Apple Media Player Coming In June?

BLOG DISCLAIMER!

Actually, This post was supposed to be a joke. Especially since it is close to April 1st, and the fact that rumors fly all over the web, even from reputible sources. MyMac is NOT a Rumor Site, nor do we wish to be.

Only the last two points of the blog are correct. No one outside of Apple’s officers knows what Apple will be bringing to market, or if they will bring out anything like this at all.

Source: Brighthand.com

“In December of 2003, a writer for eWeek said in an article about handhelds that he had “heard of an Apple prototype making the rounds in Silicon Valley.” He gave no other details, though.

Last month, John Manzione from Mac NET v2 published what he says is a description of Apple’s upcoming handheld.

According to this report, the device will run an operating system that is described as being “OS X-like” and is quite possibly based on Linux. It will have an unknown amount of RAM, but it will also have the same type of miniature hard drive that is used in Apple’s iPod line of MP3 players.

Apparently it will use a clamshell design, with the screen on one side and keyboard on the other. Like many recent clamshell models, the screen can be rotated around and closed over the keyboard, allowing the device to be used as a tablet. Its touchscreen will have a HVGA resolution, and it will use Apple’s Inkwell for handwriting recognition.

It will support both QuickTime and MPEG4. With an internal hard drive giving it far more storage capacity that typical handhelds, Apple could be planning to position the device as a portable video player that also functions as a PDA.

Supposedly, Apple’s handheld will have FireWire, USB, and Bluetooth. Of course it will be able to synchronize with iCal, Mail, Address Book etc. on an OS X Mac, but Mr. Manzione reports that iSync with Windows will be available, too.”

Wow! An Apple Media Player/PDA clamshell in landscape mode, with a hard drive!? Probably pure speculation – especially that Linux part. . .

However, we actually do know two facts about the new Apple Media Player:

1) It will be a world-class design that will instantly become the envy of every other handheld manufacturer, and the object of burning desire of every geek and technofreak alive.

2) No matter where or when it will be released, or what configuration it will have, it will cost exactly $51 dollars more than anyone thinks it should.

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