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- Carv, on 10/12/2007, -4/+24And what is the credibility of this person? I'll believe him tomorrow, if there is a new iPod.
- yoshu, on 10/12/2007, -12/+9@Carv
Yeah, he's probably trying to pull an april fools joke on you. If he wasn't, he probably would have just plain told you that he's a developer for the new video ipod web page.
Oh, wait he did.
Do you want his work id so he can get fired, and you can be sure it's accurate?
Me too. - Cosmosis, on 10/12/2007, -41/+5beh
- Oakes, on 10/12/2007, -8/+21My God, how did this make it to the front page?
Can somebody please tell me?
This didn't even make it on ThinkSecret's front page, for crissake! What does that say about us! - soogy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+37An ANONYMOUS source has CONFIRMED something? Since when do these two words go together?
- scotty1024, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13Please Lord, let it have Bluetooth 2.0+EDR so I can watch videos at lunch and eat my PBJ on Wonder without ear screeching interference from the 100 WiFi Access Points surrounding me in the park in front of the Federal Building where the pigeons come to beg me for some of your bounty. And Lord, if it does, I promise not to play any Brittany Spears on it or any filthy thought inspiring videos of Jennifer Lopez, you know the ones I'm talking about right? Of course you do, sorry!
Amen. - anonymouse1, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13I can confirm this story...just check my name. ^^^
-anonymouse (trust me, its valid.) - adamS, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Just a quick primer on how Bluetooth works, scotty1024, since you seem to be woefully uninformed. It makes use of a frequency hopping technique that effectively jumps between almost 80 different channels, 1600 times a second. This essentially eliminates any potential for interference, even in an environment saturated with 802.11 signals operating on the same frequencies.
I've used Bluetooth extensively in such environments, and have never had experience problems.
- yoshu, on 10/12/2007, -12/+9@Carv
- SixSider, on 10/12/2007, -3/+33Sigh. Take this with a grain of salt. It's from a poster in the thinksecret forum.
Here's the complete post:
"Hashmir wrote on Apr 04, 2006 at 11:33:
The new Ipod will be released tommorow April 5th. I cannot release my true identity but i can tell you that im affiliated with Apples website. I have peronally seen the ipod and have done work on the webpage introducing the new ipod. The ipod will have a 3.5 inch display starting at 50GB and going up to 100GB. It will also feature bluetooth technology. The battery on the ipod will playback up to 30 hours of music. And 15 hours of video. This is all i can tell you but rest assure that you will know tommorow."
Yes, that's a reliable source.- romman00, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4FWIW:A New Post on ThinkSecret:
babar the snake wrote on Apr 04, 2006 at 20:56:
I work with Hashmir. Although he did work for Apple on the website, andhe did infact set up the page for the new iPod, the new iPod will bereleased sometime in June, and content revisions will be added to theweb page of the new iPod, since June is a long ways from now. Anyway,face the reality... a new iPod with no press release? Also, Hashmir ismaking numbers up in his head. It will feature bluetooth, but it willfeature 4 hours of video playback, not 15, and there will only be 15hours of music playback. There will be two sized hard drives, 40GB and80GB. Eveything else Hashmir said is true, though. - TheNik, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8I see that Apple just needs to find a "Hashmir" in their midst. Wait, it's a computer company, that narrows it down to 88% of their employees.
- Potcaster, on 10/12/2007, -4/+17I just talked to Hasmir's cousin, *****, ***** told me that the Video Ipod will not be Bluetooth, but will in fact support Apple's own proprietory system known as "IblueTooth", I bluetooth or "JollyRancher", which is the name it will go by, is a special highspeed lower powered wireless system that is secretly built in the new intel macs, so it won't work with any of the other macs either.
- ThatsUnpossible, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Is this the same Hashmir featured in the same thread two months ago:
Hashmir wrote on Feb 15, 2006 at 11:24:
How much would this cost? $300? - RamezaniK, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Apparently Hashmir's colleague, babar the snake, has a broken space bar.
- romman00, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4FWIW:A New Post on ThinkSecret:
- MicHalpin, on 10/12/2007, -16/+11since when does apple release something on a wednesday?
- Carv, on 10/12/2007, -4/+33Since the 5G.
- hansdg1, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3why does it matter when they're going to release something? all that matters is that they will.
- Flyngwalrus, on 10/12/2007, -4/+17"... rest assure that you will know tomorrow."
I'm sure he's a much better at web design than he is at English.- Markdoggin, on 10/12/2007, -9/+12"I'm sure he's a much better at web design than he is at English."
Don't you mean engrish - Kiri, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2This is total crap.
- epic9, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2"I'm sure he's a much better at web design than he is at English."
Your post seems ironic... - ThatsUnpossible, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Your incorrect use of "irony" seems... unlike a coincidence.
