Limited Edition Ultimate Collector’s Box: Beatles iPod Set. The ultimate Beatles collector’s gift. Includes a numbered 120G iPod in classic black etched with the Beatles’ logo on the front and Abbey Road on the back. Includes 13 original Beatles’ CDs, plus two masters and the "Love" CD, all with an engraved guitar pick. Packaged in a box designed by Psycho Bunny. Only 2500 available.

• Catalog Item Number: 64934
• Limited Edition. 2500 available. Each iPod is etched with a number.

For 795 USD I’ll save my pennies!

- Kyle (link)

So, is this new iPod Nano? Who knows but it did get me thinking. Last year the iPod user interface got a fresh new update (see second image above). On the supposedly new Nano the screen is much longer, but doesn’t look as wide as the fat 3g Nano from last year (which could be a issue for the UI on the new device). The longer screen is definitely for watching for watching movies in landscape mode (for some strange reason Apple likes us to physically change the way we hold the device, depending on what task we are performing). By the way, how big are accelerometers? because I could certainly see them making an appearance in this device.

We will know tonight.

- Kyle 

Back to work!

-Kyle

Is Bruce Springsteen about to follow the example of his good pal Bono and get his own Special Edition iPod?

Even, as he once joked, he wouldn’t take the money.

Dunno. The ones who would know, of course, are Springsteen; Apple CEO Steve Jobs and Jon Landau, Springsteen’s longtime manager and record producer. And they’re not talking.

Still, we find it revealing that Springsteen, Jobs and Landau were in the same place at the same time Saturday night in downtown San Jose.

The occasion was Springsteen’s two-and-a-half hour, Ramrod-rockin’ performance at HP Pavilion. (Bruce actually didn’t play ‘Ramrod,’ but he made up for it by including ‘Boss Time’ in a rousing ‘Glory Days’). Jobs and his wife, Laurene Powell, were spotted in the crowd below the right side of the stage, near E-Street band members “Professor” Roy Bittan and “Sister” Soozie Tyrell. A well-placed source said she also saw Landau, who does not attend many of Springsteen’s concerts, rockin’out nearby.

Did the men discuss some business backstage before the show? Or were they there just to enjoy the ‘Magic’ of the night?

Your guess is as good as ours. But this much is known:

When Springsteen inducted Bono and U2 at the 2005 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction show, Bruce told the crowd about the first time he saw U2’s iPod commercial on TV.

“I thought they had totally sold out,” Springsteen joked, as the audience – and Bono — roared with appreciative laughter. So I called up Jon (Landau) the next morning and said, ‘Did you see that iPod thing?’ ”

“Jon said, ‘Yeah, but they didn’t take the money.’ I said, ‘that’s smart, that’s wily.’

“So I tell Jon – I want you to call up Bill Gates or whoever is behind this (iPod) thing and float this (idea of a) red, white and blue iPod signed by Bruce ‘The Boss’ Springsteen,” he joked again.

“And remember, no matter how much money he offers, don’t take it!”

OK, so the Boss wasn’t quite sure who’s behind the iPod. But the world sure has changed since Springsteen cut his first record deal with Columbia Records in 1972. And so has the music industry.

Apple introduced the U2 Special Edition iPod in October 2004.

“U2 is one of the greatest bands in the world and we are floored to be working with them,’’ Jobs said in an Apple release at the time.

Red Herring thinks U2 is a fine band. But it’s not Bruce Springsteen and the LEGENDARY E-Street Band.

After Springsteen’s stop in Silicon Valley, we suspect Steve Jobs feels exactly the same way.

All with a pinch of salt, but I’d have one!

-Kyle

Ok, here are some of my requirements:  

• 3G
• VOIP (Free Internet calls – Maybe this will come from a 3rd party app and not Apple)
• Sleeker design
• Video recording capabilities
• Voice recording capabilities
• MMS (I don’t think this is currently possible on the existing model)
• Bigger memory capacity
• Flash and higher quality camera.
• I disagree with them adding a keyboard like it suggests in the article

What’s on your list?

-Kyle

 

-Kyle

Now this is the only reason I would buy an Macbook Air, look at this thing its so sexy and cool.

The Mac bag is an everyday, water-resistant bag that borrows details from the manila envelope 4.5 x 24.7 x 22 mm – waxed cotton, felt lining, plastic & rubber cord

Information is available but I don’t currently think its on sale!

-Kyle

Here is my response from Apple;

Dear Kyle,

I understand you recently purchased the new ipod touch upgrade software but was accidentally charged twice for this software. I know how upsetting this can be I will do everything that I can do to assist you in this matter.

Apple is currently working toward a resolution for the issue you have reported. You will receive an email after the matter has been investigated and further information is available.

Thank you for your patience. Apple wants your iTunes experience to be as enjoyable as possible.

Sincerely,
iTunes Store Customer Support

What’s investigate further ?, I’m charged for something I wouldn’t have required buying twice. Look at the ordering times there literally seconds apart, if that wasn’t caused by an error on your part, I must be trigger happy with the mouse button. A resolution to my issue would be not to charge me an extra £12.99 for something I haven’t received, come on Apple it isn’t that difficult to work out. If Apple hasn’t already got all the necessary information about my account in front of them at the time of dealing with my issue then something is seriously wrong with their information systems.

Maybe this would be the time to say I dishearten and would be taking my custom elsewhere, but to be honest that would be lie, where else on earth offers me the same easy to use integration with my iPod.

Just do the right thing Apple.

-Kyle

I’ve just finish updating, I paid about 10 times before the damn thing would work (just charged the once though). The new features are cool, and quite useful especially Google Maps, worth £12.99 ? I don’t really know…

Although the wobbly icons are worth every penny.

-Kyle

I’m impatient Apple.

-Kyle