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iPod Video Photo

Macrumors said:


Several sites are popularizing this Flickr photo claiming to be a photo of the upcoming full-screen Video iPod.

The photo resembles the leaked 5G iPod photos, but may have simply been inspired by the same photos.

The most convincing evidence that this is a fake is that the part number "M8719Z/A" is the same part number as Mac OS X 10.2 Server.
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Very much a fake. This is how they did it. They took a piece of glass, placed it on a slightly smaller piece of something, connected a Firewire/USB combo cable with that piece of tape, and placed it all on a white surface so that when the picture looked through the glass, it would see white on the other side (iPod white). The LCD might have been real, but it is probably from something the guy tore apart.

As for the B vs. 8 debate... It's totally an 8.
 
R.Youden said:
Can anyone here speak Japanese? Do they know what it says on the connector?
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According to several people over at engadget.....it means "this side"

if this is a fake, someone went through A LOT of trouble and put A LOT of detail into it
 
TMA said:
Does anyone have the Apple combined Firewire/USB cable? The connector looks a little like it, perhaps a revised version?
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It's a Cable to Go firewire/USB cable.
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from http://www.cablestogo.com/product.asp?cat_id=218&sku=35502
 
R.Youden said:
Can anyone here speak Japanese? Do they know what it says on the connector?

Probably, ha-ha you suckers!
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It's Chinese and means "This Side" but the characters are written strangely.
 
I've just been doing some checking on Apple's website regarding the product code convention Apple are currently using.

Software uses the format: APPLE MA123Z/A. For example, iLife 06' Family Pack is APPLE MA167Z/A.

I haven't had a good dig around, but I could not find any hardware that uses Z/A at the end. I also couldn't find an Apple product that goes very high up in the numerical range, which suggests there may not be a need to roll over to MB just yet - UNLESS its for a completely new product/range that might deserve having a block of numbers reserved for future use.
 
Hattig said:
Couple that with downloadable movies from iTMS, at the same resolution ... and iTunes gaining DVD ripping capability (Windows Vista also has this feature I read yesterday, so I will believe that it will be allowed a bit more now, with suitable DRM applied by iTunes when ripping) and you have something that could be THE portable video player ... with music capability, photos, and ... touch screen games?
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Windows Vista has DVD ripping? That's promising. DVD ripping in iTunes is key for this!

It sure is exciting in the rumor world again! :) Only a few more days...
 
The tape over the connector is just too convenient..
Why would anyone put a packing tape over the conector and write "this side up" when people know fully well it only connects one way..
 
Peace said:
The tape over the connector is just too convenient..
Why would anyone put a packing tape over the conector and write "this side up" when people know fully well it only connects one way..
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At first I figured the connector was a pre-production piece that was hacked up for testing, etc. I'm not to sure about that now. It might be the Cable2Go connector, but the one in the photo seems to have slightly different angles to the backside of it. I'm just not sure.

Cool product or good fake. :)
 
thejadedmonkey said:
It's a Cable to Go firewire/USB cable.
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I'm not sure you're right. The casing around the plug looks too long (horizontally) compared to the picture.
 

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Peace said:
The tape over the connector is just too convenient..
Why would anyone put a packing tape over the conector and write "this side up" when people know fully well it only connects one way..
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They might.

Imagine a manufacturing plant. After coming off an assembly line, but before being packaged, everything needs a bit of Q.C., maybe even a firmware update.

If you're trying to work fast, you label a cable so that assembly workers can quickly and efficiently plug in, run the update, unplug, plug in, etc...
 
longofest said:
As for the B vs. 8 debate... It's totally an 8.
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No, it's totally a B, look at the bottom left of the character. B. Not 8.

However the rest of the code matching another product makes it seem odd, why not choose something different to prevent clashes?

We'll see next week, or within the next month if it isn't next week.
 
here's the new pic for people who can't access the site
 

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Superdrive said:
Cool. I think the dock cord looks kinda shabby. Either way, I can't wait til Tuesday.
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Yeah it looks more like a power cord to me... Nothing like the small dock cables we're used to see from Apple.
 
I dont know if anyone has discussed.....WHY the colored bars. Perhaps this has more than just video playback? TV Tuner? Who knows....but a video of colored bars just seems unlikely
 
TMA said:
I'm not sure you're right. The casing around the plug looks too long (horizontally) compared to the picture.
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Thanks for posting that pic... that was what I was trying to describe right above your post. :)

Also the idea that it's a QC test station is pretty credible. It would be very common to have "idiot tags" in that kind of situation.
 
i'm hoping that Apple will offer an 80 or 100GB 5G ipod for those of us who have very large collections, or for those who prefer to have WAV files instead of compressed files...

Just my 2 cents!


sartinsauce said:
Yeah. I want the higher resolution color screen. Also, I make and watch a lot of short films. It would be fun and easy to carry them around this.

For me it's not really about the size of the hard drive when it comes to music. I've got about 8gigs of music on my current iPod, and that's more than enough.
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mrgreen4242 said:
That's the worst pic I think I have ever seen. It reminds me of UFO and Bigfoot pictures. :p
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It is REALLY bad, haha and had this been the first pic to appear it would have been obvious. It's just weird that now there are 2 supposed pics.....hmmm something's brewin'
 
cgingrich said:
Another picture....this one is DIFFERENT....check it out


http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/leaked-ipod-video-picture
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Good find, but a few problems I have with it..
First, compare it to the size of the hand that is holding it. It looks to be about the size of my nano. 2nd, it looks like the pic was taken inside of a broom closet. Since it looks like the broom closet is becomming the new elevator, I pronounce this a real picture...of a nano sized touh screen ipod....yeah right....it looks real though.

P.S. this was posted 2 days ago.
 
longofest said:
Very much a fake. This is how they did it. They took a piece of glass, placed it on a slightly smaller piece of something, connected a Firewire/USB combo cable with that piece of tape, and placed it all on a white surface so that when the picture looked through the glass, it would see white on the other side (iPod white). The LCD might have been real, but it is probably from something the guy tore apart.

As for the B vs. 8 debate... It's totally an 8.
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No, it's clearly a B. I have no idea if that means anything, but it's clearly a B. If you have bad eyesight all you have to do is zoom in once, and you can clearly tell that the left is a straight edge and the right side has a lower bump that protrudes farther out.
 
1. It's deffinately a B
2. Chinese says "this side" possible it's for a QC station to make things faster/less likely to get broken
3. Pic is VERY detailed (reflection, screen through label)
4. Deffinately some sort of ipod, not tablet or pda, although might have some pda functionality, (see second pic, it's held by 2 fingers so it's not a tablet)

My guess....A new TRUE video ipod with limited pda functionality....wireless/bluetooth capabilities would be amazing (connect bluetooth keyboard accessory for typing)

My hope....A new front row interface :)
 
thejadedmonkey said:
Good find, but a few problems I have with it..
First, compare it to the size of the hand that is holding it. It looks to be about the size of my nano. 2nd, it looks like the pic was taken inside of a broom closet. Since it looks like the broom closet is becomming the new elevator, I pronounce this a real picture...of a nano sized touh screen ipod....yeah right....it looks real though.
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you can see a hand in that picture?? all i see is black around it. i'm waiting desperatly for Apple Insider or Think Secret to post up a story confirming this!!

edit - oooh, i guess the bottom left thing is a thumb? it just looked like a shine of light coming from the side, lighting up the desk the ipod was on or something like that to me at first
 
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