iPod nano, iTunes 5, iTunes Phone

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Posted by Zonk on Wednesday September 07, 2005 @02:45PM from the lots-of-apple-to-chew dept.

adpowers writes "Lots of updates today on the Apple front. First we have the iPod nano, which is an iPod photo-esque replacement for the iPod mini. It comes in 2 and 4 gig varieties and is half the thickness of the mini it replaces. A new iTunes is release as well, which looks similar to Mail.app. I'm not sure I like the cosmetic changes. It also touts an improved search bar, but I can't find an explanation of what that means. Finally, Apple, Motorola, and Cingular announced the ROKR E1, which has the iTunes on a cellular phone. (Theorized last week.) It syncs with iTunes just like an iPod." Coverage of the Apple news extravaganza available at The NYT, Forbes, Gizmodo, Mobiledia, and Macworld.

iPod nano, iTunes 5, iTunes Phone

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but does it run... (Score:3, Funny)

by fredrickleo ( 711335 ) writes: on Wednesday September 07, 2005 @02:47PM (#13502084) Homepage

...well it just might :)

iHuh? (Score:5, Funny)

by Doc Ruby ( 173196 ) writes: on Wednesday September 07, 2005 @02:48PM (#13502094) Homepage Journal

"ROKR E1"? Why didn't they call it an iPhone, probably the best name among all of Apple's products? Maybe they let Motorola, which usually prefers unpronouncable alphanumeric soup, pick the name.

just ordered on in black (Score:5, Funny)

by OctoberSky ( 888619 ) writes: on Wednesday September 07, 2005 @02:49PM (#13502104)

No I am not a apple whore, I get the education discount (which they didn't ask for?). I was going to order a regular 20gig last week but knew something was coming out today so I looked, liked, liked price, and ordered.

Free engraving on back...

RIAA v OctberSky
Exhibit: A

Obligatory Strongbad Plug (Score:3, Funny)

by Nuclear Elephant ( 700938 ) writes: on Wednesday September 07, 2005 @02:50PM (#13502113) Homepage

iPod nano, which is an iPod photo-esque replacement for the iPod mini

I can see strongbad promoting these now. "It's not just photo-esque. It's danger-esque."

iPod nano (Score:5, Funny)

by game kid ( 805301 ) writes: on Wednesday September 07, 2005 @02:50PM (#13502120) Homepage

Thick as a pencil and much more fun.1

1 Do not nervously bite iPod nano.

iPod nano (Score:4, Funny)

by mfender9 ( 725994 ) writes: on Wednesday September 07, 2005 @02:52PM (#13502150)

No video. Thicker than a human hair. Lame.

Theorized? (Score:3, Funny)

by pipegeek ( 624626 ) writes: on Wednesday September 07, 2005 @02:55PM (#13502185)

(Theorized last week.)

It's been theorized? Awesome! I've been waiting for one of these that could play Ogg...

Thank God (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday September 07, 2005 @02:55PM (#13502188)

I was glad Apple chose to give us the iPod nano. The prototype iPod Emacs and iPod vi just didn't look as slick.

Re:On first look, quite nice (Score:5, Funny)

by jellomizer ( 103300 ) * writes: on Wednesday September 07, 2005 @02:57PM (#13502212)

That iPod nano looks ridiculously slick.

Apple marketing department wants you to say. "That iPod nano looks impossibly slick."

Thank goodness! (Score:3, Funny)

by ChePibe ( 882378 ) writes: on Wednesday September 07, 2005 @03:00PM (#13502239)

My iPod Mini is just so large, bulky, and thick! It's about time Apple did something to make audio players small and portable!

Re:iPod nano (Score:4, Funny)

by Ubergrendle ( 531719 ) writes: on Wednesday September 07, 2005 @03:01PM (#13502253) Journal

Its not even as good as the iPod Flea [nytimes.com].

iTunes Linux Support (Score:5, Funny)

by bosewicht ( 805330 ) writes: on Wednesday September 07, 2005 @03:06PM (#13502318)

If Apple wants to be really shocking they should start supporting Linux. There is a growing market out there that they are just ignoring.

