“Apple, as it has for the past four years, is expected to use the gathering to introduce new versions of its iPod nano and iPod touch digital music players, both of which should serve as dual-purpose point-and-shoot cameras for the first time. AppleInsider also has it on authority that cameras are just one piece to this year’s iPod story,” Jade reports. “Also likely is an introduction of iTunes 9.”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Note: 9-9-09 also happens be the date of another event:
Apple Corps Ltd. and EMI Music announced back on April 7, 2009 the release of the original Beatles catalog, which has been digitally re-mastered for the first time, for worldwide CD release on Wednesday, September 9, 2009 (9-9-09), the same date as the release of the “The Beatles: Rock Band” video game. On the same date, two new Beatles boxed CD collections will also be released.
Also, eagle-eyed MacDailyNewsReader “Ned G.” reports that the September 2009 issue of Bass Player magazine (not yet available online) states: “For modern-day Beatles fans, access to such brilliant recordings as ‘Hey Bulldog’ is about to get a whole lot easier, and that’s cause for celebration, indeed.”
Perhaps something else regarding The Beatles will also be announced on 9-9-09?
No, I reckon you’re completely wrong with the Beatles angle. To me, it’s obviously got something to do with Bryan Adams ‘Cloud Number 9’.
Perhaps he’s going to announce a greatest hits album to premiere on iTunes.
I’m more excited about a Beatles release than anything else.. but perhaps that’s because I have 5 iPods and an iPhone.. what else could I possibly covet?
The Beatles songbook finally on iTunes. Whohoooooo!
And, cue clueless posters who don’t realize the significance of Beatles’ music. Let’s see, will it be “Who cares?” or “Yawn” or “Too late”?
If sources didn’t say it, who would?
I sure hope the new iPod Touches integrate technologies from Ambarella and Imagination technologies to create a iPod + Flip video HD device. Judging by the recent press release by Ambarella, I don’t expect such a fusion until next year, but it would be a dream if came next month.
GarageBand loadable Beatles song files for everybody to remix them and to learn to play “real” music.
OK, back to editing some Chinese karaoke songs.
Boy you said we’re traveling on the one after 9-0-9
Look for Paul and Ringo to be at the Apple event.
Any truth in the rumor Microsoft will counter with it’s own media event announcing a special edition Zune – featuring the collected works of Spinal Tap!!!
Let’s hope the Tap get up and perform a few songs, and Balmer get’s up on stage with the Tap as ‘guest drummer’….
•*•*BooooM•*•*
999 is just the price of the original Apple computer.
Upside down.
say goodbye to the ipod classic. say hello to 128gb ipod touch. maybe it’ll have disk mode (fat chance).
I am not waiting on pins and needles for the Beatles catalog to hit itunes. Their music is available in a lot of different places. I think it would have been huge if introduced at the same time as itunes several years ago. It would have declared iTunes a very big deal.
Personally, I preferred the older iPod design, before the split-screen UI.
I give the newer ones as gifts but replaced my ’06 HD with a nice 320Gb unit. Bypass the built-in amp and go thru some nice HD800s.
Lovely.
yeah, MS announces the entire music collection of the Lawrence Welk Show. The Zune takes off like a rocket!!
Who are the Beatles and why do I care, 50+ years later?
Beatles? BAH – who cares anymore?
jk., Uncle Al 😀
I’m stoked.
Who are the Beatles again?
Oh, NO! Not more iPods?! I have 4 iPods now! I guess now I’m going to have to go out and buy even more… Oi!
I’d rather see them fix the flaky iPhone Notes syncing and get MMS turned on.
They would make a killing with a special edition Beatles iPod.
Especially if was preloaded with Beatles ablums. People who have all the Beatles vinyl records, and never bothered to get all the CD’s, could finally have a reason to enter the digital age.
Number Nine….Number Nine…..
When you play the White Album backward on your iPod, you can hear it say:
“Balmer is Toast, Balmer is Toast….”
Who cares, the beatles aren’t all that…maybe 50 years ago, but who gives a sh*t now…please…Old news, old guys and old songs. Not impressed….
the new iPod Touch will have an incorporated pico projector so you can watch your movies on any available flat surface (ie. wall)
Let’s take this opportunity to once again byatch slap Microsoft, always a Crowd Pleaser …
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And once again try to show them the error of their ways, but still doubt they’ll ever Get It™
So, altogether now …
There’s nothing you can do Apple hasn’t already done
Nothing you can sing Apple hasn’t already sung
Nothing you can say, but you can learn how to play the game – It’s easy
Nothing you can make Apple hasn’t already made
Nothing you can save Apple hasn’t already saved
Nothing you can do, but you can learn how to be you in time – It’s easy
All you need is iLove
All you need is iLove
All you need is iLove
iLove is all you need
Oh yea ….
