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10.7.07 New iPhone Ad Man Uses Mobile Safari To Save The Day [del.icio.us]

FutureMedia — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 19:15:58 -0500

Man explains how he used his iPhone to get info he needed at a dinner party.

10.7.07 New iPhone Ad Man Uses Mobile Safari To Save The Day

Info@FutureMedia.org (Taylor Barcroft) — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 19:02:49 -0500

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Man explains how he used his iPhone to get info he needed at a dinner party.

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Tags: iphone, apple, safari, advertising, ads

10.7.07 New iPhone Ad 4 In 1 [del.icio.us]

FutureMedia — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 19:00:46 -0500

Man explains how iPhone replaces his iPod, digital camera and two mobile phones. HD Source.

10.7.07 New iPhone Ad 4 In 1

Info@FutureMedia.org (Taylor Barcroft) — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 18:53:57 -0500

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Man explains how iPhone replaces his iPod, digital camera and two mobile phones. HD Source.

Formats available: MPEG4 Video (.mp4)

Tags: iphone, advertising, ads, apple

Sony HDR-HC7 Illinois Snow Neighborhood HDV Master Reduced To iPod Compatible Size

Info@FutureMedia.org (Taylor Barcroft) — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 03:31:33 -0600

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Example of footage from the new Sony HDR-HC7 HDV Video Camera which just arrived in stores this week. Shot by Jeremy from the SonyHDVinfo.com Sony HDR-HC7 Forum in a suburb of Chicago 2.8.07. Thank you Jeremy. 14 second original H.264 export of native 1440x1080 HDV file from Final Cut Express HD was 165 MB. I ripped a DVD image from it with Toast 8 then crushed to a maximum iPod compatible size with Handbrake leaving only 4.2 MB. Still looks pretty darned good don't you think? Taylor Barcroft Santa Cruz CA

Info@FutureMedia.org (Taylor Barcroft) — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 12:50:43 -0500

NBC "iPod Nation - Core Values" Steve Jobs Humble Innovator On To The Next Big Thing

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Part 2 of Brian Williams' interview with Steve Jobs last Friday May 19, 2006 just before the doors opened on the new 5th AV Apple Store with the CUBE on the plaza of the GM building. Medium resolution @ 1000kbps iPod compatible.

NBC "iPod Nation - Core Values" Steve Jobs Humble Innovator On To The Next Big Thing [del.icio.us]

FutureMedia — Fri, 26 May 2006 03:35:05 -0500

Part 2 of Brian Williams' interview with Steve Jobs last Friday May 19, 2006 just before the doors o

Info@FutureMedia.org (Taylor Barcroft) — Fri, 19 May 2006 20:27:49 -0500

Steve Jobs At New 5th Avenue 58th Street Apple Store

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Steve Jobs At New 5th Avenue 58th Street Apple Store speaks with Brian Williams on NBC Nightly News. Part one of a series of Jobs moments to be featured next week on NBC Nightly News.

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FutureMedia — Fri, 19 May 2006 20:25:04 -0500

Steve Jobs At New 5th Avenue 58th Street Apple Store speaks with Brian Williams on NBC Nightly News.

CES 2006 Ellen-Gineering

Info@FutureMedia.org (Taylor Barcroft) — Sat, 06 May 2006 16:47:41 -0500

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Ellen DeGeneres performs for the attendees of the Consumer Electronics Show January 5-8, 2006. This is too hilarious to pass up. 5 minuites of non-stop laughter. Ellen is the world's funniest person. Queen of Comedy at the moment.

Ken Kearney Show [del.icio.us]

FutureMedia — Sun, 30 Apr 2006 21:10:05 -0500

Ken Kearney Show [del.icio.us]

FutureMedia — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 12:30:05 -0500

CBS-Rocketboom Part of CSI-"Killer" 2.2.06 Air Date by Jerry Bruckheimer

Info@FutureMedia.org (Taylor Barcroft) — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 18:08:08 -0600

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Last night on CBS' #1 show on all of TV, CSI, Amanda Congdon appeared in a FAKE Rocketboom from above the Las Vegas Strip warning the locals not to go where two were recently murdered in the same evening. You can't buy this kind of publicity. Yes it's not a REAL Rocketboom episode. And neither are the murders REAL. This is another classic moment in the evolution of Video Blogging and product placement publicity. Congratulations Amanda and Andrew Baron of Rocketboom and thank you Jerry Bruckheimer, Executive Producer, for placing them inside an episode.

