I was looking in the Advanced Notes section of the iPod Notes guide and found this:
Just a typo or a slip up by Apple...?
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Apple Touch-Screen iPod Reference?
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That's definately a slip up by Apple.
It's obvious they had intentions of releasing the touch screen, but something must have happened, and now we have to wait.
It's obvious they had intentions of releasing the touch screen, but something must have happened, and now we have to wait.
balamw said:
I think they mean that the 5 and 5.5G iPods support all the features in the document, including linking to media. The older iPods support everything except the media linking. You would also need a 5G iPod to play the video...
I'd say it's a typo. The way this note is constructed implies that they are referring to previous iPod models when they say "All other Notes feature capabilities described in this document are supported for iPod models with display screens, beginning with the touch-screen models."Elijahg said:
Perhaps... The file looks to me to have been released prematurely. So it may be that the additional features mentioned were excised from the file, which may also lend some further credence to the fact that the touch-screen iPod has been rumored to have eBook functionality...Elijahg said:
The file is dated 10/20/06 and many sections like the one I quoted are highlighted with a red line in the margin as if they were changes to the file that have yet to be accepted. Why would they leave revision marks in a document on the web?
I wasn't aware of museum mode, but intend to play with it now that I am. Seems like an iPod version of Hypercard.
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One possibility is that the tech writer was at a loss for words. "Touch wheel" is usually used to describe the 2nd generation iPod to distinguish it from the early mechanical wheel model. The 3rd gen was the oddball, with its separate row of touch-sensitive buttons, and in end-user documentation it's usually called the "iPod with dock connector".fenixx said:
"Dock connector" may have been a better descriptor for them to use, since that would identify all the models that have this mode.
I'm in the slip-up camp, as even if the phrase "touch-wheel" eluded the author, odds are that "touch-screen" wouldn't seem like a viable alternative wording to anyone with a bit of sense.
It's just a mistaken use of the word "screen". Clearly, the "beginning with" is in reference to older models, not some new feature. Someone was working late, that's all.
Of course we'll see touch-screen iPods at some point, but this isn't the smoking gun here.
Of course we'll see touch-screen iPods at some point, but this isn't the smoking gun here.
Wow, nice find.
But couldn't it mean, say, 3rd gen on? Or whenever they got rid of the buttons...
But couldn't it mean, say, 3rd gen on? Or whenever they got rid of the buttons...
Cool!
But beginning with the touch screen indicates an older, already existing model.
Yeah, for example, you wouldn't say.
This is supported in all mouses. Starting with the Bluetooth Mighty Mouse.
Or
This is supported in all portables. Starting with the Core 2 Duo Macbook Pro
Apple Touch-Screen iPod Reference?
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An iPod Notes Developer PDF is receiving attention for referencing a "touch-screen" iPod with the following passage:
In context, the reference appears to refer to older iPods and may simply be a typographical error, instead intended to refer to "touch-wheel" models.
"Touch-wheel" iPods were introduced shortly after the original iPod introduction ("scroll wheel").
An iPod Notes Developer PDF is receiving attention for referencing a "touch-screen" iPod with the following passage:
In context, the reference appears to refer to older iPods and may simply be a typographical error, instead intended to refer to "touch-wheel" models.
"Touch-wheel" iPods were introduced shortly after the original iPod introduction ("scroll wheel").