And instead of “Microsoft” up there
Can plug in “Microsoftian Mentality”
Or any of the Folks here who fail to find “value” in the Beatles
Keep Looking
It’s all you need …
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BC
I did not like The Beatles when I was young, however when I started to listen to songs that are not played on the air I began to admire them. They used their money to experiment with technology, sounds, and songs that broke the molds. They pioneered concept albums, videos, hard rock, even rap. Some of it was not all that great but it gave other people ideas that they could use when technology became available. Just because most of what you heard is pop crap don’t think it is all like that. Revolution 9 should be played at any event that uses 9/9/09, it is a stupid song, but fitting.
Paul and Ringo at the event would be fun.
Grego and ID Argyll,
“Who are The Beatles?” The Beatles are, without a doubt, the worlds greatest rock band. But you wouldn’t know that because you both appear to be out of touch with the world around you.
On the other hand if your supposed ignorance stems from the persona of “It’s cool to hate mainstream things”, then I just feel sorry for you both.
And for those that think, “They’re old, the music is old, who cares, etc…”. Good music never gets old… however, ignorance does… yawn!
By the way, whatever band that you think is so cool that your listening to, I can guarantee that they’re either inspired by, or inspired by a band that was inspired by The Beatles…
Maybe Lennon will raise from the dead on 9/9/9. After all he claimed to be more popular than Jesus…
I had also saw something somewhere about Agent 99 being on hand for some sort of related maxed out smart announcement.
“turn me on, deadman”
=)
And now we know, the Walrus was… Balmer.
Beatles again?
The most persistent myth – other than Jobs’ deity – is the imminent addition of Beatle’s collections to iTunes. It seems every year with every rumor about iTunes or iPod that the speculation about the Beatles is pulled from the closet, dusted off, and placed on the shelf of magnificent ignorance and brazen futility. I can’t wait for MDN to publish their retraction for continuing making such an asinine prediction.
@Deus Ex Technica
So if you play the White Album forward on your iPod, you hear it say:
“Remlab si Tsaot, Remlab si Tsaot…”
or
ro
“…toasT is balmeR ,toasT is balmeR”
:yas ti raeh uoy ,doPi ruoy no drawrof mublA etihW eht yalp uoy fi oS acinhceT xE sueD@
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DontHoldYourBreathForIt
“… he claimed to be more popular than Jesus”
Not exactly …
Maureen Cleave in original newspaper article says Lennon said (got that?)
“We’re more popular than Jesus now.”
Entire article here http://www.geocities.com/nastymcquickly/articles/standard.html
Yes, then all kind of “claims” were made later, but you got to find those on your own …
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Now, in a sense, yes, the statement was “true”
“The Beatles” … not John Lennon nor any of them as individuals, but The Beatles – in the mid 1960s as the Global Village Media Machine was getting up to speed – were more “popular” and could guarantee more soap-suds-buying eyeballs glued to a TV screen, than Jesus or anyone else at the time.
And really hasn’t changed much since …
Just plug in The Next Contestant for Their 15 Minutes of Fame™
BC
Only MDN …
Naw, Steve’s just an Ambassador Prototype sent ahead from Planet Xenon
Those Guys up there are the ones with real connections to the “Deity” …
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And SKY LARK …
You’re either “creatively dyslexic”
Or you have some brand new Snow Leopard Keyboard Feature
esuac siht tihs si drah ot od …
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BC
I’m 60 and went to the Jason Mraz concert. My wife tells me I was the oldest guy attending. I like the concert. One of the prelim bands was G. Love and Special Sauce from Philly. They started singing a song and I started in, my wife was in disbelief that I would know this groups song: “Why don’t we do it in the road?”
Not that it’s a killer app or anything, and probably .0001% of humans even know of its existence, but it would be so cool if Apple added HD radio to iPods. It’s free for users and the KROQ all eighties channel is pretty cool. It would pretty much delete the only thing the Zune HD has going for it competition wise, as far as I know.
Ag-hawk
And did you promise your wife that no one would be watching ?