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More iPods in the works? Maybe a Beatle iPod? I think so.

by tleMega Sep 23, 2007 3:09AM PDT

Okay. As you all know, my username is BeatleMegaFan, so you probably want to assume that I am a big fan.

Being such a big fan, I happen to know a few rumors about a "Beatle iPod". Plus, recent evidence gives some truth to this big rumor.
Many articles I have found on Google are dated from '06, and one of them states that a Beatle iPod already came out with the entire catalog on the iTMS! This is of course false, and the date was April Fool's. Then it had a link to Wiki April Fool's site, proving it was just a rumor. Furthermore, last year was the big trial of Apple and Apple Corps., in which case Apple Corps. lost. It wasn't until this past February that the two had reached an agreement.

What does this info mean? It mean that a Beatles iPod with the catalog is overdue, that it is upcoming in the future since the two "Apples" have made up, and many people are requesting it, or so it would seem. Now here's what gives this more truth:

Here on Gizmodo,
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/poll/the-ipod-nano-mock+up-updated-oh-noes-probably-is-real-292295.php

you see the leaked photos of the new Nano. It has the recent Love compilation remastered by Sir George Martin and Giles Martin. Then, when the iPhone was first show by Steve, it had Beatles music on it. Now, more recently, the last Apple US conference which updated the iPod line, was entitled "The Beat Goes On". This was the title of the last Beatles press conference. And at the unveiling of the Touch, he wanders over to a John Lennon album in Cover Flow, but he is already available on the Store.
He also shows the Love album and the same John Lennon album in Cover Flow.

In some way, Steve is hinting at an agreement with Apple Corps. and the unveiling of a Beatle catalog and iPod like that of the U2 agreement.

Sorry for the long post by the way. Who else has ideas on this? Or am I just a wishful over-obsessed fan? Post your thought here.

-BMF

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I like it.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Sep 25, 2007 1:21AM PDT

This may be a loaded (front end or back end?) question but who sold more titles? U2 or Beatles?

Bob

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I actually hope they make it but
by tleMega Sep 25, 2007 8:10AM PDT

I don't like the catalog for sale idea on iTunes. It's much more fun to pull out the old albums and listen to the original quality, which is superb, and enjoy. Even the occasional CD is good too. But I feel that by putting the last major hold-out from the iTMS on iTunes robs The Beatles of some greatness. Now, you don't need a record player or a CD, you just need a mouse and a finger.

That justs bugs me. Of course some are thrilled to have this option considered, but surely they already have the music to The Beatles if they love them... Right? Who calls himself a rock fan or musician and hasn't? A lot of people, but that's not the point, LOL.

But this is what it comes to:
A Beatle iPod, which is great and would actually sell rather than the U2 iPods,
And the Complete Beatles Catalog, which for some of us, AHEM, have already because we are dedicated fans.

But as long as everyone's happy.
-BMF

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