iPod Touch Details?

[bdkennedy1]

Well, if it's thicker than the iPhone then it must have a 1.8" hard drive in it.

It totally don't see myself finger-banging my iPod, so I'm just going to stick with my click-wheel.

 

[iPoodOverZune]

Why would be thicker than the iPhone? It would have less 'functions' so I don't understand why.

coz it will house a (120GB/160GB, may be) hard disk instead of flash!

 

[Quickdood]

I Doubt it

i think this home button can lead to speculation of it having wifi.

Whats the point of a home botton if it just plays music, video, and photos. you cant do two of those at the same time except photos and music but why add the home botton just for that.

wifi adds email, web browsing, ichat would be great...... maybe they didnt include an ichat like feature on the iphone becouse they are saving it for the wifi enabled ipod

i am very optomistic

The home button will prob be used for games and other applications. I don't see how they could have wifi on it, wifi = FCC approval, which is unlikely to happen before the end of september because the FCC would have leaked details by now.

 

[milo]

Why would be thicker than the iPhone? It would have less 'functions' so I don't understand why.

My guess would be battery or capacity.

 

[network23]

I agree, I still like the tactile feeling of the buttons. Especially if I'm "eek" driving. I don't want to look at the iPod when I'm supposed to be concentrating on the road. Trying to fumble with it with both hands etc. I hope they don't get to futuristic that it'll kill the brand.

or steve might do with the gestures and have it so slide ur finger right = next song left=last song u knw?

I think there's your answer right there. No silly circular "clickwheel" type interface on the screen taking up most of the space. No need for tactile buttons. With the gestures, all you need to do is be able to find the screen, then you just do your gesture to skip song, move forward/back, pause/play, whatever. Maybe some little icon that will bring up a display of the gestures available, and maybe a simple control scheme for when you are/can interact with the screen. But that would be the most usable or Apple-like solution.

And I've said it before. No wifi. Apple could have added wifi to the iPod long ago and chose not to. They don't see it as being a necessary feature. No wifi also keeps the valley between the iPod and iPhone sufficiently wide, making it easy to (1) pick one or the other or (2) justify both. In my case I'll buy both. My iPhone for when I don't need or want my entire library of songs, my iPod for trips or when I do want lots of music choice.

 

[iSpud]

Are you sure it needs wifi approval? That would mean the new Alu iMacs should have been leaked. I think you are confusing Wi-Fi with cell phone tech.

 

[RichyHo]

Glass and Alumin(i)um

I reckon glass front, black border, alumin(i)um edge and black back - just like new iMac. Would look nice IMHO.

 

[homeboy]

I reckon glass front, black border, alumin(i)um edge and black back - just like new iMac. Would look nice IMHO.

Alu edge seem most likely in order to protect the screen in case of a call. I wonder where this leave the good old white!!!!

 

[plumbingandtech]

Well, if it's thicker than the iPhone then it must have a 1.8" hard drive in it.

It totally don't see myself finger-banging my iPod, so I'm just going to stick with my click-wheel.

Or not.

For all we know the innards of this model (osx) is "bigger" (forcing the extra thickness and using flash) then the innards of the pixo models.

Time will tell.

 

[Wayfarer]

Anyone else getting fed up with all these recent oubursts of claims made by 9to5mac?

 

[milo]

I agree, I still like the tactile feeling of the buttons. Especially if I'm "eek" driving. I don't want to look at the iPod when I'm supposed to be concentrating on the road. Trying to fumble with it with both hands etc. I hope they don't get to futuristic that it'll kill the brand.

According to the article, there will be one or more touchscreen models, but still clickwheel models available. If you want "tactile" it just means you want one of the other models.

 

[drugs!]

you guys are seriously delusional if you think the ipod will have wifi

 

[milo]

Anyone else getting fed up with all these recent claims made by 9to5mac?

No. Although we'll be able to judge the rumors better once we know if they're true or false.

They're certainly going out on a limb. Once the real deal is announced their credibility will either be zero or extremely high.

 

[macintel4me]

Here it is, IMO....

iPod Shuffle ($50 - $100, buttons, Flash) = Music Player + Very Limited Capacity

iPod Nano ($150-$200, click-wheel, Flash) = Music Player + Limited Video Player + Limited Capacity

iPod Touch ($200-$250, multitouch-screen, Flash) = Music Player + Video Player + Limited Capacity

iPod Video ($250-$350, multitouch-screen, HDD) = Music Player + Video Player + Large Capacity

 

[kugino]

I reckon glass front, black border, alumin(i)um edge and black back - just like new iMac. Would look nice IMHO.

i want to say "no" on the glass screen and aluminum b/c of price, but with the big deal steve made about glass/aluminum during the imac unveiling, i think glass/aluminum is a strong possibility.

 

[~Shard~]

Anyone else getting fed up with all these recent oubursts of claims made by 9to5mac?

Since they were right about the new iMacs, not really... New rumors are always welcome - in case you haven't noticed, it's what we like to discuss here.

 

[i0Nic]

Anyone else getting fed up with all these recent oubursts of claims made by 9to5mac?

No... finally we're getting some good rumours. Time will tell if they are accurate. They were right about the imacs but that could have been a good educated guess.

 

[lazyrighteye]

Why would be thicker than the iPhone? It would have less 'functions' so I don't understand why.

European 3G iPhone?

 

[rbroady]

if no wifi

then what about bluetooth

bluetooth headphones would be awesome with an ipod

 

[RichyHo]

... with the big deal steve made about glass/aluminum during the imac unveiling, i think glass/aluminum is a strong possibility.

My thoughts exactly. Although does glass work from a touchy-touchy point of view? Is the iPhone's screen glass?

 

[johnee]

Since they were right about the new iMacs, not really... New rumors are always welcome - in case you haven't noticed, it's what we like to discuss here.

yeah, it gets so boring around here when there's only news, it forces many of us to current events or community discussions which makes us go through the 4 Stages Of Rumor Withdrawal ->

 

[koobcamuk]

No... finally we're getting some good rumours. Time will tell if they are accurate. They were right about the imacs but that could have been a good educated guess.

I agree. A rumor is nice.

Harping on about the iPhone all the time is boring. Often there can be truth to these, which makes it more interesting. I remember how many people claimed the keyboard I am now typing on was a fake...

 

[i0Nic]

My thoughts exactly. Although does glass work from a touchy-touchy point of view? Is the iPhone's screen glass?

Yup

 

[zedsdead]

Since they were right about the new iMacs, not really... New rumors are always welcome - in case you haven't noticed, it's what we like to discuss here.

They clearly ticked off apple legal didnt they? I have the feeling that they are dead on accurate...

The only real question is whether or not Apple will limit the capacity by implimenting flash memory.

 

[johnee]

if no wifi

then what about bluetooth

bluetooth headphones would be awesome with an ipod

good question.... I believe apple will try to leverage many low cost features they mastered in the iphoney to put into ipods. wifi, not a chance. BT, maybe.