- Markdoggin, on 10/12/2007, -9/+12"I'm sure he's a much better at web design than he is at English."
- kuchdawg, on 10/12/2007, -9/+5usually it is released on a Wednesday
- MicHalpin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8you would think that the ipod everyone has been waiting for would get some sort of big press conference with invitations, some kind of keynote presentation, sorry but I just don't think that this reliable source is real.
- SixSider, on 10/12/2007, -6/+8While not putting any weight on this, the arguememnt could be made that the backlash from the last announcement ("come see some fun stuff") and all the speculation this weekend, may have led them to play this stealth plan. Let the internet swim with rumor in the vaccuum and them BAM!
Also, monkey's wearing tutus, smoking clove cigarettes and singing songs from Mama Mia are flyin' from my butt.
- r3aper, on 10/12/2007, -3/+16I'll belive it when I see it. Though the silence this weekend was weird...
- BlindIrishman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Indeed, wasn't there supposed to be a "huge" annoucement or something?
- royall64, on 10/12/2007, -5/+8That's like saying "I have a DS Lite." Either they're Japanise or pulling your leg.
- MicHalpin, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5no not really cause the ds lite is real. Either the poster is Steve Jobs or pulling you leg.
- skyshock21, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2The DS Lite from Japan apparently doesn't have any region coding restrictions. So you can play all our games on it. It's nice from what I understand, but good luck getting ahold of one for a reasonable price. They're on eBay for $200-300, and Lik-Sang is out of stock.
- wyld, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4I'm still waiting for a nice small widescreen player .. i had a PSP but sold it as it just didn't do what i had hoped (and i got it for free with my new mobile phone). all i want is to be able to hold 20G worth of re-encoded divx movies, scaled to fir the screen. fingers crossed, but i'm not holding my breath.
- mjones, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The Cowon A2 fits the bill here. I got tired of waiting for a "true" video iPod, so I picked one of these up. Widescreen, plays Divx/Xvid, 20GB or 30GB hard drive, *10 hr* battery life. I love my iPod mini, but this thing rules for portable video.
- thelastknowngod, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5i think its fake but even so i wouldnt buy it. 100gb? has to be a notbook drive meaning it will be huge. probably a cheap screen to compensate for the large drive, wireless, and battery. you think apple would settle? i dont think so... there is no way this is true.
- harrydude, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17Oh ya I can EASILY believe that Apple increased the battery life for video playback from 2 hours to 15 hours..... .rolls eyes.
- skyshock21, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15If the guy REALLY wanted to hype this device, he would have said it plays Ogg, FLAC, wma, mp3, AAC, ALL video formats, has integrated wi-fi, built in web-browser, runs OSX embedded, has a 2000:1 contrast ratio 16:9 HD-capable screen, w/ a 100 Gig drive, is in a stainless-steel case with scratch-proof screen, costs under $200, and gives you a blowjob on command.
Anything short of that, and I'll gladly take a Cowon A2 over the Apple iPos. - jimboe, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1ROFL, i would so buy one...
- nsbomb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Lmao, you forgot it supports dual boot with Linux
...god since when did adding a couple megs of code void your warranty...
- skyshock21, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15If the guy REALLY wanted to hype this device, he would have said it plays Ogg, FLAC, wma, mp3, AAC, ALL video formats, has integrated wi-fi, built in web-browser, runs OSX embedded, has a 2000:1 contrast ratio 16:9 HD-capable screen, w/ a 100 Gig drive, is in a stainless-steel case with scratch-proof screen, costs under $200, and gives you a blowjob on command.
- oneshare325, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11I don't buy it!!!
But if it is real (I would buy it!) - scrambled, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6If it is true, even though I doubt it, I'm going to be pissed. I bought the 5G yesterday.
- MicHalpin, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4you can take it back to the apple store within 2 weeks, you have to pay a 10% open box fee. That what I'm going to do if it turns out to be real, I got a 30GB 5G on Saturday.
- MicHalpin, on 10/12/2007, -4/+11New comment on think secret:
babar the snake wrote on Apr 04, 2006 at 20:56:
I work with Hashmir. Although he did work for Apple on the website, and he did infact set up the page for the new iPod, the new iPod will be released sometime in June, and content revisions will be added to the web page of the new iPod, since June is a long ways from now. Anyway, face the reality... a new iPod with no press release? Also, Hashmir is making numbers up in his head. It will feature bluetooth, but it will feature 4 hours of video playback, not 15, and there will only be 15 hours of music playback. There will be two sized hard drives, 40GB and 80GB. Eveything else Hashmir said is true, though.- nmoreau, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2Sounds more real already - June seems really far away... but we will have to wait a little longer.
