Will this be the buzz word for 2006?

Corin · Sat 22 Oct, 2005 11.31

In a bid to duplicate its success with the sale of IPods, and mediocre bit rate encoded MP3 audio files from Itunes, Apple is forging ahead with a video counterpart.

And the name to be used for the service is Vingle (tm).

<http://www.appleinsider.COM/article.php?id=1321>

So will you be racing out to buy an Apple video device, the necessary Quicktime Pro software (since this is the only video format supported) and rushing to Vingle (video download from the Apple store) some music videos or episodes of Desperate Housewives to watch on a low resolution 2 inch screen?

Chris · Sat 22 Oct, 2005 16.16

Corin wrote:In a bid to duplicate its success with the sale of IPods, and mediocre bit rate encoded MP3 audio files from Itunes...

Technical pedantry moment: the stuff sold from the iTunes store is in MPEG4-AAC, not MP3.

Pete · Sat 22 Oct, 2005 18.02

yes, one would expect you to get that right really corin

Corin · Sat 22 Oct, 2005 22.48

Chris wrote:the stuff sold from the iTunes store is in MPEG4-AAC, not MP3.

Thanks for the correction.

DJGM · Sat 22 Oct, 2005 23.49

More pedantic corrections . . .

Itunes/Ipod = incorrect --- iTunes/iPod = correct

Fireboy · Sat 22 Oct, 2005 23.52

DJGM wrote:More pedantic corrections . . .

Itunes/Ipod = incorrect --- iTunes/iPod = correct

It's not as bad as "I-pod" or "I-tunes" which are mistakes just waiting to be corrected by me (followed by a lengthy lecture on why I think Apple is fab just to annoy the poor soul

).

Jamez · Sun 23 Oct, 2005 00.40

Is it 'Sky News' or 'SKY(news' ?

I think we should be told.

James Hatts · Sun 23 Oct, 2005 00.53

DJGM wrote:More pedantic corrections . . .

Itunes/Ipod = incorrect --- iTunes/iPod = correct

I'm sure Corin knows that perfectly well. It's all part of the carefully contrived act.

DJGM wrote:

Your sig would be marginally less unfunny if it didn't have a superfluous apostrophe.

Chris · Sun 23 Oct, 2005 00.53

Jamez wrote:Is it 'Sky News' or 'SKY(news' ?

I think we should be told.

Well Martin "I love Sky News" Anderson would probably write it as SKYnews.

Sput · Sun 23 Oct, 2005 13.58

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cdd · Tue 25 Oct, 2005 22.40

How the hell would it charge up too?

Fit that little goodie with a microphone and the mp3 player could output an inverse phase. Result = 0 noise; the modern La-la-la-I'm-not-listening musical fingers!