Possibility: New ipod touch on September 9

[shashank4u]

As usual September is near and it is expected that apple will roll out new models of ipods and update its ipod line.

possibilities:
A new ipod touch with feature addition
price drop on ipod touch... from rumours 16 GB ipod touch to cost Rs 14,000
new generation of ipods

source: http://arstechnica.com/journals/appl...-september-9th

btw its not just a rumour, apple updates always happen in September .

[ax3]

14k is good .......

[mikael_schiffer]

Damn, i bought my Apple TOUCH 8 GB model for Rs12,600+Rs450 for leather case. sad!!

[desiibond]

and btw, Subscription music service in iTMS

[aryayush]

That’s a rumour and one that is very unlikely to be true.

[moshel]

subscription music and apple....

btw rumours suggest that apple will scrap the ipod touch 8gb and ipod touch 16gb will cost as much as the current 8gb. also there are talks of hardware music controls on the ipod touch.

also expected, slim ipod nanos like those of the first gen. but this time with a widescreen resolution.

one interesting article on cnet worth having a look.

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-6490_7-...rtcol;relblogs

[pc_game_lover2004]

i heard 8gb is 13.5 k
that's gud if 16gb is just 14k

[amritpal2489]

Only a rumour.... only a rumour...

[shashank4u]

Originally Posted by aryayush

That’s a rumour and one that is very unlikely to be true.

10 days to price cut, feature addition, may be new ipod models..just wait and watch

[aryayush]

I love it when Apple newbies believe all rumours to be true.

[shashank4u]

com'on apple fanboy... i admit you are quite knowledgable about Apple products the way you often fight MS fanboys

Apple newbies lol, lets hope you will teach us newbies something at smokingapples

Now tell me which part of the rumor isn't sounds believable to you.

[goobimama]

Whatever be the case, the 8GB is definitely getting replaced by the 16GB at the same pricepoint.

[aryayush]

Originally Posted by shashank4u

com'on apple fanboy... i admit you are quite knowledgable about Apple products the way you often fight MS fanboys

Apple newbies lol, lets hope you will teach us newbies something at smokingapples

Now tell me which part of the rumor isn't sounds believable to you.

1. The whole thing, because it’s a rumour and they, by their very nature, are unreliable. Sure, some things will turn out to be true because they’re obvious and have been deduced from the company’s past trends and policy, like the 8GB model getting replaced by the 16GB one, for instance. However, it’s still a rumour so even if it does turn out to be true, it doesn’t mean you can then rely on the next rumour that this guy spreads; and

2. The iPod nano going back to a shape similar to its previous one. In its entire history, Apple has never gone back to any design. Kevin Rose threw this one in there so that he would grab headlines. Now if this one turns out to be untrue, he can still claim that the rest were true, which were all obvious and easily deducible.

I’ve been reading Apple rumours extensively and seeing them turn out to be untrue for the past two years. You haven’t. So, trust me when I say this, I do know a thing or two more about Apple rumours than you do. In this forum itself, I can show you several threads where people reported on Apple rumours, had lengthy discussions about the pros and cons, and then started blaming Apple when they didn’t turn out to be true.

[shashank4u]

Originally Posted by aryayush

1. The whole thing, because it’s a rumour and they, by their very nature, are unreliable. Sure, some things will turn out to be true because they’re obvious and have been deduced from the company’s past trends and policy, like the 8GB model getting replaced by the 16GB one, for instance. However, it’s still a rumour so even if it does turn out to be true, it doesn’t mean you can then rely on the next rumour that this guy spreads; and
2. The iPod nano going back to a shape similar to its previous one. In its entire history, Apple has never gone back to any design. Kevin Rose threw this one in there so that he would grab headlines. Now if this one turns out to be untrue, he can still claim that the rest were true, which were all obvious and easily deducible.

I’ve been reading Apple rumours extensively and seeing them turn out to be untrue for the past two years. You haven’t. So, trust me when I say this, I do know a thing or two more about Apple rumours than you do. In this forum itself, I can show you several threads where people reported on Apple rumours, had lengthy discussions about the pros and cons, and then started blaming Apple when they didn’t turn out to be true.

1: The guy Kevin Rose, i didn't believe that rumour the nano curve one its too good to be true and i know that guy is not reliable. what i guessed was, these possibilities:
A new ipod touch with feature addition
price drop on ipod touch... from rumours 16 GB ipod touch to cost Rs 14,000
new generation of ipods.

and you said
"I love it when Apple newbies believe all rumours to be true."

You surely know more about apple but then you still don't know more about me... i do know what i am talking.

Well its time for another rumor, and guess what i predict it will come out to be true as well :

The new multitouch Macbook Touch, not sure if it will be a macbook touch or tablet but there will be a definite touchscreen tablet product from apple soon.

