wshields
Apr 12, 07:09 AM
Apple rumormongering has gotten to a ridiculous level.
This was NEVER going to happen. The entire basis for the story was simply John Gruber's SPECULATION that it MIGHT be better for Apple to release the iPad on a September schedule.
That makes no sense either. iPad demand is already front loaded to the point that it's hard to buy one for the first month or two. How much worse would it be if it came out during the holiday season?
At this point any post that starts with "Apple may X" can at that point be ignored as best case baseless, worst caes deliberate link-bait. Sure enough it'll be followed some time later by "Apple won't X" for another round of pageviews.
This was NEVER going to happen. The entire basis for the story was simply John Gruber's SPECULATION that it MIGHT be better for Apple to release the iPad on a September schedule.
That makes no sense either. iPad demand is already front loaded to the point that it's hard to buy one for the first month or two. How much worse would it be if it came out during the holiday season?
At this point any post that starts with "Apple may X" can at that point be ignored as best case baseless, worst caes deliberate link-bait. Sure enough it'll be followed some time later by "Apple won't X" for another round of pageviews.
MacRumorUser
Dec 2, 06:59 AM
I thought you were just exaggerating,.
Sadly no.....
Sadly no.....
cvaldes
Apr 17, 12:02 AM
imho they have to release the iphone 5 in the summer, cuz many contracts will ending at this time.
My guess is that Apple will do whatever they damned well please and if that means delaying a handset launch by several months, they will do so and that their carrier partners will offer some sort of grace period or move their customers to month-to-month to avoid churn.
People purchase iPhones all year long and the two-year subscription cycle is not a worldwide requirement. It depends on the individual carrier:
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/01/chart-iphone-sales-by-quarter/69746/
My guess is that Apple will do whatever they damned well please and if that means delaying a handset launch by several months, they will do so and that their carrier partners will offer some sort of grace period or move their customers to month-to-month to avoid churn.
People purchase iPhones all year long and the two-year subscription cycle is not a worldwide requirement. It depends on the individual carrier:
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/01/chart-iphone-sales-by-quarter/69746/
JROD333
Apr 29, 01:10 PM
Bravo Mr. Stewart! Very well put.
blondepianist
Apr 19, 06:23 AM
Downloading now! 11GB & Estimated time: 12 hrs :eek:
EDIT: moved to a better Internet connection. Yay!
EDIT: moved to a better Internet connection. Yay!
Bubba Satori
Apr 12, 04:01 PM
Only question. Why?
Some say Apple need to buy Netflix. Have those of you even considered what Netflix charges for monthly streaming?
$8
Apple will never let customers eat that much for so little. The day Apple buys Netflix, DVDs would stop, and streaming would go up to $30 a month.
Promised.
Bingo. One trillion in the bank. Magic.
Some say Apple need to buy Netflix. Have those of you even considered what Netflix charges for monthly streaming?
$8
Apple will never let customers eat that much for so little. The day Apple buys Netflix, DVDs would stop, and streaming would go up to $30 a month.
Promised.
Bingo. One trillion in the bank. Magic.
handsome pete
Apr 19, 09:48 AM
you guys are kidding right?
Why would they be kidding? I would guess that most NLE users rely heavily on the viewer and setting in/out points.
And like Keith said, I'm sure the viewer will be there in some form.
Why would they be kidding? I would guess that most NLE users rely heavily on the viewer and setting in/out points.
And like Keith said, I'm sure the viewer will be there in some form.
ImNoSuperMan
Sep 12, 04:01 PM
I'm really puzzled what you people see good at this. This is pure *****.
Apple took the best small flash-based player in the world and made it the worst. With direct USB plug, you had amazing portability, still had MP3 player and good take it wheever you want. I regularly used to transfer small files from/to work, exchange files with friends etc.
With this, I would need to carry that stupid dock as well. :mad:
So it still has no screen at all, now has no USB as well, but it has the hinge. Wow.
The worst piece of "design" ever offered by Apple. Probably designed by a person that never actually used Shuffle in real life.
Get out of the box and think bout it from a music perspective. No need to compare it with the older shuffle. I`ve seen a lot of small mp3 players and none of them got me interested enough to even consider one. All I cared for was a full screen iPod. But this new shuffle is definitely cool. Not to mention it`s cheap too. No real need to worry bout losing or breaking it. It`ll keep people like me going who are interested in getting an iPod for themselves but dont want to buy until the real thing arrives (vPod). I m definitely getting one as soon as I can.
