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Apple to Introduce an iPod Stick?

iMacmatician said:
I couldn't have said it better. :D

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.
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I can. I can see it being relatively cheap....at least the screen part. They'll price the product right of course and we will all be willing to pay three times the retail to get it!
They were probably waiting till the manufacturing process on the screen was cheap enough before they would begin production.
The future is not coming......its here! Hell, with apple what we think of as the future is the past for them!

Bow down in awe suckas......MACTOUCH FTW! :D
 
iParis said:
I would lose all respect for Apple if they released this.
The specs don't make any sense at all.
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Specs are probably off but if its even in the freakin ballpark......hell the same STATE as the ballpark then I will pay triple the price for it!
 
God, this is so fake. This isn't just a slow news day, the news has died and had it's carcass pillaged by a pagan family.

Here's where they took the idea from, a PSP2 mockup:

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Fake Photos of the iPod Stick

These are sooo obviously fakes.

Nice try, Rneglia!

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Saladinos said:
God, this is so fake. This isn't just a slow news day, the news has died and had it's carcass pillaged by a pagan family.

Here's where they took the idea from, a PSP2 mockup:

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They didn't "steal" the idea from that. The idea itself is several years old now. It would be fascinating to take a tour of Apple's top secret prototype labs to find out what they are working on. Even if most of their prototypes never see the light of day the tour itself would probably be mind boggling.
 
You all jumped to thinking that the iStick would be something tiny like a Nano. The world is a far more dangerous place and this calls for rethinking what you need when someone tries to rob you of your wonderful little iPod.

It will be available in Classic White, as shown here, Celadon green, and everyone's favorite, Zune Brown. "May the iStick be with you!"
 

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Sounds like utter drivel to me, but then we have been surprised before. Surely, they would put a 7MP camera in the iPhone first? ;)

Still, the iPod 'stick' may actually be a forthcoming product, but I think flexible is a long way off yet and I suspect this would be a small, low end product, possibly as a replacement to the Shuffle. (Wasn't the iPod Shuffle 1st Gen technically an "iPod Stick"?)
 
Naysayers all of you! You guys watch. The ipod stick's existence will be confirmed and vindicated and you all will end up being forced to bow down and worship it! This I so sware this day that it shall come to pass as I have forseen!!
So shall it be written....so shall it be done!
 
Yes....

If you plant it in your back yard, it helps increase Apple's credentials as an evironmentally "green" company, as it grows tasty, DRM-free "song fruits".

Or, uh... maybe not...

thejadedmonkey said:
First, it was a music player. Then, it was a music player and photo viewer.
3rd, it was a music, photo and video player. Then you could install applications on it, just like a PC.

and now it's a twig?
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I just want that 7mp camera in the iPhone and I'll sell my current cybershot camera!
 
A lot of short sighted in informed people here.

The first thing that is startling is that many posting here don't have the vision or forethought to realize that Apple has to come out with new products. Second one needs to realize that we are for the most part on ten one touch devices, there is still a lot of potential upside with respect to innovation on this platform. Note that I realize that the recent Touch and the 3G represent new models but the basic electronic platform is generation one.

In any event if you guys realized how much research is going into display and cell phone camera technology you would not be so dismissive. While the specs quote for the camera are a little excessive for a conventionally place camera, resolution will go up in the future. Maybe not 7Mp but that depends very much on how thick Apple is willing to allow IPhone to become. But this isn't iPhone, if Apple takes a different approach with the optical system a very high quality camera could be had in a small device. Think about a piece of hardware where the camera optics is turned length wise. Even as little as 10mm of length could result in a vastly better camera. It is all about the optical path and the ability to project a big enough image circle to make for full coverage. That is coverage on a larger sensor with bigger light sensors.

