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iPod Nano Photos?
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New from Apple, the brand new iPod Dumpy!
Hope it's not true. The current one and it's predecessor have a nice, elegant shape. Smaller is not necessarily better!
I agree. What did Apple do, fire the designer guy? First the keyboard and now this. Yeesh! They're making Dell look like Versace.
I don't think so, it would make the click wheel unusable by being far too small.
I would be really depressed, and lose faith in Apple if those are the real ones.
I must admit that these "new" nanos look really, really ugly.
I must admit that these "new" nanos look really, really ugly.
LOL
Wait.
You're serious.
HAHAHAHAHAHA
You do know that that's an actual nano housing right? So - how exactly is using an existing, real-life product as the basis for some concept art "out of proportion"?
Lies. That was the most telling sign that these were fake - Apple Legal didn't tell them to cease-and-desist immediately. They're just trying to propegate the rumour a few more minutes, before we all come to our senses and move along.
Maybe they didn't want stockholders to see that hideous design and cause their stock to go down because of it. I know that Apple could never put out something that looks like that. First of all, Apple knows that a lot of people use their Nanos to work out. Working out with that short and fat thing seems a little difficult. Maybe this year, it will be a small revision similar to what the iPod experienced. If that is the case, just add an FM tuner and I will be happy.
omg...his post was removed from Apple Legal? wow? what did he said? this is ****crazy
The removal of these photos doesn't really prove anything either way. Either they are legit and Apple wants them removed, or they are such horrible mock-ups that Apple doesn't want them propogating and tarnishing their image.
New iPods???
If you ask me, and I KNOW that nobody has, these look like fakes to me. They just don't seem to represent the direction that Apple has taken recently with design form OR function. Think iPhone, iMac, or even the latest incarnation of the iPod nano.
If you ask me, and I KNOW that nobody has, these look like fakes to me. They just don't seem to represent the direction that Apple has taken recently with design form OR function. Think iPhone, iMac, or even the latest incarnation of the iPod nano.
That'd be a cool iPod, but the problem is, it doesn't fall into the Nano's type. These should've been the 5.5 gen. Not the Nano.
At the same time, a new iPod will have to boast a lot of new iPhone-esk technology.
At the same time, a new iPod will have to boast a lot of new iPhone-esk technology.
I find it really funny people saying 'it's ugly' 'it's fake, apple wouldn't make a design like this' etc etc.
Let me tell you something, the photo is REAL, those ARE the new nano's. At the very least, it is a very accurate mock-up.
Here are a few points to remember:
1. Scale- these things are small, yes they are a bit wider than the current nano but a lot shorter. They are definately cute and will fit very nicely in your hand. I agree that it will feel odd wearing them on your arm for running, but will work just as well as the current nano.
2. Context- without a steve keynote and a marketing campaign, it gives you little direction to what this nano is trying to achieve and where it fits in the market.
3. Photoshop- just because it is a photoshop file doesn't mean it's fake, everything goes through photoshop and there's no reason to believe someone who had brief access to such a file couldn't take a photo of it. In addition, that photo could've gone through photoshop itself, I'm sure I'm not the only one who runs all his photos through Photoshop for touch-ups.
4. Form factor- Apple have shown that they aren't afraid to deviate as seen with the ipod shuffle. This thing is not 5.5g ipod sized, it is SMALL. You are giving a knee-jerk reaction that you don't like it because it is not something you are used to. It happens all the time in design; you will get over it and appreciate the design. Think about it, it improves the current nano significantly by removing the superflous area on the top and bottom of the click wheel and increasing the screen size dramatically. It will fit better in your pocket than the current nano.
edit- Remember, this new Nano will be replacing both 5.5g ipod AND the nano... reason: new ipod will be video-centric (think iphone)
Let me tell you something, the photo is REAL, those ARE the new nano's. At the very least, it is a very accurate mock-up.
Here are a few points to remember:
1. Scale- these things are small, yes they are a bit wider than the current nano but a lot shorter. They are definately cute and will fit very nicely in your hand. I agree that it will feel odd wearing them on your arm for running, but will work just as well as the current nano.
2. Context- without a steve keynote and a marketing campaign, it gives you little direction to what this nano is trying to achieve and where it fits in the market.
3. Photoshop- just because it is a photoshop file doesn't mean it's fake, everything goes through photoshop and there's no reason to believe someone who had brief access to such a file couldn't take a photo of it. In addition, that photo could've gone through photoshop itself, I'm sure I'm not the only one who runs all his photos through Photoshop for touch-ups.
4. Form factor- Apple have shown that they aren't afraid to deviate as seen with the ipod shuffle. This thing is not 5.5g ipod sized, it is SMALL. You are giving a knee-jerk reaction that you don't like it because it is not something you are used to. It happens all the time in design; you will get over it and appreciate the design. Think about it, it improves the current nano significantly by removing the superflous area on the top and bottom of the click wheel and increasing the screen size dramatically. It will fit better in your pocket than the current nano.
edit- Remember, this new Nano will be replacing both 5.5g ipod AND the nano... reason: new ipod will be video-centric (think iphone)
Hopefully they've been humiliated into not only pulling the pictures but pulling the design! I mean can't you just see the newsstories?
Apple goes from Cool to Square.
Apple goes from Cool to Square.
The nano is going to be the NEW iPod...
Yeah, this looks legit. The nano's place in the lineup is going to become the iPod we think of as it is today... the iPod's place is going to be something beyond the iPhone form factor... think iPhone without the phone and with a 6 inch screen or larger... it makes a lot of sense when you consider the lineup overall... and, it makes me think that's the reason the new bluetooth keyboard is so small... it's more of an accessory to the next iPod than it is the new iMacs...
Yeah, this looks legit. The nano's place in the lineup is going to become the iPod we think of as it is today... the iPod's place is going to be something beyond the iPhone form factor... think iPhone without the phone and with a 6 inch screen or larger... it makes a lot of sense when you consider the lineup overall... and, it makes me think that's the reason the new bluetooth keyboard is so small... it's more of an accessory to the next iPod than it is the new iMacs...
Whatever they do, they can't violate some basic design measurements or they will screw up all the accessories, Bose's etc everyone has bought.
well these are just fugly ... and with this in mind I would have to say "real"
they need to keep this new trend up... first the new iMac... soon the new nanos.
fat is the new slim
ugly is the new beautiful
i just hope that leopard won't be the new windows
the first time i wondered "what the hell is steve thinking" was when that guy that introduced time machine walked on stage and did his thing. he's just wrong... I blame him he he
they need to keep this new trend up... first the new iMac... soon the new nanos.
fat is the new slim
ugly is the new beautiful
i just hope that leopard won't be the new windows
the first time i wondered "what the hell is steve thinking" was when that guy that introduced time machine walked on stage and did his thing. he's just wrong... I blame him he he
Just because something is Photoshopped doesn't mean it's not authentic. The vast majority of actual products that you see on the web, TV, or in print have been through PS. That doesn't make them any less authentic. There simply isn't any correlation between the authenticity of an image and the program that was used to create it.
The real question about this image is was it a legitimate image or not, and that's not a question that can be answered by determining whether it was processed in some way, as almost images inevitably are, through Photoshop.
What can be revealing is to determine how closely this image tracks with the trends that Apple has been following for this product line, not whether or not it has been piped through a ubiquitous program that is used to create both authentic and fake imagery.
Saying that it's fake because it's a .psd file is almost like saying it's a fake because that version of Photoshop happens to be running in OSX. It may be true that a lot of fake images originate on Photoshop, and it might also be true (or not) that the vast majority of those originate on versions of Photoshop running OS X (there's no way of telling), but the same can be said of all authentic images as well. There's simply no way of distinguishing based on this one criteria.