Yesterday we arrived in Berlin to take part in Online Educa, the largests e-learning conference in Europe. We are with my company edugolive, part of the Giuntilabs booth, with the LCMS learn eXact.
We had a meeting with a prospects yesterday all afternoon a sales training, which ended in a nice "German" dinner.
Today the actual conference is starting and we hope to be rather busy.
The building of the booth ......
Looks like today is Apple rumor day. Next up, we have some mongering on the highly speculated, extremely anticipated iPhone. This he-said-she-said device has been the source of more rumoring than anything I’ve ever seen or heard of. There have been about a million mock-ups and supposed release dates and yet, to date, not a single thing has gelled.
Now we have tenuous information proclaiming that the iPhone will run a truncated version of OS X Leopard (we’re going to run out of cats eventually). This could be Apple’s answer to Windows Mobile, or it could just be more fluff-for-hits. I’m not really sure.
What we do know is that we’ll probably see the iPhone at Macworld in January. It was widely reported that it’d launch initially on Cingular, but current information indicates that the iPhone will likely be unlocked. I guess we’ll see in about a month.
What would Monday be without another Apple rumor? This time there is speculation that Apple is looking to make a tablet PC with a docking station. In fact, Apple already has a working prototype and is preparing talks with three different Taiwanese manufacturers to produce the tablet. Amazing how some people have so much detail from sources and yet, fail to snap a single picture of this supposed prototype that is slated for a mid-year 2007 release.
Anyway, the Mac tablet will have a touchscreen, home automation features (like controlling music wirelessly), HDMI output, and “additional memo0ry capability” according to Smarthouse. Yeah, we’re going to like, go grab a frappuccino and shit while you keep waiting for this fairy tale Mac tablet. Oh, and keep those Apple rumors coming. We enjoy them immensely.
Although with my medical background I think it is rather interesting to see how the body actually looks like, I can also understand the cons of such an exhibition (now in my hometown Amsterdam):
Especially while it is not clear at all who the cadavers are or how these were acquired.
Outside there is a Chinese protest as all the 21 bodies (symbolised by the 21 crosses) seem to be Chinese.
It is up to you to decide to which part you belong; the do's or don'ts ...
Today I got a message from Bennie Schuurman, one of my team mates of the old days, when we were playing fieldhockey together at Quick Stick in Heerenveen.
In 2007 Quick Stick will be 50 and will party with a reunion on the 2nd of June 2007.
We are trying to get the team from 1980 together again. At that time we played the highest league (Hoofdklasse) indoor and the second (Overgangsklasse) outdoor.
I think it is a very nice initiative as we had a very good but also very nice team.
Above the old and new .... Especially the extreme gain of the Socialist Party and the new PvdV (Party for the Freedom) of a bunch of rather right wing people is chancing the landscape a lot. Although within the given results it will be difficult to form any cabinet, most probably the CDA (old), PvdA (new) and CU (new), is the only option.
BTW maybe the worst and totally stupid is the PvdD (Party for the animals ... You're sure? Yes 2 seats ...).
Some introduction to our system, from Wikipedia:
The Politics of the Netherlands take place within the framework of a parliamentary representative democracy and a constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is described as a consociational state. Dutch politics and governance are characterized by a common strife for broad consensus on important issues, within both the political community and society as a whole.
Main article: Cabinet of the Netherlands
The government of the Netherlands constitutionally consists of the Queen, the ministers and the junior minister. The Queen's role is limited to the formation of government and she does not actively interfere in daily decisionmaking. The ministers together form the Council of Ministers. This council initiates laws and policy. It meets every friday in the Trêveszaal at the Binnenhof. Most of the ministers head government ministries, since 1939 it is possible to appoint ministers without portfolio.
The Cabinet is composed of all cabinet ministers and junior ministers, the staatssecretarissen. Junior ministers take over part of responsibilities of minister. They only attend the meetings of the Council of Ministers if the Council invites them regarding a specific subject.
The Council of Ministers makes decisions by means of collegial governance. All ministers, including the Prime Minister, are (theoretically) equal. Behind the closed doors of the Trêveszaal, ministers can freely debate proposed decisions and express their opinion on any aspect of cabinet policy. Once a decision is made by the council, all individual members are bound by it and are obliged to support it publicly. If a member of the cabinet does not agree with a particular decision he will have to step down. Generally much effort is put into reaching relative consensus on any decision. A process of voting within the Council does exist, but is hardly ever used.
