Yeah, its super easy to scratch...I mean I would use a case either way, but it would be nice to know that you could take it out of the case once in awhile and not feel like you're scratching it by just touching it.
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Yeah, its super easy to scratch...I mean I would use a case either way, but it would be nice to know that you could take it out of the case once in awhile and not feel like you're scratching it by just touching it.
If it has camera, I think it will also do VIDEOS. (can't go back from that after the 3GS)
If it does VIDEOS, I think it's got the uber-hardware (cpu,gpu,256mb ram) of the 3GS. And so will get the super-graphic games that the 3GS can get. Nice
If it does VIDEOS, I think it's got the uber-hardware (cpu,gpu,256mb ram) of the 3GS. And so will get the super-graphic games that the 3GS can get. Nice
I still think its fake even with the video. It could be possible for the person to make a hole in the previous iPod Touch 2nd gen casing and placing an iphone 3G or 3GS camera there. I know it would be very difficult to do that... just an idea.
that's been suggested before. I think the idea is stupid as that looks of excellent build quality like it was built with that and not as an add on
How do we know it's an Apple?
I mean.. It could very well be a Chinese fake, with an added camera. Just a thought. Personally I think the position of the camera looks to arbitrary for an Apple product. Instead they should've extended the plastic part (antenna) so that it would include a lens and a mic..
I mean.. It could very well be a Chinese fake, with an added camera. Just a thought. Personally I think the position of the camera looks to arbitrary for an Apple product. Instead they should've extended the plastic part (antenna) so that it would include a lens and a mic..
if they did that they'd also have to drop the price of the nanos
16, 32, 64GB 229, 300, 400
drop the base model, double the memory and keep the same prices. happened to the iPhone, happened to the Time Capsule. and now it shall adhere to the iPods
16, 32, 64GB 229, 300, 400
drop the base model, double the memory and keep the same prices. happened to the iPhone, happened to the Time Capsule. and now it shall adhere to the iPods
the real backstory for this iPod prototype...
A fresh faced engineer shuffles nervously into Steve Jobs lair on Apple Campus. His palms sweaty and mouth dry, he shakily slides the new prototype over Steve's leather desk and takes two steps back.
Steve considers this gleaming new device with intense scrutiny. He takes his glasses off and purposefully sets them down square on his desk. He rubs the bridge of his nose. The engineer evades Steves glare.
"What the F*** is this?" Bellows Steve, the engineer nearly losing his bowels at the sudden outburst. "Six months and all you've done is put a F***ING camera on the back of it! And it looks like a piece of S***, you ruined the ergonomics. We ship in FOUR months. So help me, if you don't show me something better than this in 30 days, i will f***ing bury you!"
Steve looks down his nose at this monument to consumerism, and swiftly lobs the iPod at the engineers forehead. It ricochets off the engineers glasses (causing the cracked screen) and flies out a nearby window. "Now get out" Steve calmly orders, as he picks up his glasses and seats them gently back in place.
The engineer trips over himself as he scrambles out the door, promptly forgetting about the prototype, as he dives into the nearest WC, to vomit.
Seconds earlier the iPod unceremoniously landed in some rough hedgerow just on the edge of Apple campus, having miraculously pinged off Steve's Merc, sitting in his normal disabled car parking space. A lucky bystander notices the glint of the airborne iPod out of the corner of his eye, retrieving and scuttling off with it.
The rest, as they say, is history.
A fresh faced engineer shuffles nervously into Steve Jobs lair on Apple Campus. His palms sweaty and mouth dry, he shakily slides the new prototype over Steve's leather desk and takes two steps back.
Steve considers this gleaming new device with intense scrutiny. He takes his glasses off and purposefully sets them down square on his desk. He rubs the bridge of his nose. The engineer evades Steves glare.
"What the F*** is this?" Bellows Steve, the engineer nearly losing his bowels at the sudden outburst. "Six months and all you've done is put a F***ING camera on the back of it! And it looks like a piece of S***, you ruined the ergonomics. We ship in FOUR months. So help me, if you don't show me something better than this in 30 days, i will f***ing bury you!"
Steve looks down his nose at this monument to consumerism, and swiftly lobs the iPod at the engineers forehead. It ricochets off the engineers glasses (causing the cracked screen) and flies out a nearby window. "Now get out" Steve calmly orders, as he picks up his glasses and seats them gently back in place.
