stuffmag.co.uk— The all-new iMac has three new features: it's thinner, it's got an iSight videocamera built in, and it's got a new app called Photobooth - 'the funnest app we've ever written.
Oct 12, 2005View in Crawl 4
Can't wait for Front Row and remote to be released for other Macs. You know the mini will get it, and that's right before get one that'll be dedicated to hook up to my TV. TiVo better be on the lookout!
Just shows you how stupid the BBC is.You have the BBC hosting the British public unveiling in conjunction with Apple, and yet they don't offer any content for commercial downloading through iTunes. Very stupid. Just think how money they could make off people commercially downloading the new *Doctor Who* episodes through iTunes here in the States since no cable channel has ponied up the funds to bring the show here to the States! Dumbazzes, the BBC, you are. Just as mindnumbingly stupid they have been in not releasing the series on R1 DVD and only allowing the PSP UMD release in Europe.As for the other stuff, I really hope Apple takes the high road and gives us iPod Photo/iPod Color owners a firmware update that finally and officially enables video playback on our capable units. That would automatically boost up the potential iTunes video sales.FrontRow needs to be sold separately with the remote control for all Macs. That would be a worthwhile reason there to buy a Mac with the Bluetooth option right there. Especially for the Mac Mini sales.And the incorporation of the iSight into the iMac points to the future. Expect the iBooks/PowerBooks to be updated with this shortly (based upon that patent Apple filed), or maybe even on the Apple Cinema displays. They really should be offering a separate 17" LCD to sell along with the Mac Minis in an effort to grab more money from the customer and keep them from giving it to Dell instead.
To the naysayers:As somebody here stated before: "this is *not* the video iPod" Steve was very careful not to emphasize video on the iPod too much. I think the main reason they added video was that sites like digg have been hyping video so much that if they hadn't everyone here would be saying that the new iPod sucked because it didn't have video. So... stfu?Just think of this as a neat feature to show off to your friends. It's not more expensive than the "old" ipods, it's smaller and it's better. So don't be surprised if video won't drive people to the stores grasping the VIDEO IPOD (omfg s000 cool!!11eleven).... It's just a bonus for the people who do want one anyway, and of course is the final push for many othersp.s. I didn't bother to read all previous comments, so if anyone has already posted something similar, please excuse me
jesusphreakOct 12, 2005
I don't want a widescreen iPod - it would be too big, imo. I think this is excellent in how you can easily just plug it up to a TV screen and watch.
craigtheguruOct 12, 2005
Can't wait for Front Row and remote to be released for other Macs. You know the mini will get it, and that's right before get one that'll be dedicated to hook up to my TV. TiVo better be on the lookout!
ultimathuleOct 12, 2005
"If this iPod didn't do video out, it would be a worthless feature."Uh, obviously?
lynxproOct 12, 2005
Just shows you how stupid the BBC is.You have the BBC hosting the British public unveiling in conjunction with Apple, and yet they don't offer any content for commercial downloading through iTunes. Very stupid. Just think how money they could make off people commercially downloading the new *Doctor Who* episodes through iTunes here in the States since no cable channel has ponied up the funds to bring the show here to the States! Dumbazzes, the BBC, you are. Just as mindnumbingly stupid they have been in not releasing the series on R1 DVD and only allowing the PSP UMD release in Europe.As for the other stuff, I really hope Apple takes the high road and gives us iPod Photo/iPod Color owners a firmware update that finally and officially enables video playback on our capable units. That would automatically boost up the potential iTunes video sales.FrontRow needs to be sold separately with the remote control for all Macs. That would be a worthwhile reason there to buy a Mac with the Bluetooth option right there. Especially for the Mac Mini sales.And the incorporation of the iSight into the iMac points to the future. Expect the iBooks/PowerBooks to be updated with this shortly (based upon that patent Apple filed), or maybe even on the Apple Cinema displays. They really should be offering a separate 17" LCD to sell along with the Mac Minis in an effort to grab more money from the customer and keep them from giving it to Dell instead.
ndm007Oct 12, 2005Submitter
WAIT! With all the video and such, this iPod better sync over Firewire unlike that nano.
aptivaOct 12, 2005
To the naysayers:As somebody here stated before: "this is *not* the video iPod" Steve was very careful not to emphasize video on the iPod too much. I think the main reason they added video was that sites like digg have been hyping video so much that if they hadn't everyone here would be saying that the new iPod sucked because it didn't have video. So... stfu?Just think of this as a neat feature to show off to your friends. It's not more expensive than the "old" ipods, it's smaller and it's better. So don't be surprised if video won't drive people to the stores grasping the VIDEO IPOD (omfg s000 cool!!11eleven).... It's just a bonus for the people who do want one anyway, and of course is the final push for many othersp.s. I didn't bother to read all previous comments, so if anyone has already posted something similar, please excuse me
iaskedtgtOct 13, 2005
Lemming Spam
txtravelboyOct 24, 2005
Get the new photobooth application while you can at: <a class="user" href="http://www.cheeseonfire.com/group/Photo_Booth.zip">http://www.cheeseonfire.com/group/Photo_Booth.zip</a>
diggnationdevonNov 21, 2005
Looks awesome.