This is from an EyeTV2 EyeTV 500 HDTV source recording and is Video iPod compatible. Original was 136 MB and this is 3 MB.

CBS-Rocketboom Part of CSI-"Killer" 2.2.06 by Jerry Bruckheimer [del.icio.us]

FutureMedia — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 12:45:04 -0600

Last night on CBS'

1.06.06 San Francisco MacWorld Expo SteveNote

Info@FutureMedia.org (Taylor Barcroft) — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 11:56:52 -0600

Link to the Video of entire presentation at this Apple Page.

Product details at the Apple Site.

Transcript from MacRumors.com:

1.10.06 SteveNote - Steve Jobs Keynote, San Francisco Macworld Conference & Expo

Retail Update
135 Shops around the world. 26 million visitors during holiday quarter. Retail stores had their first $1 billion quarter this past quarter. Total revenues 5.7 billion total.

Now let's talk about the iPod.
"best music players in the world". 4.5 milliion sold during holiday 2004, for 2005 holiday sold 14 million. Over 100 sold every minute through the quarter. 42 total million iPods sold since the it was first released. 32 million in 2005.

Now on to iTunes...
850 million songs sold. 3 million songs a day are being sold. Over 1 billion songs per year rate. 83% market share. Television show sales doing well. 8 million sold since Oct 12th. Added bowl games. showing Bowl Games demo. New Saturday Night Live content going up today. Demo of SNL content. blues brothers, coneheads etc...

Announcing a new accessory for the iPod. a remote control with FM Tuner. Works with current models. New radio screen on the iPod to tune radio through the iPod screen. $49.

Discussing Dodge Jeep iPod integration. New iPod Ad for. Sillohettes, jazz trumpet.

Now to the Mac, which is what the rest of the keynote is about... (applause)

Reviewing/recapping Aperture. Aperture is to the camera as Final Cut Pro is to Video. Demo video for Aperture. Video: discussing experience with Aperture and demoing product. More video testaments, football, wedding photos. talking about working with RAW video. Video ends.

Now talking about Widgets. There are over 1500 Widgets. New widgets today. Mac OS X 10.4.4 today: google widget, new address book, espn ,calendar.

Now talking about iLife '06. Picture of box with roll of film on it. Music, Movies, Photos, Blogs. Giant released.

New iPhoto Update with better speed. 25k photos up to 250k in library, scrolls smoothly, full screen editing, One click effects. sepia, black and white, all new cards, calendards and books to make and purchase. hard and softcover books quality is better. Now calendaars can be made with photos. Can also make cards, post cards, birthday cards. New today - Photocasting. Podcasting for photos. share photos over the internet. Pick an album ,push a button, photos uploaded to .Mac. Password protected. Other people can subscribe to them. Must be a .Mac member to publish and you use RSS to subscribe to receive the photos. Demoing iPhoto now. When you scroll through photos, a gray box of the month # floats in the middle as you pass months by. Demoing editing photo. 1click effects, changing color, antigue, sepia, in a few clicks. Showing cards, calendars. Showing how to make a birthday card. Deming making a calendar, click on an album, can have it more than 12 months. show special holidays. special u.s. events. Can drop a picture on a special date (birthday for example).

Now on to Photocasting...
Demoing Photocasting. picking pictures, click on Publish to upload to .Mac. Choose to Announce, and brings up mail to email to people. When you receive the email, you click on the RSS link and it launches iPhoto and receives the photo. But apparently, you don't need iPhoto to receive the photos... it's just an RSS feed.

Now onto iMovie... HD last year.
Animated themes for movies, real time effects, new audio tools. Moving to iMovie demo. Can open more than one project at once, realtime effects in titles, export to iPod and create Video Podcasts. Demoing iMovie now. Showing a movie with a Theme. Overall looks much improved. now demoing College Road trip video. iMovie Demo over.

