Six Apple Computer Media releases
Please find to follow recent announcements made by Apple.
* Apple Launches iTunes for Windows
* Apple Updates iPod
* Apple and America Online Announce Online Music Alliance (US only)
* Apple and Pepsi to Give Away 100 Million Free Songs (US only)
* Apple Announces Mac OS X "Panther"
* Apple Announces Mac OS X Server "Panther"
Apple Launches iTunes for Windows
Second Generation Online Music Store Available Today for Mac & Windows Users
SAN FRANCISCO‹October 16, 2003‹Apple® today launched the second generation of its revolutionary iTunes® Music Store for
both Mac® and Windows users. The new iTunes Music Store offers Windows users the same online music store that Mac users
love (available in the US only) ‹with the same music catalogue, the same personal use rights and the same 99
cents-per-song pricing. Since its launch six months ago, music fans have purchased and downloaded more than 13 million
songs from the iTunes Music Store, making it the number one download music service in the world. With music from all
five major music companies and over 200 independent music labels, the iTunes Music Store catalogue is growing every day
and will offer more than 400,000 songs by the end of October.
"The iTunes Music Store has revolutionised the way people legally buy music online, and now it's available to tens of
millions more music lovers with iTunes for Windows," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "While our competitors haven't even
come close to matching our first generation, we're already releasing the second generation of the iTunes Music Store for
Mac and Windows."
Apple offers the unbeatable combination of the award-winning iTunes digital jukebox software, the pioneering iTunes
Music Store and the market-leading iPod� digital music player, providing music lovers with a seamless experience for
buying, managing and listening to their digital music collections anywhere. Windows iPod users can now use their iPod
with the award-winning iTunes digital jukebox software and enjoy the best digital music experience on any platform.
iTunes for Windows includes all the same great features that made it the best digital jukebox software for the Mac‹a
free download with no hidden charges for extra features, MP3 and pristine quality AAC encoding from audio CDs, Smart
Playlists, over 250 free Internet radio stations, and the ability to burn custom playlists to CDs and MP3 CDs, burn
content to DVDs to back-up an entire music collection and share music between computers via Rendezvous� over any
network, cross-platform.
Apple today also announced an online music alliance with America Online to provide instant, one-click registration to
the iTunes Music Store for AOL's more than 25 million U.S. members starting later this quarter. America Online will
integrate links to iTunes artists, albums and songs throughout its leading music site, AOL Music, which will give AOL
members the option to link directly to the specific iTunes Music Store page to preview and buy music as they browse and
read music news and reviews. Apple will offer selections of AOL's popular, original content such as Sessions@AOL and
BroadBAND Rocks! through the iTunes Music Store.
The new iTunes Music Store features exclusive tracks from more than 60 artists, including new exclusive tracks announced
today from Black Eyed Peas, Mary J. Blige, Coldplay, The Eagles, The Grateful Dead, Ben Harper, Yo-Yo Ma, Sarah
McLachlan, R.E.M., The Rolling Stones, Sting and Luther Vandross. The iTunes Music Store also debuted today a new
Celebrity Playlist feature with personal playlists created by several popular featured artists including Michelle
Branch, Dave Brubeck, Billy Corgan, Counting Crows, Sheryl Crow, Missy Elliott, Ben Folds, Herbie Hancock, Jack Johnson,
Kenna, Wynton Marsalis, Moby, Mark Ronson, Seal, Sting and Michael Stipe. In addition, the new iTunes Music Store
features album reviews, artist biographies and essentials lists of must-have albums for artists.
The new iTunes Music Store offers another industry first‹Apple's innovative and patent-pending online "Allowance"
feature which allows parents to automatically deposit funds into their kids' iTunes Music Store account every month.
This is the first time that parents can provide an alternative to illegal file sharing to their children. The new iTunes
Music Store also offers online gift certificates that can be sent to friends and family via e-mail to give the gift of
music to anyone.
