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Engadget reports on the latest iPod rumour doing the rounds on the usual "I Know What Apple Did Next Summer" type sites.

Apparently, a new verison of Apple's flagship iPod product is now headed for that dusty shelf in your living room, bedroom or study in the shape of a wireless enabled hard disk'ed up "Boombox". There is already a raft of other (expensive) speaker systems for the iPod so it seems common sense that Apple would provide their own system too. If it wireless connects and syncs to my iTunes too then that would be cool.

A basic iPod docking speaker system would be too "low tech" for Apple to make, so expect it to have lots more bells and whistles. No doubt it will be some kind of iPod docking device that allows you to connect to iTunes, and the iTunes Radio stations too over your wifi connection. Add the ability to sync the tunes on your pod' to the internal hard disk too for when your battery is dead and that will probably be something near to the final product.

The device may be announced at the Mac Expo early next year.

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Someone asked my where to get the ipod with full volume hack. So I thought I would find it and give it a go myself too.

Not expecting too much, I installed the app - and it makes a hell of a difference! Not only does it increase the volume, it also expands the aural fidelity audio frequency curve graphology rating too!

Ouch, ears… bleeding!

Well worth an install!

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Here's my iTunes Playlist in dedication to all those disgruntled iPod Nano users who have troubles with their screen! Bring on the multi million dollar lawsuit! Tsk… twats!

On a similar and related theme, heres some links for an iTunes hack to Download music videos from the iTunes. This has recently been blocked by Apple (after the announcement of the iPod that does video) so check the links on the Latest URLs page. Right click the link on the Latest URLs page and paste it into the box on the front page. This will give you a .MOV URL which you can copy out to do with, what you desire.

Also keep an eye on the UNEASYSilence version (which is currently offline) as it worked better

Also from the UNEASYSilence site are the instructions for How to download high res album art from iTunes and How to download movie trailers from iTunes.

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Just spotted these two links via my lunchtime Bloglines readings and thought that I would blog them before my phone rang and I forgot my name…

How to find and add media to your iTunes library with del.icio.us - using RSS feeds. Works with MP3, PDF etc..

Subscribe to free del.icio.us videos in iTunes - using keywords like "funny" or "boobies".

Both via the excellent Lifehacker site.

Not tried it yet - but it does look "interesting"!

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A report yesterday found that on average, the average person spends and average of ?21,000 on music in their lifetime. The Uber-Music-Geek however spends, on average ?44,000 (mostly due to ordering that rare INXS german remix with the japanese cover notes from eBay).

In this modern age, ?21,000 equates to aproximately 30,434 purchases from the iTunes Music Store (based on 69p per track). The Audiophile with their ?44,000 gets a whopping 63,768 purchases from the same store.

With the average size of an MP3 being about 6mb, the iPods for the next generation of tune-heads would need a storage capacity of 200GB (to fit aprox 30,000 songs) and 400GB (to fit aprox 64,000 songs) to enable you to carry your entire lifes music purchases in your pocket.

In realistic terms, we are not too far off these possible capacities.
Come on Apple, sort it out! There's a market hole waiting to be filled!

Just don't make it too heavy! By the time I have purchased (torrented) all my music - i might be a little frail.

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For those who really know what technology means to a man….

iPod Erotica via Surtin.com

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Contrary to Uber-mole insider type sites, Apple managed to Black Propaganda and outsmart everyone again with the announcement of their new iPod.

And yes… it does do video!

The new iPod which appears to have replaced the standard large capacity colour screen iPod device sports a 2.5 inch (320*240 pixel) screen capable of 30 fps video playback using Apples Quicktime format. Apple has obviously learnt from the success of the iPod Nano and have made the device thinner - and also available in what I like to call "gravestone black". In a 30GB and 60GB capacity the device can playback 2 or 4 hours of video respectively before the battery goes "all Betamax" on you.

Also launched at the same time (apart from the new thinner technophiles physical porno iMac) was the new version of iTunes (version 6) which now adds video purchase, sync and playback capability. At present there are only music videos available to download as well as the classic Pixar short animations. Each of these is set at ?1.89 each - which ain't too pricey. I dragged one of my WMV files to the application but it refused to do anything with it. It did take one of "my friends" MPG files though and added it to the Video section - but be careful when you ask for playback with MSN Messenger's set to show the currently playing song information against your name!

Steve Jobs also announced that in the future there will be episodes of Lost available to purchase and download and (to appease the Wife who haunts all of our tech purchases) Desparate Housewives. And as the new iPod comes with a video out capability you can then plug the device into your TV so the whole family can enjoy your new iPorn Podcasts.

So Apple now have a device that plays music, shows photos, stores data, stores organiser information, plays audiobooks and now plays videos!

What's next?

I am increasingly impressed with the Apple iTunes Music Store and the range of stuff available. If I was'nt such an "Internet Pirate" then I would definitely buy from there. I, for one, welcome the Apple overlords and their new products.

Now… where can I get the money to get one?

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 So next week Apple are doing another of their Invite only announcements and the rumors circulating the Internet is that they are going to announce a Video iPod.  I reckon it’s going to be called a ViPod.

Although Uber iGod Steve Jobs recently said that they were not planning a video version of the popular iPod range as "no-one had got it quite right yet" - this does not mean that they will not do so. As with any Apple product, the security has been kept tight as ever but with other product enhancements, like a new range of the popular iMac Mini and possibly a new range of "Professional Mac Workstations" in the offing, the announcement could be not what we are expecting (or predicting).

I for one did not expect them to announce the iPod Nano. That was a total surprise. Read from that event that Apple still have the upper hand on this and could announce something totally new that we have not expected.

People have already found links within the newest versions of the iTunes software that appear to link to some sort of downloadable movie content - the same as they did when they found that iTunes also contained code for exporting to the new ROKR iTunes mobile phone before Apple and Mr Moto (officially) announced the device.

Engadget have already posted a possible sneaky shot of the Video iPod. It kind of looks how I would expect it to look if there was such a device. But Steve Jobs has got to have something clever up his sleeve to make this work.

Seeing how the majority of portable video players out there support various formats, including the BitTorrent's friend, "DivX", would I pay £xxx for a device that only allowed me to download content to the player via iTunes and in a format decided by Apple? Hell no. I don't do that with the music on iTunes at the moment. It takes what i feed it (and loves it)!

Or will they be releasing a new version of iTunes at the same time that will convert my DivX, Avi and Mpeg files to their copyrighted locked down Quicktime format? Only time will tell. The dudes over at Engadget have already reported that someone has found information in iTunes regarding the Microsoft WMV format - which can also be copy protected.

When, not if, the device is launched, stand by to subscribe to iPorn and iVidcasting too by the way…

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