Next Up... iDVD. Widescreen menus. Magic iDVD, new. Choose theme, drop movies in, drop in photos and click on button. Vastly improved slideshows. 3rd party DVD burners supported.

Garageband. New podcast studio. Podcast artwork track. over 200 free jingles and effects. speech enhanccer. use iChat for remote interviews. Steve demoing Garageband with Podcast studio now. Recording - "Hi, I'm Steve, welcome to my podcast of Super Secret Apple Rumors". he's got "Pretty good sources in Apple". Dragging artwork, demoing making a podcast. Demo over. Final Podcast played. rumor of "8 pound iPod with 10" screen" :) New Jampack, world music. Great 5 apps in iLife... but something new...

New App to share photos, movies, music, blogs, content... iWeb. Easy and beautiful. Apple templates. iLife media browser with access to your content. online photo albums. one click publishing to .Mac. Themes. create in seconds. update whenever you like. RSS subscriptions. 1 click publish. Any browser can view it. iWeb demo now. Slideshow viewer uses AJAX technology. Drag and drop zones, alignment guides, integrated with your music library. Click on button, publish to .Mac. upload it. easy. Still demoing how to use iWeb, publishing his previous podcast. iWeb demo over.

6 iLife apps now. Same price $79. Available today. iLife '06 will be bundleded free on new Macs. .Mac update. Now over 1 million subscribers. iLife and .Mac.

One more product... iWork '06. Some of the features in iWork '06. 3d charts, advanced image editing, image reflections, free form and masking, tables with calculations, new themes and templates. no demo, go check it out on the website. $79, also available today. 30 day free trial of iWorks '06 with new Macs. (Keynote and Pages are the components of iWorks '06)

Now... lets' talk about systems... Really good year for the Mac. Had previously announced that by June of this year they would be shipping Macs with Intel. How are we doing? Intel Bunny suit guy walks out... Paul Otellini appears. Intel is ready. Apple is ready too. Hard work, nights and weekends working... thanks Intel. Thrilled with new technology from Intel. Paul Otellini leaves. First Mac with Intel processor today.

The iMac - built in isight camera. front row. incredible reception. No other desktop PC can match it. Same sizes. 17", 20". Same design. Same features (isight, front row, apple remote), Same price. What's different. Intel Processor. 2-3x faster than the iMac G5. Intel Core Duo. an amazing chip. Two cores. each one faster than the G5. showing benchmarks. overall 2-3x faster. 10.4.4 is entirely native on Intel processor. All the applications included are universal and native on Intel. iLife 06 and iWork 06 are all universal binaries, and was demoing them on an Intel machine. 17" iMac, 20" iMac; 2-3x faster. Shipping Today.

Pro apps will be universal in March. Final Cut, Aperture, Pro. If you have the latest version, you can trade in your disc for a universal disc for $49. Other developers starting to release universal binaries. Quark unviversal beta shipping today.

Rosetta (PPC emulator for Intel Macs) on iMac. Office runs great on Rosetta. Microsoft BU update. microsoft rep talking about being on track for unviversal binaries of Office and Messenger. Worked to make sure that current versions of Office run well in Rosetta. Shipping several updates very soon to provide additional supprot for current apple technology. Sync services with handheld devices and entourage. all the updates will be avaiable for free on their websites in March. Microsoft committing to shipping a version of Office for Mac for minimum of 5 years. Office for Mac is incredibly successful product. We're here to stay and in it for the long term. Demo of Office on Rosetta. Demoing other apps on Rosetta. Photoshop. Applying script of filters for a King Kong scene. no necessarily enough for pro, but good for most of us. Showing Safari now on the iMac.

All products will be transitioning through the end of the year. (note iMac has ATI x1600, reportedly). Showing new Ad. "Intel Chip will be Set Free" (Mac Ad). "For years intel chips have been bored in a PC".

"One More Thing..."
Showing a Powerbook G4. Trying to shoehorn a G5 into the Powerbook. We've done everyhing possible... But power consuption. Now discussing Peformance per Watt.

