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Analyst sees terabyte iPod in Apple’s future
Apple could possibly create an iPod with 1 terabyte of storage, as well as a true “iPhone” says one analyst. “A terabyte iPod might sound crazy today, but we believe in five years a terabyte iPod will emerge as a portable home media center,” says Piper Jaffray senior analyst Gene Munster in an research report obtained by iLounge. “We continue to believe that Apple will enter the mobile phone market. We would not expect an ‘iPhone’ to be launched for at least 12-18 months.”
The report also discusses possible future plans for iTunes and the Mac mini. “The key to iTunes in the next 12-24 months will be gaining access to more video content… Apple will work with networks, film studios, and other content providers to coerce them into offering more content via iTunes,” continues Munster. “Expect Mac to become a hub for consumer digital media as Front Row technology gets incorporated into the Mac Mini.” The report also mentions a possible AirPort Express for video to stream video from iTunes to TV.
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Terabyte?...when are people gonna start talking about some STORAGE!?...a petabyte HDD…sadly though..it still big wont be enuff..
Posted by data hog on July 19, 2006 at 9:02 AM (PDT)
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man some i pod r great but da tb is nothing eiva
Posted by melissa on October 1, 2006 at 3:44 PM (PDT)
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crazy, since they have a 160gb ipod out already, and in the next 5-10 yrs or w/e they WILL have a terabyte ipod… no doubt, the gb decreases in size by half like every couple years…
THE GIGABYTE’S DAYS ARE OVER
Posted by ecm on September 22, 2007 at 11:58 AM (PDT)
44
I can hardly wait for an iphone to come out!
Posted by iPhoner on February 26, 2008 at 4:27 PM (PDT)
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This means that I can put all of my music on the iPod as WAV. If someone ever gets a hack to allow the iPod to play WAV files.
Posted by Gus on January 28, 2009 at 9:01 AM (PDT)
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1 terabyte of memory is huge!! I thinks that’s almost the capacity of a super computer! 80GB is a ton of memory, but who the #### likes 500,000 songs?? If I hade that much memory, ity would be used on moviesa I have downloaded on my iPod.
Posted by Bob on May 14, 2009 at 1:22 PM (PDT)
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Hello! It’s 2009 and the Iphone has been out for 1 year. It’s just the same as the Ipod touch, just with 3G and a phone.
Posted by loloz on June 22, 2009 at 6:45 PM (PDT)
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If they bring a 1 terabyte thats good as i already have 1 terabyte music that means i could fit all my music this is a good thing.
Posted by Umar Abid on January 12, 2010 at 2:41 PM (PDT)
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Yes we have iPhone now! Good job!
Posted by heh on July 16, 2010 at 11:28 AM (PDT)
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