So is the only difference between a third party converter [does this include Quicktime?] the DRM on the video? I'm just wondering.
The iPod can recognize an iTunes download from a video not downloaded through iTMS. (Quicktime [bold]is [/bold]third-party, but haven't heard fo any specific issues with Quicktime Pro transcoded files and firmware version 1.1). The fact that people using QT Pro haven't had any problems only adds to the suspicion. It's funny how the problems don't occur with videos encoded/gained using any of Apple's [bold]paid[/bold] services..
[bold]iTunes adds college basketball[/bold] Here a link for the story: http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/7388.cfm
I'm curious how long the battery will last if they really do go with a full screen. http://money.cnn.com/2006/03/21/technology/apple_ipod/index.htm?cnn=yes Analyst: Apple's 60-gig iPod 'at risk' Company may phase out 60-gig Video iPod, which retails for $399, in favor of a new model, analyst says. March 21, 2006: 10:20 AM EST NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - Apple may be phasing out its 60-gigabyte Video iPod, according to one analyst who tracks the company. The company has told its distributors that the 60-gigabyte iPod, which launched in October and retails for $399, is "at risk" until the end of April, meaning that it could be discontinued or replaced, according to Shaw Wu, an analyst for American Technology Research, Apple launched its video iPods in October Wu does not own shares of Apple (down $0.94 to $63.05, Research), and his firm does not do banking business with the company. In a note to clients, Wu said he believes the company is readying a wide-screen video iPod with Bluetooth headphones that could be ready as early as the June quarter. The analyst said his checks indicate that Apple is working on such a product. Rumors of a wide-screen video iPod have swirled since earlier this year when the Apple rumor site Think Secret reported that Apple was working on a new video iPod. The new device reportedly has a screen that covers the entire face of the iPod and a "virtual click wheel" that appears only when a user touches the screen. The design resembled a patent that Apple recently filed for a tablet computer. Officials at Apple were not immediately available for comment.
[bold] iPod iPhone Appears on the way..[/bold] Several analysts and news outlets are reporting that Apple is working on an iPhone- and iPod with phone capability. Just like the one shown above. In fact, that's a mockup of one, obtained by MobileMag. Obviously not meant for public viewing, the mock-up looks like a trial sales brochure photo taken on the sly by a camera phone with a low-res but curious digital eye. Hence the appearance of the mock-up on what appears to be a board of some kind. Just today, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster (no relation to "Herman") predicted an iPhone in a research note deemed credible enough to be posted by AppleInsider: "We would be buyers of Apple on today's pullback given we believe iPod demand will accelerate in mid-2006, based on upcoming positive seasonality and new form factor iPod's," the analyst wrote. "Additionally, we believe Apple will benefit from the new Intel-based Mac's, along with what we estimate to be a 75 percent chance of a iPhone in the next 12 months." As for Mobile Mag,they report that Johnny Chan, a Morgan Stanley analyst based out of Hong Kong says that Apple’s iPhone may be manufacturered by Hon Hai Precision, an electronics manufacturer from Taiwan. Other analysts have suggested that Apple may turn to Green Point, also of Taiwan. I predicted an iPod with an iPhone a couple of months ago. You know, buy a song, call your friends, maybe play a snippet and then recommend that they purchase the song as well. http://blogs.zdnet.com/ip-telephony/?p=981
iPod: One Giant Leap for Advertising I think this may be an exclusive! It’s Apple’s 30th birthday next month; and they’re planning something big to mark the occasion. Today I learned from a trusted source that Apple is poised to make history next Saturday when it unveils the worlds first advertisement that can be seen from space. Apple had hoped to keep their creation secret until the grand unveiling, however, after I was tipped off, and with just a little bit of lateral digging, I was able to uncover enough background information to get a clue of the location. From there, it was just a matter of firing up Google Earth, and hunting for it! The pictures are a few months old, but clearly show the advert well on the way to completion. The sheer size of the publicity stunt is difficult to comprehend. It covers 893240 square metres; roughly equivalent to eighty football pitches. The ad, which depicts Apple’s flagship iPod product has been constructed on the site of an abandoned mineral mine in remote western Australia. It has been in development for almost two years since Apple’s founder Steve Jobs acquired the location during a game of poker with (the late) Australian publishing and gaming tycoon Kerry Packer. Aliens need not worry about advertising regulations however; the general concensus is that the edge of space is at a height of 62 miles (100Km), and once you go much higher than that, the ad will very quickly shrink towards invisibility. It’ll look like an iPod nano for a while, then maybe a tictac. Speculation is currently rife that the grand unveiling will be coordinated with the launch of a touch screen Video iPod. Apple have a press meeting scheduled at the start of next month when more details will be revealed - you heard it here first.
Wow, that seems awesome. Only problem with google earth is the satellite imaging on the program was taken in 2001. I'm assuming that they have started this after 2001. So, you can't see it in google earth.
new apple firmware updater for iPod. This one lets you set the volume sound to a certian range and won't let you go too high
I can't find the article at the moment, but I read somewhere that Apple is endorsing the Windows operating system, with the new version of Mac OSX allowing easy use of two operating systems, on the new Intel based Mac's. Apple news for sure!
Microsoft CEO's children don't use iPod and Google When Microsoft (Research) went public in 1986, there was no 3-D videogaming, no enterprise software, and no Google (Research). Two decades and $285 billion in market cap later, CEO Steve Ballmer is facing a stagnant stock price and more competition than ever. His strategy? Take the offensive. Microsoft is about to roll out new versions of Windows and Office. On the day he unveiled a bold $500 million marketing campaign to challenge IBM (Research) in the corporate tech market, the affable and energetic Ballmer, 50, bounded into FORTUNE's offices to discuss what Sony's troubles mean for the Xbox 360 game system, the future of advertising and why his kids shun iPods. You guys took some heat for Xbox shortages over Christmas, but now Sony says its PlayStation 3 will be delayed until November. Did you pop a cork? We weren't unhappy. In every other generation, the first guy to ten million consoles became the No. 1 seller. Did we just get an even better opportunity to be the first guy to ten million? Yeah, of course we did. Do you have an iPod? No, I do not. Nor do my children. My children--in many dimensions they're as poorly behaved as many other children, but at least on this dimension I've got my kids brainwashed: You don't use Google, and you don't use an iPod. Think you can you crack the iPod market? It's going to take an innovative proposition. In five years are people really going to carry two devices? One device that is their communication device, one device that is music? There's going to be a lot of opportunities to get back in that game. We want to be in that game. Expect to see announcements from us in that area in the next 12 months. Did Time Warner (Research) made a mistake by selling a stake in AOL to Google instead of to you? AOL is not making any investment in the future of the media and advertising business. [AOL would respectfully disagree.] It ceded that to Google. The argument I made is that some media company--as opposed to just Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo--should've cared enough to make the bet as well. Will anybody be selling newspaper ads in ten years? Or will they all get sold out of these online marketplaces? Even TV advertising. Who is better to deliver an ad, a computer that knows about you and can target you, or an ad sales guy who's walking around?
This is the website to the Windows running on Mac's Websites: http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/ http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/06/boot-camp-the-day-after/ http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/05/mossberg-goes-to-boot-camp-and-survives-unscathed/ Here's a video about if from Cnet: http://reviews.cnet.com/4660-3513_7-6484090.html?tag=vid&autoplay=true
Dang thats Sweet!!! Tobad m new iBook isnt Intel! Cant waight till it works for PowerPc!... (Yes I know I own a Mac... I got it from my Boss for $300 cant pass up a deal like that for a $1000 laptop!) ~Domreis