The cabinet is collectively responsible to Parliament, and must enjoy its confidence. It is not possible to for a minister to be a member of parliament, although many ministers are selected from parliament and have to give up their seat as a result. Ministers or junior ministers who are no longer supported by a parliamentary majority are expected by convention to step down.
As a result of the electoral system and the lack of dominating parties, coalition cabinets, composed out of two or three parties, are the norm.
Main article: Prime Minister of the Netherlands
The official task of the Prime Minister is to coordinate government policy. He is chairman of the Council of Ministers and as such has the power to set the agenda of its meetings. In addition, the Prime minister is also Minister of General Affairs. The task of this small department is basically supporting the Prime Minister in his tasks as described above and organizing publicity around government proposals and decisions. The position of the Prime Minister has become more important since the Second World War.
Main articles: States-General of the Netherlands and Elections in the Netherlands
The Dutch Parliament or States-General consists of a Lower House or Second Chamber and an Upper House or First Chamber, also referred to as the Senate. Both houses of Parliament discuss proposed legislation and review of the actions of the cabinet. The Second Chamber also has the right to propose or amend legislation.
Members of the Second Chamber, generally considered the more important House, are elected directly every four years with a Party-list proportional representation. Members are chosen on personal title, so in the relatively rare case that a member no longer agrees with his (or her) party, the member can decide to stay in the chamber, either as an independent representative, or connected to another parliamentary. Currently four members of the Second Chamber have split from their parliamentary party and form a one person parliamentary party. If a member decides to resign, the empty seat falls to the original party collecting the votes, and can be filled by a member of that party. Coalition governments may fall before their term ends, which usually results in early dissolution of the Second Chamber and new elections.
Members of the First Chamber are elected indirectly by provincial councillors, again every four years, just after the elections of the provincial councils, via a system of proportional representation. This election method reflects the historical roots of the First Chamber as a representative body of the different regional entities that formed the Netherlands. Nowadays, the Senate is mainly considered to be a body of elderly statesmen reconsidering legislation at ease, away from the pressure of daily political and media hypes.
Polls present it will be again a close call between the Christian Democratic Appeal and the Labour Party, but also think the Socialist Party will be florishing.
Will elect later today.
Yesterday I was with Fabrizio Cardinali, CEO of Giunti Interactive Labs for his keynote at the NEN ePortfolio day. The NEN is the Dutch Normalisation Institute. Fabrizio spoke about general e-learning and content development issues and in particular about ePortfolio.
Appleinsider reports on a research note by analyst Shaw Wu about a possible second version of the iPhone from Apple.
This second version would incoporate Apple’s iChat software and may be dubbed “iChat mobile”. According to Wu, Instant Messaging (rather than email) would be the focus of the device.
According to recent reports, one version of the iPhone has already been contracted out with target delivery in early 2007. This first version of the iPhone was described as a candy-bar form factor (artist rendition).
Previous predictions of Shaw Wu are reviewed in our Guide pages.
