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The AirMac Rumored Again

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Remember back in 2006, there was a rumor of an AirMac? Not the ultrathin notebook now known as the MacBook Air, but the large HD television set that wirelessly connects for its content.

This device’s existence is rumored once again for Tuesday’s Apple Special Event. Although the emphasis of the event will obviously be on notebooks and laptops, you just never know, especially with the AppleTV needing a rebirth.

This would be a bummer for me after just getting a new television set, but I’m still hoping for the AirMac and a revamped AppleTV.

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My Crazy Starbucks Secret Idea

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So what is Starbucks’ bigger-than-Venti secret coming up this Tuesday? Rumors on the web say a high end, upscale coffee made by hand that tastes great or free refills for a regular coffee drink. Boring!

Let’s go out on a crazy limb and collaborate with my favorite fruit company, Apple. There’s the hubbub of Apple’s iPhone and its Wi-Fi Music Store available in the Starbucks airwaves. There are also the rumors of a new business model for iPhones connected to an all-you-can-listen subscription. Instead of paying permanently for individual songs, you essentially get access to the entire iTunes music catalog. Sounds like a good idea once you look at the financial numbers.

How about combining both and offering unlimited access to the iTunes music catalog only while at Starbucks? So while you’re drinking your joe, you can download music to your iPhone’s 16-GB content. Would that make iPhone and music (and caffeine addicted) fanatics come back to Starbucks again and again? Probably, and you can’t be a complete music hog since you’ll run out of iPhone flash memory space soon enough.

So Starbucks gets a ton of repeat customers, Apple gets a bunch more iPhone sales, AT&T gets more wireless customers, and the music industry gets a stable influx of cash from the premium fee to access unlimited tunes.

Now this is a Venti big (and a crazy idea)!

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Apple Ready to Transform Once Again?

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MacWorld Expos are always fun but the best ones are when Apple goes nuts and does something unpredictable. Something like entering the cell phone industry with the iPhone.

Is the upcoming Macworld Expo starting on January 15 going to mark another transformation for Apple? Will Apple focus more on content for its entertainment market? There’s rumors that Apple will begin offering movie rentals via the iTunes Store. And now the businessman, Jay-Z, is said to be partnering with Apple as part of some kind of music label.

Interesting times ahead.

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The iPhat Coming Soon?

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Apple may be having a special event in early September to perhaps introduce new products, quite possibly new iPods. The event could happen on Wednesday, September 5 where the iPod family could be shaken up. The new iPods could feature full front screens, run OS X, and use flash memory instead.

A new Nano might go fat (I’ll call it the iPhat) though I’m not sure why this fat form factor. I guess the current Nano screen is too tiny to watch movies so the iPhat might be the answer for that?

My main question is will these new iPods qualify for Apple’s Major in Mac promotion currently on-going through September 16. You know the one where you buy a Mac and receive credit for a new iPod. So lucky buyers could get the new iMac (along with the new iLife ’08) and an iPhat. Now that’s a phat deal!

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AirMac Plasma Screen Rumor

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PowerPage has a rumor about the possible introduction of the AirMac at next week’s Macworld Expo. The AirMacs are plasma HDTVs with either 42 or 50-inch screens. They’re not just displays though, powered with Intel’s Viiv architecture running OS X, and includes Bluetooth, WiFi, and a special remote. Estimated cost $2599 and $3299.

This is exactly what the Tabasco Man needs to make his leap into the HD world!

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