I can definitely say that it`ll sell thrice as much compared to the older shuffle. Or in case there are few more people like me then you might see it being the bestselling iPod during this Xmas.
I'm also curious as to the 'waterproof-ness' of the model. if we're using it while exercising or skiing or in the garden - it's going to get rough and diry and moist. For such a small player (cool as it is) you almost need something protective on it (maybe a film product).
Wonder if the aluminum makes it have some kind of weight - the stick ones were almost too light...
With the THING being this cheap, I`d certainly not worry bout it much.
Apple took the best small flash-based player in the world and made it the worst. With direct USB plug, you had amazing portability, still had MP3 player and good take it wheever you want. I regularly used to transfer small files from/to work, exchange files with friends etc.
With this, I would need to carry that stupid dock as well. :mad:
So it still has no screen at all, now has no USB as well, but it has the hinge. Wow.
The worst piece of "design" ever offered by Apple. Probably designed by a person that never actually used Shuffle in real life.
Get out of the box and think bout it from a music perspective. No need to compare it with the older shuffle. I`ve seen a lot of small mp3 players and none of them got me interested enough to even consider one. All I cared for was a full screen iPod. But this new shuffle is definitely cool. Not to mention it`s cheap too. No real need to worry bout losing or breaking it. It`ll keep people like me going who are interested in getting an iPod for themselves but dont want to buy until the real thing arrives (vPod). I m definitely getting one as soon as I can.
I can definitely say that it`ll sell thrice as much compared to the older shuffle. Or in case there are few more people like me then you might see it being the bestselling iPod during this Xmas.
I'm also curious as to the 'waterproof-ness' of the model. if we're using it while exercising or skiing or in the garden - it's going to get rough and diry and moist. For such a small player (cool as it is) you almost need something protective on it (maybe a film product).
Wonder if the aluminum makes it have some kind of weight - the stick ones were almost too light...
With the THING being this cheap, I`d certainly not worry bout it much.
sbrhwkp3
Nov 2, 07:49 PM
If Apple does want to go MVNO, it makes perfect sense to chose cingular. They have the largest digital network in the U.S... perfect for downloads...
Here comes the iPhone..
Here comes the iPhone..
kjs862
Oct 25, 11:03 AM
They also added a chat room while you configuring a system that lets you chat with a apple rep. Really neat.
Blue Fox
Oct 17, 05:52 AM
When you copy files and some already exist, rather than terminating the action with no clue what was the hold-up, complete it with a list of exceptions for dealing with as a separate matter.
This.
Also, a new user interface (or modified current interface most likely) would be nice. I'd like to see some ground breaking stuff too (that doesn't require me going to to buy a new machine to handle it).
Overall though, I'm extremely pleased with Snow Leopard, even if they just keep everything the same and add some features, I'd be happy.
This.
Also, a new user interface (or modified current interface most likely) would be nice. I'd like to see some ground breaking stuff too (that doesn't require me going to to buy a new machine to handle it).
Overall though, I'm extremely pleased with Snow Leopard, even if they just keep everything the same and add some features, I'd be happy.
illbeback
Apr 18, 09:04 AM
WOW!:D
I bought FCE for $299 in 2008 when I got my macbook. I have had trouble mastering it. I would get a somewhat nice video after hours of editing, only to render and playback to a blue "Not Rendered" video taking up 2gb of my hard drive space. So I uninstalled it, and it has been sitting in my drawer. I also needed more features with an easier interface, so I end up doing some work in iMovie (HD6 and 11) and then bring it into Adobe Premiere Elements 9. I did not want to spend $1500 on a full blown editing software to render nice blue screens.
Looks like FC is going to have the ease of iMovie and Adobe Premiere elements, but be very advanced so I will not be spending hours and screaming because I messed up syncing..
Very nice price tag too....
*Oh, and the only reason I chose Adobe Premiere Elements 9, is because Adobe brought back some of the stuff they stripped out - and i was a heavy user of the older version when I was on Windows.
Very looking forward to the new FC. No more messing up syncing to squeeze in a shot or some audio.
Adding to my wish list...
That's a shame... maybe take some classes on FCP and you'll be happier.
I bought FCE for $299 in 2008 when I got my macbook. I have had trouble mastering it. I would get a somewhat nice video after hours of editing, only to render and playback to a blue "Not Rendered" video taking up 2gb of my hard drive space. So I uninstalled it, and it has been sitting in my drawer. I also needed more features with an easier interface, so I end up doing some work in iMovie (HD6 and 11) and then bring it into Adobe Premiere Elements 9. I did not want to spend $1500 on a full blown editing software to render nice blue screens.