I do wish that the battery was more than just 4 hours... I can buy two batteries for my Powerbook and get a lot more juice and a bigger screen for the same price as an iPod... - colincsl, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9people that make multiple accounts are fun
- nmoreau, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2Sounds more real already - June seems really far away... but we will have to wait a little longer.
- TheDarkTipper, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Its always "A anonymous source" never like Dave Smith or some real name.
- jgee, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Well...obviously, If this is true, why would the source reveal themselves. Think of it this way, if you worked for apple, creating their website, would you want to be revealed, and lose your job.
- brandizzle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I don't think it's true...but if I was trying to get someone to believe me I would just make up a name. So in an odd way that makes it a little more credible. Or the person's just stupid.
- your_mom, on 10/12/2007, -12/+2yea, the 6G ipod is gonna be released tomorrow, and that is the same day my PS3 ships. WHAT A DAY!!!!!
wow, i cant beleive the site is down. MAYBE TIS CUZ THERE PREPARING FOR IT!!!. i cant wait for those ppl to start thinking that so we can laugh in thier faces, when they cut themselves tomorrow. - RUSSEL760, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0i dont think its true but if it does come true im going to be pissed i just got my video a month ago
- chicken101, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Well, if this is real, we'll know real soon. That guy doesn't have a good reason to lie, considering he's saying it's being introduced tomorrow, so I think there may be a slight possibility this is true.
Anyone want to take bets? - Sonizel, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2and the digg effect has already been completed
- hookid, on 10/12/2007, -9/+1"The new Ipod will be released tommorow April 5th. I cannot release my true identity but i can tell you that im affiliated with Apples website. I have peronally seen the ipod and have done work on the webpage introducing the new ipod. The ipod will have a 3.5 inch display starting at 50GB and going up to 100GB. It will also feature bluetooth technology. The battery on the ipod will playback up to 30 hours of music. And 15 hours of video. This is all i can tell you but rest assure that you will know tommorow."
- Judman, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7How did this get on the front page?
- dusingaz, on 10/12/2007, -4/+9dumb diggers
- bordo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8It's stories like these that test my faith in the digg community sometimes
- jmcmunn, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1"dumb diggers"
give this man anything he wants, he speaks the truth.
- BSpolice, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5Rumors get reported as lame.
- fatcat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12*WOOSH*
OMG was that a pig that just flew by? - DEFSMAC, on 10/12/2007, -4/+4since when does apple hire the guy from hashmir and kumar go to white castle to work on their website? sounds bogus to me.
- enanogrande1, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4HAROLD and Kumar, not Hashmir.
- charge, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1this is as exciting as those fun new things
- kingfoot, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1BS it would cost like $600
- SlashNot, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1lmao those are the most ridiculous specs I have ever seen.
- Ascendant, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13This thread is useless without old recycled photoshopped fake pics.
- DaffyDuck, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Marked it as innacurate. This is a big release and Steve will want to present it to a crowd. There will be no such crowd tomorrow. Also, the specs are too good to be true. Lastly, t would be too easy for Apple to figure out who the snitch was as he revealed too much info already.
- Slipdisc, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2inaccurate and buried
marked as such - newaffect, on 10/12/2007, -6/+0I will wait
- d38as3r, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Warning: The Content in this Article is Under Review
Durrr! - green67, on 10/12/2007, -11/+2poop for all....got dugged be4 time ran out!!!!...weeeeeeeeeeee
- diskopo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Steve Ballmer? I didn't know you read digg!
- hookid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Apple isn't going to release a product without a press release or anything. They never have so why would they now? Think about it, no ipod is coming tommorow PERIOD.
- JalenJade, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Rumors are lame and so is this story..
- itsonlyb, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1All this is is just a bogus hoax to have all you people think its real.
AND generate traffic for the website.... - clydefrog, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I hope this is true, but if it is it will cost $$$$
- wrc_michael, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4They forgot to mention that not only is Apple unveling the video iPod but also announcing their new automobile division tomorrow. Yea right!
- JayA, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2April 5th is tommorow. Like, in 2 hours and 76 minutes
- reaver, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1*****. Why do these stories keep getting dugg to the front page?
- SlashNot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1because people are morons.
not like anyone will see this, cuz people bury every little comment that isny along the lines of "yes i cant wait for this ipod that has impossible or unaffordable specs and we all need to jump off the dick of apple!"
- SlashNot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1because people are morons.
- swissdietcoke, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5This thing would need a car battery to have 15 hours of video playback...
- swifty, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3"15 hours of video playback"
Considering the 5g could only squeeze out 1-2 hours of video playback I find this highly unlikely. - adamlaz2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Well, we can all only hope... When I see it, I will believe it. Until then it is just a dream :-p.
- levyjl1988, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1is this true? If false then flame the site! Mahahahaha.