In another pioneering move, the new iTunes Music Store now offers more than 5,000 audiobooks which can be purchased with
one click and listened to on any Mac or Windows computer as well as on iPods. iTunes is the only digital jukebox that
allows users to seamlessly purchase audiobooks in the same easy way that they purchase music. iTunes audiobooks are
encoded with superior audio quality and feature New York Times bestsellers and popular public radio programs from NPR
and PRI. In addition, the iTunes Music Store offers exclusive content not found digitally anywhere else, including
"Whipping Mek," an original story by Brian Herbert and bestselling novelist Kevin J. Anderson that bridges the Legends
of Dune trilogy novels "The Butlerian Jihad" and "The Machine Crusade."
The iTunes Music Store continues to offer Apple's legendary ease of use, making it the easiest way to discover, purchase
and download music online for both Mac and Windows. Users can easily search the entire music store to instantly locate
any song by title, artist or album, or browse the entire collection of songs by genre, artist and album. Users can
listen to free 30-second previews of any song in the store, then purchase and download their favorite songs or complete
albums in pristine digital quality. Songs can be burned at no extra cost onto an unlimited number of CDs for personal
use, played on up to any combination of three Mac or Windows computers, and listened to on an unlimited number of iPods.
Pricing & Availability
iTunes for Mac and Windows includes the iTunes Music Store (available in the US only) and is available as a free
download immediately from http://www.apple.co.nz/itunes/default.html. Purchase and download of songs from the iTunes
Music Store for Mac or Windows requires a valid credit card with a U.S. billing address. The iTunes Music Store requires
a Mac equipped with iTunes 4.1 and Mac OS® X version 10.1.5 or later or a PC equipped with iTunes 4.1 and Windows XP or
Windows 2000. Further information about Apple's digital music products can be found at www.apple.co.nz/iPod/default.html
and www.apple.co.nz/itunes/default.html.
Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in
the 1980s with the Macintosh. Apple is committed to bringing the best personal computing experience to students,
educators and creative professionals and consumers around the world through its innovative hardware, software and
Internet offerings.
NOTE TO EDITORS: For additional information visit Apple's PR website (www.apple.com/pr/) .
Apple Updates iPod
Adds Support for New Voice Recording & Photo Storage Accessories for Dockable iPods
SAN FRANCISCO‹October 16, 2003‹Apple® today announced a free software update for iPod�, the world's most popular
portable digital music player. The iPod software update adds support for new Belkin voice recording and photo storage
accessories for dockable iPods, allowing users to record hundreds of hours of audio and store thousands of digital
photos on their iPod. Available for both Mac® and Windows, the iPod software update also includes faster browsing and
accessing of large music libraries, the ability to sync On-The-Go playlists back to iTunes® and a new Music Quiz game
which tests a player's knowledge of their own iTunes music library.
"Apple's latest iPods have been a huge hit, becoming the most successful digital music players ever. With these new
added features there are even more great reasons to get one," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of
Worldwide Product Marketing. "We have worked together with Belkin to provide a simple and elegant solution to iPod
users' two most requested features, digital voice recording and photo storage."
With the new voice recording features, iPod users can use a Belkin Voice Recorder to record and instantly review over
600 hours of lectures, interviews or notes on a 40GB iPod. Once the iPod is connected to a Mac or Windows PC, the voice
notes are automatically synced with the computer just like songs and playlists are synced in the iTunes library. These
audio recordings are stored in WAV file format and can be easily edited or even sent to others via email. The Belkin
Voice Recorder for iPod is the first third-party voice recording accessory to take advantage of these new capabilities
in iPod. Belkin's ultra-compact Voice Recorder for iPod is equipped with a high-quality, omnidirectional microphone and
16mm speaker, works with all dockable iPods through the headphone connector and indicates recording status through
iPod's LCD screen.
iPod's new photo storage feature allows users to use a Belkin Media Reader to import, store and backup over 20,000
digital photos from a 3 megapixel camera onto a 40GB iPod and take them anywhere. This frees up valuable camera and
memory card storage space so users can continue to take pictures without the hassle and expense of buying and carrying
multiple memory cards. Once the iPod is connected to a Mac or Windows PC, the digital photos are easily transferred to a
user's computer and photo editing software. With Mac OS® X, iPhoto� will automatically recognise the iPod as a media
storage device and prompt users to transfer their photos into the iPhoto library‹just as if it were a camera, allowing
users to erase the photos after transfer if desired. The ideal tool for professional photographers and people on
vacation, Belkin's new Media Reader for iPod is the first third party iPod photo storage accessory. The Belkin Media
Reader for iPod connects easily though iPod's dock connector and supports the five most common memory card
formats‹CompactFlash, SmartMedia, Memory Stick, SD and MMC.
