iTunes 9 screenshots surface. We call fake

COMMENT: Nothing but a bad Photoshop job

iTunes 9 screenshots surface. We call fake. Comment, Audio, Software, Apple, iTunes, Rumours, iTunes 9, Photos 0

11 August 2009 20:42 GMT / By Stuart Miles

Images of what are reportedly screenshots of iTunes 9 have turned up online on Tuesday, however talking to a number of imaging experts Pocket-lint believe they are fakes.

Apple might be about to release a new version of the music software complete with Blu-ray support and social networking elements, it's just a shame that these aren't them.

First image
1. In the first picture, the one that shows you the About iTunes information, on closer examination shows that smudging and cloning has occurred around the 9. Additionally the base curve of the 9 is unconventional with the font

2. Furthermore the 9 is higher than the T in iTunes, which is inconsistent with the current iTunes 8 version.

3. There is no shadow on the iTunes about me element

Second image
1. In the second image, which shows a last.fm element on the left hand navigation highlighted, there are a number of errors with this. Firstly in iTunes the words when highlighted with a blue bar are white not black.

2. again on closer inspection there is a white border around the edges of the last.fm logo suggesting it has been cropped from elsewhere.

3. In the last.fm picture the J.Lo page refers to "Tags:", however on last.fm the site always refers to "Tagged as:"

4. J.Lo's "Ain't It Funny" according to the screen grab has 6,982,126 plays, however on last.fm it claims only 156,080 plays from 54,521 listeners.

5. No mention of the amount of listeners on the image, which isn't in keeping with last.fm's data issued on the site.

6. No reference in the last.fm image to related tracks as on last.fm page, while similar artists aren't featured on last.fm, but strangely here in "iTunes 9"

Third image
1. In this image there are also errors. While the "Social" menu selection is plausible it is more likely just a playlist created by the creator. The icon is the same.

2. It also shows that words are highlighted in white not black as in image two.

3. Last.fm above remains in a bold font face, which is inconsistent with other menu elements in the picture and within iTunes 8.

4. There are no elements in the social playlist suggesting whoever made the image didn't think to fill in all the gaps.

5. The small Facebook and Twitter icons again have white borders around them suggesting they've been cropped from another source

What do you think? Let us know in the comments below.

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Comments

  • I agree. A couple things I also noticed which are further prove these as fakes.
    Not only does the About box not have a shadow, but the rounded corners give
    away the poor masking by showing a white pixel which should be fully transparent.
    I also find it odd Apple would use the default playlist icon for a shiny "New" social feature.     Posted by Wesley Long, Canada
  • Anyone remember the call of fake on the Mac mini? Would be worth finding ut which OS or where on a Mac highlighted text would behave as it does in the images.
    Posted by Tom, England
  • zzzzzzz...... Posted by Mark Edwards, Australia
  • In the first image the 9 does not look right almost as if it has been entered over another number such as 8??? Posted by Matthew, England
  • Again in the first, the mouse pointer is Mac-like, complete with shadow, but the font used in the sidebar and in the About box is the default Windows font. Posted by Bill, USA
  • Im not sure if this is something you just.. overlooked, but presumably if this is new software it would be copyrighted/trademarked beyond 2001. Posted by Vigilante, Scotland
  • Vigilante, that 2001 copyright element if for the Dolby Labs licence - load up your current version of iTunes and watch the credits scroll through on the About element that appears.

    Thanks for the suggestion though

    stuart     Posted by stuartmiles, United Kingdom
  • I have window shadows turned off on my MacBook to preserve battery life, so that's hardly damning evidence. The rest is however. Posted by Colin, UK
  • If that Last.fm tab was really highlighted on iTunes, the font would be in white, not black. Posted by Michael Davies, United Kingdom
  • If you like the idea of sharing your favorite songs via Facebook, Twitter, and Email from your iPhone or iPod Touch, check out the Mobile Music Messenger (MMM) app that just went live in the iTunes app store today http://bit.ly/mefQp Posted by Seth Socolow, USA

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