You know, usually Apple.com would have been uploaded by now.

Someone's slacking...

Well, the UK iTunes Music Store is now down (the usual Apple call-sign for major product revisions) as i type this although i find it quite hard to believe that the UK will be included in any movie download service plans considering we still don't even have TV Shows yet.

So this is why I can't buy the new Mastodon and TV on the Radio albums this morning? Fucking great.

That was last week, dude.

Apple sneaked those out the back door last week without much of a word to anyone really, they're available to buy now from the Apple Store and from Apple retailers.

if they release a nice little box so i can stream video as easily as i stream audio now with my airport express, i'll be a happy man. other than that though i think my credit card will have to remain holstered, even though i have no doubt i'll want whatever shiny new product they release.

i think i have a problem.

i bought mac book pro 2 weeks ago and its seriously turned me into a mac geek

and even though im in new zealand at the moment, and its 3am, im actually sat up waiting to find out wtf is going on.

tuaw reckon that the itms is gonna be renamed "showtime" or something.

i just want a new ipod, i managed to wash mine in my ski jacket months ago and have been dying to buy a new one but have been waiting for this 6th(?) gen release.

get a move on steve!

Heh, it gets bad when you start logging into #macrumours on irc.macrumourslive.com for live text commentary of an event hours before it even kicks off.

ok, i messed up my time zone stuff, and i dont think i can hold out for another hour and a half

damn you apple, damn you.

(can i still have some cool new stuff please, my MBP is lonely)

okay, so what do yall think the prices are going to be ranging if its a widescreen iPod?

This is what I'm hoping for:

I just saw the new 80gig ipod will be $349 so if they do make a widescreen ill say $449

Gapless playback on the new ipods, I hear. About Fucking TIme!!
Well heads up to anyone who might be interested in buying a well maintained 30gb ipod w/ invisibleshield.

So they'll offer some movies I probably don't want at the same overinflated price Amazon is. Hopefully less DRM'ed, at least. (I might possibly consider paying ten bucks, but not for a version sized for an iPod screen.)

I like download services conceptually, but they really need to have prices that reflect the lower value of what you're getting, or they need to have content that is every bit as valuable as the physical version (I.e., quit with all the DRM and include the sort of extras you might find on a DVD version, let you burn yourself copies, and allow you to resell the license. Not to mention being of similar or superior quality to begin with.)

Either that or they need to offer services that are impossible in the old, physical model of doing things. I have no doubt that the iTunes Music Store sells plenty of albums, but I suspect it's the ability to buy the track or tracks you actually liked off an album without getting the whole thing that makes it truly popular.

Yeah, for once I actually agree with Malkav. Downloadable content is fundamentally inferior to what you get on DVD (not to mention the new HD formats), so I'm personally not convinced the convenience of downloading instantly justifies the premium. I'll keep buying DVDs and ripping them until they're significantly cheaper. I'm a friggin bonus material nut. There's no way I'm spending $9.99 for just the movie.