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

MacShrine website suspended?

At present time the site is unreachable: the page says:

"This Account Has Been Suspended
Please contact the billing/support department as soon as possible."


Maybe Apple made them close? If so, then something true may be over there...

Any news from someone better informed?
 
Who wants finger prints on their screen??

So, after all the hoo-haa over the scratches on the nano screen, you all reckon
Apple are going to release unit for VIEWING VIDEO that depends on you rubbing your finger on it's screen???

Yeah right

And how long before that section of the screen becomes dulled and scratched?

A touch sensitive screen will end up as a debacle for Apple.
 
ChrisH3677 said:
So, after all the hoo-haa over the scratches on the nano screen, you all reckon
Apple are going to release unit for VIEWING VIDEO that depends on you rubbing your finger on it's screen???...

And how long before that section of the screen becomes dulled and scratched?
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There is technology out there to protect the screen. Wired ran an article on it in early Feb (http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,70117-0.html?tw=rss.index). With that it would be easy and scratch resistant/proof. I do, however, see the problems posed by so much touching.

Maybe this is just my wishful thinking.

~V
 
Wow, those pictures look amazing! :eek: I would believe them if this product was already out, but damn... these look absolutely believable. The form factor is perfect too. It'd fit right into the Universal Dock, but still have a big screen. :)

I would sell my 5G and buy this without a doubt! :D

Edit: Jordan, have you been following the Apple news lately? There have been many stories on Apple patenting touch-screen interfaces.
 
This is just lame.

Why would anyone assume that this spy shot [real or not] was taken by anyone from Apple?

If real, it could be any employee working for the manufacturers of the vPod. Maybe not even in this country. Of course they'd have to have an iPod HiFi and Nano lying around, but maybe they're all manufactured in the same place.

It's times like these that I look to the guidance of obscure and indecipherable clues to lend credibility to my conspiracy theories.

Did anyone ever find out what that Chinese writi... NVM.
 
ChrisH3677 said:
So, after all the hoo-haa over the scratches on the nano screen, you all reckon
Apple are going to release unit for VIEWING VIDEO that depends on you rubbing your finger on it's screen???

Yeah right

And how long before that section of the screen becomes dulled and scratched?

A touch sensitive screen will end up as a debacle for Apple.
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i agree. the one thing i hate about the color screens is that they show finger prings very easily, and maybe apple has some sort of protective display thing or something because having a very scratchable and finger print prone ipod is something that Apple does not want.
 
xterm said:
Ice Age 2 Trailer D from trailers.apple.com

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And 28 seconds in, not 17.11... That's not looking good. Anyone have a bootleg version of the movie early and know if this scene is like 17 mins in? I'm still trying to hold out hope.

~V

EDIT: I'm not encouraging piracy. If, however, you've already done it, help us out.
 
whooleytoo said:
a) I agree, it looks like 17.33 (seconds). This obviously means the 'columns' mean minutes, seconds and hundredths of seconds. No hours?
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People, video is divided into Frames after Seconds. There are 30 frames per second. Therefore, 17:33 or whatever with 17 being seconds makes no sense. It would have to be 17 minutes and 33 seconds into an unreleased movie.

And no, even if Ice Age was made by Pixar, there's no way Steve would let an unreleased movie be on an iPod, even his own prototype. For instance, he's not sitting in his house trying out a possibly existing 6G iPod with the full version of Cars on it.
 
Ghibli said:
At present time the site is unreachable: the page says:

"This Account Has Been Suspended
Please contact the billing/support department as soon as possible."


Maybe Apple made them close? If so, then something true may be over there...

Any news from someone better informed?
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umm...is it mirrored anywhere? I want to see it. The fact that its been shut down seems like the best evidence for it being real we've seen.
 
If these are fake, then would that mean Apple would never be allowed to make this product since it would be copying the ideas of a proposed improvement to a product?

