[emceepj]

Anyone paying attention to it? i'm getting the live updates from mac rumors.com.... i'll post updates on here.

 

[emceepj]

there's a grand piano on stage...

 

[Chealion]

I'm in the overally full MacRumors IRC rooms, and its humming

Steve just jumped onto the stage... Its also reported he seems very rushed.

 

[emceepj]

10:08 am pst

- First thing - the iPod. It's amazing. These third gen iPods are as thin as two cd jewelcases, now up to 10,000 songs in 40GB iPods.

 

[emceepj]

10:10 am pst

- Marketshare of iPod is 31% - #1.

 

[emceepj]

10:13 am pst

- Showing the iPod Ad that's been on TV - Hey Mama
- Photo Storage - $99 Accessory. Connects to bottom of iPod. syncs with iPhoto.
- $49 Microphone and speaker, syncs into new version of iPods. Record 670 hours.

 

[emceepj]

10:13 am pst

- new iPod Ad previewed. Rock and Roll iPod Ad.

 

[emceepj]

10:17 am pst

- People don't want to rent music.
- Good integration, 99cents, unlimited iPods, 3 Macs
- Talking about iTunes Music Store

 

[Chealion]

One place to see the latest is here:

MacRumors' feed

People can always join the ehMac Chat Room;
irc.freenode.net
#ehMac

Or just use ehChat (found at ehMac Place),

 

[emceepj]

10:17 am pst

- iTunes Market share - 70% last week of all legal downloads
- 600,000 songs a week
- 13 million songs

 

[emceepj]

10:18 am pst

- More Music - Today at 400,000 tracks by end of the month
- Today, 2nd generation of iTunes

 

[emceepj]

10:19 am pst

- Over 200 indie lables.
- # could be higher if they let in every song. Claims these are quality songs

 

[Chealion]

Wow, lots of Audible content being provided.

emceepj - Where are you getting your feed?

 

[emceepj]

10:20 am pst

- Audio Books, alongside the music. Deal with Audible.com. Multiyear exclusive deal. Over 5000 books on iTunes.

 

[emceepj]

10:22 am pst

- Gift Certificates
- Perfect "round tripping" - syncs and knows where it stopped off. So, when you sync, the mac or ipod will remember where you left off

 

[Chealion]

Gift Certificates!

I have Christmas presents done if iTMS comes to Canada.

 

[Chealion]

I really like the idea of allowances, so you can give your child a certain amount of money they can spend on iTMS. That's sounds like a really good idea

Celebrity Playlists - You can listen to a playlist put together by your favorite celebrity!

And one more feature...

iTunes for Windows!!!

Windows 2000 and XP only.

emceepj - That means I get my info before you

I have the live feed, while the web feed is delayed a little bit.

 

[emceepj]

10:25 am pst

- Allowance - instead of giving your kids your CC#. Can give an allowance (recurring monthly gift certificate basically). No need for credit card for the accounts. Perfect for kids.
- You get an email with a Redeem Now, and gives you a Credit in your iTunes account. Can by anythingin the iTunes Store.
- Gift Certificates - most requested - select between $10-$200 to send to anyone.

http://www.chaosmint.com/events/mac-music-event2003.html - the feed...

 

[emceepj]

10:26 am pst

- Celebrity Playlists. Music lists from celebs - Sting, Dave Brubeck, Herbie Hancock, Michael Stipe etc...

COOL!

 

[emceepj]

10:27 am pst

- Windows iTunes - exactly the same thing
- "Hell froze over"