 | Zodiac - Trailer 1 Based on the actual case files of one of the most intriguing unsolved crimes in the nation’s history. As a serial killer terrifies the San Francisco Bay Area and taunts police with his ciphers and letters, investigators in four jurisdictions search for the murderer. Directed by: David Fincher Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Edwards |
 | Evan Almighty - Trailer 1 Newly elected to Congress, Evan leaves Buffalo behind and shepherds his family to suburban northern Virginia. Once there, his life gets turned upside-down when God (Morgan Freeman) appears and mysteriously commands him to build an ark. But his befuddled family just can’t decide whether he’s on to something or not. Directed by: Tom Shadyac Starring: Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Lauren Graham, John Goodman, John Michael Higgins |
 | Hostel: Part II - Trailer 1 No synopsis provided by studio. Directed by: Eli Roth Starring: Jay Hernandez |
 | Dark Ride - Trailer Ten years after he brutally murdered two girls, a killer escapes from a mental institution and returns to his turf, the theme park attraction called “Dark Ride”. About to crash his path are a group of college kids on a road trip who stumble across the park, unaware that this thrill ride is the last one they’re ever going to take. Directed by: Craig Singer Starring: Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Patrick Renna, David Clayton |
 | Reincarnation - Trailer From the director of “The Grudge” comes Reincarnation. A grisly murder, an ill-fated film, and a young actress are joined in this suspenseful, psychological horror in the tradition of The Shining. Directed by: Takashi Shimizu Starring: Yuka, Karina, Kippei Shiina |
 | The Hamiltons - Trailer The Hamiltons seem to be the picture-perfect American family. They are hardworking community members; giving to their local charities, attending town hall meetings and always respectful of their neighbors... except for the fact that they usually end up killing them. Directed by: The Butcher Brothers Starring: Cory Knauf, Samuel Child, Joseph McKelheer |
 | Unrest - Trailer Alison Blanchard begins her journey to become a physician in her Gross Anatomy class, where she must confront rows of cadavers and her own fear of mortality. When the sheets are drawn back revealing her cadaver, Alison senses a presence in the lab. Her jaded professor chalks it up to first year “jitters” but her worries increase when a friend is found dead. Directed by: Jason Todd Ipson Starring: Corri English, Scott Davis, Joshua Alba |
 | Grave Dancer - Trailer ”Old-school terror the way it should be.” Winner of rave reviews at the Tribeca Film Festival. A group of friends’ lives are invaded by a trio of hostile ghosts after they engage in a drunken bout of grave dancing during a wake for an old chum. Directed by: Mike Mendez Starring: Dominic Purcell, Clare Kramer |
Although not totally clear yet I am starting the planning for my trip to New Zealand in 2007 to visit friends and relatives. Today was at my travel agency to get info, especially pricing as it is rather expensive to go.
From Yahoo Travel:
New Zealanders sometimes refer to their country as God Zone, a rather prideful twist on the phrase "God's Own." But if you like gorgeous scenery and gutsy people, you'll agree with them. New Zealand is blessed with some of the most varied and dramatic terrain in the world, from glaciers and fjords and beaches to mountains and meadows and rain forests. If you're so inclined, you can admire the breathtaking scenery while skiing, surfing, horseback riding, mountain climbing, hiking (which the locals call "tramping") or kayaking.
And if those pursuits aren't exciting enough, you can try some of the adventures the Kiwis (as New Zealanders are called) have invented to make your blood race: You can bungee jump off cliffs or bridges; paddle through whitewater rapids; rocket through narrow caverns on jet boats; or strap yourself inside a giant plastic ball and roll down a hillside.
If you prefer more leisurely activities, you can still enjoy New Zealand's natural wonders by strolling on its pristine beaches, sailing along its picturesque coastline or fishing in its crystal-clear rivers and lakes.
The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office today published a revolutionary Apple patent application titled ‘mechanical overlay,’ which depicts a new touchscreen technology that can serve as a keyboard, audio mixer, iPod clickwheel, and much more. The patent reveals potential plans for Apple to revolutionize its computing and iPod usage experience, replacing traditional keyboards and clickwheels with touchscreens displaying programmable images while accepting touch-sensitive input. The patent describes, among other details, a ‘multipoint touch method’ that receives multiple touches on the surface of the touchscreen, coupled with tactile as well as audio feedback of touches. See MacNN for rest of story.
According to the Commercial Times (mirrored by Forbes), Taiwan’s Hon Hai has received a 12 million unit contract for the rumored iPhone. According to the site, the product would be released in the first half of next year, which currently echos other reports.
The article also briefly mentions Hon Hai receiving a contract for a 15” MacBook, due to be delivered next year or in January. This most likely refers to Hon Hai simply becoming another supplier of the 15” MacBook Pro rather than a new 15” MacBook model.
There have been previous reports (reported by AppleInsider) that indicated that Hon Hai subsidiary Foxconn was looking to procure a 15” MacBook Pro contract.
Apple has announced a partnership with a number of airlines to provide in-flight iPod integration during flights.
In-flight iPod connectivity will be available to Air France, Continental, Delta, Emirates, KLM and United passengers beginning in mid 2007. Additionally, Apple is working with Panasonic Avionics Corporation to bring even more leading airlines in-flight iPod connectivity in the future.
According to the press release, these six airlines will begin offering their passengers iPod seat connections which power and charge their iPods during flight and allow the video content on their iPods to be viewed on the their seat back displays. The press release did not specify whether the iPod integration would be a first-class accommodation, as presumably that designation would be up to the individual airlines.