Or do you need to get proposed improvements passed by the Patent Office? And are you allowed to get patents on product improvements if the product is only made by one company and is not a general item (like a broom for example)?
 
chuckiej said:
People, video is divided into Frames after Seconds. There are 30 frames per second. Therefore, 17:33 or whatever with 17 being seconds makes no sense. It would have to be 17 minutes and 33 seconds into an unreleased movie.
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I disagree. How on earth would it be useful for an iPod to have frames? It would just be a distraction to see a number moving really fast without providing any information. So, if this somehow is real, I definitely think it's 17 minutes and 33 seconds into something. More likely, though, it isn't real at all.
 
Boingy said:
And 28 seconds in, not 17.11... That's not looking good. Anyone have a bootleg version of the movie early and know if this scene is like 17 mins in? I'm still trying to hold out hope.

~V

EDIT: I'm not encouraging piracy. If, however, you've already done it, help us out.
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get over it. a clickwheel on a touch screen can't work. so that means that these are fake. when you put your finger on the wheel to scroll the volume you are probably going to hit the play/pause button or whatnot. a clickwheel has to be able to move. these would have been more convincing using the 3g scheme. which would be dissapointing because it's nice to have a button to press that way you can easily pause or skip a track with the ipod still in your pocket, and without using a remote.
 
berkleeboy210 said:
Here we go again.... New Pics of these things will be posted from now until April 1
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Of course, that's assuming that there WILL be a new iPod released on April 1. Steve Jobs only hinted at "something big" on the 1st. It could be absolutely anything.

But a new iPod would be a pretty logical guess, I suppose.

edit: Does anyone have any concrete evidence to support that there is a new iPod slated for release next month, or anytime soon?

Btw, these pics are totally mock-ups.
 
rideahyperLite said:
get over it. a clickwheel on a touch screen can't work. so that means that these are fake. when you put your finger on the wheel to scroll the volume you are probably going to hit the play/pause button or whatnot. a clickwheel has to be able to move. these would have been more convincing using the 3g scheme. which would be dissapointing because it's nice to have a button to press that way you can easily pause or skip a track with the ipod still in your pocket, and without using a remote.
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I'm not sure if the vPod is real or not, but I do know that there is feedback available for touch screens.
Alpine PulseTouch Feedback

English Translation:
The irritation with conventional touch-panel control is canceled.
The ground-breaking interface which has implemented the comfortable operation by a more direct and secured feeling called "PulseTouch."
When you touch the screen, it will vibrate so that a screen will supply force feedback.
The screen will respond to the operators fingertip with a positive response.
A touch operation will not be recognized except when an icon is touched, since the oscillating pattern changes.
Misoperations are avoided because of this.
It corresponds also to a slide operation with a touch panel.
The feel of an operation and the function also evolved further.
 
themacman said:
i agree. the one thing i hate about the color screens is that they show finger prings very easily, and maybe apple has some sort of protective display thing or something because having a very scratchable and finger print prone ipod is something that Apple does not want.
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Ive been lurking for a while following the vPod rumours, and one thing I havent seen mentioned. What if it retained the click wheel, but on the back of the unit, with a visual representation on the screen of where your finger was.

Im not blessed with a full blown iPod, but I know I dont need to look at my Shuffle to use the controls, I think I could quickly get used to using a click wheel around the back while I watch the screen, particulalrly if it showed me on the screen where my finger was on the back. Not a mirror of the back, but like the unit was transparent, and you were seeing through the video to the wheel on the back - I hope that makes sense.

In this way you get all the functionality of the click wheel (with the feedback everyone is discussing) - without having to touch the screen, or put your fingers in front of what you are watching.

Thoughts?
 
thought about that but it would increase the learning curve for apple products... it would not make it past R&D in ease of use...
 
Ice Age 2 trailer could be part of a trailer reel that comes shipped with the iPod or something.

But whatever, probably fake, f***ing genius though.
 
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http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/796.html

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