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iPod touch [Merged] What to expect from third generation of iPod touch?
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Mini Display-Port output. The port is so tiny, if apple were to release a Keynote app, it would be the perfect solution for people who make frequent presentations.
On an iPod?
I don't think so.
Sounds a lot more likely to happen when (if) Apple release a netbook.
On an iPod?
I don't think so.
Sounds a lot more likely to happen when (if) Apple release a netbook.
I don't think apple will release a netbook. I have a feeling that the highly mobile category device from Apple is, and will be, the iPod Touch and iPhone family. They are computing devices, not just media players and phones. If Apple is going to push an ultra portable, it'll be the Touch and iPhone.
When folks on here say they want GPS, I wonder which kind of GPS they mean. Technically, no cell phone (including the iPhone) use real GPS, but rather that lame triangulation stuff with the cellular network. Why not REAL GPS that actually communicates with orbiting satellites, like the Garmins, TomToms and Magellans do? Let's see Apple squeeze something like THAT into the 3G touch! Now THAT would kick a considerable amount of ass!
I never said Apple will release a netbook.
I personally don't think they will since it would most likely kill MacBook Air sales.
And, they iPod touch and iPhone isn't a computing device, yet.
It will be once there is a more supped up version of OS X Mobile, a faster processor, and more memory (ram, not capacity).
I keep reading about the ADP BT 2.0 profile. What's about it?
I though that the iPod touch has support for BT headsets.
I also strongly believe that a GPS and a Camera would be great features for iPod to have.
Now if only we had metropolitan WiFi we could ditch our mobile phones (and monthly bills along)
I though that the iPod touch has support for BT headsets.
I also strongly believe that a GPS and a Camera would be great features for iPod to have.
Now if only we had metropolitan WiFi we could ditch our mobile phones (and monthly bills along)
Beric speaks my mind. The whole entrepreneurial buzz about iPhone/iPod Touch is that it's the pre-eminent platform for mobile, location-aware computing. Being a phone is as secondary as being a music player. I could really care less about either of these so-called primary functions. To me, it's simply the world's greatest (so far) hand-held web-browsing computer.
Just give me REAL location-awareness with GPS and some basic connectivity as a portable hard drive (wired or wireless).
When folks on here say they want GPS, I wonder which kind of GPS they mean. Technically, no cell phone (including the iPhone) use real GPS, but rather that lame triangulation stuff with the cellular network. Why not REAL GPS that actually communicates with orbiting satellites, like the Garmins, TomToms and Magellans do? Let's see Apple squeeze something like THAT into the 3G touch! Now THAT would kick a considerable amount of ass!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the iPhone 3g uses "real GPS" & not AGPS (that lame triangulation stuff with the cellular network). As do a lot of phones these days.
- NO Bluetooth: Now that Apple will be able to supply expensive headphones, microphones, etc. I doubt they will rework those accessories and destroy a cash cow for the next couple years.
- NO GPS: I doubt Apple is going to enable the iPT with that because there is a small, small, small amount of people that would use an iPT with GPS. And it is expensive to add and keep the price range. Keep waiting, guys.
- NO Camera: I really doubt the camera is coming to 3G, but who knows? I bet it comes on the 4G. They could put it on the 3G as a boost to sales, and it wouldn't harm their iPhone market by making people move down to the iPT.
Better battery life, thinner, synching, hard drive, cut/paste/copy - I could see all these coming along.
The iPT is a high end iPod and a tinkertoy version of the iPhone. I really doubt Apple is going to bite into iPhone by allowing too much iPhone function to migrate to iPT. They'll probably try to migrate people upward to iPhone unless Apple can create an incredible voip service/network that trumps cell phones.
- NO GPS: I doubt Apple is going to enable the iPT with that because there is a small, small, small amount of people that would use an iPT with GPS. And it is expensive to add and keep the price range. Keep waiting, guys.
- NO Camera: I really doubt the camera is coming to 3G, but who knows? I bet it comes on the 4G. They could put it on the 3G as a boost to sales, and it wouldn't harm their iPhone market by making people move down to the iPT.
Better battery life, thinner, synching, hard drive, cut/paste/copy - I could see all these coming along.
The iPT is a high end iPod and a tinkertoy version of the iPhone. I really doubt Apple is going to bite into iPhone by allowing too much iPhone function to migrate to iPT. They'll probably try to migrate people upward to iPhone unless Apple can create an incredible voip service/network that trumps cell phones.