Today - MacBook Pro. New laptop computer. No more Powerbook. Intel duo Core. 2 processors in every Macbook pro. 4-5x faster. Fastest notebook ever. Hair thinner than the 17". 15.4inch LCD. bright as cinemas. iSight Camera. Demoing the new MacBook Pro. IR sensor. Apple Remote. New feature: New Power Adapter is magnetically held in. If yanked, comes right out. 5.6lbs. iSight, Front Row; $1999 1.67 Core Duo; 667 DDR bus, x1600; $2499 1.83GHz. Shipping in February. Taking orders today.

Showing in the Intel ad one more time. Thanking people who walk out on stage. Lots of applause. Shows pic of Jobs and Woz. will be 30 years in 4-1-2006. That's it. We'll be posting new stories shortly.

11.8.05 CBS-NBC Will Offer 99¢ TV Show VOD on Comcast Cable and DirecTV Systems Early 2006

Info@FutureMedia.org (Taylor Barcroft) — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 15:33:52 -0600

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CBS News Reports it and NBC will offer hit TV show Video On Demand (VOD) for only 99¢ on Comcast Cable and DirecTV systems. This is only half the $1.99 Apple is charging for ABC shows, shorts and music videos via iTunes. Will Apple match their price? Will consumers be able to record what they pay 99¢ for? Will they be able to burn ripped versions to CDs or DVDs? And will the shows be offered in their original widescreen HD versions?

These are the questions that need answers between now and when these new services begin early next year.

10.23.05 CBS MarketWatch Weekend - Bambi Francisco discourages anyone from buying an iPod. Alexis Christoforous intro-outtro.

Info@FutureMedia.org (Taylor Barcroft) — Tue, 02 May 2006 03:27:36 -0500

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This is a most confusing "report" from Bambi Francisco who on the one hand describes lots of free content on the web followed by a recommendation not to buy the video iPod because she says it's got lots of expensive limitations that will be fixed with an enhanced version in January.

1. 44% web users have created their own content.

2. Not easy to move your existing collection of videos to the iPod Video

3. Will cost more money to make them work on iPod

4. 10% of all video on the web is home or new studio made

Alexis Christoforous asks, "Do you think the Apple Video iPod is worth buying at this price point? A little hefty between three and four hundred dollars to watch movies on a two and a half inch screen." - ignoring it still plays music and displays photos and has 50% more space than the previous 20 GB model that was $299 two weeks ago.

Bambi - "Right. First of all there's limited content out there. If you can watch a two and a half inch screen for an hour long then this product is for you. But then I don't think for the majority of people out there. It also takes a long time to download content onto that video iPod. And also a lot of the files that you have on your computer these days will have to be converted. And that's going to take money. And if you want to watch those videos on a TV, that's going to cost an additional amount."

Bambi - "So wait for January, there's an enhanced version coming out. That's what I hear. So save your bucks and wait 'til then."

Alexis - "Post Holiday Gift."

11.8.05 CBS-NBC 99¢ TV Show VOD on Comcast Cable and DirecTV Systems Early 2006 [del.icio.us]

FutureMedia — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 19:15:03 -0600

CBS News Reports it and NBC will offer hit TV show Video On Demand (VOD) for only 99 on Comcast Cab

Bambi Francisco discourages anyone from buying an iPod. Alexis Christoforous intro-outro. [del.icio.us]

FutureMedia — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 15:30:03 -0500

This is a most confusing "report" from Bambi Francisco who on the one hand describes lots of free co

New iMac G5, iPod Video, iTunes 6 SteveNote California Theatre, San Jose CA 10.12.05 + New 2 x Dual-Core PowerMac G5 Quad NYC 10.19.05

Info@FutureMedia.org (Taylor Barcroft) — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 17:28:15 -0500

Download the 108k PDF of this article with working links by clicking here

Read Lev Grossman's October 24 TIME Magazine Cover Story "HOW APPLE DOES IT" by clicking here or on the image

Watch the SteveNote in QuickTime Player by clicking here or on the image

Watch James Kim, Senior Editor of CNET, First Look at iPod, iMac and iTunes Videos by clicking here or on the image

iMac as Remote Controlled Media Player, Video Conference Node, Media Creator

iPod as Portable Multimedia Player of Audio and Video

iTunes 6 as Multimedia Delivery Vehicle for RSS Feeds, Library Organizer-Manager

iTunes Media Store as the Place To Buy New Media, Get Free Media, Subscribe to Free Audio and Video Podcasts

0:40 Act I - iMac

Third Generation iMac introduced a year ago sold over 1 million in first year.