- Akina, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I really would like a portable video player with a good amount of video playback time. 1-2 hours just isn't enough. I hope the 6G takes it up a considerable notch.
- dandyhighwayman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14Dug around a bit and found Hashmir's homepage: http://www.marilyncarolyn.com/hashmirspage.htm
If this is the best he can do, no wonder he doesn't work for Apple anymore!- MicHalpin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Taken from Hashmir's website
It has a 35" scream, shows videos and audios, and has batters that last 15 daze without replugging.
if he does work for apple he just got fired becuase there is a pic of him on his site. - techhit9908, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Oh man. That's crazy. I've seen kids do better than that. Hell I've seen MYSPACE pages better than that. If they're an I pod release tomorrow I might just buy one.
- Akina, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Priceless! XD
- jmcmunn, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1
Dude, you rock. Errr...I mean Hashmir's site rocks. ;-) - LoganKriete, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Hashmir's Site:
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Hello! I am web designer for many companie's. One company i works for is the Apple. they are coming out with a new iPod tomorrow on April 5. I helped design the website so i should know! But it is a secret this, so don't tell anyone. It has a 35" scream, shows videos and audios, and has batters that last 15 daze without replugging.
This thing is awesome! And I am only one who know, 'cause I desine web site. I am Hashmir. Thanks for coming to and looking on my pages for awhile.
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Disregarding all the horrible spelling AND grammar mistakes ("companie's"? People usually spell plurals either correctly [companies] or with the incorrect possesive quote [company's], but I've never seen them combined!), why the hell would he release a "it is a secret this" (his words for "secret") on his webpage? He gives everything away and then (basically) says "shhhh!!! don't tell anyone!!!". Anyone else note the irony in that? What the hell is he doing? Being a hypocrite? Apparently. Besides that (and the fact that he manages to both misspell and spell correctly "design" [desine? I feel like I'm back in math class...cosine, sine, etc.]), I'm very impressed by these specifications he so gladly distributes to the entire world. A 35" inch scream? Really? I didn't even know screams had lengths which could be measured! And if he meant "screen", that's pretty amazing of Apple to come up with a 35" screen which is still "impossibly small". Moving on to the new iPod's ability to show "audios" (I for one have never seen an audio - have you?), it claims it also includes batters which can last 15 daze without replugging. Wow. First of all, when have any MLB players been included in an iPod? Second of all, when have any MLB players need plugging in? Third of all, "daze" means a feeling of shock and/or confusion - so these professional batters can last through 15 feelings of confusion before they need to plugged in again? (And I don't even want to think about where they get plugged into). Finally, he claims he is the only one who knows, since he designed the website. Well, I think that if Apple were really making this, more people than just an outsourced web page designer would know. And his reason makes no sense. I can go make a website right now which proclaims that Windows Vista will be offered free of charge and open-source. But I'm the only one who knows, since I made the page! It must be true - Microsoft doesn't even know! Pathetic. And then he restates "I am Hashmir" as one sentence in the last paragraph. As if it were so hard to identify him. I actually thought I was reading Donald Trump's personal blog until that last sentence. Thank God he set me straight!
This sort of horrible grammar on the web is what has really contributed to the decline of culture here on the internet. Bad grammar and spelling run amok, and people don't have any regard for the sanctity of clarity in communications anymore. I could've easily written this entire rant in internet shorthand and saved a few bytes on diggs servers, but at what? The cost of clarity. Half of the internet would look at it and say "What the hell is he trying to say", while the other half would flame me to death over their interpretations of what I really meant. And yes, I realize that I've digressed from the debunking of Hashmir's confirmation to a rant about internet grammar, and for that I apologize.
Finally, I have one comment to Hashmir directly - regarding that picture on his homepage. Get rid of it. If that's what you're like in real life, then good luck ever finding a girl or getting laid - you've apparently already blown both chances with your impression of a retarded painter-genie.
--Logan - tylerni7, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1What the hell is up with that site? Did you just make it up to see how many people would believe your crap?
No, no... silly me... no one would ever make stuff up and try to see how many people will believe it... that's just crazy...
- MicHalpin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Taken from Hashmir's website
- jk_baller23, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3And it will be the size of a brick. I am reliable so you can trust me :P
- EvilVin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I call shenanigans.
- Auronius, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Seriously, if they send out invitations for a press event to unveil leather cases, they're going to do one for the video ipod.
- junghokim, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1but wouldnt the suprise element of releasing a video ipod without a press event really create buzzes around the internet? everyone will be talking about how much unexpected it is. i think it could work, but i still have my doubts something will come out tomorrow.
- DeltaZ113, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0wow...comments that were put up recently at the end of a thinksecret article... makes you wonder about the mental condition of the submitter...
- Ireland, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1If this turs out to be a lie lets all tea-bag this fecker!
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