I would like to see the undocumented video out function to be confirmed and utilized so I can get an attachment and use my touch as a netbook
Also, I would like to see the developers allowed access through the dock connector. So we can have things like keyboards, gamepads,cams, etc
Stretch the screen so the entire front is a screen without the bezel kinda like the cowon S9
Lastly the a built in mic would be nice
edit: Oh yes and wireless syncing and being able to use it has a hard drive
Also, I would like to see the developers allowed access through the dock connector. So we can have things like keyboards, gamepads,cams, etc
Stretch the screen so the entire front is a screen without the bezel kinda like the cowon S9
Lastly the a built in mic would be nice
edit: Oh yes and wireless syncing and being able to use it has a hard drive
and you obviously know all that being an Apple employee? you 'aficionado' type peeps make me laugh sometimes. like all those who say flash will never happen. Apple is capable of almost anything. and yes, it does make logical sense not to cross over the Touch and iPhone units too closely for obvious reasons, but it's certainly not impossible or against all realms of probabilities.
And it's certainly out of your reach to categorically tell us otherwise
My biggest wish for a future generation iPod Touch is mobile broadband (without phone facilities). Something Apple is easily capable of doing, and i'm sure could come up with the correct pricing structure when the time is right. I bet the wish for this would be uber popular.
There are numerous mobile broadband hand held units on the market that do not contain phone facilities, that offer a yearly subscription for pence next to combined 3G internet/phone pricing, so why not? i'd love mobile internet, but i certainly dont want a phone. and the two dont need to go hand in hand.
lets have a bit of open mindedness and be a bit less condescending and know-it-all attitudes eh? we're all in the same boat.
Video out works. I've got a Philips DVD/iPod player with 8" screen. The Touch parks on a slide-out tray. Video, Music, Photos from the Touch plays on the 8" screen. You won't get games, Wifi, or the Touch UI on the screen though.
That's what I want to work not and it has been proven possible
http://arstechnica.com/journals/app...e-2-2-sdk-offers-undocumented-tv-out-features
Thing is it hasn't been made official yet from Apple. If it was I could get an 8" screen watch movies AND play games, surf the web etc.
Or a mini-tablet, I'm quite sure that if such a device is released, it'll have a USB and mini-DisplayPort.
On an iPod?
I don't think so.
Sounds a lot more likely to happen when (if) Apple release a netbook.
You mean 128GBs.
And yeah, it's supposed to be a lot.
After all this news about Apple not being at any MWSF's after the upcoming one I believe the 128GB may be released in February of 2010.
I honestly am not impressed by it. Say the device costs about £200 i would want to touch my £200 instead of hovering over it.
I expect, perhaps not the 3rd Touch but maybe the 5th Touch, to have gotten rid of the need to touch it. It will have eye tracking, so it can tell what you're focused on. Sadly the ADA folks will file a lawsuit against it because one eyed people can't get it to work. Apple will respond by enabling touch to work again, but including a switch to turn it off.
What to expect from third generation ipod touch?
Here is my list of things i think should be on the next ipod touch:
More memory
Better battery life
A built in mic
Drag and drop onto it like a hard drive
A back that does not scratch easily
More customization ( like after jailbreaking without actually jailbreaking it)
GPS
Better speakers
Bluetooth
Camera
FM radio
Basically these things would be nice but they are not all going to happen
What i mean by a back that doesnt scratch is something aluminum brushed or plastic or anything because as cool as it looks it makes me want to handle it
really carefully and there would be no need for a case then. FM radio, bluetooth and a camera are all possible but don't count on the camera.
Here is my list of things i think should be on the next ipod touch:
More memory
Better battery life
A built in mic
Drag and drop onto it like a hard drive
A back that does not scratch easily
More customization ( like after jailbreaking without actually jailbreaking it)
GPS
Better speakers
Bluetooth
Camera
FM radio
Basically these things would be nice but they are not all going to happen
What i mean by a back that doesnt scratch is something aluminum brushed or plastic or anything because as cool as it looks it makes me want to handle it
really carefully and there would be no need for a case then. FM radio, bluetooth and a camera are all possible but don't count on the camera.
Definitely needed, especially if they finally let applications run in the background.
Always a good thing.
I don't think this will happen due to the f act they'd be ruining sales on a newly released product that has a mic and it would make it look to much like an iPhone (which Apple is trying not to do).
This has been needed for a long time but there are some apps that let you do this.
This would be really nice but it's unlikely.
I don't think this will happen because it goes against the SDK but maybe they will change it.
Not going to happen.
Seems likely. No matter how significant the update most things are upgraded somewhat.
I hope so. It already has a Bluetooth chip for the Nike app but it probably has potential for other uses.
One of the main things I'm hoping for.
Definitely not going to happen.
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I would buy a 3rd gen even if it only got a camera and better battery life.
I can only think of 2 things that are absolutely needed, and they are copy/paste and syncing with iTunes over Wi-Fi, and they both could be added with a software update. They already let us control iTunes over Wi-Fi with the Remote app, so why not let us sync?