Pricing & Availability
The new iPod software update, Version 2.1, is available today as a free download from www.apple.co.nz/iPod/default.html
. iPods for Mac and Windows PCs are available for a suggested retail price of $579+GST for the 10GB iPod, $759+GST for
the 20GB iPod and $979+GST for the 40GB iPod through Apple Authorised Resellers. iPod requires a Mac with FireWire®
port, Mac OS X version 10.1.5 or later (Mac OS X v10.2 or later recommended) or a Windows PC with FireWire or USB 2.0
port, or Windows-certified FireWire or USB 2.0 card, Windows 2000, or Windows XP Home or Professional.
The new Belkin iPod accessories are also available starting today at www.belkin.com and www.apple.com
Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in
the 1980s with the Macintosh. Apple is committed to bringing the best personal computing experience to students,
educators and creative professionals and consumers around the world through its innovative hardware, software and
Internet offerings.
NOTE TO EDITORS: For additional information visit Apple's PR website (www.apple.com/pr/) .
Apple and America Online Announce Online Music Alliance
25 Million AOL Members Will Have Instant, One-Click Access to the iTunes Music Store for Windows & Mac SAN FRANCISCO‹October 16, 2003‹Apple® and America Online, Inc., the world's leading interactive services company, today
announced an alliance to provide instant, one-click registration to the iTunes® Music Store for AOL's more than 25
million U.S. members starting later this quarter. America Online will integrate links to iTunes artists, albums and
songs throughout its leading music site, AOL Music, which will give members the option to link directly to the specific
iTunes Music Store page to preview and buy music as they browse and read music news and reviews.
"Apple and AOL are making it easy for AOL's 25 million U.S. members to legally buy music online," said Steve Jobs,
Apple's CEO. "With just one click, AOL members will be able to legally preview, purchase and download music from the
iTunes Music Store's catalogue of more than 400,000 songs."
"Apple's iTunes Music Store is a runaway hit," said Jonathan Miller, chairman and CEO of America Online. "Today, Apple
and AOL are uniting the number one music destination site, AOL Music, with the number one music download site, Apple's
iTunes Music Store, to bring customers the most complete online digital music experience."
Apple's iTunes Music Store revolutionised the online music industry with its groundbreaking personal use rights and
one-click download directly into iTunes, Apple's integrated digital jukebox software‹all for just 99 cents per song
($US). Since its launch six months ago, music fans have purchased and downloaded more than 13 million songs from the
iTunes Music Store, making it the number one download music service. Apple today launched its second generation iTunes
Music Store for both Mac® and Windows users. With music from all five major music companies and over 200 independent
music labels, the iTunes Music Store catalogue is growing every day and will offer more than 400,000 songs by the end of
October.
AOL Music reaches the largest audience of online music fans in the world, with more than 16 million monthly unique
users, through a rich array of programming, products and services that make it easy to discover, experience, listen to
and buy music online. Among the groundbreaking programs on AOL Music are advance previews of songs and videos before
they are available anywhere else, live concerts and much more. AOL Music's offerings are available at the number one
Internet music destination, the AOL Music Channel, and throughout the AOL and AOL for Broadband services and America
Online's family of Web brands including Netscape, CompuServe, AIM, ICQ, Spinner, Winamp and SHOUTcast. Apple will offer
selections of AOL's popular, original content such as Sessions@AOL and BroadBAND Rocks! through the iTunes Music Store.
