPhone touchscreen (no issues been reported apart from people using the keyboard which wont be an issue for an iPod), and using software which mostly can be ripped form the iPhones software. Besides any software problems can be fixed with a simple update. I certainly would not put off buying a new iPod because it the "first build".

Creamy Goodness

whiterebel wrote:

Sorry to be the doom and gloom here, but don't buy first build product. Ever. From anyone. You will be their guinea pig to iron out all the kinks.

but...but... if everyone took your advice, then the product would have no one to report issues to the manufacturer.

i know what you're getting at though.

whiterebel

Try taking 30-40 calls a day with iPod problems, one of 300 doing the same at the time. Batches of bad hard Drives added to their woes as well. The main problem with the battery is that you still can't replace the bugger yourself!!!!They have been warned and warned that it will get them into trouble, and they still sent the iPhone down the same route.

Your take on putting together a new product may be a bit oversimplistic too. They usually try new components to get the product thinner/lighter/better battery life/cheaper so its fairly rare to find stock components unless you look at MacBook/Minis.

whiterebel

Cremo wrote:

but...but... if everyone took your advice, then the product would have no one to report issues to the manufacturer.

i know what you're getting at though.

Don't worry - There's ALWAYS 1.........:D

Spud83

whiterebel wrote:

Try taking 30-40 calls a day with iPod problems, one of 300 doing the same at the time. Batches of bad hard Drives added to their woes as well. The main problem with the battery is that you still can't replace the bugger yourself!!!!They have been warned and warned that it will get them into trouble, and they still sent the iPhone down the same route.

Your take on putting together a new product may be a bit oversimplistic too. They usually try new components to get the product thinner/lighter/better battery life/cheaper so its fairly rare to find stock components unless you look at MacBook/Minis.

Well I can understand your obvious sceptism over them if you worked support for them. But apart from the faulty hard drives(which will be new components as the iPhone is flash based and smaller capacity), how many problems were actually more user related/stupidity/ignorance rather than a manufacturing problem?. I agree about the battery being non replacable but thats not going to change in any revision.

unklerosco

I've my ipod up for sale.... Will be ordering the new one as soon as it hits the apple store.

Chardee MacDennis

balls to that - i have a first build macbook and 5.5g ipod and have had no problems with either. no problems with getting a first build today -

apples support has been good to me with previous ipods so i am not too worried IF anything does go wrong!

Chardee MacDennis

alanmurphy83 wrote:

Well I can understand your obvious sceptism over them if you worked support for them. But apart from the faulty hard drives(which will be new components as the iPhone is flash based and smaller capacity), how many problems were actually more user related/stupidity/ignorance rather than a manufacturing problem?. I agree about the battery being non replacable but thats not going to change in any revision.

as said above - it is very unlikely the video ipod (touch) will be flash based. expecting 120 or 160 gig hard drives...

440Hz

Call_me_al wrote:

expecting 120 or 160 gig hard drives...

might get *something* along those lines.. Sounding like models from 60GB to 120GB.

Spud83

440Hz wrote:

might get *something* along those lines.. Sounding like models from 60GB to 120GB.

At the moment low range is 30GB and high range is 80GB.
I wouldn't be surprised if the 30GB jumped to 80GB, and the 80GB jumps up to the 120-140 range.

Oriel

Most importantly, this is the first gen iPods which are based upon OS X, which means software issues can be updated and bugs removed.

whiterebel

alanmurphy83 wrote:

Well I can understand your obvious sceptism over them if you worked support for them. But apart from the faulty hard drives(which will be new components as the iPhone is flash based and smaller capacity), how many problems were actually more user related/stupidity/ignorance rather than a manufacturing problem?. I agree about the battery being non replacable but thats not going to change in any revision.

Re-reading that, I have to apologise for coming across a bit strong.
We all knew up there never to go for the new ones, and would generally be right when the calls came flooding in, no matter how much we wanted or desired it. There were a massive volume of really stupid calls, which really went haywire after the windows version came out:p .
But on a quiet moment we averaged our repair calls for iPods and it could be in the hundreds per day. 2nd and 3rd Gen as well usually quite shortly after they were released.
It wouldn't seem so big now with over 100M being sold, but this was in the days of only 2-3M sales worldwide.
I had to get a new laptop as my old one went swimming and I bought the rev A 12inch PB G4 867. Couldn't use it on your lap at all due to the heat and they eventually replaced it, but only because I worked there and sent it for repair 3 times. The next one, the 1Ghz kicked the fans on a lot earlier, and it has never had anything like the problem.
Of course there will be first builds that work perfectly, just as there will be dogs that are coming to end of life, but far and away the worst time for Tech Support is new product releases.

440Hz

Oriel wrote:

Most importantly, this is the first gen iPods which are based upon OS X, which means software issues can be updated and bugs removed.

Very valid point!

Was checking out those shots earlier, looking very yummy!

Oriel

Those are the new Nano screens.

440Hz

Oriel wrote:

Those are the new Nano screens.

Yea, posted the ThinkSecret link to them earlier. Interesting article. The Nano looks lovely, just not the kinda pod for my needs!

Chardee MacDennis

damn as pointed out on the Portable Media Player forum the conference is actually on at 6pm... more waiting...

Wizoom

Is it absolutely crazy that as a poor student going into first year I'm actually considering buying one to compliment the Macbook Pro that should have shipped today? Can't wait to properly see it at any rate!

NullZer0

jonny24ie wrote:

I heard on the radio at 11 that is going to be a widescreen iPod thats announced!! Maybe they got it wrong on the radio.

Mother of F%^&* what ISP have you got?

440Hz

Yup, 6pm our time!!

big_moe

apple store has gone down :D:D:D:D

Chardee MacDennis

i cant remember from the last event when it comes back up? after the announcement or during?

whiterebel

Call_me_al wrote:

i cant remember from the last event when it comes back up? after the announcement or during?

After.

Dorsanty

Eh I assume there's no problem posting this so, link to livecast.

http://live.slashgear.com/

Dorsanty

|Cookies wrote:

any link to a live stream?

Never found one for an apple event. Apple put up with the live text/photo casting but full on video they wouldn't want.

They like to take the event and edit out any mistakes so that Steve looks like he never makes mistakes. Keep that God like image going.

The Keynote will be on the apple website prob 3 hours after the event itself