Charles Arthur blogs for The Guardian, “Writing on the Apple announcements, Jupiter analyst Michael Gartenberg concludes that:”
At the end of the day, there’s no reason to think the iPod will lose significant market share for the next 24 months.
Arthur writes, “No argument there; you’d not want to be trying to sell any other digital music player against the new lineup of iPods. But something else Gartenberg said intrigued us:”
Also, it’s still early in terms of holiday announcements, we might yet hear another one or two things from Cupertino before the first frost hits in the East.
“Since Gartenberg had (surely) a prebriefing from Apple on the announcements, the hint – allied to Steve Jobs’s signoff on Tuesday of ‘We’ll see you all again soon’ – does leave possibilities in the air,” Arthur writes.
Full article here.
Related article:
Analyst Gartenberg: Apple ‘s iTunes+iPod+iTV ‘will be hard for other players to match’ – September 12, 2006
If I had to guess I’d say the TouchScreen iPod will be announced..
AFTER they fix iTunes 7 which is a complete mess (I had to downgrade to 6.5)… possibly in mid to late October. Good to announce (again…assuming iTunes 7 is rendered usable) how many movies have been sold in 30 days if in fact they sell a bunch. Does it seem like I’m hedging? Check out the Engadget, Apple Forums, and MacFixit. They need to get this fixed and fast or movie sales are going to suffer and subesequent iPod sales will too.
Please, just TWO things:
1. An updated MacBook Pro
2. A stock split, two for one so more people can get on board
That’s alls I want!
I installed iTunes 7 and it has been a jy to use. Absolutely no problems on my G5 iMac.
I guess I’m one of the fortunate few.
STOP THE PRESSES!
Apple computer will introduce innovative new products in the near future!!!
Jupiter…stating yesteday’s obviousness today.
They mention about the advertising (or lack of) in terms of the new Nano, whilst I’m sure it will ramp up, I have noticed quite a few spots on UK TV that are still the old style Nano with the buildings of album art. Now I’m sure these were likely booked long in advance but you would have thought they could update them.
I installed iTunes 7 and it has been a joy to use. Absolutely no problems on my G5 iMac.
I guess I’m one of the fortunate few.
I have found iTunes 7.0 to be quite usable, actually. Just out of curiosity (not animosity) what problems have you been having?
MW: standard…woah!
I keep hearing about problems with iTunes 7.0 but it’s working perfectly for me.. What sort of problems are you having?
No problems with iTunes 7 for me on my iMac G5 or my gf’s PowerBook G4 12″.
I think the people who are having problems with iTunes 7 are probably a 100x louder than the “fortunate few” … that doesn’t make them really numerous, just more noticable.
Still, it seems like a good bet Apple has more rabbits up its sleeve.
Installed iTunes 7 on iMac G4, iMac DV SE, and iBook G3… absolutely no problems whatsoever.
What problems have others been experiencing?
iTunes 7 has worked flawless over here also. Far from a “complete mess”. We always have to remember that more people complain online than praise. I love the new iTunes, the new video playback feature is by far my fav so far.
I hope more surprises are coming soon.
iTunes 7 is VERY sluggish on my G4 Mac mini
No Brian D – you are one of the vast majority.
Of course we all hear from the few who are having some sort of problem so the vocal *minority* makes it appear as if there are lots of problems. Mine works fine also just like yours so of course we are not posting and ranting all over the net. Almost everyone of my Mac friends have been really enthusiastic about the new iTunes also. All we can do is try to help those few who have somehow managed to hose up their systems in some fashion – and that isn’t easy to do with a Mac.
I’m waiting on the second revision of the MacBook Pro too.
The Maxim behind the technology field. Unless you have a virtual monopoly like M$.
Magic Word:Indeed
Yeah, no probs here with iTunes 7.
Amber couldn’t figure out how to use it but that’s not the software’s fault.
Bloody twat…
iTunes 7 working superb for me
I’m running it on Windows XP SP2.
One of the first things I did was Select all my 14000+ songs and right-click “Get Album Artwork”
It went through and updated every one it could. Quite powerful.
The new CD Cover Browser is stunning. Even on my PC!
I have iTunes 7 on two intel iMacs, a Powerbook G4, Mac Mini G4, an iBook G3, and a pos Dell. I have had no problems, infact video steaming is faster than it was before. Did I mention how much I am happy with the new multiple libraries. This is the best release so far.
Cheers
I have installed itunes on three macs and one pc (forgive me) and have had no issues.
iTunes 7 is a nice upgrade.
iTunes7 works wonderfully on my 1.5GHz PB and on my AMD X2 3800+ running XPSP2. Coverflow ran better as a standalone app though :/
“Prebriefing”? There’s no reason to think Apple has ever done such a thing.
Hmm, problems on iTunes 7?
Mine works fine on MacBookPro and iMac G5.
Video straming is quicker as is downloading — also vids and shows look to be higher-res, unless that’s the glossy screen on the MBP.
iTunes 7 is most definitely buggy on my Dual G5. Audio playback quality sounds scratchy no matter what kind of audio files I am using, even my purchased tracks, which really pisses me off… What is the easiest way to downgrade to 6.5?
Only one problem with iTunes 7 on a PowerBook G4 and that’s only when I connect my iPod. The backlight does not turn off on my 5G iPod when it’s connected. Other than that minor bug, that I am sure will be fixed in iTunes 7.0.1… it works great.