America Online, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX). Based in Dulles, Virginia, America
Online is the world's leader in interactive services, Web brands, Internet technologies and e-commerce services.
Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in
the 1980s with the Macintosh. Apple is committed to bringing the best personal computing experience to students,
educators and creative professionals and consumers around the world through its innovative hardware, software and
Internet offerings.
NOTE TO EDITORS: For additional information visit Apple's PR website (www.apple.com/pr/) .
Apple and Pepsi to Give Away 100 Million Free Songs
SAN FRANCISCO‹October 16, 2003‹Apple® and Pepsi-Cola North America today announced a historic promotion to legally give
away 100 million free songs to Mac® and Windows PC users from Apple's iTunes® Music Store (Available in the US only).
Beginning February 1, 100 million winning codes will be randomly seeded in 20 ounce and 1 litre bottles of Pepsi, Diet
Pepsi and Sierra Mist, and the winning codes will be redeemable for a free song from the iTunes Music Store. Winners
will simply go to Apple's iTunes Music Store ( www.iTunes.com ), enter the code found under the bottle cap and choose
any 99 cent song from the online store's vast catalogue of over 400,000 songs. The Pepsi iTunes promotion will kick-off
with a Super Bowl ad on February 1, 2004, and will run until March 31, 2004.
"iTunes has revolutionised the way we buy music," said Dawn Hudson, president of Pepsi-Cola North America. "iTunes
provides music fans with a fast, reliable and easy way to get the music they want, when they want it. During the Pepsi
iTunes promotion, they will be able to get more of their favourite music for free."
"This historic promotion to legally give away 100 million free songs will go down in history as igniting the legal
download market," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "Pepsi has marketed their products through music for generations, and
this is going to be another one that is remembered for decades."
Apple's iTunes Music Store revolutionised the online music industry with its groundbreaking personal use rights and
one-click download directly into iTunes, Apple's integrated digital jukebox software‹all for just 99 cents per song.
Since its launch six months ago, music fans have purchased and downloaded more than 13 million songs from the iTunes
Music Store, making it the number one download music service. Apple today launched its second generation iTunes Music
Store for both Mac and Windows PC users. With music from all five major music companies and over 200 independent music
labels, the iTunes Music Store is growing every day and will offer more than 400,000 songs.
The Pepsi iTunes promotion complements Pepsi's music initiatives. Pepsi has a long history of integrating music as a
core platform in their marketing programs. From Michael Jackson and Madonna to Shakira and Beyoncé, Pepsi has featured
the biggest recording artists and a diverse range of chart-topping music in marketing campaigns for decades. PEPSI
SMASH, a one-hour wall-to-wall music television show that debuted last summer on the WB TV network and featured live
musical performances, is one of Pepsi's ongoing music initiatives.
Purchase, N.Y.-based Pepsi-Cola North America (www.pepsi.com) is the $4 billion refreshment beverage unit of PepsiCo
Inc. in the United States and Canada. Its U.S. brands include Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Pepsi ONE, Wild Cherry Pepsi, Pepsi
Twist, Pepsi Blue, Pepsi Vanilla, Mountain Dew, Mountain Dew Code Red, Mountain Dew LiveWire, Sierra Mist, Mug, Slice,
Aquafina, FruitWorks, Dole single-serve juices and SoBe. The company also makes and markets North America's best-selling
ready-to-drink iced teas and coffees, respectively, via joint ventures with Lipton and Starbucks.
Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in
the 1980s with the Macintosh. Apple is committed to bringing the best personal computing experience to students,
educators and creative professionals and consumers around the world through its innovative hardware, software and
Internet offerings.
NOTE TO EDITORS: For additional information visit Apple's PR website (www.apple.com/pr/) .
Apple Announces Mac OS X "Panther"
Shipping October 25 With More Than 150 New Features
Apple® have announced that Mac OS® X version 10.3 "Panther," the next major release of the world's most advanced
operating system, will be available on Saturday, October 25, (NZ time). Panther delivers more than 150 breakthrough new
features including a completely new Finder� that provides one-click access to a user's favourite files and folders;
Exposé, a revolutionary new way to instantly see all open windows at once; and iChat AV, a complete desktop video
conferencing solution for business, education and consumers.
