Il y aura bien un Special Event le 5 septembre, Réactions à la news du 29-08-2007

[Lionel]

Source : iLounge

La rumeur l'annonçait, Apple l'a officiellement confirmé. Il y aura bien des annonces le 5 septembre comme le prouve cette invitation qu'on reçu certaines personnes.


Son illustration basée sur l'iPod et Coverflow ne laisse guère planer de doute sur son contenu. Il concernera certainement le monde de l'iPod.
Il se tiendra à Sans Francisco, au Moscone Center qu'affectionne tant Apple à 10h heure locale, soit 19h, heure de Paris.
Il était temps que les iPod aient aussi droit à leur mise à jour, même si la concurrence continue à jouer un rôle proche de la figuration.

[Alias]

L'analyse de JF Martin :

Hi,

Well, here we go again ! Let's see what's in store next week from Apple and why.

Some Facts:
the iPod line is missing simple features that are available on nearly all competitors: FM tuner, real equalizer, full screen viewing (except the iPhone !)
Apple is the only one able to have a very interresting combination of an online music store and the MP3 players because it owns both !
OS X is really the best peace of software that Apple has done, is available on the Mac, iPhone, Apple TV...
Doing OS X for the iPod is a done job ! currently, the best iPod is the... iPhone ! Current owners are doing the largest beta testing of all time of the future OS X based iPod since june 29th !!!
The top of the line iPod is essentially a 2 years old design
The current form factor of the 5.5 gen iPod is a cultural icon (in the US at least !)
The current iPod lineup is very narrow in choice and the franchise is in need to expand (marketingnly speaking)
Apple needs to keep the momentum of the iPod sales by making a big announcement... they cannot wait any longer to introduce a full screen iPod...
Having iPod with touch screen will have an halo effect on the iPhone sales by further putting technology awareness in the marketplace
Steve Jobs told employees that they are working on OS X based iPod during an internal Apple invent when he announce the iPhone giveaway
steve Jobs said during the aug 9th Q&A sessions that he was not willing to talk about the Apple TV but we would would see some news soon
During the last quarter statement, the CFO said that for the sept quarter, profits would be smaller to account for product transitions...

So, based on that and other things, here is the next iPods line-up:

Shuffle
Will come down in price
No other change
Wearability of this iPod is very clever marketing and need to stay
Pricing: 59$ (20$ cheaper)

Nano
Will come down in price
Need to stay in the lineup, entry-level iPod with a screen
We may see capacity increase but with the pricing going done on this, it will only make room for another iPod line
FM tuner included
Updated iPod OS
Click wheel
Pricing: 119$ 2G (30$ cheaper), 149$ 4G (50$ cheaper), 199$ 8G (50$ cheaper)

Mini
Apple cannot let go the current 5.5 gen iPod form factor... this is a technological icon... but, Apple can change the name and re-introduce the mini line...
new GUI but may be based on the current 5.5 gen iPod
all flash based: 8 and 16 gigs in size
very thin and sexy, same back of the current 5.5 gen iPod
click wheel
same 2.5 inch screen of the current 5.5 gen iPod
FM tuner
Available now
Pricing: 249$ for 8G, 299$ for 16G

iPod
What people refer to the iPod touch
New form factor: look for aluminum, glass, black... inspired with the iPhone and current iMac
HD based: 30, 60, 120 gigs
OS X based
iPhone interface with touch
Wi-Fi
Pricing: 299$ for 30G, 349$ for 80G, 449$ for 120G

Common features of the new iPod mini and iPod 6G


Notes
The iPod mini will be more like a 6G iPod
The iPod with touch will be the new star of the family

The Keynote will be like this
Welcome message
Recap of the current state of the "iPod nation"
Now, Beatles on the iTunes
Now, Movies rental service
Apple TV update : iTunes available from Apple TV

Recap of the current lineup
What can be improved on the software side: equalizer, songs lyrics, karaoke,updated calender and to-dos, clocks
Let start by the entry level...
Now, the nanos... bring the price down, tweak it a little bit
What others are doing ?
Now, what's missing ?
How can Apple can contribute to fix problems...
What can be improved on the hardware side ^
Now, the iPod mini return !
Can we bring the iPhone experience to a wider audience ?
Introducing the new iPod
iTunes available from the new iPod with wi-fi

One more thing
All current 5 gen iPod owner will be able to perform an OS upgrade (not clear if iPod OS 2.0 ou OS X without touch interface)
iTunes 7.5 (or 8.0)
Thank you all for coming.

A weel informed guy.
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JF Martin
iMac Core 2 Duo Mid-july iMac, 2.4 ghz, 3 Gigs, 24" display
iPod 80 Gigs, 5.5G
Apple TV 160 Gigs
PEE-CEE (oh well)

Ca parait plausible, non ?
Quoique, je ne pense pas que le nom MINI soit repris ...