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If this is more a PDA than just an iPod, meaning it can take notes, etc. I'll buy it in a flash. If it's just an iPod I'll wait a week or so. 
sartinsauce said:
Hm, we'd have to know the original sticker size to be sure, but guessing that it is a standard size printable label, it looks like it could be a standard 1x2.63" address type label. That'd make it about 8" wide and 5" tall, or a 9" diagnal screen...
A bit big for my tastes, but could be waaaaaay off.
I hope this is it
I hope this is it. If its a fake, its a very convincing fake. Besides the "box" fake the other day, are there any confirmed fake's floating around? Where is a good elevator shot already?
I hope this is it. If its a fake, its a very convincing fake. Besides the "box" fake the other day, are there any confirmed fake's floating around? Where is a good elevator shot already?
yoda_four said:
Not if it's an LCD: the backlight is always on, and it takes more power to make a pixel opaque (black) than it does to leave it transparent (white).
Does the spot on the far left where the screen meets border look fishy to anybody else? I'm not really a photoshop guru, but it sure looks like the "screen test" was just pasted on. If that's the case, this could easily be a photoshopped 5G. Just speculation mind you, but it looks false to me.
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I was thinking about the aspect ratio of this a bit. Some have said it doesn't look completely like widescreen. Now, in a way, if Apple chose something between 4:3 and 16:9, it would make a lot of sense, because you wouldn't have such extreme pillarboxing, and you'd only chop a tiny bit off the widescreen image (or you could have a tiny bit of letterboxing for the widescreen image).
So, to test this, I placed both a 4:3 image and 16:9 (1.78:1) image on top of this purported iPod. It's just as I thought; an inbetween aspect ratio, perhaps 1.66:1
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So, to test this, I placed both a 4:3 image and 16:9 (1.78:1) image on top of this purported iPod. It's just as I thought; an inbetween aspect ratio, perhaps 1.66:1
sartinsauce said:
Well, assuming the picture is real, lets assume the cable will have several purposes:
1. Sync iPod with computer
2. Put video out of the dock instead of just the headphone jack.
3. How about putting video *in* as well? Anyone put any thought into this thing actually recording/encoding video in MP4? Now that would be slick.
stridey said:
This was discussed in the "other"/original thread (they need to be merged)... it could be signs of a fake, or could just be crappy JPEG artifacts.
mrgreen4242 said:
Wow, that's huge! My pythagorean says over nine inches. That's so big that resolution is going to be an issue. At that size you almost have to have standard def (648x480) or higher. You could have less, but people will comment frequently at the poor image quality.
I'm thinking that sticker is smaller than you estimated.
mrgreen4242 said:
I thought that way just tape. Looks almost like packaging tape, though I'm pretty sure it isn't and more likely just a standard sticker from a factory. However, I wouldn't guess it to be like the sizes you're speaking of.
If you go by the size of the dock connector, assuming that's what the cable is and it's the same size as current dock connectors, the dimensions in comparisons would seem basically the exact same as the current iPod; just sideways.
sartinsauce said:
I'd guess that if it is 9"+ it'll be AT LEAST 640*400... more likely at least 800*600.
And since it's not a 4:3 shape, it's actually likely to just be 720*480 or some multiple of that... 1080*720 for example.
yoda_four said:
That's VERY possible. I'd prefer that personally. The cable coming out of the connector looks to be pretty fat... so it COULD be a larger cable and hence a larger object. But if it is the same as the current dock connector, then ya, it'd be about 5G iPod size.
TMA said:
Yeah, after all, it is MacRumors. There are enough Apple Rumor Junkies floating around here that would really appreciate this.
I expect this thread will be a long one.
I overlayed a 5G iPod on this image to check out what resolutions this device could pull off. Seeing as how 5G is 320x240, if you double that you get 640x480, which is VGA resolution. Look at the pic below and you'll see that the device basically doubles the screen size (= doubled resolution to VGA, right?)
BTW, the PSP is 480x220 and the Creative Zen is 640x480.
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BTW, the PSP is 480x220 and the Creative Zen is 640x480.
What Was It That Apple Held Back?
I don't think I'm the only one who assumes the event next week will have something to do with whatever Apple was unable to present at MWSF in January. I'm not sure if that will account for everything that is unveiled on Tuesday, but I expect the event to relatively substantial. (Judging by the almost 800 posts on the topic this week, I would guess that I'm not alone.)
Unfortunately, the morass of ideas being thrown about within different threads leads to some frustration when one reader thinks s/he has come up with a flash of insight, but it is in fact a rehashing of several different posts. I see repeats as emphasis on a point that warrants redress in some form.
With that preamble, I think this idea is significant. Why has Apple held back on releasing updates to Front Row? I feel like there has to be a definite answer somewhere. It is so promising, if only it were refined through the normal process of updates it could be a truly "killer app." My sentiments echo the ones I quoted (and have for some time) that Front Row's potential is not limited to occasional use on the small percentage of iMacs and MBPs with which it ships. Use on an iPod or intermediate device? Brilliant.
yoda_four said:
I don't think I'm the only one who assumes the event next week will have something to do with whatever Apple was unable to present at MWSF in January. I'm not sure if that will account for everything that is unveiled on Tuesday, but I expect the event to relatively substantial. (Judging by the almost 800 posts on the topic this week, I would guess that I'm not alone.)
Unfortunately, the morass of ideas being thrown about within different threads leads to some frustration when one reader thinks s/he has come up with a flash of insight, but it is in fact a rehashing of several different posts. I see repeats as emphasis on a point that warrants redress in some form.
With that preamble, I think this idea is significant. Why has Apple held back on releasing updates to Front Row? I feel like there has to be a definite answer somewhere. It is so promising, if only it were refined through the normal process of updates it could be a truly "killer app." My sentiments echo the ones I quoted (and have for some time) that Front Row's potential is not limited to occasional use on the small percentage of iMacs and MBPs with which it ships. Use on an iPod or intermediate device? Brilliant.
I really think this is real. It's in the same type of setting that the 5G iPod was in, and that came true. I am very optimistic about this.
sartinsauce said:
I hope it will be. The craziness that flies around and the convergence of different perspectives that accumulates after enough posts speaks to my soul as a designer. I love when things are so up in the air that it seems like anything could be real. I think it distills the viable from the pipe dreams.