6G iPod & Apple's Future

belsin_gordon writes "CNET rounds up what we're going to get from the next iPod and where Apple is heading as a company and as a business juggernaut. [They have the] 100GB widescreen video iPods, Wi-Fi-enabled iPods capable of on-the-fly movie downloads over the air, unlimited downloads from iTunes for a flat fee and the UK finally getting its content-hungry hands on movie downloads. Apple has dropped the 'Computer' from its company name, and is making significant advances into the media-distribution business. It's bringing video to everyone everywhere with iTunes movies and now Apple TV, and the rumours and speculation we've discussed promote the theory that Apple is setting itself up as a major player in the media-distribution industry."

Re:Why

[kisrael]

Just got an 8 gig Nano.
I'm in the club, but if I'd rather user old fashioned headphones instead of the white buds, am I out of the club?

Re:Unlimited?

[KDan]

You obviously have not met that common animal called the Starving Student. It lives mostly around universities and is capable of eating many stomach capacities' worth of food in a single sitting. In fact, you could say that strange beast's stomach capacity goes up as the meal price goes down.

Daniel

Re:Why

[Hijacked Public]

Why would you find dragging and dropping from explorer easier?

l33tn355. If iTunes had a verbose startup screen no one here would be complaining.

Re:Totally Random Comment #102903

[mobby_6kl]

Thank you. Your check is on its way.

Regards, Apple PR department.

Re:Unlimited?

[Gilmoure]

You might remember HD209458b as a 'hot Jupiter' that boils under the glow of its very nearby star.

I'm Troy McClure HD209458b. You might remember me from such extra-solar planets as a 'hot Jupiter' that boils under the glow of its very nearby star.

Re:Why

[Gilmoure]

But I'd prefer anything to those shitty-ass white buds.

Ah, that's where you're supposed to wear them.

Re:But who buys Apple computers ?

[Neil Hodges]

What's funnier is that a RockBox iPod does the same thing as far as synchronization. It's a whole lot easier to create playlists when one can just write a Perl script on the device, instead of fumbling through some bloated GUI (iTunes).

Plus, I can play music other than AAC/FairPlay, MP3, and Apple Lossless, which is why I installed RockBox. I get the same slick looks yet the greater additional expandability and features for free.