Re:iHuh? (Score:5, Funny)

by bmeteor ( 167631 ) writes: on Wednesday September 07, 2005 @03:08PM (#13502345)

MOTO has a bit of a BRND IMGE now with TKNG five or six LTTR WRDS, removing a VOWL or two, capitalizing it and GTNG a PRDCT name. Obviously referring to the halo model, the RAZR.

Seriously though, I'd expect a ROKR E2 soon, in a RAZR design. That'd be sweet.

GARGH! (Score:2, Funny)

by th3space ( 531154 ) writes: <bradNO@SPAMbradfucious.com> on Wednesday September 07, 2005 @03:17PM (#13502451) Homepage

Damnit...I just got my stupid Shuffle. Now they come out with this for not much more money? I feel inadequate all of a sudden. :(

Re:Quicktime 7 for Win (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday September 07, 2005 @03:17PM (#13502458)

And with iTunes 5 for the Mac comes a Windows-like reboot. Why?!?!?

Sports? Features? Has? (Score:5, Funny)

by sanctimonius hypocrt ( 235536 ) writes: on Wednesday September 07, 2005 @03:23PM (#13502521) Homepage Journal

It also touts an improved search bar, but I can't find an explanation of what that means.
Open a console and type

dict tout

Re:On first look, quite nice (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday September 07, 2005 @03:23PM (#13502528)

Apple could make a device with more features, like the Archos, but that would cost too much money for them. Why toy with a winning formula?

If nobody had ever toyed with a winning formula, we would still be using horses and sailing ships for all our transport needs.

It's called "progress".

And I can't help but note that all these new iPod variants could be described as "toying with a winning formula"...

Re:iTunes Linux Support (Score:5, Funny)

by bedouin ( 248624 ) writes: on Wednesday September 07, 2005 @03:24PM (#13502536)

Right, a growing market of people who don't like paying for things.

DalmatiAn? (Score:3, Funny)

by acariquara ( 753971 ) writes: on Wednesday September 07, 2005 @03:26PM (#13502560) Journal

That Apple, they think of everything. Now I'm going to go back to waiting for my Dalmation iPod nano tube.

It's called a Dogcow [storybytes.com]. Moof [jargon.net].

Re:but does it run... (Score:5, Funny)

by hunterx11 ( 778171 ) writes: <hunterx11@g[ ]l.com ['mai' in gap]> on Wednesday September 07, 2005 @03:34PM (#13502658) Homepage Journal

Sorry, nope.
It doesn't run x86 OS X.

Re:iHuh? (Score:5, Funny)

by x136 ( 513282 ) writes: on Wednesday September 07, 2005 @03:41PM (#13502731) Homepage

No, it's pronounced "Roker" as in "Al Roker." Rokerphone. Free weather updates on the hour, every hour. Oh, and something about music. WEATHER!

Re:iHuh? (Score:5, Funny)

by karnal ( 22275 ) writes: on Wednesday September 07, 2005 @04:04PM (#13503002)

PRDCT

That's 5. You can't have five and work for the allmighty MOTO.

You're fired.

Re:??? (Score:3, Funny)

by JonKatzIsAnIdiot ( 303978 ) writes: <a4261_2000NO@SPAMyahoo.com> on Wednesday September 07, 2005 @04:26PM (#13503247)

I'm sorry, but was that a comment or a press release? It's a little hard to judge from here.

Not that I'd be one to accuse the indefectible Apple of astroturfing, no, nothing like that.

Re:iHuh? (Score:3, Funny)

by koehn ( 575405 ) * writes: on Wednesday September 07, 2005 @04:31PM (#13503280)

No, it's pronounced "Roker" as in "Al Roker." Rokerphone. Free weather updates on the hour, every hour. Oh, and something about music. WEATHER!

And I suppose we can expect the phones we buy today to be half the thickness and half the weight in a few years?

Re:Re-releasing the same products... (Score:3, Funny)

by Anm ( 18575 ) writes: on Wednesday September 07, 2005 @04:31PM (#13503282)

Speaking of which, shouldn't the iPod Nano be called the iPod Micro? I mean they just skipped a SI measurement didn't they?

