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Originally posted by Brit Ben:
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Bandwidth. reliable bandwidth.
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No prob, Airport can pull 11 megs a second.
That's more t…
hint: it's not a Mac; it's a PC!
Whatever it is, there is some evidence of a very big announcement and with a design probably unlike any of Apple's current products: there haven…
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Originally posted by gotterdamm:
<STRONG>...A MP3 jukebox from Apple could include a Airport card and could establish a connection to your Mac's Airport hub…
Who said it would use QTSS?
Does the internet radio in iTunes use QTSS?
No, QTSS is a high-bandwidth video over TCP/IP server-sided solution.
We don't need that.
This would be easi…
I have thought long and hard on this and I think it will be a Digital Picture Frame that displays Pictures as well as Quicktime Movies created in iMovie. You will be able to send t…
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And yes, this is profitable. Linn is making a similar product that will cost several thousand dollars, this unit could ship for $200.
And that makes it…
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Originally posted by mbperk:
<STRONG>I have thought long and hard on this and I think it will be a Digital Picture Frame that displays Pictures as well as Q…
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Originally posted by gotterdamm:
<STRONG>This would be easily done by a AppleTalk based stream server using the AMP protocol.</STRONG>
I co…
just letting the imagination flow.....
what if its an all in one combo unit like those all over japan that incorporates a cell phone with pda, with a video screen and mp3 player …
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... I think it will be a Digital Picture Frame that displays Pictures as well as Quicktime Movies created in iMovie. You will be able to send the pictures/movies …
I'll throw out my own crazy theory....
I think it may be somehow related to satellite radio. Maybe a device
that will automatically download and encode songs (TiVo-like).
Intere…
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And that makes it profitable for Apple because...
You see, Apple could put together such a device for around $150, this device could then be sold for a much…
Apple could use the IBM MicroDrive, up to one gigabyte, and that could store a fair amount of songs. It would not push the item too much out.
USB will connect it and allow one to …
Does Apple always come out with something revolutionary that no other company has attempted? Some of the ideas above are great but they have been done before, so let's hope for so…
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You see, Apple could put together such a device for around $150, this device could then be sold for a much as $200-$350 and still be the cheapest product of it's …
Out of the three rumors I have read:
1) Apple PDA (ghost of newton, Mac OSX)
2) Digital Picture Frame w/ iPhoto & Airport
3) Home Stereo MP3 Device w/ Airport, streaming
I am…
Gotterdamm...
You're quite right, whatever this "device" is it does not have to use QTSS, but if it does not we're still talking about a company is based squarely on QuickTime for…
AFAIK, Apple's not had a digital camera for a while. At least since the Quicktakes from a few years back.
The pic on Apple's front page (which has been there since the launch of …
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Originally posted by gotterdamm:
<STRONG>And yes, this is profitable. Linn is making a similar product that will cost several thousand dollars, this unit co…
According to the register it is a collaboration between the Quicktime and iTunes groups along with another self contained group:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/22319.html …
OK, all indications are STREAMING and MUSIC. A little transmitter for your computer and recievers for your stereos perhaps?
The name will prob be a fusion of to words (think Power…
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Originally posted by Brit Ben:
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Plus firewire can provide enough
power to recharge some kind of portable peripheral.
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I n…
Frankly pretty much none of the above ideas are all that revoluationary. A new Newton? Who would buy the thing and why would Apple even want to enter a handheld market in the mid…