Update: Reuters reports (French, English translation) that Air France is, at least partially, denying Apple’s announcement.
(translation provided by Google) Apple is a partner of Air France but it is completely premature on this date of speaking about such a project.
By Glenn Chapman at news.yahoo.com
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) - Microsoft’s sturdy Zune foot soldiers will march out in an improbable mission to topple Apple’s world champion iPod MP3 player.
Zunes echoing iPod’s design but steeped in Microsoft functionality instead of Apple panache will debut in stores on November 14.
“Zune is either going to take off like a rocket or it is not going to go anyplace,” analyst Rob Enderle of Enderle Group in Silicon Valley told AFP Sunday.
“There is no middle ground. It is different enough that it could surprise Apple.”
Each Zune has a 30-gigabyte media player and is priced at 250 dollars, on par with an iPod with an equal amount of memory space.
Music for the devices will be sold on the Internet at Zune Marketplace in a manner similar to the exclusive mating of iPod and Apple’s online iTunes shop.
Zune players feature wireless technology; built-in FM tuners and three-inch (7.6-centimeter) screens.
Microsoft was trying to set Zune apart from other MP3 players by promoting the ability of the devices to connect wirelessly with each other so users could share music or play “DJ.”
“They’ve got a single product with a single differentiating feature - sharing,” said analyst Michael McGuire of Gartner Research.
“I think it’s going to be more of an interesting social experiment at first rather than anything else.”
A drawback is that shared songs are erased from borrowers’ Zunes after three days or being played three times, even if only snippets of tunes are listened to.
Borrowers of songs aren’t able to instantly buy sampled music with mobile links to the Internet.
“My ability to purchase songs on the spot becomes very powerful,” McGuire said. “That is where this has to go. We are half way to super-distribution.”
While iPods are “sleek and svelte,” Zunes have rubbery shock resistant casings and oversized screens tailored for video viewing even though only music will be available.
“Apple has a Porsche design reference” Enderle said. “It appears Zune used a Scion for a reference - oddly utilitarian.”
Zunes were made in black, white or brown as compared to the array of bright iPod colors.
“It has a product that is nice looking but doesn’t break any ground style-wise,” McGuire said of Microsoft. “It is kind of odd. I would have expected them to leapfrog Apple.”
Microsoft has aggressively courted musicians and recording studios, going so far as to promise Universal Music Group a portion of Zune player sales revenues.
Apple has focused on consumers in a strategy that made iPods a “cultural fetish” and the most popular MP3 player on the planet, according to analysts.
“It is an effort by Microsoft to turn the labels and artists into a sales engine for the Zune,” Enderle said. “Apple has been pretty arrogant with those two constituents. The labels think they are getting ripped off.”
Catering to content providers could be critical when the Redmond, Washington, technology giant inevitably shifts to selling films and television shows for Zune players, analysts said.
Zune is not only taking on iPod, it will compete with MP3 players made by Samsung, Creative and other companies that allied with Microsoft in its attempt to dethrone the iPod once before with PlaysForSure music service.
Microsoft-led PlaysForSure brought together MP3 makers and online music stores from Internet firms including Yahoo and Rhapsody.
“Microsoft basically threw them under the bus,” McGuire said of Microsoft abandoning PlaysForSure allies and recasting itself as their competitor.
The lone Zune model will be competing with Apple offerings ranging from a matchbook-size iPod shuffle to a movie-playing iPod with 80 gigabytes of memory. Most cars made next year will be iPod compatible.
Zune lacks games, clocks and other iPod features.
The iTunes store has a selection of approximately 3.5 million songs for sale at a dollar each while Zune Marketplace claims an inventory of two million.
“I don’t think we are going to see people lining up for Zune the same way they lined up for an
Xbox,” analyst Michael Gartenberg of Jupiter Research said, referring to Microsoft’s video game console.
“I think Microsoft understands that they are not going to take over the world immediately. They realize this is very much a marathon not a sprint.”
Well it it almost election day ......
By Alexandra Hudson in Amsterdam
The announcement comes at a time when the debate on such veils and whether they prevent Muslims from integrating has gathered momentum across Europe and drawn comments from leaders such as Britain's Tony Blair and Italy's Romano Prodi.
