Never gonna happen. The iPod will remain a media player device and the iPhone will be the communications device.
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6G iPod User Interface Redesign and Videos
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Never gonna happen. The iPod will remain a media player device and the iPhone will be the communications device.
Hmm, I highly doubt something like this would be leaked...
Aas of this moment in time, it really seems fake.
Aas of this moment in time, it really seems fake.
um i pray to god that they do not come out with this version of the ipod.. Everyone is expecting a widescreen one...
Flicking on an iPhone isn't the same as other MP3 players because the iPhone also has the random access alphabet selector down the right side. Random access will always be faster than a sequential access click wheel.
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"Icon" is a strong word to use when you're talking about the clickwheel. True, people recognize an iPod when they see that little wheel there, but it's evolved with the rest of the design. I can't see hanging onto it strictly for recognizability if it doesn't serve some functional purpose. I mean, we all recognize a TV with the old bunny ears but they still make TVs without them...
The only reason why Apple did this is because it takes a few months for FCC approval and Apple didnt want them releasing it before they did.
This is obviously a fake but I really hope the new iPod comes out on the 7th because I've been waiting since may.
duh. who can design a new interface on an ipod? obviously it's done using some type of mac software before being ported or converted or whatever to an ipod. it's a design process.
what rubbish comments... looks real to me. gawd a lot of negative people here.
That interface is nice.
I think that it's possible that they can have 2 tiers of new HDD iPods. One like what's shown...with a click wheel, and one that is touch screen. The click wheel interface can be use for for the low tier iPod and the iPod Nano, and the touch screen almost just like the iPhone's.
New iPod "click" 80GB = $299
New iPod "touch" 120GB = $399
But still, IMO, they should just go with one interface and input. Maybe after they release the iPhone in EU, then we can see a touch iPod. Maybe in November or January for MacWorld...but they need to do SOMETHING for Xmas...especially with the Nanos.
I think that it's possible that they can have 2 tiers of new HDD iPods. One like what's shown...with a click wheel, and one that is touch screen. The click wheel interface can be use for for the low tier iPod and the iPod Nano, and the touch screen almost just like the iPhone's.
New iPod "click" 80GB = $299
New iPod "touch" 120GB = $399
But still, IMO, they should just go with one interface and input. Maybe after they release the iPhone in EU, then we can see a touch iPod. Maybe in November or January for MacWorld...but they need to do SOMETHING for Xmas...especially with the Nanos.
Ok
I can agree with you, but I really think that if the next gen iPod is not fullscreen, they will not be staying ahead of the game like they need to and it will open up their market share to serious jeopardy.
I can agree with you, but I really think that if the next gen iPod is not fullscreen, they will not be staying ahead of the game like they need to and it will open up their market share to serious jeopardy.
Why not make a touchscreen click wheel??? DUH!
At first I hoped for wifi. But after seeing this rumor, I hope just to get a 16:9 touchscreen!! I will be very very mad if Apple comes out with this old technology. I've been burning my DVD movies in preparation for something like a TRUE VIDEO IPOD over the last week.
At first I hoped for wifi. But after seeing this rumor, I hope just to get a 16:9 touchscreen!! I will be very very mad if Apple comes out with this old technology. I've been burning my DVD movies in preparation for something like a TRUE VIDEO IPOD over the last week.
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If Apple does not bring to the market the full screen touch ipod it will be a clear sign that Apple is not the company that it says it is. "Our products are the best products in the world"- Mr. Steve Jobs (basically every year he works at Apple).
It would be a clear case of Apple NOT making the best product it could.
If Apple falls into the easy option of 'limiting' some products it makes in order to protect other products this shows a real flaw in their thinking and a real limit in their ability to create products.
Why not make the ipod some super product giving it some excellent features that distinguish it from the iphone and that make it desirable?
Really, such backward thinking from Apple... if it is the case!
If Apple does not bring to the market the full screen touch ipod it will be a clear sign that Apple is not the company that it says it is. "Our products are the best products in the world"- Mr. Steve Jobs (basically every year he works at Apple).
It would be a clear case of Apple NOT making the best product it could.
If Apple falls into the easy option of 'limiting' some products it makes in order to protect other products this shows a real flaw in their thinking and a real limit in their ability to create products.
Why not make the ipod some super product giving it some excellent features that distinguish it from the iphone and that make it desirable?
Really, such backward thinking from Apple... if it is the case!
Haha!!!
Time to organize your music library and get all the album art lol.... It sucks at first.. I went through one by one, but once its done its amazing, much better organized, and easy to maintain! Otherwise, YES you will be looking at little music notes on a blank album image 😛
Time to organize your music library and get all the album art lol.... It sucks at first.. I went through one by one, but once its done its amazing, much better organized, and easy to maintain! Otherwise, YES you will be looking at little music notes on a blank album image 😛
The font is not arial. The tops of the t's are not cot off at an angle. The ends of the strokes on the "C" are horizontal, not at a slight angle as they are with arial. It looks more like helvetica and is, as far as I can tell consistent with that, with the exception of the "a" the tail of which could be out a bit more.
To me, everything thing seems real real with the videos. I'm not doubting them.
I know!
I know! What I meant was I did that, but then i had to go through one by one because I have a lot that iTunes didn't find. What it didn't find i got from Amazon with those little apps, and some others I had to do myself.
I know! What I meant was I did that, but then i had to go through one by one because I have a lot that iTunes didn't find. What it didn't find i got from Amazon with those little apps, and some others I had to do myself.
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Would you still buy the more expensive Macbook Pro over the Macbook if the only difference was the screen size?
The iPhone is clearly a premium device, it has heaps of features because it helps it do what it does best, managing your day and for listening (and seeing) your music. Apple would need to create a whole new line of (niched) iPods.
If you carried both your iPod and your mobile phone with you everywhere, which one would you use more? Now combine the two and compare it with just using an iPod. So if the 6G iPod had a multi-function touchscreen how often would you be using it? Probably even less than the 5G iPod.
So, basically you're asking Apple to make a iPhone, without the wireless capability.
Given that, I think that people would buy into a fully functional say, iPod Pro (think PDA) with wireless b/g. But this wouldn't get Apple any ongoing revenue from phone companies.
Yeah. I'm getting confused. First the videos go down. Now the post isn't even on the homepage.
Yeah right, if the new iPod was to have all that then what was the point of making an iPhone. Plus an iPod is for music, how often would you really watch videos on it anyway? But don't get get me wrong I would love a 16x9 iPod with a hundred gig hd and coverflow.