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Newsweek cover shows off new iPod

updated 09:45 pm EDT, Sat July 17, 2004

Newsweek shows new iPod?

Steve Jobs is holding a new iPod, due for release Monday, on the , is also available for reading.

In January 2002, an exclusive article in TIME magazine on Apple's then-unannounced flat-panel iMac was also inadvertantly leaked on the Web through an apparent snafu, unveiling Apple's revolutionary flat-panel iMac a few days before Steve Jobs was expected to publicly debut the iMac at Macworld Expo San Francisco.

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jedi1yoda1
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Sweet

Excellent. Looks great. I can't wait to get my hands on it.

GORDYmac
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07/17, 10:03pm | report spam | close Reply |
Okay, bring on the specs

Man, first Time, now Newsweek. Steve's gotta be getting sick of this.

VValdo
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07/17, 10:04pm | report spam | close Reply |
How does he do it?

I swear, Jobs is a marketing genius.

triple704
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07/17, 10:04pm | report spam | close Reply |
Nice

Whoa thats awesome. I wonder what else it has!

JamesKass
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07/17, 10:22pm | report spam | close Reply |
iPods make you go Bald

Steve-o, watch that hair line, buddy. Take some of that iPod money and invent the iRug.

DeathToWindows
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07/17, 10:28pm | report spam | close Reply |
Oogh

Steve is going to want their #%$%$%$# on a stick...

Eriamjh
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07/17, 10:53pm | report spam | close Reply |
meh

Nothing new here. So the new iPod looks like the mini... so what?. Without news of features, this leak is useless. Steve won't care. He knows people will start pre-ordering them as soon as they are announced. And then we won't have then for 2-3 months.

How about an iMac G5 pic? That's a leak!

Truepop
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07/17, 11:23pm | report spam | close Reply |
Here's to Hoping

I hope that 3G owners aren't left in the cold like 1st and 2nds were when the 3G hit. I want the new software features (if any) that this will have. I like that shuffle songs menu. I wonder what else is new.

silverlode
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07/17, 11:25pm | report spam | close Reply |
Dude...

Steve Jobs, lose the glasses. Rimless circular lenses....ugh.

ccrider
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07/17, 11:26pm | report spam | close Reply |
cool

bout time they put the shuffle option on the top menu!

slipperfrog
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07/17, 11:53pm | report spam | close Reply |
Is it...smaller?

It looks smaller. Why do they keep making them SMALLER? Enough is enough, Steve!

Snugfig
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07/18, 12:00am | report spam | close Reply |
iPod "Special Edition"?

As on e of the winners of the iTunes Music Store 100th million Sweepstakes, it would be freakin GR8 if the new 4G iPod is the "special edition model" that me and the other 49 winners will receive in the coming weeks.

Keeping my fingers crossed.

jpellino
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07/18, 12:18am | report spam | close Reply |
seems like...

they've bretty much hit the max for capacity - and the trick with the main ipod line has been more capacity @ same price. how about trying the mini approach again - same capacity @ less price... there's a big gap between the 4gb mini and the low end 15gb ipod - there;s a sweet spot they could hit in between there...

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60GB Drive Inside?

I'd bet the new iPod will have the recently announced Toshiba (wasn't it?) 1.8" x 60GB hard drive in it. Apple supposedly bought up the majority of the first run.

Otherwise, the single iPod mini style control wheel is a great new feature.

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airtunes

gee wouldn't some kind of integration with airtunes in the high end model be interesting

driven
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Rimless glasses

I kind of like the rimless glasses. I need a new set. (I misplaced my old ones) Maybe I'll order a set. :-)

benhur
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07/18, 02:24am | report spam | close Reply |
NewsWeek article online

First to mention this? It's 11:04 here, AZ time. I found the iPod Nation article at the NewsWeek website. I had to click on the Tech link to find it. It's a great article but it doesn't mention the specs on the new iPod. We'll have to wait until Monday :)

benhur
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Newsweek article online

Am I the first to mention this? I just read the full newsweek article at the Newsweek website. It's a great article but it doen't mention the specs on the new iPod. Guess we'll have to wait until Monday :)

I had to click on the Technology link to find the article "iPod Nation".

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07/18, 02:27am | report spam | close Reply |
Article is now live!

Did a search on Google and Newsweek and found the upcoming article here:
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5457432/site/newsweek/

leonpro
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07/18, 04:05am | report spam | close Reply |
great article

good history of the iPod and its effect...I wish they mentioned anything about the new iPod and its features, but I understand this is not a Tech article. Oh, well. Wait till Monday then.