Last December Dutch lawmakers voted in favour of a proposal by far-right politician Geert Wilders to outlaw face-coverings, partly on security grounds, and asked Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk to examine the feasibility of such a ban.
Ms Verdonk said the fact veils were worn for religious reasons could bring new legislation into conflict with Dutch religious freedom laws, but signalled the government would try to find a way around this.
"The cabinet finds the wearing of a burqa undesirable ... but cannot at present enforce a total ban," she said after a cabinet meeting.
Existing legislation already limits the wearing of burqas and other total coverings in public transport or schools, Ms Verdonk said, but the cabinet would discuss imposing as wide a ban as possible next week.
"The government will search for the possibility to provide a ban," her spokeswoman told Reuters.
The Muslim community estimates that only about 50 women in the Netherlands wear the head-to-toe burqa or the niqab, a face veil that conceals everything but the eyes.
The Dutch may have been among the first to legalise cannabis, prostitution and euthanasia – earning them a reputation for tolerance – but in recent years they have pushed through some of Europe's toughest entry and integration laws.
Social and religious tensions have escalated in the last few years, exacerbated by the murder of film director Theo van Gogh by a Dutch-Moroccan militant in 2004.
Dutch Muslim groups have complained a burqa ban would only make the country's one million Muslims feel more victimised and alienated, regardless of whether they approve of burqas or not.
"What the government is doing now is totally disproportionate to the number of women who actually wear the burqa," said Ayhan Tonca, chairman of an umbrella group of Dutch Muslim organisations.
"The legislation we already have to protect people for security reasons is adequate," he added.
Hope, a Dutch-born Muslim, said she wore a niqab because she wanted to. "Nobody has the right to forbid it. If someone decides I cannot wear it then I will feel suppressed," she said.
The Netherlands would be the first European state to impose a countrywide ban on Islamic face coverings, though other countries have already outlawed them in specific places.
In 2004, France banned overt religious symbols such as Muslim headscarves, large Christian crosses and Jewish skullcaps from schools, arguing they were contrary to its separation of church and state.
Macworld reports that based on their benchmarks, Apple’s Rosetta PowerPC emulation technology for Intel Macs has seen up to 30% improvements in the latest version of Mac OS X (10.4.8). Rosetta is the technology that allows Intel Macs to run PowerPC applications (such as Photoshop and Microsoft Office) which have not yet been released as Universal Binaries.
Apple released the Mac OS X 10.4.8 update on September 29th, 2006 and incorporated a number of improvements.
Meanwhile, Apple is continuing work on Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) and provided developers with a new seed today (Build 9A303). This latest Leopard build provides ongoing performance improvements and bug fixes, but continues to have a long list of known issues.
While Leopard is officially expected to be released in Spring of 2007, there has been some questionable speculation that Apple may be targeting an earlier release. Apple’s Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) release will certainly draw comparisons with Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Vista release. According to the BBC, Vista will be available to retail customers on January 30th, 2007, while corporate customers will be able to get the newest version of Windows starting on November 30th, 2006.
I am not a real MS fan, but this ia rather nice:
From TechCrunch
Microsoft is unveiling its integration of detailed 3D imagery into its Virtual Earth this afternoon (see Live.com). US users with Vista-ready Windows computers and IE 6 or 7 will be able to navigate through an aerial view of 15 select cities with enough detail to discern the texture of buildings and read clickable billboards from the likes of Fox, Nissan and John L. Scott Real Estate. Virtual Earth 3D is expected to expand to cover up to 100 cities around the world by the end of next summer.
Unlike Google Earth, Microsoft’s Virtual Earth is experienced directly inside of IE as part of search results. Search team member Bobby Figueroa told me that the 3D functionality would be useful to many business customers as an integrated feature in offerings like Zillow’s real estate search. The imagery was taken from planes and processed with proprietary algorithms.
He also told me that advertising was being integrated into Virtual Earth for the sake of realism. In real life, soda machines don’t appear with black or white labels - they say Coke or Pepsi on them, he told me. To insufficiently brand Virtual Earth would apparently be irresponsible in some way, perhaps as an artistic or cultural loss. Figueroa said that billboards would have to prove compelling to users or they would not zoom in close enough to view them in detail and click through. Figueroa would not discuss the particular relationship with the first wave of advertisers but said that the company would evaluate all methods of ad sales and tracking in order to determine what worked best.
