iPod Season Coming?
Businessweek provides speculation that iPod updates are looming in the next few months, and summarizes hints we have heard over the past few months.
CFO Peter Oppenheimer's during Apple's earnings conference responded to speculation about an iPod Phone with: "We don't think the phones that are available today make the best music players. We think the iPod is. But over time that's likely to change, and we aren't sitting around doing nothing"
This led some analysts to believe that Apple would release an iPod-phone very soon.
Indeed, Lions Gate Films CEO stated that Apple was planning on launching movie sales on iTunes by the end of this calendar year. The movie-component to iTunes has been rumored to be launched alongside a new video iPod.
Finally, Apple has not updated the iPod line in many months. The last major revision to the top-end iPod was October 2005.
CFO Peter Oppenheimer's during Apple's earnings conference responded to speculation about an iPod Phone with: "We don't think the phones that are available today make the best music players. We think the iPod is. But over time that's likely to change, and we aren't sitting around doing nothing"
This led some analysts to believe that Apple would release an iPod-phone very soon.
Indeed, Lions Gate Films CEO stated that Apple was planning on launching movie sales on iTunes by the end of this calendar year. The movie-component to iTunes has been rumored to be launched alongside a new video iPod.
Finally, Apple has not updated the iPod line in many months. The last major revision to the top-end iPod was October 2005.
Analysts generally agree: There's no way Apple is going to sit out the fall quarter. "Don't confuse silence with having nothing to say," says analyst Michael Gartenberg at Jupiter Research. "That has never been the case with Apple."
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71 months ago
Nothing earth shattering here. As the article states, this has been expected for some time now. Plus, iPods are due for an update anyway.
The question will be, which of the rumors that have been floating around will be true? ;)
If the Lions Gate rumors surrounding the iTMS movie store are true, than one would think Apple would do some serious upgrading/redesigning to the current video iPod to take advanatge of this (i.e. wide screen, etc.)
The question will be, which of the rumors that have been floating around will be true? ;)
If the Lions Gate rumors surrounding the iTMS movie store are true, than one would think Apple would do some serious upgrading/redesigning to the current video iPod to take advanatge of this (i.e. wide screen, etc.)
71 months ago
Probaby something sweet with the iPod and a bump in size with the Nano.
Nothing terribly fantastic, right?
Nothing terribly fantastic, right?
71 months ago
I was always surprised at the rumors suggesting the new ipod at WWDC. You don't bring out a new product before labor day if you want to sell at xmas as the saying goes.
71 months ago
Good.. i'm dieing from this wait...Nintendo hasn't giving me anything about Wii and its price/release date yet, and the Apple stuff has slowed, logicly, with intel switch being Apple's top job. Now i want feature films on iTunes, along with a touch screen iPod, a new Nano and a new Shuffle(heck the Shuffle is about 18month old!)
71 months ago
Probaby something sweet with the iPod and a bump in size with the Nano.
Yeah, hopefully something significant with the iPod in the video department and then a capacity increase with the Nano - I think that one is a definite. :cool:
71 months ago
Y'know I find it extremely hard to believe that Apple would front up to the big players in the phone market (Nokia, SE, Moto) and bring out a phone. It just doesn't make sense.
Maybe an ipod with some kind of ichat client built in (that can also do texting) and a bluetooth connection to the phone people already have? Now that I can believe.
Maybe an ipod with some kind of ichat client built in (that can also do texting) and a bluetooth connection to the phone people already have? Now that I can believe.
71 months ago
:confused:
I think they should refrain from adding to the eternal rumor flame that MacRumors and others are keeping alive. I think they should go back to reading dry 10-K filings. We'll all benefit if they stick to what they know best.
Cinch
I think they should refrain from adding to the eternal rumor flame that MacRumors and others are keeping alive. I think they should go back to reading dry 10-K filings. We'll all benefit if they stick to what they know best.
Cinch
71 months ago
Personally, I couldn't care less about a phone + iPod. But I do wish Apple would hurry up and ship a phone... I refuse to use cell phones, on the grounds that they all suck. An Apple-designed phone is long overdue.
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