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Full Video iPod in 2007 and Mac Tablet in 2008?

i just wonder if widescreen iPod is would somehow compete with iPhone.
Will u really buy iPhone lateron if you got a widescreen iPod which have 80GB storage?!
(truly speaking, i really want a 80GB iPhone)

but it would be nice for those who doesnt use cingular....and for those who are not in US right now....
 
Tablet? Take a pill instead.

They've said it a million times Tablet PCs are not at all in demand. The logical step for Apple in the digital hub is an azz-kicking universal remote like Logitech's Harmony 1000. Besides, why would you need a dock for a tablet PC?

www.podpacker.com
 
Wow, this sound really good. I am sure apple can do a lot with its mini OSX. I can't wait for the iphone and I am might purchase the tablet Mac.
 
tribulation said:
The tablet wouldn't be so cool if it has a limited and locked version of OS X on it. Apple apps are great, but I want to install other apps on it as well for specialized processes and things that Apple would never make or support. Without 3rd party access to the mini-osx, I think it's a waste of time.
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Any tablet will be internet capable.
Maybe Apple's excuse for restricting the 3rd party developers will be - 'they don't want people bringing down the internet'.

Almost as stupid as Job's claim that a dodgy 3rd party iPhone app would bring down a cellular network. ROTFL.

Bad jokes aside:
The tablet market isn't mature enough yet, maybe things will have changed slightly by the time Apple brings such a device to market.

stephenli said:
i just wonder if widescreen iPod is would somehow compete with iPhone.
Will u really buy iPhone lateron if you got a widescreen iPod which have 80GB storage?!
(truly speaking, i really want a 80GB iPhone)

but it would be nice for those who doesnt use cingular....and for those who are not in US right now....
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Well... a widescreen iPod would be, technically, an iPod... I expect it would replace the 5.5 or just be an additional higher-end edition. Not everyone wants video... but then, Apple could suggest 'thats what the Nano's are for'.

PodPacker said:
They've said it a million times Tablet PCs are not at all in demand. The logical step for Apple in the digital hub is an azz-kicking universal remote like Logitech's Harmony 1000. Besides, why would you need a dock for a tablet PC?

www.podpacker.com
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Yep, Apple could throw in an I.R port on to the iPhone or iTablet and build the software. IR ports are cheap. The software to build would be more expensive ( i.e., you have to pay the developers ) ... but it would be a good additional functionality. Or, of course, a completely new device - but would Apple want to go there?
 
Hopefully the price won't be nearly as much as the iPhone...since I will have to buy both if it comes out:rolleyes:

The *ohhhhhh awwwwww* factor won't be that great either since we've pretty much already seen the fullscreen iPod in the iPhone. However I will most likely still be buying one:D
 
Apple owned site???

Let's hope something else pops up before june. I still don't believe the AppleTV is number #1 at the Apple store.

Also why is this site using Apple's eWorld icons. Are we allowed to use Apple trademarks and icons on our sites???

http://bango.com/Default.aspx is this an apple owned site????
 
I would happily pay $300 for widescreen, wifi, mini osx ipod. Put that student discount to use.:D

May of already been addressed, but with no touch screen, how could you navigate? hmm
 
True Video iPod: HELL YAH! I have a 3g iPod that my mother uses, and then a few years ago I got a 4g 40 GB, but that died since I used it heavily... I'm using my dad's old 1st gen Mini (it was starting to mess up so he got himself a 1st gen Nano), but 4GB sux. I really hope these new HDD based Video iPods aren't as easy to damage/destroy as the current ones @_@!

Tablet Mac: Doesn't one already exist? I mean I know it's not Apple-branded, but Axiotron and Other World Computing made one out of the MacBook and is the only one on the market at the moment (as of MacWorld SF). If you're talking about something different, feel free to clarify.
 
Spock said:
I have been waiting for this stupid 6th Gen. iPod forever i want to replace my 4th Gen its getting screwy. Plus i have a nice Newton sticker waiting to go on the back of it ;)
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I've been holding out my 3rd Gen iPod for a full screen one...
 
Macrumors said:

The final iPod design is expected to feature a similar display to the iPhone (which some have noted is not true widescreen ratio) and also include 80GB and 100GB capacities.
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Sorry, but the iPhone *IS* widescreen. Just because it's not the same aspect ratio as HDTV doesn't make it not widescreen.