I certainly have no inherent objection to advertising, but I’m not excited about it being the first thing I see when I gain the ability to see a new environment in 3D. It seems like a cynical priority when a dazzling new technology is first rolled out. I don’t know what I expected though, so I’ll wish Vista-ready Windows owners who use IE the best of luck in enjoying the use of a newly 3D virtual world.
You’ve also got to wonder if anything will ever come of the really impressive Street-Side preview, which we wrote about in February. See also the 3D photo fly through app in the works in Live Labs, called Photosynth.
In addition to integration of Virtual Earth with search and some browsers, another thing you have to give Microsoft credit for is seriously improved picture quality. See the following two shots of San Francisco, Virtual Earth 3D on the left and Google Earth on the right. Lastly a very nice looking shot found on the Virtual Earth blog. Google’s got some catching up to in regards to image detail. I’m going to try to grab an image of a billboard when I can.
Continuing the ever-present hum of Core 2 Duo MacBook rumors, AppleInsider reports that the much-anticipated upgrade may come this week.
Some readers will recall that last week was filled with similar but less-certain claims. A page 2 report by MacRumors had pieced a few, apparently coincidental reports together that suggested an update may have been in the works by late last week. Even after that did not pan out, a European reseller claimed that Core 2 Duo Macbooks would be arriving for sale on November 13th. This claim is largely regarded as a spotlight grab, and there is no evidence that the reseller has any inside information.
The newest information published by AppleInsider reveals 3 Apple product numbers. The product numbers are in sequence, which is common for products in the same family, and suggests that the numbers will be used as the replacement numbers for Apple’s 3 MacBook models. The new products are reportedly en-route to the U.S. this week.
AppleInsider has previously claimed that development of the models had been finished and was set for release before the beginning of the holiday shopping season at the end of November.
VMWare sent an email out for a private beta testing of Fusion, their upcoming virtualization product for Mac OS X.
Dear Beta Customer,
We are pleased to announce Fusion Friends and Family release. Fusion is the code name for the new VMware desktop product for Mac. You are part of a select group of users with the opportunity to experience this new and exciting product first hand.
TUAW posts details from the private beta site. Notable features listed include:
• Ability to create and run a wide variety of x86 operating systems on OS X without rebooting.
• Access physical devices from the virtual machine. You can access physical devices such as CD ROM drives, video cameras, iPods, printers and high-speed disks from the virtual machine.
• Leverage Virtual SMP capabilities to gain additional performance improvement. You can assign more than a single CPU (on supported hardware with Intel Core Duo CPU) to gain additional performance for CPU-intensive workloads.
• Run over 300 virtual appliances: You can download any of the over 300 virtual appliances - preinstalled and preconfigured applications packaged with an operating system in a virtual machine - available from VMware’s Technology Network. Setting up a wiki or blog server has never been easier.
• Fusion supports all Intel Mac hardware, including the new 64-bit Mac Pro and iMac.
Ah Apple, what will we ever do with you? Leading us on to believe such incredulous things such as a next-to-definite Apple tablet, an almost-certain iPhone, sure-to-be-impending widescreen (and wireless) iPod, forthcoming iSight-ed Cinema Display, and an 802.11n-compatible iTV may actually see the light of day. So, here we are again, and this time it appears that some quick-fingered editor has some explaining to do, as we just so happened to have read the words “All other Notes feature capabilities described in this document are support for iPod models with display screens, beginning with the touch-screen models.” while perusing through the October 10th edition of the iPod Notes Feature Guide. While fanboys will surely grasp on to this utterly amazing glimmer of hope, the skeptic in us has to wonder if this isn’t just an unfortunate slight of hand. By replacing “touch” with “scroll” in the aforementioned phrase, it actually adds cohesion and meaning to the otherwise nonsensical statement, as the 3G iPod was not only the first to rock a “non-mechanical” wheel, but also the first iPod to support Notes. While we sure wouldn’t complain if some “unplanned event” happened to unveil a snazzy new PMP from the depths of Cupertino, we all know Apple doesn’t like to leak anything from within before an official release—but hey, we don’t mind a bit of crow every now and then.
