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6G iPod User Interface Redesign and Videos
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Funny.
A fake iPod interface is still better than the real Zune one..
It would make sense just to use the same iPod case but just update the OS and possibly use flash instead of a hard drive...
Wouldn't it be cool just to update the 5G iPods to the 6G OS/interface???
I see the Nano keeping the wheel but all this R&D to get the iPhone out suggests that an iPod with a HDD and no Phone would be an easy build for them and wipe out the competition for large capacity audio players.
Its a waiting game now...
Its a waiting game now...
It really wouldn't. They've been riding this design for far too long. It needs to change, significantly. And the Zune interface looks great - but they don't have a click wheel, and that's the dealbreaker.
I also think that if they did release the 6G iPod (large capacity) with an interface like that people will be pissed. Especially because the iPhone's iTunes interface makes that look like an antique. Shame on you Apple is this is real. Although, I too could definitely see it on the Nano.
off topic but ...
Apple didn't kill off the mini. They made it smaller, rebranded it, and continued to sell the mini until they ran out. Then they redesigned the nano so it resembled the mini.
The iPod isn't a communicator, its a multi-media device. If I follow Mr. Gruber's logic, the new iPod will continue to play media. Those who want Safari, wifi, will get an iPhone.
on topic ...
So this new interface with coverflow and all, even if it is fake, I keep hearing coverflow making appearances, what about people like me who don't have album cover art? Am I just going to be seeing a square with a music symbol or do I get the classic interface as well?
Apple didn't kill off the mini. They made it smaller, rebranded it, and continued to sell the mini until they ran out. Then they redesigned the nano so it resembled the mini.
The iPod isn't a communicator, its a multi-media device. If I follow Mr. Gruber's logic, the new iPod will continue to play media. Those who want Safari, wifi, will get an iPhone.
on topic ...
So this new interface with coverflow and all, even if it is fake, I keep hearing coverflow making appearances, what about people like me who don't have album cover art? Am I just going to be seeing a square with a music symbol or do I get the classic interface as well?
You guys missed the most obvious piece of evidence that this is fake:
The album art has perfect anti-aliasing at the borders. Even on a desktop computer, this high level of anti-aliasing would require a relatively new GPU. The anti-aliasing in iTunes coverflow for Mac/PC doesn't even look this good. On a mobile device, this is just NOT possible.
But even more than that, there are no aliasing artifacts at all in the spinning album art animation. I guess the new iPod's video accelerator is better than my Radeon X1900...
It's pretty clear that this was made using video compositing software.
To reiterate fake fake fake fake fake
The album art has perfect anti-aliasing at the borders. Even on a desktop computer, this high level of anti-aliasing would require a relatively new GPU. The anti-aliasing in iTunes coverflow for Mac/PC doesn't even look this good. On a mobile device, this is just NOT possible.
But even more than that, there are no aliasing artifacts at all in the spinning album art animation. I guess the new iPod's video accelerator is better than my Radeon X1900...
It's pretty clear that this was made using video compositing software.
To reiterate fake fake fake fake fake
But remember, these are for the iPods, NOT the new Video iPod(?).
I would think Apple will replace the 30Gig with a 32Gig flash model, and keep the 80Gig model. Both will have the 6G OS/interface. Current 5G owners can do a system update to the 6G one!
Then, later in the fall, comes the true Video iPod (just the iPhone without the phone).
People should be upset if this is the new iPod interface and I agree with QuarterSwede, shame on apple if they do release this. Jobs touts the iPhone iPod as "the best iPod ever" .... if we get anything but a touchscreen iPod, consumers simply aren't getting the best iPod interface. I desperately need a new iPod, as my 3G hold about 90 mins of battery, but I will pass on this if it is the best they can release. That said, it's apple, so I am really not worked up. I'm sure whatever they release will blow the skeptics away.
Anything less than multi-touch in the new iPod, and there will be a lot of very angry people who will start considering alternatives. Apple should be careful of taking its iPod marketshare for granted. The click wheel a new device will seem antique and would be the wrong move.
Like it or not, the click wheel died as the dominant interface for (regular) iPods the moment iPhone came out. It's too intuitive and downright cool to hold back. If Apple cripples the new iPod by holding out on multi touch to try and milk its consumer base more, I can imagine a lot of people who will seriously consider alternatives.
Like it or not, the click wheel died as the dominant interface for (regular) iPods the moment iPhone came out. It's too intuitive and downright cool to hold back. If Apple cripples the new iPod by holding out on multi touch to try and milk its consumer base more, I can imagine a lot of people who will seriously consider alternatives.
i was pretty sure that the 6g will have iphone like touch controls but after all this scary "clickweehl will come back to 6g news" im getting really a bit scared that it won't happen
steve accalimed that the iphone with his multitouch controls is the best ipod they've created why on earth he would not use the same iphone style ipod (which he said is the best) and create an updated 5g gui and then say ok thats not the best ipod (like in the iphone) but its still better than the 5g...that will really not happen!with the multitouch control you can just navigate so much more accurate and faster than on any clickweehl!i can't really imagine that they would not integrate this new technology in the 6g and choose to go one step backward and add the clickweehl, that would be one big disappointment !
steve accalimed that the iphone with his multitouch controls is the best ipod they've created why on earth he would not use the same iphone style ipod (which he said is the best) and create an updated 5g gui and then say ok thats not the best ipod (like in the iphone) but its still better than the 5g...that will really not happen!with the multitouch control you can just navigate so much more accurate and faster than on any clickweehl!i can't really imagine that they would not integrate this new technology in the 6g and choose to go one step backward and add the clickweehl, that would be one big disappointment !
What would be the alternative - a Zune?
The clickwheel works great - so why not keep the costs down and use it?
It's like saying that airplanes need to stop using those "jet engines" - "jet engines" are soooo 1960's...
I wonder, if this is true, if current iPod owners will see an update to bring themselves to a similar interface.
Why? Even a "crippled" clickwheel iPod will still be vastly superior to any of the alternatives. I could see your logic if the alternatives were, in any way, better.
That analogy doesn't fly (pun intended) because there really isn't anything better than the jet engine for planes even 50 years later.
Also, once Apple introduced multi-touch, the click-wheel ceased to be the best interface.
I doubt that this is the new interface, I think it will be something completely new and revolutionary. Although, I don't think it will be like the iPhone interface so it will differentiate the product lines.
I just want a wifiPod. An iPod that you can email from. With a touchscreen. And I want it to be cheaper than the iPhone by a couple hundred dollars.
I love my nano, but come on. Wouldn't that be easy to make at this point? Just take the dang phone stuff out and cram a few more gigs of memory in-- or maybe more batteries. Either way, I'd buy it. I'd wait in line for it.
Have they trademarked "wifiPod" yet? If not, they should.
I love my nano, but come on. Wouldn't that be easy to make at this point? Just take the dang phone stuff out and cram a few more gigs of memory in-- or maybe more batteries. Either way, I'd buy it. I'd wait in line for it.
Have they trademarked "wifiPod" yet? If not, they should.
Wait, sorry. Who am I kidding? Because of the Airport brand, they'll have to call it "airPod." Still.
Bull. The click-wheel allows a continuous smooth motion when scrolling. The "flicking" is a throwback to any other MP3-player interface where you have to do repetitive abrupt motions.
Anyway, why did this EVER reach front page? It's just ridiculously sloppy. These fakers should study the iWalk hoax for a lesson in how to make believable fakes.
Obviously "best" here is subjective. The click wheel and multiple menus just doesn't cut it for me now.