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Geek Culture / Apple's big annoucement...?

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Killswitch
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Posted: 12th Oct 2005 20:11
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Is it just me, or were Apple supposed to be making a big annoucement today (12/10/05)? Possibly a video iPod (IMHO I think that's unlikely).

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BatVink
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Posted: 12th Oct 2005 20:40
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Google display up to date news links, and there's nothing for "Apple announce"

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Raven
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Posted: 12th Oct 2005 20:49
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is that 12/10/05 UK or US, because that could mean either
12 October 2005
or
10 December 2005

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John Y
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Posted: 12th Oct 2005 20:50
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Well, they still have 8 or so hours left.


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JoelJ
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Posted: 12th Oct 2005 21:15
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Quote: " Possibly a video iPod (IMHO I think that's unlikely)."

it is unlikely
looks like it's going to be an 80g iPod...
WHY does ANYONE need an 80g iPod?
not even a radio station would need that much space for music
I have ~600 songs, and they don't take up even close to 2gigs!

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David T
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Posted: 12th Oct 2005 21:28
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Apple were to announce something 12th October. Since it's only just mornign in the US now, it'll probably be announced sometime overnight UK time.

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JoelJ
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Posted: 12th Oct 2005 21:44
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oh goody, i was wrong! here's the slashdot article that was just posted:
Video iPod Announced

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Deep Thought 42
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Posted: 12th Oct 2005 22:36
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Another Ipod? Bah, they are all the same. Cool features but very fragile. I don't trust Apple products anymore.

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DBAlex
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Posted: 12th Oct 2005 22:41
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is it the new iPod on the front page of apples website !

http://www.apple.com/uk


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bitJericho
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Posted: 12th Oct 2005 22:41
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You're not supposed to drop a 300 dollar piece of equipment

Too bad the only thing you can stick on your brand new Video playing ipod is crappy tv "reality" shows x_x


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Deep Thought 42
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Posted: 12th Oct 2005 22:44
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I didn't. It was in my backpack when something made a really little dent on the back casing and the thing got screwed up. Apple wouldn't replace it even though it was during the warranty.

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Posted: 12th Oct 2005 22:46
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Looks okay...



"A book. If u know something why cant u make a kool game or prog.
come on now. A book. I hate books. book is stupid. I know that I need codes but I dont know the codes"
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Jeku
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Posted: 12th Oct 2005 23:22
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What's the point of a video ipod? Argh. They've been selling video devices for years, but now that *gasp* Apple! *gasp* has done it, it's trendy and it's a must-have. I call foul.

Maybe it's just me, but I don't have any video files that I'll watch again and again, enough to warrant buying a device to play it when I'm not already on my computer or in front of my TV.

It'll probably cost around the same as a PSP, so you might as well get it to play games *and* watch videos. It's too gimmicky.

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Deep Thought 42
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Yeah I would rather get a PSP or some other portable media center to carry videos I want to watch. Its also ridiculous the amount of space Apple put in the Ipods. Who has 40 gigs of music? For video I might understand. But I wouldn't want to get an Ipod video. Most of the thing is controls and a small screen. I love my Palm Tungsten. I think my money would be better spent on a Palm TX or some similar device.
Quote: "They've been selling video devices for years, but now that *gasp* Apple! *gasp* has done it, it's trendy and it's a must-have. I call foul.
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Agreed.

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Posted: 13th Oct 2005 00:10
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I agree to just get a psp or something........

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Dot Merix
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Posted: 13th Oct 2005 00:28
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Y'know, the portable video players have been around for awhile now, and while i love my psp, having a 60gb hard drive, or even a 10gig hard drive on it would've made it alot more worth the money.



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Raven
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Posted: 13th Oct 2005 01:23
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Yeah, personally I'd keep with my PSP too for movies.
Larger screen, and doesn't die when you drop it.
(which I've done a few times now heh... so bloody accident prone!)

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