The engineer trips over himself as he scrambles out the door, promptly forgetting about the prototype, as he dives into the nearest WC, to vomit.
Seconds earlier the iPod unceremoniously landed in some rough hedgerow just on the edge of Apple campus, having miraculously pinged off Steve's Merc, sitting in his normal disabled car parking space. A lucky bystander notices the glint of the airborne iPod out of the corner of his eye, retrieving and scuttling off with it.
The rest, as they say, is history.
or make the Apple logo rubber and put the antenna behind that
Apple's designs for the iPods won't please everyone. if you think it's ugly don't buy it
if it was a fake Chinese player why would they take such dodgy videos and photos of it?. it doesn't bear the Apple name or logo it's just a modified version. if Apple cared about mp3 players similar looking to it's players on the market the Zune HD wouldn't look the way it does today
Hmmmmm either the person who took this picture has the world's best drill tool, or took some hours or weeks to photoshop this.
I mean I don't know how you can drill a hole into an ipod without cracking it.?
It looks so perfect!
(the camera)
I agree, that would look better (and would probably be easier to manufacture).
If this is real, it may just be one of the several test-designs, and may not be the final design.
I'm sure that's what happened when he was first told of the plans for the 3rd generation iPod shuffle. And I'm sure the Engineers were "f***ing buried". really with the NDA you sign your life away. so I'm sure Steve has the authority to f***ing bury you. do Apple store employees have to sign NDAs?
I always looked at Steve as a nice guy but I'm sure off stage he acts like that inside Apple
Well.. That's good idea, but the hand would cover the antenna whilst holding it. Otherwise the logo would have to sit high on the back of the device, and that wouldnt look right.
OK. I won't
Hmmmmm either the person who took this picture has the world's best drill tool, or took some hours or weeks to photoshop this.
I mean I don't know how you can drill a hole into an ipod without cracking it.?
It looks so perfect!
the nail in the coffin for that theory then
I'm not 100% sure either but can these people just admit this is real? why must everyone here keep coming up with reasons it's fake? "it's photoshopped" "they drilled a hole in the back" "why would they keep the same design" "it's chinese" it's real just shut it and admit it
Apple will have to drop the price of the shuffle back to $49 and the Nano down to $99 if they plan on dropping the price of the touch. $149 would be fine if there was only one model of the nano, but there are usually 2.
the placement of the camera just looks weird;like how it is centered. I believe this is just a prototype. the camera with the chrome back just doesn't look elegant and nice. the plastic back would look a lot better with the new addition if the camera placement was off to the side , like on the iphone. I f they do a plastic backing then it will eb a nicer device overall because to you won't have a nice shiny back and and then bam, plastic piece for wifi.
it might help with stability, I find myself putting my 2G on a desk to use it for a calculator and it spins a lot. having a rubber Apple logo on the bottom would be nice. but I agree it would rise and look weird
or i can use a case, or they can just give the iPod touch a plastic back
Does this iPod have a microphone on the bottom also?
the #1 reason I wanted a microphone was for Skype and instrumental apps like Ocarina and Leaf Trombone. we finally got one... but it's at the top
the #1 reason I wanted a microphone was for Skype and instrumental apps like Ocarina and Leaf Trombone. we finally got one... but it's at the top
I definitely agree with this. With the camera, the mic, the wifi antenna, the volume rocker and the lock button, things are feeling far too 'bitty' on the iPod. It should be a beautiful minimal slab. Personally i still prefer the 1st Generation iPod touch design. No chrome bezel, and a nice flat back plate.
But that's just my opinion and opinions are subjective.
Yes, please! Maybe the matte black version we saw prior to the iPhone 3GS launch.
Scratches
Why is the back of this prototype so scratched up? I would think prototypes would be handled fairly carefully and this thing seems to have as many scratches as my 2 year old model. I'm not convinced this is legitimate.
Why is the back of this prototype so scratched up? I would think prototypes would be handled fairly carefully and this thing seems to have as many scratches as my 2 year old model. I'm not convinced this is legitimate.
it's a durability prototype so it was the OP's jobs to scratch it up (well to drop it and it it against things, and that caused scratches)
I tell you getting paid to mess up free iPods is a dream of mine. not because I hate them just because I like destroying things
the scratches came from being ina modshop to have the fake stuff installed and the drill probably skid all over the case because the case is curved.
is there a possibility of the camera module getting messed up
I don't put cases on my iPod so when I put it on a desk or something it scratches, could it also mess up the camera?