Apple to make a big announcement in September?

[BoTz]

Apple Computer is preparing a major announcement next week, dropping hints of something as critical to the company's future as the release of the original iPod in 2001.
The company sent an invitation to reporters on Monday morning for a "special event" being held Sept. 7 in San Francisco.
"1,000 songs in your pocket changed everything," the invitation reads, referring to the release of the first 5GB iPod nearly four years ago. "Here we go again."
As with any planned announcement from Apple, details are scarce and rumors are running rampant. However, some potential clues have emerged.
Record company executives have said recently that Apple has been seeking licenses to distribute a wide variety of music videos through the iTunes music store, and that the computer company has told them of plans to unveil an iPod that plays video.
Research firm iSuppli recently reported that Samsung Electronics was dedicating a large amount--perhaps as much as 40 percent--of its flash memory production to Apple, leading to speculation that the Mac maker was preparing a larger-capacity version of its flash-based Shuffle player, or even switching its iPod Mini to a flash-based technology.
Apple sold 6.1 million iPods in its last fiscal quarter, and the company has ridden the demand for the music player to its strongest financial position in years.
Other Apple-linked products are also nearing market release. Motorola has said that a long-promised iTunes cell phone will ship before the end of September. And the latest version of iTunes, version 4.9, contains hidden references to mobile-phone features, adding to the expectation that an iTunes-compatible cell phone is coming soon.
The Federal Communications Commission has granted regulatory approval for Motorola to start selling one iTunes-capable phone, although it is not certain that handset will be the first model Motorola introduces.

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[MrEricSir]

A portable device that plays music videos? Please tell me even Apple wouldn't be that stupid.

[Digital Bliss]

A computer that does not cost over 10000 bucks?

[d-koolest]

Who really wants a portable video player? I second the cheap computer thing.

[Mruk69]

Actually, I have read on Howardforums that on Sep 7 an announcement will be made regarding a Motorola Ipod cell phone. So maybe thats what it is.

[dick jr]

i hope that they'll be releasing their great operating system( tiger) to run on PC's.

[DwarfBaby]

There are credible sources that state apple computer is planning to invade Iran. Although IBM said they would not support a chipset that required the occupation of an entire country Intel was somewhat more eager after losing %1.2 in the desktop market to AMD and near %14 in the solid state market to Samsung. Intel execs can only be described as buoyant when presented with the opportunity to expand their market share by an additional 68.2 million potential customers.

[Vampmon]

Legal Mac OSX for PC?

[.:sp00ky:.]

Its a phone isnt it. A phone that plays mp3s,takes photos,plays movies, washes the dishes, pleasures the wife ect.

[shawners]

It does pleasure the wife spooky. Vibrate mode for her only... as well as doing dishes, you can throw your phone at the dishwasher in the back of the resturant or anyone in a hotel. I dont think that apple would ever give up their license on their operating system to have it made for the PC. Apple would crumble so hard. People buy apple because of the operating system.

[DwarfBaby]

I'm still waiting for the sybian OS to be released as "open source"

[Lord_of_the_Dense]

Wow. This thread brought out some of the veteran members. You guys wouldn't happen to be Mac users, would you?

Good to see you posting.

[SanDiegoKid]

I heard it's gonna be an apology for raping consumers' wallets for years.

.. and a personal video player wouldn't be a bad idea. They're floundering now because most end users don't know shit or shit about video encoding. If they made it simple it may catch on.

[Kerensky97]

I heard it was a phone... with a 25 song limit!

All I can say is it has to be a bad rumor or a neutered prototype model. The shuffle not being able to play songs in order was a dumb mistake; aA phone with a 25 song limit could be seen as proof that Apple employees voluntarily underwent full frontal lobotomies.

http://www.forbes.com/technology/200..._0830ipod.html

"While it should be possible to swap out the memory card on the new iTunes phone for one with more capacity, the person who has seen the handset says the phone's software appears to artificially cap song storage at 25 songs, regardless of how much memory the phone has. "

[riderx]

here read the announcement that i posted in this thread
http://www.zeropaid.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=31382