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Claimed Next-Generation iPod Touch Case Points to Significant Redesign

cvaldes said:
Not if the iPod touch has a similar thinness.

The current iPod touch is 7.2 mm thick. The length of the metal part of a 3-conductor 3.5mm audio jack is 14 mm long.

In order for your assumption to be true, the thickness of the iPod touch would need to be increased to about 20 mm or Apple would have to go to a totally different, non-standard audio plug, neither of which sound plausible.

It's comments like these that make me view tech media sites as science fiction short story repositories more than anything remotely journalistic or frequented by people connected to reality.
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Well we all whished you would count youself as one of those people connected to reality and therefore stay away with your lousy manners and dumb loudtalking.

That said, the HP Veer came with a magnetic (similar to MagSave) connector for standard headphones due to size limitations.

While this might not be the case here, it definitively seems out of your personal reach of imagination. And since it's even reality, you neither seem eligible for being part of the reality-connected nor of the creative bunch. You're just loud.
 
ccmovies said:
Um, I don't think the flash would be all the way down there. How are you suppose to hold it? Won't your hand be in the way?
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In landscape mode, you have the lens on the left and the flash on the right. Your hands are free to grasp the other two-thirds of the device.

For portrait mode, the best practice would be to flip the iPod upside down so the flash is on the top left and the lens on the bottom left.

A flash above the lens produces better lighting, again very standard procedure for wedding/event photographers using flash brackets.
 
fastlanephil said:
I'm thinking the Touch might be discontinued but it would be pretty hard to stick an iPad mini into your pocket so I imagine the Touch will still be an option for those that want the iPhone form factor but don't want a monthly $100 cell phone bill.
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Discontinuing the iTouch is like getting rid of iPod.
 
Scooz said:
hat said, the HP Veer came with a magnetic (similar to MagSave) connector for standard headphones due to size limitations.
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And how successful was the HP Veer?

Apple sells millions of iPods each quarter, it still dominates the MP3 media player category, owning >75% of the marketshare. Of the units Apple sells, they sell more iPod touches than shuffles and nanos.

Pianoblack3 said:
Discontinuing the iTouch is like getting rid of iPod.
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Actually, the iPod touch is more than just a music player since it has apps. The user demographic for the iPod touch is much younger than that of the iPhone. It is -- as Steve once mentioned -- "training wheels for the iPhone."

The iPod touch basically has no Android competitor.
 
cvaldes said:
In landscape mode, you have the lens on the left and the flash on the right. Your hands are free to grasp the other two-thirds of the device.

For portrait mode, the best practice would be to flip the iPod upside down so the flash is on the top left and the lens on the bottom left.

A flash above the lens produces better lighting, again very standard procedure for wedding/event photographers using flash brackets.
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Sounds too confusing and time-consuming for the every-day user.
 
Definitely a second camera. What better selling point for the younger audience than being able to take pictures and video in 3D?
 
applefanDrew said:
Ah good info. Thanks.

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It would be kinda stupid. But what else would it be for?
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IDK what exactly, but I'm sure it would be for something flush with the surface. When a connector is inserted into a plug located on the rear, it would be raised above the rest of the surface. Not very aesthetically pleasing at all, and that's not :apple:.
 
cvaldes said:
The simplest explanation for the separate hole would be a standalone LED flash. The microphone would remain in its current location next to the camera lens...
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Maybe, but the simplest would be to have the flash next to the lens and the mic relocated the other side. Apple likes to use older parts from the iPhone to make the iPod Touch so it would make sense they start using the same ones in the 4 or 4S for the camera & flash combo and just move the mic below. Also, if you put the flash down at the other side it would be blocked by your hand that is holding the phone when you take a picture.
 
ccmovies said:
Sounds too confusing and time-consuming for the every-day user.
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I figure people will be able to adapt. After all, the iPhone looked pretty complicated when it came out, particularly the touch screen keyboard.

You should have read all the criticism of the device back in 2007.

Carlanga said:
Maybe, but the simplest would be to have the flash next to the lens and the mic relocated the other side. Apple likes to use older parts from the iPhone to make the iPod Touch so it would make sense they start using the same ones in the 4 or 4S for the camera & flash combo and just move the mic below. Also, if you put the flash down at the other side it would be blocked by your hand that is holding the phone when you take a picture.
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The camera module of the iPhone 4S will not fit in the current iPod touch. It's too bulky to fit in the 7.4 mm confines.