Some numbers:

'conventional' 17" LCD computer screens: 1280x1024, 5:4 aspect ratio, 1.2:1
conventional TVs and non-wide computer displays: 640x480-1600x1200, 4:3 aspect ratio, 1.33:1
The iPhone (And all of Apple's 15" PowerBooks, from the original Titanium to the high-resolution one right before the MacBook Pro:) 480x320-1440x960, 3:2 aspect ratio, 1.5:1
All of Apple's other widescreen displays, MacBook to 30" Cinema: 1280x800-2540x1600, 8:5 (aka 16:10) aspect ratio, 1.6:1
HDTV: 848x480-1920x1080, 16:9 aspect ratio, 1.77:1
Motion Pictures: Varying ratios, the widest common one being 2.35:1

So the iPhone is just as wide (ratio-wise,) as the original 'widescreen' 15" PowerBook G4, whose 1152x768 resolution was replaced by 1280x854 then 1440x960 before the MacBook Pro came out. Not the comparison on the middle resolution to the 'standard' 1280x800 of the MacBook, or the high resolution to the 1440x900 of the MacBook Pro. Also note that the 17" PowerBook G4 used the more standard 16:10 ratio for both of its incarnations, (1440x900 and 1680x1050) and carried over to the 17" MacBook Pro.

Just because it isn't as 'wide' as HDTV doesn't mean it's not 'widescreen'. One could make the same argument, therefore, of all of Apple's widescreen displays, since they are all 'taller' in ratio than HDTV.
 
It seems that my guess about the true video iPod sporting:

1) 16:10 aspect ratio display

2) Touchscreen controls

3) 80 or 120 GB hard disk storage on device

Might be closer to the truth than most people think. :)
 
MacRumors said:
The first is the full screen video iPod which has been long rumored. The final iPod design is expected to feature a similar display to the iPhone (which some have noted is not true widescreen ratio) and also include 80GB and 100GB capacities. The video iPod is reportedly ready and due to ship before the iPhone's June release.
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That to me says since it'll basically be an iPhone without the phone functions that it SHOULD have touch controls... We'll have to wait and see. I too would gladly pay $300 or $400 for one.
 
I would really love a true 6G ipod. I've had a nano since it was released. Before that, i had the 2G 20gb... that was one of the ones with the battery problems. Of course I didn't know about the class action suit until it was too late... My nano's screen died because i dropped it :( and i don't want to drop the $100 to fix it.

I will get a full screen video ipod the moment they are released. THE MOMENT!

I also really really really hope it has wifi support for wireless syncing with itunes. It should be easy to implement with the computer-to-computer networking capability already in os x. Maybe there's a barrier that's keeping them from implementing it and they're waiting for Leopard.

The icing on the cake would be the ability to use all the iPhone's web features on the iPod over a wifi network. Safari and google maps on my ipod from the comfort of my couch... that would be the life... But i'll take wireless syncing and 100GB...

I CAN'T WAIT
 
Haha yes!!!! The PADDs!

I feel like we have technology that does more than they do. If the ipod has wifi and internet, then it will do more than the PADD did.

I think the PADD just accessed the ship's main computer...

wow... I sound like a nerd...

anyone have the specs on a starfleet issue PADD??
 
AJ Muni said:
How reliable is macscoop?
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My question too, but this sounds really good ! Before I get excited though, anyone know what kind of record macscoop has on rumors to reality???

I'd love an ipod or tablet that I can control all of my media and machines with (I'm thinking of a previous news item about a patent that suggested this kinda device...). A remote control for my tech stuff.
 
Stella said:
Yep, Apple could throw in an I.R port on to the iPhone or iTablet and build the software. IR ports are cheap. The software to build would be more expensive ( i.e., you have to pay the developers ) ... but it would be a good additional functionality. Or, of course, a completely new device - but would Apple want to go there?
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Hey Stella, haven't seen you on here for a while...:)

I'm sure I saw an IR port on the iPhone, a typical little black window at least, in one of the MANY pics of the bloody thing.

I'm looking forward to either a reasonably priced iPod Widescreen (~CDN$399) or perhaps more likely a refurb'd 80Gb 5.5G (only 60Gb's available at the moment) - just in time for our summer camping trips! :D
 
actaully id think it be cool to actaully edit your calender info on your ipod i would use that for work cause my callender on my phone is such a pain to use but i love ical so much better and would be nice to post my schedule onto my ipod and if a ipod came with the same featurs the ipod part of the iphone had i think you can put the nail in the coffin for zune ;)
 
I mean seriously, can anyone not see the Widescreen video iPod with touch controls coming?

Predicting that is like saying that Apple will be releasing a new OS after Leopard. You don't know for sure, but you'd have to be an /r/-tard to not figure it out on your own.

The R&D is done, the product already exists, swap out the phone stuff, put in an HDD (60/80/120GB), paint that biatch white, and there you go.

The Mac tablet, well, I think that's going to be rolled out with the new Newton and the Powerbook G5, probably sometime Tuesday.

EDIT: 100 POSTS! w00t!
 
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