MWSF Official Thread

[chevy]

My suggestions....
:-) There is a reasonable rumor of lower-end, miniature iPod
:-) One could imagine an iPod with BlueTooth ??
:-) Better would be an iPod with WiFi and iChat
:-) Even better an iPod with WiFi, iChat and iSight !
:-) A wireless screen series (with compression software in the Mac, WiFi for communication at 56 MBs and decompression in the screen).
:-) viTunes supporting video clips
:-) viTunes supporting movies !!! (automatic ripping of DVDs into -encoded- DIVX, DIVX download from iTMS)
:-) iPod compatible with viTunes
:-) more screens
:-) faster machines
:-) much faster machines
:-) CPU farm !
:-) cube based iMac
:-) the end of the eMac, replaced by a lowest end iMac
:-) half-12" screen PB (same width, half height)
:-) the new AppleWorks (with a new name, and cooperative applications instead of integrated application)
:-) a faster iPhoto with better keyword management (like "group" in iTunes)

That's all for the moment...

[georgelien]

An iPod with BlueTooth is--an iPod--too slow.

BlueTooth is like USB 1.0 for wireless.

A wireless iPod needs a 802.11g, aka Aiport Extreme, compatible wireless connection.

It would be neat if any Mac compatible with Airport Extreme, for examples, current line of PowerBook G4, could talking directly with such iPods.

A good start. Let's just hope someone important from Apple know about this idea.

Best Regards,
George Lien

[fryke]

55 Mbps (AirPort Extreme) instead of 400 Mbps FireWire? It's still much too slow. WiFi (11 Mbps) would be enough, though, for streaming sound wirelessly. (Bluetooth, however, is too slow for that, really.)

[Arden]

Chevy's suggestions....
:-) There is a reasonable rumor of lower-end, miniature iPod What would it do, pick up radio transmissions?
:-) One could imagine an iPod with BlueTooth ?? I could imagine dying of old age waiting for it to finish synchronizing.
:-) Better would be an iPod with WiFi and iChat Portable video phones... nice
:-) Even better an iPod with WiFi, iChat and iSight ! Portable video phones with an awesome picture... even better
:-) A wireless screen series (with compression software in the Mac, WiFi for communication at 56 MBs and decompression in the screen). Okay...
:-) viTunes supporting video clips I think they'd call it something else besides xxTunes, considering it wouldn't be a music player but a movie player. Wait, they already have something—it's called Quicktime!
:-) viTunes supporting movies !!! (automatic ripping of DVDs into -encoded- DIVX, DIVX download from iTMS) See above.
:-) iPod compatible with viTunes Maybe, but Apple doesn't want the iPod to be much more than a music player. Sure, it's got calendars and stuff, but it's mostly a music player.
:-) more screens That would be cool... brushed-aluminum flat screens.
:-) faster machines Undoubtedly.
:-) much faster machines One can only hope.
:-) CPU farm ! Hello Pixar!
:-) cube based iMac I don't know, the last cube they made didn't do very well.
:-) the end of the eMac, replaced by a lowest end iMac Would it have a flat screen as well?
:-) half-12" screen PB (same width, half height) Um, why?
:-) the new AppleWorks (with a new name, and cooperative applications instead of integrated application) Yes... the Office killer. Let's pray.
:-) a faster iPhoto with better keyword management (like "group" in iTunes) That would be cool... "Playlists" of photos, perhaps?

[Surronded]

How about the iBook?? Any update?

[Arden]

We don't know yet...

Apple only just updated the iBook, so one might think that they're not going to do anything with it for a while (like they did with the 15" TiBook), but they have upped things in the past just before introducing something new. Although something as big as making the iBook a G4 probably will last a while before Apple announces a G5 iBook, or some such other something. (Ah, ambiguity. )

[Hypernate]

Unlikely they'll update the iBook just yet.

They still talk about the 'New G4 iBooks' on the front page of at least the Aussie site. Usually when they update, the Australian site won't have front page ads for the product for at least 2 months before an update.

More likely iMac processor speed bump, G5 speed bump, possibly AirPort Extreme with a higher encyption, or range, maybe the release of a new iApp, though I don't know what else they could design... but they've surprised us many times before.

[iMan]

I'm going to go, don't know what day and only to exhibition hall, anything els is too expensive.
I just got an iSight for xmas, but wouldn't it be nice if it was wireless over bluetooth? I have it on my powerbook and I only have one firewire 400 port so if I want to plug in my new iPod (also a xmas gift) I have to disconnect my iSight. I guess i could get a firewire 800 to 400 adaptor.

Viktor