Double (or better yet triple) the current capacity is what I really want. Give me that and I'll be all over the Apple Store web site like Oprah on a ham sammich.
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iPod touch [Merged] What to expect from third generation of iPod touch?
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I don't need 3G on my Touch because I have WiFi at home and work (a college campus), essentially 95% of the time where I am. I don't need GPS as I don't get lost and don't see a need for any of the location-based apps. I don't need a camera as I have one in my phone which is already with me everywhere I go.
What I'd love the Touch to do is become more of a portable computer.
- Add bluetooth that supports keyboards and mice, printing, and stereo headphones.
- Add a display port.
- Or maybe make a simple dock that you can park your Touch/iPhone in to turn it into a PC. That dock could contain bluetooth or USB connections for Keyboard/Video/Mouse.
Then make available iPhone/Touch versions of Word, