iPod Nano Case Leaks, iPod Touch to Have GPS?

[MacRumors]

More evidence is appearing that supports the taller iPod Nano design with a curved screen. Case designs (seen above) at Alibaba (via Engadget) depict new cases for an iPod Nano 4G. The 4th generation iPod Nano has been rumored to have a taller design with widescreen to allow for video playback. The rumor was first reported in July, with additional claims a few days ago from Kevin Rose.

Meanwhile, iDealsChina has posted renderings of the 4th Generation iPod which also match the rumored description:

iDealsChina was previously responsible for leaked iPhone 3G case moldings that turned out to be accurate.

Separately, and perhaps more interestingly, iDealsChina claims that the next generation iPod Touch will contain GPS. The iPod Touch is expected to see a revision in the next few weeks.

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[LillieDesigns]

I have to see it in person before I bash or love it. Plain and simple.

 

[naroola]

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Hmmm...

 

[noaccess]

I am sooo getting the new rev. iPod Touch if the GPS rumor turns out to be true. I'll probably get one anyway.

 

[150hp]

Come on, GPS iPod Touch: My dream machine...

 

[glassmen07]

I don't understand the curved screen

 

[gr8bob]

iDealsChina was previously responsible for leaked iPhone 3G case moldings that turned out to be accurate.
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mini USB port?

 

[eyephone]

Well there it is....

I am almost shocked that they went back to a more "candy-bar" style.

After handling a fatty model, I thought it wasn't a bed idea.

 

[11800506]

mini USB port?

These are fakes. There is no way Apple would make an iPod without the dock connector.

 

[phantomsd]

I don't get the GPS on the touch... What's the point if you can't use it while ur out?

 

[kwjohns]

GPS on an iPod Touch would be almost pointless at it's current stage considering you need internet/edge/3g coming in to download the Google maps data.

This would have to be some sort of admittance that either Apple is going to let TomTom/Telenav come out with their own apps or Apple is going to release their own.

 

[Zwhaler]

GPS on iPod Touch, now that's cool! I already have it on my phone, but man that will sure help spur sales. Hopefully it will be much much cheaper though.

 

[t0mat0]

Well i'll be. mini uSB. Any word on when USB 3 might be out?
No normal dock connector though? And what's with the other holes for the bottom of the case?

Curved design it seems of the green case at least. Looks like a rendering though, which inclines more towards fake. The other picture doesn't seem to show anything. Can't see why Apple would move away from the dock connector.

 

[Henriok]

I like the color..

 

[TheSlush]

They need to sling a GPS chip into the Nano, since it's the iPod that corresponds to the Nike+iPod running partnership!

 

[Beric]

Please oh please Touch GPS...

And make that pre-loaded maps that require no internet connection.

And add volume buttons, a camera, and external speakers as well. Touch owners want what the iPhone has, just without the phone and $2000 phone contract.

 

[old-wiz]

And if you look at the image, it appears that there is a wheel (volume control?) sticking out - that would break off soo fast! No way.

 

[duncyboy]

If this design is genuine for the next-gen Nano then maybe there'll be a Nano dock to go with it. Like the Shuffle has?

And on a side note although GPS would be outstanding for the Touch, the price point and any storage changes/bumps are top of my agenda.

 

[richard.mac]

why do all the proposed Nano cases look like theyre computer animated? what about an actual picture of the case like the iPhone 3G leak… then ill believe it .

 

[daveman235]

GPS on an iPod Touch would be almost pointless at it's current stage considering you need internet/edge/3g coming in to download the Google maps data.

This would have to be some sort of admittance that either Apple is going to let TomTom/Telenav come out with their own apps or Apple is going to release their own.

Dude you don't need internet/edge/or 3g for GPS. Do you have a GPS in the car? Is it hooked up to the internet ? NO! They dont need to be.

This would be amazing! Im so glad for waiting till the next gen ipod touch. It makes sense that they would bring it to the ipod touch. Theres going to be so many location based apps on the store soon. Bringing it to the ipod makes it a bigger market and more money for apple in the long run..... ROCK!

 

[.Chris]

I have to see it in person before I bash or love it. Plain and simple.

Agree. EVERYONE should but they rather be immature., I hate bashers a well as fanboys.... and I mean "fanboys" not "fanboys"

 

[ivan123]

And if you look at the image, it appears that there is a wheel (volume control?) sticking out - that would break off soo fast! No way.

i think thats one of those things that you put a string through and hold it around your neck

 

[ezekielrage_99]

OMG it's on the net therefore it must be true

With that said it seems fairly reasonable that a bump (or update) is coming soon and depending of the update, price, etc I might get one.

But what I am really hoping for is a new metal Macbook

 

[Beric]

GPS on an iPod Touch would be almost pointless at it's current stage considering you need internet/edge/3g coming in to download the Google maps data.

Real GPS needs no internet or phone connection of any kind. The maps are preloaded onto the device (or can be downloaded, so they're always there), and need contact only with the GPS satellites, not anything else. Only more recently has there been this sort of "half-GPS" which consists of a combination of fewer GPS satellites and cell phone towers.

 

[.Chris]

And if you look at the image, it appears that there is a wheel (volume control?) sticking out - that would break off soo fast! No way.

wqhos to say its a new feature or a crappy mockup? dont be so fast there ..

why do all the proposed Nano cases look like theyre computer animated? what about an actual picture of the case like the iPhone 3G leak… then ill believe it .

maybe because thats how all designs go through in the second stage? First is pen and paper then is CGI. They cant just magicly create something l;ike that. it takes design and thought.

I don't get the GPS on the touch... What's the point if you can't use it while ur out?

thats the point. You use it while your out

These are fakes. There is no way Apple would make an iPod without the dock connector.

whos to say they arnt going towards a diferent connector this time around? You people NEED to stop living in the past and look towards the feature.