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Click Wheel

I'm glad to see the "click wheel" in the maxi iPod.

It looks even better. I wonder if the blue HP iPod will use this design. Probably, since Apple will make them.

And good timing for all the hype, coming so soon after Sony's into of the digital Walkman.

DangeRuss
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MacMinute

MacMinute broke this story first. Let's give credit where credit is due.

Tikas
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Specs

20-40-60Gb. Hopefully the same connector, much longer battery life, would be nice to see Wi-Fi built-in but i don't think so, too little device... And it's time to drop the prices, at least in Europe, hard to sell them here when they cost up to 45% more than in USA, prices for current line at this moment: 15Gb - 299USD in US/435USD in EU, 20Gb - 399USD/560USD, 40Gb - 500USD/680USD.

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07/18, 09:12am | report spam | close Reply |
Specs

This one contains the specs: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5457434/site/newsweek/

Just followed the link from the main article

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new iPod specs

12 hour battery-slightly thinner- editable on the go playlists-mini style scroll wheel-modifed menus-20GB and 40GB at $299 & $399 respectively. (no mention of 60GB) Also can play audible.com files at regular or 25% faster speed. A few other things I can't recall. The article is linked to the Newsweek iPod Nation article. Now the MSNBC/newseek site won't come up (hmmmmm? coincidence??)

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Specs

Questions is, will these software advantages such at the audio book speed adjust and the shuffle option be available to 3G ipod owners. If not, then Apple is failing to support the iPod owners who have made the iPod the success that it is and that would be just plain nasty.

schuster
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07/18, 11:20am | report spam | close Reply |
pictures

okay, so who looks worse? Jobs on the cover of the newsweek magazine or steve ballmer's face shot on news.com?

scottkleinberg
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07/18, 11:33am | report spam | close Reply |
This was planned

In the story on ThinkSecret yesterday, it said Apple was planning on releasing the news in an unprecented and non-traditional way.

Don't you think this is that way?

Juanvlz
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07/18, 11:36am | report spam | close Reply |
be thankful

At least they decdided not to do it in Maxim!

outZider
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Upgrades

Hi, just because new stuff is in a new iPod doesn't mean that 3G owners are left in the cold. When a new cd player comes out, does your old cd player get an upgrade? No.

Elektrix
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Steve's glasses

They are Kazuo Kawasaki glasses, if you want to find them..... they're apparently quite expensive though (around $600 at least for the frames and lenses).

Elektrix
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07/18, 01:35pm | report spam | close Reply |
Battery life....

One tidbit from the article that piques my interest......... they say that the battery life 50% increase is not from a bigger battery, but from more efficient use of the battery. That makes it sound like a software thing. On one hand, I wonder if Apple will roll out a software update for 3G iPods that would include this "efficiency"...... or if they would hold that back (since the battery life would be one thing that might make 3G owners want to upgrade). I could understand if it's the latter........ I still wouldn't mind getting that "shuffle" function in the new software (which be nicer than selecting all music and playing it with "shuffle songs" mode on).

Skyman375
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iPod Needs...

...something new to keep ahead of the pack. How about an XM/Sirius add on (like the iTrip?) or an Airport transmitter?

DeathWolf
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re: Battery life

I don't agree with Apple purposely holding back a software-based battery life upgrade in order to encourage new iPod sales. Though I'm willing to pay for new functionality, I think it's unethical or, at the very least, bad customer service to hold back an upgrade that will give previous-gen iPod owners better battery life, provided this is technically feasible. (which I assume is the case, given the hardware similiarity between all generations of iPods.)

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re: Dude...

silverlode wouldn't know retro-fashion if he jumped out of a plane hoping his parachute pants would save him.

The circular rimless glasses work for Steve. He looks great, receding hairline and all (it might happen to you someday, whipper snapper!).

As for the "Steve is gonna be pissed" comments, I really don't think so. It's not like Newsweek doesn't normally work like this, so of course people would see it on Sat/Sun -- it's just that the word won't really get out till Monday, so the plebes will still get a nice surprise while us "in the know" types can act cool because we knew about it 48 hours in advance (big whoop). I think Apple has figured out that such "leaks" work to their benefit SOMETIMES (as in "in certain situations/circumstances").

Now, if somebody leaks a sneak peek at the G5 iMac redesign a month prior to the unveiling, THEN Steve will go on the warpath.

chas_m
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Props to the Phil!

According to the Newsweek article, it was *Phil Schiller* who came up with the scroll-wheel idea. And you thought he was just the Pilsbury Demo Boy.

Way to go, Phil! High five!

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