As to the negativity about a fixed focal length. First who said that this is a given. Second even if it is a given a higher quality camera with more resolution would still be welcomed. The important thing to do is to provide a camera that shoots a better picture over a much wider range of conditions that the user might find himself in. High resolution that only works in bright daylight is pretty much useless, give me a camera that works from dusk to dawn and that fixed focal length lens would mean nothing. Even so I don't see Apple being held to fixed focal lengths.

As to folding / rolling screens it is a chicken and egg sort of thing. The tech is pretty much ready but the manufactures need demand. This means a high volume customer that can deliver enough orders to get the manufacturing line up and running. Apple is a very good example of a manufacture that could justify setting up a production line for new technology.

So in a nutshell I think it is silly to dismiss the thought of new devices or devices that make big strides over the current. One can fold an optical paths these days as easily as folding a screen. What is interesting is not what is possible but what can Apple deliver at a reasonable price. The start of next year ought to be very interesting.



Dave
 
nice

well put dave. I just sold my first generation iPodtouchon ebay and was going to use that money to buy the 2nd generation one but now i will hold off until january.
 
olternaut said:
They were probably waiting till the manufacturing process on the screen was cheap enough before they would begin production.
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wizard said:
The first thing that is startling is that many posting here don't have the vision or forethought to realize that Apple has to come out with new products. Second one needs to realize that we are for the most part on ten one touch devices, there is still a lot of potential upside with respect to innovation on this platform.
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Some sensible and informative comments here.

Although I am not putting all my eggs in the "iPod stick" basket, I wouldn't count it out either. I think Apple's claim at the Q3 conference (whatever it was called) where they said they would introduce new technologies at high prices and wait for large sales to drive prices down could happen with this device. I do note that there is quite a big gap between the iPod touch and the MacBook, and even a ~$700 device (I was thinking more like $500) would comfortably fit in the middle. I would also assume that the lowest-end model of this device would have 32 GB (same as high-end iPod touch) or maybe even 16 GB to hit a low price, although 16 GB may be limiting for mobile iLife.

wizard said:
Note that I realize that the recent Touch and the 3G represent new models but the basic electronic platform is generation one.
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I have always thought that the Apple PDA/mini-tablet AppleInsider predicted would be the 2nd gen iPhone OS platform. Now with the possibility that the mini-tablet will turn out to be this "iPod stick," the OS generation would carry over quite well with the significant hardware change.

MacTraveller said:
"Speak softly. And carry a big iStick!"
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This should be your signature, olternaut. :D
 
iMacmatician said:
Some sensible and informative comments here.

Although I am not putting all my eggs in the "iPod stick" basket, I wouldn't count it out either. I think Apple's claim at the Q3 conference (whatever it was called) where they said they would introduce new technologies at high prices and wait for large sales to drive prices down could happen with this device. I do note that there is quite a big gap between the iPod touch and the MacBook, and even a ~$700 device (I was thinking more like $500) would comfortably fit in the middle. I would also assume that the lowest-end model of this device would have 32 GB (same as high-end iPod touch) or maybe even 16 GB to hit a low price, although 16 GB may be limiting for mobile iLife.

I have always thought that the Apple PDA/mini-tablet AppleInsider predicted would be the 2nd gen iPhone OS platform. Now with the possibility that the mini-tablet will turn out to be this "iPod stick," the OS generation would carry over quite well with the significant hardware change.

This should be your signature, olternaut. :D
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hmmmmm....*ponders on suggested signature*
 
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Could this be the iPod Stick, or, iPod Flex????
This was developed by the Chocolate agency and people were talking about this when the iPhone debuted. Can anyone tie Chocolate Agency with Apple? If yup, it's possible!
:D

:apple::apple::apple::apple::apple::apple::apple::apple::apple::apple::apple:

Oh, by the way, this has an ePaper screen! Could this be the future of Apple displays???
 
i can picture Apple getting into the digital camera area. I see consumer digital cameras they hall have 9 buttons. I could see Apple make one with really good UI, and ONE button on it.

maybe i just miss quicktake!
 
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