Looks like FC is going to have the ease of iMovie and Adobe Premiere elements, but be very advanced so I will not be spending hours and screaming because I messed up syncing..
Very nice price tag too....
*Oh, and the only reason I chose Adobe Premiere Elements 9, is because Adobe brought back some of the stuff they stripped out - and i was a heavy user of the older version when I was on Windows.
Very looking forward to the new FC. No more messing up syncing to squeeze in a shot or some audio.
Adding to my wish list...
That's a shame... maybe take some classes on FCP and you'll be happier.
silentnite
Apr 26, 04:09 PM
It's black... it's white! good now let's see the new improved iPhone 5.
joemama
Apr 4, 09:32 PM
When android phones are literally being given away, what is the surprise with the 'surge'? One system is popular because people want it, but the other will eventually surpass it because its an open system on many different phone platforms that are often included for "free".
Kind of like Microsoft and Apple in the 80s, and we all saw how that turned out. If Apple should learn anything from history, they better start lowering the prices of iPhones and include some features that Android has built in. Ahem, voice texting...ahem.
I, for one, am very concerned.
Kind of like Microsoft and Apple in the 80s, and we all saw how that turned out. If Apple should learn anything from history, they better start lowering the prices of iPhones and include some features that Android has built in. Ahem, voice texting...ahem.
I, for one, am very concerned.
IJ Reilly
Jan 10, 07:24 PM
I tried to sit through "Best of Show" but it turned out to be a real snooze. I dropped by the lounge area around 3:30 and 4:30 -- didn't see any MR folks.
Corey Grandy
Mar 2, 10:16 AM
I find this absolutely beautiful.
http://i.imgur.com/RngxJ.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/RngxJ.jpg
Soulfly22583
Mar 9, 12:40 PM
switched it up again - this time some Slightly Stoopid with Angelo Moore from Fishbone. This is a shot from Slightly Stoopid's Flickr, taken at their Lundi Gras show in New Orleans at the House of Blues. Great damn show indeed it was!
http://i.imgur.com/uymF4.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/uymF4.jpg
miles01110
Apr 15, 06:30 AM
Their network, their rules.
BobVB
Apr 22, 01:15 PM
I don't want a 'magic' magazine, I just want the magazine on my iPad and so I'm happy with Zinio. They want to sell zillions of copies they need to get their subscription rate down to the level of the mail subscriptions and make it easy to get them. Cute movies, animations and the like? Put a link to the web.
Magazine publishers: If you wasting any more resources than just making it an intelligent PDF file you are wasting your time and forcing the price up to the point no one wants your product. Learn from Steve - when doing something new make it build on what came before - people aren't going to get something new and unfamiliar in style or price, especially a much higher price.
Magazine publishers: If you wasting any more resources than just making it an intelligent PDF file you are wasting your time and forcing the price up to the point no one wants your product. Learn from Steve - when doing something new make it build on what came before - people aren't going to get something new and unfamiliar in style or price, especially a much higher price.
MattDell
Sep 12, 12:05 PM
CNBC just CONFIRMED a Wireless Streaming Device!
And that confirmation is nowhere to be found.
And that confirmation is nowhere to be found.
freelancing
Apr 29, 02:33 PM
A FELONYhas been committed. Who cares about the company involved or anything else. We live in a country that has the rule of law, and it allows for someone (or a company) to file a complaint with their local police department, and if the police can gather enough evidence to prove probable cause. They then can issue warrants break down doors and arrest the criminal. Gizmodo purchased stolen merchandise, and the guy who found it (wink, wink) made no attempt to return it to it's rightful owner. Under California law that is a crime. Then he sold it to Gizmodo (Felony) and once Gizmodo received the stolen merchandise they are guilty of a felony as well. I don't care if it is Apple, an individual, or whatever, it sounds to me like the rule of law is working. Why are most people missing this?
Very well stated. You'll notice that very few posts in the forum are riding the fence. They either see very clearly that a felony was committed, or they see that Apple is an evil monolithic empire, kicking down 'the little guy.'
This is called moral relativism... where everything is 'relative' unless it happens to you - then it becomes a big deal and a reason to be indignant. Those who are claiming they now see Apple as the new Microsoft are delusional. They think they hate big business, but are too delusional to realize how they benefit from big business. There are corrupt companies out there, but many choose to throw out the baby w/ the bath water. They align themselves ideologically with the likes of Che Guerva and his ilk, who would not and could not deliver an innovative device like an iPhone at a price for the common man, and then demonize the company that brings them the products they cannot get enough of.
