Apple plans "special event" for Sept. 7

Iphone: a smartphone w/ Itunes, Mac OS X (including Widgets, .Mac and Ical, Ichat, and Spotlight) Wow!!!

Iphone: a smartphone w/ Itunes, Mac OS X (including Widgets, .Mac and Ical, Ichat, and Spotlight) Wow!!!

Guys I know that when Apple is talking 'bout something revolutionairy, it comes that way... But let's not over-react... I'm a huge apple fan too, but I don't want to hope too much on a huge thing... Who knows it may not turn out to be as big as we all think... Anyway, we'll find out in a week! (can't wait either!) Greetz Paul

Just posted a full iTunes Phone Rumor roundup for anyone interested: http://www.macncell.com/index_html/archive/2005/08/30/new-itunes-phone-rumor-round-up

It is going to be a tablet device that looks like a handheld iMac, with a 9" touch senstive screen, a stylus that plays movies - ripped or downloaded from a soon to be service like iTunes. iFlicks? Also can be used like a limited Mac. Docks like an iPod & syncs up to all the obvious apps & files so it can be used like a big pda as well. hopefully it isn't just a boring phone!

Why would Apple want to enter the over-crowded mobile phone market? What is there to gain from iPhone? Mobile phones do not have the aesthetic of the iPod. The iPod is niche. Apple are really going to want to cash in on Xmas sales of iPods - the iPod going to be hotter this season than ever so a new line up will kick start the buying frenzy. Most of the people who bought an iPod mini 18 months ago are probably thinking about upgrading this xmas - do you think an iPhone is a logical upgrade - less storage and tied mobile contract adding to the cost? iPhone would dilute the iPod brand because iPhone would be competing against hundreds of others which all offer the same bland funtionality. If anything, this would be a mobile subscription based iTunes service available to a broad range of phones eventually. but I don't think so... What I hope to see: iTunes 5 - integrating video downloads Shuffle (in colours with more memory) New iPod mini(s) 6GB + 8GB (colour screens) Updated iPod Photo 20 / 40 / 80GB (now ipod video)

iTunes 5..... with video downloads.... and a suitable device....

Actually it's both a portable video player and a G5-based media plalyer (Including HD-DVD) that hooks to your home entertainment center and that the portable will dock with. This is the source of the mac mini G5 rumors, though there will not technically be a mac mini G5. Portable video is nice, but it's basically useless unless you can watch it on something more substantial. Mark my words!

Newton...Newton...Newton! Actually, I'm still holding out for a Mighty Mouse Trackball, but I'm realistic and I know that that'll stay in my dreams right next to Jennifer Anniston ... She's single now, you know? "1000 songs in your pocket changed everything. Here we go again." - Okay, I'll go out on a limb and say that this quote has less to do with the iPod mini (after all does the mini outsell the larger iPod?), and more to do with ITMS ... in a round about way. I'm betting that the announcement is not going to pertain to hardware, but to another over the internet download service - namely, buy all your Macintosh software directly from Apple and download it directly to you computer instantly. Although I do think that I have a chance with Jennifer Anniston, so I have to be delusional. So, don't listen to me really! I think I'll stick to my original premise - Newton...Newton...Newton...

They didn't come out and say that Motorola would be involved in/present at this press event. If they had, it'd be a dead give-away, but I have a hard time believing they'd make this big a deal about a joint product with another company. Unless it's going to be a purely Apple phone.... I've given up on guessing, after the Mighty Mouse came out of nowhere and bit me on the ear, but I still hold out hope for a handheld. I fully expect to have to wait until the new Intel chips are in place for that, though.