iPod could this be real? i doubt it... (iPod AV)

[carve]

I would REaLLY enjoy if this was real

 

[digitalshawn]

I've already grabbed the same frame off the Ice Age 2 trailer on the Apple website. So this iPod is playing the trailer, obviously.

The only thing is, in the photo the time stamp with the touch controller is 00:17:33 so I wouldn't think Apple would have a 17:33 second trailer.

but as a newbie I could be reading way too much into it.

 

[CoMpX]

but as a newbie I could be reading way too much into it.

Actually I think that's a very good observation. Apple wouldn't have a 17 minute trailer.

 

[DavidCar]

The only thing is, in the photo the time stamp with the touch controller is 00:17:33 so I wouldn't think Apple would have a 17:33 second trailer.

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but as a newbie I could be reading way too much into it.

Good point.

 

[DavidCar]

Actually I think that's a very good observation. Apple wouldn't have a 17 minute trailer.

I don't understand the implications. If this is real, and they are not playing the trailer, then what are they playing. And if it is false, then what is the point of the timestamp at 17 minutes.

 

[Capt Underpants]

The only thing is, in the photo the time stamp with the touch controller is 00:17:33 so I wouldn't think Apple would have a 17:33 second trailer.

but as a newbie I could be reading way too much into it.

To me that reads 00:17.33, ad I cannot see the upper point on the colon.

 

[DavidCar]

I'm going to disagree with Nagromme on the LCD depth vs case depth issue. I think that concerning the diagonal reflection that goes through the FF button on the screen, then extends into the case, the position of the centerline of this reflection shifts slightly as it passes from the screen to the case consistent with a slight change in depth of the surface.

 

[digitalshawn]

I don't understand the implications. If this is real, and they are not playing the trailer, then what are they playing. And if it is false, then what is the point of the timestamp at 17 minutes.

Ice Age 2 has not been released in the theaters yet.

 

[DavidCar]

Two of these have a couple of problems... if they were real these would not be in the photographs...

I think this photo is taken in front of a beige box. The line of the color shift is the reflection of the top of the box, which is consistent with the reflection of the fingertip being in front of that line

 

[digitalshawn]

To me that reads 00:17.33, ad I cannot see the upper point on the colon.

That's a good point, I'll have to go back and watch the two trailers Apple has to see where the frame is at 17.33

 

[whooleytoo]

To me that reads 00:17.33, ad I cannot see the upper point on the colon.

a) I agree, it looks like 17.33 (seconds). This obviously means the 'columns' mean minutes, seconds and hundredths of seconds. No hours? The obvious implication - the new video iPod can't store an hour of video? This sucks, this is total BS. (I bet it has integrated graphics too!)

b) I think it's funny the amount of time we (me included!) spend debating photos like these, which are almost certainly fakes; even if the product they're supposedly based on might well exist.

 

[digitalshawn]

b) I think it's funny the amount of time we (me included!) spend debating photos like these, which are almost certainly fakes; even if the product they're supposedly based on might well exist.

Oh I know, I'm waiting for the oscars and tired of checking fed ex for my delivery. So I thought i'd join in on the speculation.

 

[jkelly888]

the thing is, if looking at the time position, then if it was a 17 and a half minute long trailer wouldn't the dot be at the end? the pic is implying that the movie is about an hour to an hour and a half long

 

[dornoforpyros]

wow..people are still tricked by these fakes? I can't believe there is serious discussion about this.

 

[DavidCar]

That's a good point, I'll have to go back and watch the two trailers Apple has to see where the frame is at 17.33

FWIW, the frame I grabbed was 28 seconds into the trailer I was watching.

-- timed by hand. I don't have a built in counter in the display I'm watching

 

[whooleytoo]

Oh I know, I'm waiting for the oscars and tired of checking fed ex for my delivery. So I thought i'd join in on the speculation.

Me too! Shows how good Apple have been at generating hype around their products. Can you imagine there being a Creative group speculating & salivating over the release of the next model Rio?