All-New iMac G5

A great computer gets even better

1:50 - 1. Even Thinner Design

2:20 - 2. iSight videocam built-in (better quality-higher specs), Video Conferencing Out Of The Box + PhotoBooth

3:50 Demo

4:00 Video Conferencing Out Of The Box

5:30 PhotoBooth - awesome effects. Takes stills from the camera with a flash of white screen for light.

8:35 3. Front Row with Simple 6 Button Remote Control - vs. 44 buttons on regular remotes . Enjoy Music, photos & video from your sofa.

9:33 Demo. Listen to Music, Watch Photo Slideshows, DVDs & Videos via remote.

13:35 Video Podcasts, Tiki Bar, Rocketboom in the menu

14:30 Movie Trailers Built-In automatically streamed from Apple servers

19:10 - 4. ATI Radeon X600 Pro (XT on 20" model) 128 MB DDR Video RAM, PCI Express Graphics Bus

5. PC2-4200 (533 MHz) DDR2 SDRAM 512MB on motherboard 1 empty expansion slot up to 2.5 GB capacity with one $1200 Apple 2 GB stick (street $400), 8x DL SuperDrive, Airport Extreme, Bluetooth 2, Mighty Mouse - Technical Specifications

Expansion Ports are now in a horizontal row near bottom left rear (rear view).

6. Complete Creative Digital Life and Productivity Software Suites Included

19:55 - 17" 1440 x 900 @ 1.9 GHz PPC G5, 633 GHz Front Size Bus, 160 GB SATA $1299 - same as old model

20" 1680 x 1050 @ 2.1 GHz PPC G5, 700 GHz Front Size Bus, 250 GB SATA $1699 - $100 less than the old model

Shipping Today

20:50 Act II - iPod

Almost 30 Million iPods Shipped as of September 24, 2005, end of last fiscal quarter

75% Market Share of all mp3 players

Introduced iPod nano 5 weeks ago today. Sold over 1 Million in first 17 days. Demand exceeds supply.

21:50 Critical Aclaim

22:30 "But what about the white iPod? It's been a huge success for us. And therefore it's time to replace it. Today we are announcing the new white iPod. As we head into the holiday season. And it's a stunner."

New iPod Video

22:55 "And yes it does video."

1. The Best Music Player We've Ever Made. Audio Books - Features

2. Photos Best Ever, bigger better screen to see them all better

3. Extras - see up to 4 clocks at once, calendars, games, Stopwatch with lap timer, Screen Lock

4. And Now Video

5. 2.5 inch TFT, 320 x 240, 260k colors, H.264 at 30 fps, MPEG 4 at 30 fps, TV out - Specs

Recap - Music, Audio Books, Photos, Podcasts - both spoken word and video, Home Movies, Music Videos and a whole lot more.

27:00 30 GB is 31% thinner than the old 20 gb model. White or Black w/Case, 7.5k songs, 12.5k photos, 75 hrs video $299

27:15 60 GB is 12% thinner than the old 20 gb model. White or Black w/Case, 15k songs, 25k photos, 150 hrs video $399

28:00 Box Shot

Shipping Now

28:35 Strongest Holiday Lineup Ever

iPod nano, new iPod, new iMac

29:05 new iPod ad - Bono U2 singing on the iPod screen

31:20new Silhouette iPod + iTunes ad - Eminem, Curtain Call - The Hits

Outdoor Bus Stop and Billboard ads

Accessories

Car Integration

iPod + iTunes Auto-Sync

33:30 Act III - iTunes

Over 200 Million copies distributed woldwide

84% Marketshare last month for all legally downloaded music

iTunes 5 introduced September 7, 2005 - Just 5 Weeks Ago

New iTunes 6

Four New Features

34:35 - 1. Gifting - the ability to give someone songs, albums, playlists & videos

