Is Apple about to unveil video iPod?
America, United States, Times Online, The Times, Sunday Times: "FIRST, Apple changed the way we listen to music. Now, the company wants to make us watch videos on the move.
The internet was abuzz with speculation yesterday that Apple was poised to launch a video iPod, after it e-mailed invitations to a special launch event next week.
The invitation was entitled One more thing . . ., a casual-sounding phrase that is characteristically used by Steve Jobs, Apple’s founder and chief executive, to preface the company’s most significant launches.
Although Apple refused to clarify its plans, well-connec-ted websites were in little doubt that a portable video player was on the way.
Appleinsider, a website, said that the company “has begun production of a new version of its iPod digital music player that will be capable of playing videos”. The new gadget is “similar to Apple’s 60 gigabyte photo player, but several millimetres thinner”. The familiar thumb-dial on the face of the music player has been replaced by a click wheel on the side, allowing the video iPod to have a larger screen.
Simon Dyson, a technology analyst with Informa Telecoms & Media, said: “I just can’t see that Apple could be inviting people to anything else. There is no reason why Apple shouldn’t be as successful with introducing video as it did when it got into music.”
The launch event is on October 12 in San Jose, California, in the morning, but is being relayed around the world live. In Britain Apple has hired facilities at BBC Television Centre. iPods can already display photos, as well as play music, and there has been an expectation that a video iPod was on the way for the past 18 months. Apple’s desktop software, iTunes, was upgraded in May to allow videos to be downloaded to the desktop."
The internet was abuzz with speculation yesterday that Apple was poised to launch a video iPod, after it e-mailed invitations to a special launch event next week.
The invitation was entitled One more thing . . ., a casual-sounding phrase that is characteristically used by Steve Jobs, Apple’s founder and chief executive, to preface the company’s most significant launches.
Although Apple refused to clarify its plans, well-connec-ted websites were in little doubt that a portable video player was on the way.
Appleinsider, a website, said that the company “has begun production of a new version of its iPod digital music player that will be capable of playing videos”. The new gadget is “similar to Apple’s 60 gigabyte photo player, but several millimetres thinner”. The familiar thumb-dial on the face of the music player has been replaced by a click wheel on the side, allowing the video iPod to have a larger screen.
Simon Dyson, a technology analyst with Informa Telecoms & Media, said: “I just can’t see that Apple could be inviting people to anything else. There is no reason why Apple shouldn’t be as successful with introducing video as it did when it got into music.”
The launch event is on October 12 in San Jose, California, in the morning, but is being relayed around the world live. In Britain Apple has hired facilities at BBC Television Centre. iPods can already display photos, as well as play music, and there has been an expectation that a video iPod was on the way for the past 18 months. Apple’s desktop software, iTunes, was upgraded in May to allow videos to be downloaded to the desktop."
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