Me neither.

 

[CoMpX]

the thing is, if looking at the time position, then if it was a 17 and a half minute long trailer wouldn't the dot be at the end? the pic is implying that the movie is about an hour to an hour and a half long

Excellent point, good thinking. Is there any way at all this person could have access to the full Ice Age 2 movie? Pirated download maybe?

 

[digitalshawn]

Me too! Shows how good Apple have been at generating hype around their products. Can you imagine there being a Creative group speculating & salivating over the release of the next model Rio?

Me neither.

You mean you're not this active on the creative rumor sites I thought everyone was just as into creative as apple!

 

[derajfast]

guys this is so obviously fake

the photoshop is good, but they got careless

how would steve jobs have an early copy of ice age 2?

if it was cars, or another unreleased pixar movie, maybe.....

but ice age 2 in an unreleased (released in like 4 months) video of a movie DIRECTLY in competition with pixar.......i HIGHLY doubt steve jobs has a copy of ice age 2, and then would use it for testing on the unreleased ipod av.....doesnt make sense

 

[DavidCar]

Excellent point, good thinking. Is there any way at all this person could have access to the full Ice Age 2 movie? Pirated download maybe?

So he was playing a pirated download on an unreleased iPod? curious.

 

[DavidCar]

...but ice age 2 in an unreleased (released in like 4 months) video of a movie DIRECTLY in competition with pixar.......i HIGHLY doubt steve jobs has a copy of ice age 2, and then would use it for testing on the unreleased ipod av.....doesnt make sense

Faking an unreleased movie doesn't make sense either, I don't think, if it was supposed to be an image of an existing iPod.

I don't have an answer for the missing headphone jack images.

And the movie is due out March 31

 

[derajfast]

I think what is shown as brush stokes in the curves-enhanced version is actually a reflection of some sort.

I'm usually the cynical one, but this is actually quite convincing.

The counter in the bottom left looks very similar, but not exactly like the one in Quicktime when running a movie full screen. So it's not just a direct screen grab from QT.

Going into Photoshop and futzing with contrast, curves, etc. doesn't yield any hints to it being photoshopped. Everything on screen adjusts evenly, which shows there was no obvious manipulation.

The only thing I can think of is to ask someone who owns the movie Ice Age to post an image from the 17 minute and 33 second mark.

this is from ice age 1, but that photo shows ice age 2, which is an unreleased movie by a COMPETING company to pixar.....dont think steve jobs has that movie yet

 

[whooleytoo]

guys this is so obviously fake

the photoshop is good, but they got careless

how would steve jobs have an early copy of ice age 2?

I think this is fake too; but even it were true, the likelihood of it being Jobs' iPod are slim to non-existent. This would be a prototype iPod in a lab somewhere in Cupertino that someone would test with whatever video was lying about; it would hardly matter to them whether it was Pixar or anyone else.

 

[iIra]

I don't look at the clickwheel when I'm navigating my ipod, so it wouldn't necessarily need the backlight.

Granted, the reason I don't look at it is because the clickwheel is a tactile experience. It has a different texture than the rest of the ipod and pushes just like a button. Having the clickwheel on the screen will completely eliminate the tactile sensation, so navigating this device without looking at it would be a nightmare. Even the 3G iPod had texture and recessed buttons that you could feel with your finger.

That alone casts the credibility of the product in this form into doubt.

You hinted at my first reaction when I saw these pictures. They're obviously fake because any touchscreen iPod wouldn't have a clickwheel. There's nothing to click. I'm envisioning a control scheme more like the 3G iPod, which was my favorite anyways.

 

[Boingy]

You hinted at my first reaction when I saw these pictures. They're obviously fake because any touchscreen iPod wouldn't have a clickwheel. There's nothing to click. I'm envisioning a control scheme more like the 3G iPod, which was my favorite anyways.

Are you kidding? Almost everyone I know who has tried the clickwheel ends up prefering them. It's almost compleatly intuitive as opposed to the 3G which is not that by about half.

~V