35:18 - 2. Customer Reviews - 10 Million accounts get a voice to write reviews

35:50 - 3. Just for You - personalized recommendations based on your purchase history. Beta with feedback button

36:38 - 4. Video for sale, over 2000 Music Videos, 6 Pixar Shorts @ $1.99

Downloading video specs - 320 x 240, size of about 6 songs

FairPlay

DRM play on up to 5 computers

Play on unlimited number of iPods

No CD or DVD burning allowed

but you own it, no rental fees, never times out.

39:00 Demo

39:20 Gifting is the most requested feature, customer reviews, Just For You

40:25

Music Video section

FatBoy Slim - Weapon of Choice

Madonna - Vogue

U2 - Original of the Species

Front Row on the new iMac, Playing Music Videos

Playing music, photos and videos on big screen from iPod

47:30 One More Thing...

TV Shows ABC & Disney - 5 Shows - Lost, Desperate Housewives, Night Stalker, The Sweet Life of Zack & Cody and That's So Raven, Ad Free @ $1.99 1 show (43 min) = 5 albums download size

Old Episodes plus new ones the day after airing

51:45 Demo

Desperate Housewives (DH) from last Sunday

Free Previews every episode

Plays DH on the iMac full screen and it looks great, but not 16 x 9 HD widescreen aspect ratio

SD 4 x 3 Versions only

54:55 Robert Iger CEO Disney - "Great Content intersects with Great Technology" Ann Sweeney deserves credit for making this happen. 59:10

59:50 Steve sums up. Notes this historical moment, October 12, 2005, when Video is added to the iTunes Music Store and iPod.

1:02:00 Congratulates all the Apple employees who have made this happen

1:03:00 Encore

born 1961 New Orleans, 35 albums 9 grammys, Pulitzer Prize winner
Winton Marsalis performs

New York City 10.19.05

New PowerBooks with higher resolution screens with PCI Express video and up to 16 GB ram

New dual-core PowerMac G5 Dual and PowerMac G5 Quad

PCI Express Graphics Cards

Aperture RAW Photo Editor

TelevisionWeek 10.17.05

TVWeek Cover Story by Jon Lafayette Disney Deal Is Apple of Advertisers' Eye, Madison Avenue Sees Exposure Offsetting Commercials' Absence

TVWeek Guest Commentary by Scott Sternberg
Viewers Make Rules in New Media World

New iMac G5, iPod Video, iTunes 6 SteveNote California Theatre, San Jose CA 10.12.05 NCY 10.19.05 [del.icio.us]

FutureMedia — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 16:35:03 -0500

Third attempt to upload PDF of Links to videos and articles regarding Apple announcements mid to lat

10.12.05 SteveNote New PowerBooks and PowerMacs PDF [del.icio.us]

FutureMedia — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 12:35:02 -0500

Steve Jobs Presents new iMac, iPod Video and iTunes 6 on 10.12.05. Download the PDF by right clickin

Vid.Vlogosphere to NBC Today - This Is Not A Test 10.13.05

Info@FutureMedia.org (Taylor Barcroft) — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 19:26:03 -0500

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Alexis Glick for Today, Thursday 10.13.05
Steve - "...and you kinda get video for free as a bonus."
Continuous Caption: Handheld TV - New iPod Plays Video

Anonymous Consumer in an Apple Store - "I've actually been looking for something that I could play video on."

Omar Wasow, Technology Analyst - iPod has gone from an early adopter technology buff market to a mainstream mass market phenomenon now a part of our culture.

Alexis - "Their new test is to find out if people will buy video they have to watch on a two and a half inch screen."

This is not necessarily the case. You can watch on your TV and you can watch on a video headset or external portable TV with a bigger screen - can you say light FLAT screen?. Let's be clear Alexis. THIS IS NOT A TEST. There is no downside for Apple to add video playback capability for no more money and 50% more space at the $299 price point. You get a free video with every album you buy. Video Podcasters now have a way to reach the consumer like never before. And broadcasters have a way to sell shows after they air in a new window between original air and rerun, before and after DVD sales. NBC could Video Podcast the Today Show with advertising included for free and sell that market to advertisers for a small premium or others who will pay less for VidPodcast ONLY ads. The revolution is being Video Podcast and is being vlogged now. You do not have to watch videos on the 2.5" screen.