Are you suggesting there is such thing as a mini-meter or a mini-gram?

Anm

Re:On first look, quite nice (Score:3, Funny)

by jaypaulw ( 889877 ) writes: on Wednesday September 07, 2005 @04:35PM (#13503313)

*I could care less about the color screen.*

how much less could you care about it?

Can You Put People on Hold with Your Music? (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday September 07, 2005 @04:39PM (#13503359)

I just always wanted to do that.

Re:iHuh? (Score:4, Funny)

by bmeteor ( 167631 ) writes: on Wednesday September 07, 2005 @04:45PM (#13503415)

Um sir, its YURE FIRD.

I'll be cleaning my desk out now :-)

Re:On first look, quite nice (Score:3, Funny)

by billimad ( 629204 ) writes: on Wednesday September 07, 2005 @04:51PM (#13503467)

Jobs would have said "insanely slick" I think.

Weak. (Score:4, Funny)

by yardbird ( 165009 ) * writes: on Wednesday September 07, 2005 @05:18PM (#13503715) Homepage

I'm holding out for the Femto.

iPod Femto [apple.com]: the first MP3 player to be injected directly into your bloodstream!

Mac Nano Next? (Score:3, Funny)

by Kelson ( 129150 ) * writes: on Wednesday September 07, 2005 @05:31PM (#13503812) Homepage Journal

First Apple released the iPod, then the iPod Mini. Now there's the iPod Nano.

And last year, Apple introduced the Mac Mini.

<joke>Does this mean we should expect the Mac Nano sometime next year?</joke>

but .... (Score:4, Funny)

by daevux ( 626542 ) writes: on Wednesday September 07, 2005 @05:34PM (#13503829)

.... but does the phone support music on hold? :)

Re:ROKR questions (Score:3, Funny)

by itcomesinwaves ( 890751 ) writes: on Wednesday September 07, 2005 @05:45PM (#13503916)

So... you admit that it would be totally EXTREME!!

Re:Mac Nano Next? (Score:4, Funny)

by Distinguished Hero ( 618385 ) writes: on Wednesday September 07, 2005 @06:29PM (#13504255) Homepage

Only if you think a Mac Shuffle will be released before it.

Re:On first look, quite nice (Score:3, Funny)

by danaris ( 525051 ) writes: <danaris@mac . c om> on Wednesday September 07, 2005 @06:33PM (#13504281) Homepage

2000 called, they want their BS anti-Apple complaint back.

Dan Aris

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but does it run... (Score:3, Funny)

iHuh? (Score:5, Funny)

just ordered on in black (Score:5, Funny)

Obligatory Strongbad Plug (Score:3, Funny)

iPod nano (Score:5, Funny)

iPod nano (Score:4, Funny)

Theorized? (Score:3, Funny)

Thank God (Score:1, Funny)

Re:On first look, quite nice (Score:5, Funny)

Thank goodness! (Score:3, Funny)

Re:iPod nano (Score:4, Funny)

iTunes Linux Support (Score:5, Funny)

Re:iHuh? (Score:5, Funny)

GARGH! (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Quicktime 7 for Win (Score:1, Funny)

Sports? Features? Has? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:On first look, quite nice (Score:2, Funny)

Re:iTunes Linux Support (Score:5, Funny)

DalmatiAn? (Score:3, Funny)

Re:but does it run... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:iHuh? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:iHuh? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:??? (Score:3, Funny)

Re:iHuh? (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Re-releasing the same products... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:On first look, quite nice (Score:3, Funny)

Can You Put People on Hold with Your Music? (Score:2, Funny)

Re:iHuh? (Score:4, Funny)

Re:On first look, quite nice (Score:3, Funny)

Weak. (Score:4, Funny)

Mac Nano Next? (Score:3, Funny)

but .... (Score:4, Funny)

Re:ROKR questions (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Mac Nano Next? (Score:4, Funny)

Re:On first look, quite nice (Score:3, Funny)

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