"Panther sets the new gold standard for operating systems," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "With more than 150 new
features, we're delivering innovations today that will not be seen in any other operating system for years to come."
Panther features a completely redesigned Finder with lightning-fast file searching that is up to six times faster than
Mac OS X version 10.2. The new Finder provides one-click access by putting a user's favourite folders, storage, servers
and iDisk in one convenient location. The new Finder also offers dynamic browsing of the network for Mac®, Windows and
UNIX file servers.
Panther also introduces Exposé, a revolutionary new way to instantly view all open windows and choose any of them to be
on top. Exposé visually unshuffles overlapping windows on the desktop into an organised thumbnail view so a user can
instantly locate and switch to any open window or get to any file on the desktop. Powered by the Mac OS X Quartz�
graphic engine, Exposé is a breakthrough in working with multiple files, applications and projects.
Panther extends instant messaging to the next level with iChat AV, the world's easiest to use desktop video conferencing
solution, offering full-screen, full-motion video over broadband, crystal-clear audio and a familiar easy-to-use
interface. iChat makes natural conversations over the Internet immediate and effortless, and has been enjoyed by over
half a million beta users since its introduction in June.
Other new features in Panther include: · Fast User Switching to elegantly switch between active users without having to
quit applications or log out; · FileVault, which uses the latest security standards and 128-bit encryption technology to
ensure that data in the home directory is kept secure and private at all times; · Font Book, a new application that
provides system-level font management with double-click font preview, one-click installation and an intuitive interface
for managing font collections, and activating or deactivating fonts; · the world's fastest PDF reader in a significantly
improved Preview application, with super-fast text searching that builds an instant index of search results in a PDF,
text selection and copying, URL support and support for the PDF 1.4 format; · a fully integrated iDisk that increases
productivity by automatically syncing a user's offline work to their .Mac Internet server storage once they're online
again, so users can work locally on files with hard drive speeds and have them synced automatically back to their iDisk
later; · enhanced Mail, with advanced spam filtering technology and the ability to organise mail into convenient threads
to make it easy to read, file or delete related emails; · a new Address Book that includes powerful new features for
printing labels and easily notifying contacts when a user's personal information changes; · integrated faxing synced
with the Address Book so sending and receiving faxes is as easy as printing, and includes support for adding cover
pages; · enhanced Windows compatibility that ensures files, printers and network services can easily be shared with
Windows users. Support for Microsoft Exchange is built into Mail and Address Book to make it easy to access Exchange
email and sync address book entries; · advancements to the open-standard UNIX-based foundation, including support for
the latest open source libraries, commands and technologies, X11 applications, IPv6, Kerberos integration and a greatly
improved NFS file system; · Xcode�, the fastest way to create Mac OS X applications. Xcode combines an easy-to-use
interface with proven developer tools such as GCC 3.3 to make it easy for developers to take advantage of the latest
technologies from Apple; and · the latest versions of iSync, iCal�, iPhoto�, iMovie®, iTunes® and Apple's new default
web browser, Safari�. Pricing & Availability
Mac OS X version 10.3 "Panther" will be available on October 25 (NZ time) through Apple Authorised Resellers for a
suggested retail price of $249+GST for a single user license.. The Mac OS X Panther Family Pack is a single-residence,
five-user license that will be available for a suggested retail price of $379+GST. Volume and maintenance pricing is
available from Apple Authorised Resellers. The standard Mac OS Up-To-Date upgrade package is available to all customers
who purchase a new Mac system on or after October 8; all customers who purchased a Power Mac® G5 regardless of purchase
date that do not have Panther included; and customers who purchase the Mac OS X version 10.2 retail product on or after
October 8 for a shipping and handling fee of $40 include GST
Panther requires a minimum of 128MB of memory and is designed to run on the following Apple products with built-in USB
support: iMac,® iBook®, Power Macintosh® G3, Power Mac G4, Power Mac G4 Cube, Power Mac G5, PowerBook G3, PowerBook G4
Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in
the 1980s with the Macintosh. Apple is committed to bringing the best personal computing experience to students,
educators and creative professionals and consumers around the world through its innovative hardware, software and
Internet offerings.
