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iPod Video Photo

Lertie32 said:
Hahaha... I can't believe how bloated this thread has gotten in one day... LOTS of interest!
:eek:

I'm on the fence with this one... I am a "master" in Photoshop and while this image looks plausible, it's certainly possible it's a fake. I could have done it and better... I'll have to remember that next time I want to try and start a massive rumor thread...
:cool:

I see some artifact/questionable areas in the photo and at the same time, it's a small low resolution image...
:confused:

IF this is true I will be one of the people in the corner crying since I just bought a 60G video iPod a few weeks ago.
:rolleyes:

Oh, and I think it's a "B" but it's a close call...
:p
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I'll be in the corner with you, just bought mine yesterday. :mad:
 
One more thing... nothing is ever definate. This thing is definitely a fake, though. Lol. (QUIT TYPING ''DEFINATELY''. That is not a positive sign of intelligence, let alone credibility.)
 
Apple-Alt-Ctr said:
That's why a laptop's LCD screen appears white when it's turned off?

Sorry, but you're simply wrong on both the things you say. Black text on white is only easier to read in print. On screen white text on black is easier. Take a look at the Mac's Universal Access for an example of where this is used to help those with poorer sight.
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A laptop's screen is black when it's off because the backlight is also off.

Most interface and web design experts agree that while black-on-white and white-on-black are close in legibility, for large portions of text, black-on-white is easier to read for most people. That's why it's the default for computers. Universal Access gives you the option to change it for the minority of people who read better the other way.

see, e.g., http://coe.sdsu.edu/eet/articles/wptdguide/index.htm
 
If it's on the internet therefore it has to be true, can't wait till tuesday to buy it ;)

And new G5 PowerBooks next Tuesday :D
 
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iLounge?

is that picture from iLounge.com, i remember seeing a load of kl mock ups like that, cant wait for more info! geez though, its probab gonna be a major anti climax next tuesday!
 
lars steenhoff said:
Collecting the evidence so far, it seems even the wrapping paper in the background is the same material.
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Excellent catch. Little details like that are often missed in faked photos.

If it is a hoax, it's a very elaborately and painstakingly planned one. I'm leaning towards it being real.
 
gwales123 said:
Hey, does anyone know what the Chinese characters say?
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Muppet



no really


ok with out reading through 12 pages its, 'This Side', go back a page and read allllll about it.
 
200paul said:
Oooopps, when the thread gets too long I read like the first two pages and the last 3 or so and I figure the middle is just people flaming and fighting over who knows how to spell or whatever.
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Yours was the funniest post I read in a long while! The type of thing you might expect Homer to say (if he read MacRumors!). :)
 
I think it's the real thing.

Some considerations:

1)There is not a single familiar object in the picture (the connector might be a new one made just for this new kind of iPod) so we can't state how big it really is. We can just take as a fact that the screen proportions are 16:10.

2)Chinese characters might be written that way because the guy who wrote it was not chinese, yes, but as far as i know, there aren't only chinese people in china. Might have been an engineer from the U.S. sent by apple to guide/instruct/watch over local workers.

3)The pattern visualized on the screen has not to conform to any particular standard used for either tvs or monitor testing. Apple is free to put whatever it wants in its iPod to test the capabilities of the screen.

4)I believe the "test" screen pattern is stored in the firmware and not streamed through the cable. The purpose of the cable might just be to provide power to the iPod when the picture was taken.

5)I agree that it looks more like a "B" than an "8".

6)I assume the Apple logo is on the back, just like every other iPod of every kind and generation.

7)It looks like an iPod, so if this is real, the product name will likely be still "iPod". And i don't know how this might be so surprising.
The product in question (if real) fits even more it's name than the previous generations. The iPod is clearly shaping up to become the one and only platform for your "digital lifestyle on the go". A new interface that looks and acts like Front Row seems a good guess to me.
 
Regarding the unnatural chinese handwriting...

My handwriting looks pretty messed up when I try to write on a plastic surface, in a a tiny area, with a fat tipped marker pen. I'm sure people could even say it looks forced or that it could have been written by a child or non-native english writer
 
millypede said:
Muppet



no really


ok with out reading through 12 pages its, 'This Side', go back a page and read allllll about it.
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No, I've detailed a much more accurate account on this page (9). Dammit. It doesn't mean this side, but means this side up, unless what one guy I forgot to quote said is true and the characters together actually mean "here," which I also touched on in my post. Quit directing the curious to the wrong, please!
 
Apple-Alt-Ctr said:
Well I've devoted a fair amount of my career to reading MacRumors! I think the corner radiuses look just fine here. I do think the proportion of the screen the existing iPod with video takes up of the whole device look odd though.
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Proportion is a very subtle thing and it's something that apple has honed to perfection. My sense of aesthetic says the corners are too heavily radiused in relation to the screen bezel and inner screen corners, the bezel width also varies. The relationship of these elements is crucial. Apple will present a much more refined and considered sense of proportion than is evident here. I say this because I'm used to looking at how shapes work together on a very subtle level for high end hifi and electronics clients. It's the first thing I see when looking at the pic.
 
mavrick422 said:
as much as i don't want to notice this, the "real" image does not match the "ad" image. the "real" has hard, metal edges, and the "ad" has rounded white edges. oh well

"real": http://static.flickr.com/26/103357149_ebe5a6a8c7.jpg

"ad": http://cache.gizmodo.com/archives/images/iPod_5G.jpg

please please, PLEASE BE REAL DAMNIT! *and also have a phone...
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Uh, that "ad" you have posted is a mockup.

The first pic is supposed to be a unreleased Apple product, and the second pic is just a mockup from the 4G days. Duh. The 5G indeed have "hard, metal edges" as you say it, although they're actually hard and flat plastic fronts like the 1-2G iPods.
 
(L) said:
No, I've detailed a much more accurate account on this page (9). Dammit. It doesn't mean this side, but means this side up, unless what one guy I forgot to quote said is true and the characters together actually mean "here," which I also touched on in my post. Quit directing the curious to the wrong, please!
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Ahh thats what 18 hours of been awake does to you, things become a blur... I stand corrected.
 
Revlimit Punk said:
I think it's the real thing.

Some considerations:

1)There is not a single familiar object in the picture (the connector might be a new one made just for this new kind of iPod) so we can't state how big it really is. We can just take as a fact that the screen proportions are 16:10.

2)Chinese characters might be written that way because the guy who wrote it was not chinese, yes, but as far as i know, there aren't only chinese people in china. Might have been an engineer from the U.S. sent by apple to guide/instruct/watch over local workers.

3)The pattern visualized on the screen has not to conform to any particular standard used for either tvs or monitor testing. Apple is free to put whatever it wants in its iPod to test the capabilities of the screen.

4)I believe the "test" screen pattern is stored in the firmware and not streamed through the cable. The purpose of the cable might just be to provide power to the iPod when the picture was taken.

5)I agree that it looks more like a "B" than an "8".

6)I assume the Apple logo is on the back, just like every other iPod of every kind and generation.

7)It looks like an iPod, so if this is real, the product name will likely be still "iPod". And i don't know how this might be so surprising.
The product in question (if real) fits even more it's name than the previous generations. The iPod is clearly shaping up to become the one and only platform for your "digital lifestyle on the go". A new interface that looks and acts like Front Row seems a good guess to me.
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Very Well put, I agree with just about everything you mentioned.
 
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