Everywhere Internet Audio and Wireless Apple iPod?

wouldnt that be wicked?
how would you fit a airport card in there tho?

Seems to me that being the first, smallest, and best all at once is not a possibility. In order to add wireless connectivity to the iPod, it will need to become a bit larger. So then the iPod would not be as small. That is, unless they wait until others try and fail, and then they wouldn't be first. Either of these two would might jeopardize the iPod being the best MP3 player out there.

Then again, this is Apple. If anyone can do it, Apple can. :D

But if they can't...don't try.

Just imagine:

You're on your iPod...you select Browse and then can choose Local or Music Store. Selecting Music Store, you can then browse the iTunes Music Store on your iPod and Preview each song, lookup info about album, artist, etc. Then you can Buy it directly from your iPod.

Your account would be setup through iTunes on your computer so you're automatically logged on with your iPod.

So basically get music wherever you are. Why be stuck to your computer to buy music?

This is what I would want.

:cool:I've often talked about this sort of thing with friends.

What one really wants isn't "bits on disk". One wants any music, anywhere, any time.

Essentially, it's on-demand radio. You can listen to anything on demand.


The iPod itself would be used not only as a place to plug your headphones, but to store playlists (of music you don't keep on it) and as a general communications device.

Ultimately, this goes beyond music, to video (a sort of portable tivo) and other sorts of information-on-demand.

Originally posted by kainjow
Just imagine:

You're on your iPod...you select Browse and then can choose Local or Music Store. Selecting Music Store, you can then browse the iTunes Music Store on your iPod and Preview each song, lookup info about album, artist, etc. Then you can Buy it directly from your iPod.

Your account would be setup through iTunes on your computer so you're automatically logged on with your iPod.

So basically get music wherever you are. Why be stuck to your computer to buy music?

This is what I would want.

you're forgetting that you can't copy music from an ipod to a computer (unless you're using firewire target disk mode, but then you can't listen to anything)...so songs bought and downloaded directly to the ipod would be stuck there...you'd lose everything if you did so much as update the ipod software.

Isn't it possible, it could be set up on say a subscription type basis? It would be your radio station on your special new iPod, as you pay say $10/month to get any music you want that will stream onto your iPod, and since the music is only streamed on the iPod, for the whor errr RIAA, there is no chance for the average consumer to be copying songs and redistributing them. It would be cool, but I really doubt it would fly, as in many places, there just aren't enough WAPs available. Or will it go together with 802.16a? A 30 mile range could make this work quite well.

What if instead of a subscription to a service, it could access your music off of your computer at home and stream it to you. This is possible now from computer to computer. It would be cool to do it from computer to iPod. Cooler if you could also access ITMS (through your computer? That would probably lag a lot) and get music that way too.

Can you tell I really don't like the idea of a subscription service?

Originally posted by Freg3000
Seems to me that being the first, smallest, and best all at once is not a possibility. In order to add wireless connectivity to the iPod, it will need to become a bit larger. So then the iPod would not be as small. That is, unless they wait until others try and fail, and then they wouldn't be first. Either of these two would might jeopardize the iPod being the best MP3 player out there.

Then again, this is Apple. If anyone can do it, Apple can. :D

But if they can't...don't try.

This is no different from when the iPod was released. It was not first, it did not have the most storage, and it is not smallest of the portable mp3 players (solid state are much smaller). What the iPod was, and still is, better. Smaller hdd, firewire connectivity, and a slick interface. This is no longer unique, but at the time it was, and allowed Apple to muscle into a huge share of a burgeoning niche.

Today, wireless is a issue. Once 802.11g on a chip is done smaller, with less power needed, the iPod will have some sort of built in antenna (probably surrounding perimeter of the frame) connected to all in one 802.11g chip. Bluetooth is to slow, with a very limited range. Capability to update the database while playing songs would be nice...

This iPod as a ladle thing will not work until there is a continuous wireless network throughout the US (and elsewhere of course) that is reliable, and fast. I am thinking something like 4G (my guess for a name of what is to replace the 3G network that is just now getting to the US, and already showing its limitations in places like Japan). It is a moot point until there is a network in place that can handle the bandwidth required, as well as the necessary coverage (worldwide would be best).

This all sounds more and more like a Star Trek type thing... I love it! Next thing you know there might be rumblings about a true world government.

Originally posted by Macrumors
The author ... claims that it is an "ill-kept secret that Apple is trying to figure out how to add wireless Internet connectivity to the iPod."

Dang, they kept it a secret from me. Maybe I've missed some items here or there, but I didn't know that it was so clear that Apple was trying to do that.

Isn't this all based off an article from MacCentral?
http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/09/24/haddad/

Personally, I'd rather own my music than rent it for a short time.
Maybe I have this story all twisted around.