Remember that Apple is the king of the "don't hold it that way" mantra.

If there's any one consumer electronics planet that will have Joe Consumer comply to their way of doing things, it's Apple Inc.

:D

Anyhow, like I said in my original response, chances are this case is a fake.
 
cvaldes said:
And how successful was the HP Veer?
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And how does the fact that HP shut down its business has anything to do with you not knowing what's there and what's not and still trying to sound like you did by just talking loud?

cvaldes said:
Apple sells millions of iPods each quarter, it still dominates the MP3 media player category, owning >75% of the marketshare. Of the units Apple sells, they sell more iPod touches than shuffles and nanos.
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Nothing we didn't know. Anything useful to post today?
 
Hey... wait...

On my previous post I Stand as UNLIKELY to be a 2nd Camera for 3D...

But, after Review the Engineering Case Prototype of the Next iPhone (aka iPhone 5, new iPhone), it Show a Mistery TWO Glass Areas on top and Botton. So It is consistent with some DUAL Optical Device: (dual cameras or Splitted Flash).

Would be 3-D the Next Big Thing of the Next iPhone (or iPhone 3D ?)...

LG and SHARP currently have a lot of Experience on portable 3D LCD screen (just look at LG Optimus 3D), so ther are ready to deliver it.

:apple::eek:
 
It might be an IR transmitter, for Apple TV? Even though they said they wouldn't do it. That way, when you are using the iPod, you can hold it in portrait mode and the IR will be pointing at the TV, so the user doesn't have to tilt the iPod and try to control things like turn on the TV.
 
Scooz said:
Nothing we didn't know. Anything useful to post today?
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Useful? Here?! On MacRumors?!?

Ahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!

Like I said, I generally treat this site as a science fiction short story repository. I come here for laughs, not for news. Journalism died in the Nineties.

:p

peacenfunk said:
You could imagine Nokia doing that. Just seems something they would do.
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Yes, I think you're onto something.

I believe Apple has removed the Kensington security lock hole from the MacBook Air and given it to the iPod touch.

;)
 
2 Cameras 3D images?

What is the distance between these holes? I'm thinking it may be for 3D imaging capability. Compare the iPad case redesign, is it the same distance. Does Apple have a patent for 3d imaging? For Augmented reality maybe. Any thoughts on this?
 
cvaldes said:
In landscape mode, you have the lens on the left and the flash on the right. Your hands are free to grasp the other two-thirds of the device.

For portrait mode, the best practice would be to flip the iPod upside down so the flash is on the top left and the lens on the bottom left.

A flash above the lens produces better lighting, again very standard procedure for wedding/event photographers using flash brackets.
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This would make the special shape of the camera whole obsolete. Also the positioning of the Touch as better camera seems a bit too far fetched.
 
cvaldes said:
Useful? Here?! On MacRumors?!?

Ahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!

Like I said, I generally treat this site as a science fiction short story repository. I come here for laughs, not for news. Journalism died in the Nineties.

:p
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Yeah, sure. Seems you really need it.
Defining oneself as a troll to get of the hook is a cool technique. For fish.
 
Scooz said:
This would make the special shape of the camera whole obsolete.
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Nope.

The current iPod touch has a similar configuration to accommodate the microphone adjacent to the lens. If they retained that configuration, the unusual camera hole opening would remain justified.

Current 4th-generation iPod touch cases have wider holes to accommodate the microphone. Nothing new there.

Also the positioning of the Touch as better camera seems a bit too far fetched.
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Why do you say that?

Steve explicitly stated that he wanted to make an impact in photography. The iPhone's camera has improved dramatically over the five models. Heck, the iPod touch didn't even have a camera until recently.

Apple added a camera to the second iPad.

Various iPhone models have been the top cameras on Flickr for years.

Based on what Apple has done and Steve's comments, there is no reason not to imagine that Apple wouldn't try to make all of its mobile devices as better photographic devices as time goes on.

Scooz said:
Yeah, sure. Seems you really need it.
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You could probably benefit from a dose of it yourself! Not singling you out, most people around here could...

:) :p :D
 
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