NOTE TO EDITORS: For additional information visit Apple's PR website (www.apple.com/pr/) .
Apple Announces Mac OS X Server "Panther"
Shipping October 25 With More Than 150 New Features Apple® have announced that Mac OS® X Server version 10.3 "Panther," the most advanced release of Apple's award-winning
UNIX-based server operating system ever with over 150 new features, will ship at the same time as Panther on October 25
(NZ time). Panther Server integrates leading open source and open standards software with easy-to-use management tools
that make it easy to deploy popular open source solutions for Mac®, Windows and Linux clients. New features include a
revolutionary Server Admin tool that makes it easy for administrators to set up and manage the open source software
built in to Mac OS X; Open Directory 2 for hosting scalable LDAP directory and Kerberos authentication services; Samba 3
for providing login and home directory support for Windows clients; and the JBoss application server for running
powerful J2EE applications.
"With more than 150 new features, Panther Server is the biggest release of Mac OS X Server ever," said Philip Schiller,
Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. "Panther Server combines the most popular solutions from
the open source world with breakthrough management tools to create the most powerful and easy-to- use server for Mac,
Windows and UNIX users."
Apple is the first major vendor to ship a server operating system with Samba 3, the latest version of the popular open
source project that delivers high-performance, reliable file and print services to Windows clients. Now Windows users
can authenticate against Panther Server directly from a PC login window. Panther Server can also host their Windows home
directories and support Windows "roaming profiles." By tightly integrating Samba 3 with Apple's Open Directory, Panther
Server makes it easy for users to access their accounts from either a Mac or a Windows-based PC.
In addition, Apple's revolutionary new Server Admin tool makes it easy for system administrators to set up, manage and
monitor the complete set of services built into Panther Server. For example, with a couple of mouse clicks, customers
can deploy OpenLDAP and Kerberos for directory and authentication, Samba for Windows support, Postfix for email and
Apache for hosting web sites.
Other open standardsbased network services in Panther Server designed for mixed-client environments include Open
Directory 2, a robust LDAP directory and Kerberos authentication server based on OpenLDAP, Berkeley DB and MIT's
Kerberos KDC that delivers industrial-strength scalability and security. An all new mail server rebuilt from the ground
up using the open source Postfix SMTP and Cyrus IMAP and POP servers provides an open architecture for integrating with
spam and virus filtering solutions, and SSL for secure email. In addition, a new VPN server built into Panther Server
supports Mac OS X, Windows or UNIX clients using PPTP and L2TP tunnelling protocols. Panther Server also includes an
updated release of Apache, the world's most popular web server along with Apache Tomcat and Apache Axis for creating
powerful web services.
Pricing & Availability
Mac OS X Server version 10.3 "Panther" will be available beginning Saturday, October 25th (NZ time) through Apple
Authorised Resellers for a suggested retail price of $925+GST for a 10-client edition and $1,850+GST for an
unlimited-client edition. Volume and maintenance pricing is available through Apple Authorised Resellers. The standard
Mac OS Up-To-Date upgrade package is available to all customers who purchase a new Xserve® on or after October 8 that
did not have Panther Server included and to customers who purchase the Mac OS X Server version 10.2 retail product on or
after October 8 for a shipping and handling fee of $40 include GST.
Panther Server works together with Apple's powerful Xserve rack-mount server hardware and is designed to run on Power
Mac® G5, G4 and G3 computers with a minimum of 128MB RAM, 4GB of available disk space and built-in USB. Apple ignited
the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with
the Macintosh. Apple is committed to bringing the best personal computing experience to students, educators and creative
professionals and consumers around the world through its innovative hardware, software and Internet offerings.
NOTE TO EDITORS: For additional information visit Apple's PR website (www.apple.com/pr/) .