It's hypocrisy that has gone into hyperdrive.
Very well stated. You'll notice that very few posts in the forum are riding the fence. They either see very clearly that a felony was committed, or they see that Apple is an evil monolithic empire, kicking down 'the little guy.'
This is called moral relativism... where everything is 'relative' unless it happens to you - then it becomes a big deal and a reason to be indignant. Those who are claiming they now see Apple as the new Microsoft are delusional. They think they hate big business, but are too delusional to realize how they benefit from big business. There are corrupt companies out there, but many choose to throw out the baby w/ the bath water. They align themselves ideologically with the likes of Che Guerva and his ilk, who would not and could not deliver an innovative device like an iPhone at a price for the common man, and then demonize the company that brings them the products they cannot get enough of.
It's hypocrisy that has gone into hyperdrive.
Capt Underpants
Mar 29, 09:56 AM
Nokia should focus on getting those windows mobile phones out on the market. Their dying smartphone market share has made them sink low.
Glitterkidd777
Jul 16, 01:05 AM
You know...i have been a silent observer on this site for years. I never have ever signed up for a user name because i enjoyed reading different people's perspective, and felt it was best for me to just not get involved...but this has changed recently.
The apple community has changed with the increased popularity. Where as it was once a small group of evangelists fighting for apple to succeed, it is now half of the old order, and half of some sort of new "apple better not have any flaws in anything they produce, and everything they make had better use the best hardware on the planet, or else they suck and i am ditching them for microsoft/google." The fun seems to be leaving the building. I remember a lot of quirky apple products from the early days, including the macintosh. Can you imagine that apple had a computer that you couldn't expand the memory on?? can you imagine?? what would happen if they released that today...i swear people would threaten to sue apple for false advertizing because apple told them it was a good product, but it didn't meet exactly everything they want.
The antenna issue on the iphone 4 is a perfect example. I hear everything from apple should give away free bumpers to "steve jobs is a horrible ******* who stole my money, and handed me a tin can with a string on it in exchange"....come on now, people. Please.
Due to my line of work, i have encountered several iphone 4's in several midwestern states, and in several apple stores. Can you, if so inclined, reduce the signal to the phone by bridging the gap between the two antennas? Yes. Does it result in a horrible catastrophic failure of every feature of the device every time you pick it up? No.
The responses of "i'm just going to complain about dropped calls until i'm blue in the face, or apple resolves the issue, and i'm going to continue holding the phone in my left hand, without a case because that's how i've always used a phone" is akin to saying "i'm going to continue to fall on my face every time I take a step in my new air jordans because i've always worn sandals, and never had to tie my own shoes before, so i will continue this behavior until nike issues a fix so i don't keep falling on my face."
The apple community has changed with the increased popularity. Where as it was once a small group of evangelists fighting for apple to succeed, it is now half of the old order, and half of some sort of new "apple better not have any flaws in anything they produce, and everything they make had better use the best hardware on the planet, or else they suck and i am ditching them for microsoft/google." The fun seems to be leaving the building. I remember a lot of quirky apple products from the early days, including the macintosh. Can you imagine that apple had a computer that you couldn't expand the memory on?? can you imagine?? what would happen if they released that today...i swear people would threaten to sue apple for false advertizing because apple told them it was a good product, but it didn't meet exactly everything they want.
The antenna issue on the iphone 4 is a perfect example. I hear everything from apple should give away free bumpers to "steve jobs is a horrible ******* who stole my money, and handed me a tin can with a string on it in exchange"....come on now, people. Please.
Due to my line of work, i have encountered several iphone 4's in several midwestern states, and in several apple stores. Can you, if so inclined, reduce the signal to the phone by bridging the gap between the two antennas? Yes. Does it result in a horrible catastrophic failure of every feature of the device every time you pick it up? No.
The responses of "i'm just going to complain about dropped calls until i'm blue in the face, or apple resolves the issue, and i'm going to continue holding the phone in my left hand, without a case because that's how i've always used a phone" is akin to saying "i'm going to continue to fall on my face every time I take a step in my new air jordans because i've always worn sandals, and never had to tie my own shoes before, so i will continue this behavior until nike issues a fix so i don't keep falling on my face."
Adidas Addict
Apr 17, 01:57 AM
Very well said. A very thoughtful and rational statement. The histrionics from some members can be too much at times.
In saying that though, many people do just sell their contracted iPhone and buy the latest unlocked iPhone direct from Apple.
In saying that though, many people do just sell their contracted iPhone and buy the latest unlocked iPhone direct from Apple.
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