Apple Accidentally Leaks, Unleaks iTunes 8
At least one person says he was able to download a release candidate of iTunes 8 last night, after a mysterious, out-of-place “Download Now” button appeared in the middle of the iTunes webpage last night. It’s not totally inconceivable—iPhone 2.0 was leaked before it officially launched. We’ve got support docs that reference iTunes 8 showing up in Asia too.
Unfortunately, the dude who’s reporting this says he had been using iTunes 6.0 (so why click on the bizarro download button now?) so he’s not sure what’s new, only that it’s a “HUGE upgrade” from 6.0. His fear of Apple’s swift and terrible fury is conveniently preventing him from offering up a download.
iTunes 8 is expected to be packed with new features: a Pandora-like “Genius” smart playlist, HD TV downloads, a trippy visualizer, and maybe one other surprise feature. Right now we’re kinda skeptical, so if you managed to grab it, please let us know. [UFailPix via AppleInsider - Thanks Erick!]
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First Photo of Apple Let’s Rock Event
It’s happening. The Let’s Rock Apple event has started to roll. Here’s the first photo outside the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, California. [iPhone Savior]
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Apple Admits British Man Invented iPod in 1979, Uses Him to Win Patent Lawsuit
There you have it folks. The real inspiration for Apple’s game-changing iPod, courtesy of the world’s unluckiest Briton, Kane Kramer, 52 (not including the fifth Beatle). You see, in the dark technological days of 1979, Kramer saw a beacon of light in his IXI. Capable of playing a mind-busting 3.5 minutes of music, the IXI prototype was Kramer’s ticket out of obscurity. Sadly, when he couldn’t raise enough venture funding to renew the IXI patent in 1988, the device became the Zune of its time, and was largely forgotten. Fast forward to the present, when Apple, fresh from making year-over-year record profits with the iPod, needed Kramer something fierce to bail them out of a lawsuit jam with Burst.com.
Apple called Kramer so he could serve as a consultant for the trial, and so his patents and drawings could be used to settle the suit out of court.
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Apple prepares for iPod event, puts up banners
According to iPhone Savior, Apple is preparing for their Tuesday, September 9th event by placing banners up outside of the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco. As we get closer to the event, it looks more and more likely to pan out as a true iPod event, bringing updates to the iPod nano, and other surprises.
MacRumors notes that Apple is urging the media to attend this event, denoting it as a “big deal.” The event will be held this coming Tuesday (September 9, 2008) at 10 a.m. Pacific time, 1 p.m. Eastern time. Apple@CooOne will be providing coverage throughout the day, so be sure to check in often. [Read]
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Apple Kinda Had iPhone Copy/Paste Figured Out with Newton 15 Years Ago (But Not Really)
There’s a lot of hypothesizing and App Store creating going on today because the supposedly simple act of cutting and pasting is absent from the iPhone. What’s strange about all this is that Apple sorta had it figured out 15 years ago with the Newton. As the video shows, cutting and pasting with a touch screen or stylus on a Mac product, circa 1993, couldn’t have been easier. Of course, back then it was with a stylus (not a finger); and then there’s the fact that touching and dragging on an iPhone is reserved for the magnifier function… wait, maybe this isn’t as easy as it appears. Back to the drawing board. [Boing Boing]
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