[aryayush]

Wanna wager on that? Give me a time frame—half a year? One year?

[shashank4u]

To be on a safe side 1 year( upto next september). Done

Maybe it might come early.. also it might also turn out to be touchscreen Macintosh.

whats at stake

[iMav]

Originally Posted by shashank4u

The new multitouch Macbook Touch, not sure if it will be a macbook touch or tablet but there will be a definite touchscreen tablet product from apple soon.

[off topic]

Something Gates has been talking about for ages. Tablet PCs being the big thing, but then Apple will come with it and Jobs will once again be resurrected as the demi-God he is. While people will still take pot-shots on Gates.

[/off topic]

[shashank4u]

Originally Posted by iMav

[off topic]

Something Gates has been talking about for ages. Tablet PCs being the big thing, but then Apple will come with it and Jobs will once again be resurrected as the demi-God he is. While people will still take pot-shots on Gates.

[/off topic]

Microsoft in fact is ahead of apple in Touch technology, examples are Microsoft Surface and Sphere.

[iMav]

But, you see for the world Microsoft "copied" Apple's iPhone and just made a table and a big ball which has touch. That's the difference.

[shashank4u]

Originally Posted by iMav

But, you see for the world Microsoft "copied" Apple's iPhone and just made a table and a big ball which has touch. That's the difference.

Table and big ball ROFL,when people buy something pricey they tends toward supporting it inspite of it being right or wrong and say weird things to support their claim, thats the human nature.

[aryayush]

Surface is indeed a shoddier, crappier big-ass implementation of the Surface and, like all Microsoft products, is far too late in the game (in fact, it’s still not in the game). Other companies are trying to fit more computing power into smaller devices and Microsoft is putting reduced computing power into huge tables that cost you your house. Genius!

[iMav]

Well, the Surface is meant for a whole different purpose, its purpose is not computing and it definitely isn't meant for home use. It's meant for the places where it is being used. And as far as being shoddier is concerned, that's the Microsoft-hater in you and not Aayush.

Placing your mobile device on it, seeing ripples and it automatically recognizing and syncing it, is simply amazing and by no means "shoddy". Playing with images with fingers of 2 hands on a humongous 30" screen is not shoddy by any means.

As far as reduced-power computer is concerned, the following specs are not generally of an "reduced-powered" computer:

* Intel Core Quad Xeon "WoodCrest" @ 2.66GHz
* 4GB DDR2-1066 RAM
* 1TB 7200RPM Hard Drive

[krazzy]

Originally Posted by aryayush

Surface is indeed a shoddier, crappier big-ass implementation of the Surface

[iMav]

I think he meant:

iPhone is a shoddier, small-ass implementation of the Surface.

[apoorva84]

no ipods or iphones for me...i will stick to cowon anyday...no conversion hassles...

[goobimama]

How well do these cowon things sync might I ask? Honest question.

[MetalheadGautham]

[yawn]
I just had my dinner, and what do I see here ? A bunch of n00bs doing what they do best...
[/yawn]

Originally Posted by goobimama

How well do these cowon things sync might I ask? Honest question.

Any directory can be synched to another directory. Its a standard thing. So my honest reaction to this question is

[aryayush]

In other words, there is no synchronisation whatsoever. Just standard copy and paste. Crap.

[iMav]

Originally Posted by aryayush

In other words, there is no synchronisation whatsoever. Just standard copy and paste. Crap.

Can be synced with WMP Just like iTunes.

[MetalheadGautham]

Originally Posted by aryayush

In other words, there is no synchronisation whatsoever. Just standard copy and paste. Crap.

Classic ignorant macboyish reaction.

Synchronisation is a feature that does NOT depend on the hardware. It ONLY depends on the presence of folder sync feature in your OS and sometimes the filesystem.

Sometimes firmware may be crazy and might disallow access to files manually copied and pasted. iPod is a classic example, and here people need to take pains to install RockBox to bypass this restriction.

But in STANDARD PMPs, which support plug, transfer files and play, synching is no big issue.

Originally Posted by iMav

Can be synced with WMP Just like iTunes.

Er... yeah, that too.

But the REAL point is this:

What mainly matters is the QUALITY OF AUDIO. Thats what decides which PMP is better. Close on its heels comes cost vs functionality. Many, including me, argue that ipod is better than creative xifi pmps in terms of support for features and formats, but, XiFi's audio quality often blows other competitors away in terms of aural bliss.

Anyway, its upto the buyer to decide where his/her priorities lie - support for a particular software, support for a particular OS, support for a particular format, support for a particular feature, cost-vs-performance, just the quality of sound or something else. Thats why you see that iPods, iAudios and Zens all perform excellently in the market. Each is for a different person, and there is no one size fits all type PMP available (yet).