Steve - "There is no market for video on the go today. So we're going to have to create it." We think there is a large market for video on the go today. And Apple is not going to have to create it. What Apple is doing is providing the solution to a long standing challenge. And that is huge. Kudos to Apple. I love Apple. But the market has been getting pent up with anticipation for this solution for years. Remember Archos? It is like an iPod only bigger, heavier, and more expensive without a Mac interface. But it is also a DVR which iPod most certainly is not yet.

I will be very surprised if Apple will be able to keep up with demand for these new iPods before sometime next summer, IF THEN. I think there is going to be a waiting list from here into next Spring at the soonest. It will be a case of capacity incapable of meeting demand for a long time.

Affordable technology and our new inexpensive broadband internet distribution system has just now fallen into place. So it's really about the synergy of pent up demand meeting new affordable technological advances - not Apple creating a market or doing a test.

Thanks to Al Roker for ordering his last night. You the man Al.

Matt Lauer's close - "I know it's going to be huge. Absolutely. Everything they do is huge right now." You took the words right out of my mouth Matt.

Vid.CBS Early Show - TV Shows For Sale, Falling Apple Stock, A Confusing Tool For Losing Hearing & Sight 10.13.05

Info@FutureMedia.org (Taylor Barcroft) — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 17:30:28 -0500

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Sandra Hughes reports for The Early Show - TV Shows for sale - ABC's TV Shows "Desperate Housewives", "Lost", "Night Stalker" & two Disney Channel sit-coms "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody" and "That's So Raven" are for sale for $1.99 an episode from the iTunes Music, or rather now Media Store (iTMS). Jeffries & Company analyst Adam Benjamin thinks Apple has a 6-month to almost a year competitive lead with the video enabled iPod and videos for sale at the iTMS. Sandra mentions Apple stock falling due to Wall Street's lower than expected iPod sales. Yeah, they were only through the roof as usual. Two women in the street - one clueless while the other totally gets it. At $299 she says, "Considering what an iPod cost when it first came out, that's a steal."

The post package quad anchor desk chit chat implies iPods are hard to figure out and may damage your ears and next your eyes. Nobody there expressed the least level of marvel at this development.

Interesting few seem to understand the iPod has had video output since the introduction of the iPod Photo a year ago. Let's not forget video headsets you can wear to have a large screen experience out of that little iPod. On researching this product, I've noticed they are currently not in strong supply and cost $300-$400 based on old designs. So I imagine this development will inspire AV engineers all over the world to making the development of a new generation of inexpensive video headsets an engineering priority for introduction ASAP. These will be light, run on AAA batteries and have independent LCD "screens" that can individually be flipped up so you can watch vids with one eye while you walk, jog, or ride mass transit. This may be the hot iPod video accessory for 2007.

Vid.CBS UTTM iPod Video Reports Ignore Vlogs & Video Podcasts 10.13.05

Info@FutureMedia.org (Taylor Barcroft) — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 17:30:59 -0500

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Up To The Minute - Money Watch's Alexis Christoforous, Melissa McDermott segues to Teri Okita's report.

Video Blogging & Video Podcasts are completely ignored as a source of content that may drive sales of the new Video enabled iPod even though Apple lists "Video Podcasts" in the new iPod's Video menu pane:

Video Playlists
Movies
Music Videos
TV Shows
Video Podcasts
Video Settings

Steve - "...home movies, music videos and a whole lot more..."
There are already thousands of video podcast posts in the iTunes Podcast Directory to help sell the reason to buy a video capable iPod now rather than until movies are for sale next year which Jeffries & Company analyst Adam Benjamin posed is a reason consumers may not buy one yet. "But analysts also say 'never underestimate Apple's marketing ability'," Teri adds.

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FutureMedia — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 13:40:03 -0500

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