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Apple to Introduce an iPod Stick?
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Funny stuff.
I can't see another addition to the iPod line without losing something we have already...and I don't see that happening.
What a ridiculous rumor...this should be on MR's page 4 even before April Fool's Day comes...
If this is meant to be the poor mans iPod touch then the iStick would be based on the nano, that is already £110 so you would have to add multi touch, a camera 
for less than £90 to make it worth producing.
for less than £90 to make it worth producing.
I can't say I consider this rumor to be likely, but...
The specs definitely seem higher than an iPod touch. Maybe this device is what AppleInsider's "return of the Newton" rumor ended up as. A device with a fairly large display that can be folded or rolled up into something closer to the size of the iPod touch or iPod nano. That'll solve the size problem (not too big for a pocket anymore).
I can also see the ability to roll/fold out part of the display if you still want a reasonably small device, but that's even less likely.
And the article says it's codenamed "iPod stick." So it may be released as something different (maybe not even an iPod per se).
If this is true, it's the perfect product for a MWSF intro.
The specs definitely seem higher than an iPod touch. Maybe this device is what AppleInsider's "return of the Newton" rumor ended up as. A device with a fairly large display that can be folded or rolled up into something closer to the size of the iPod touch or iPod nano. That'll solve the size problem (not too big for a pocket anymore).
I can also see the ability to roll/fold out part of the display if you still want a reasonably small device, but that's even less likely.
And the article says it's codenamed "iPod stick." So it may be released as something different (maybe not even an iPod per se).
I get the idea behind the name, (I think,) but maybe it should be iPod Scroll. It's a "stick" until you pull out the display in "scroll" fashion. Maybe you could even pull a stylus out of the middle and "write" on it. It sounds weird and highly unlikely, but if Apple were to deliver, it would be nothing short of (r)evolutionary.
Here's a better image of what they may be talking about:
Nice to see an optimistic and considered analysis
I think it could work as a product but I'm not sure the technology is ready, not yet. It also seems a little too soon for Apple to release something of this magnitude. Flexible MultiTouch displays!!! Crazy!
If this was to appear at Macworld 09 however, I am buying at least 7!
Or, More proof apple doesnt have anything to do with this rumor and the person who made it up has no clue
What they will figure it out there has never been an ipod that flopped before and I doubt that there ever will be
Perhaps "stick" does not refer to the form factor?
It's an iPod with velcro on the back?
It's got the same backside as a post-it note?
It's magnetic?
Yeah. I'm not buying it either.
It's an iPod with velcro on the back?
It's got the same backside as a post-it note?
It's magnetic?
Yeah. I'm not buying it either.
SHUDDUP you evil shortsighted people! The ipod "stick" is the same thing I thought of a while ago. How do you have a larger screened iphone/mac tablet that is still pocket sized? You make it small and big at the same time!
In other words, you make the device with a flexible screen!!
There are already prototype screens like this that can be made cheaply enough and with enough color resolution.
Don't say it won't happen cause Apple will just prove you wrong and redefine the industry while doing it!
In other words, you make the device with a flexible screen!!
There are already prototype screens like this that can be made cheaply enough and with enough color resolution.
Don't say it won't happen cause Apple will just prove you wrong and redefine the industry while doing it!
I couldn't have said it better.
Here comes the mini-tablet...
Maybe AppleInsider's original rumor was about a device physically the size of a larger iPod touch. That device was supposed to be released in 2008. But then Apple switched gears and chose to take the roll/fold up display path (due to size?) and that meant a delay of six months or so. Now it may be ready for MWSF 2009. Just another thought...at how this relates to the AppleInsider rumor.
I can easily see this device having different display sizes, with the larger displays rolling up more, so all devices have the same or similar size collapsed. But I am worried about the price, I can't see it being cheap.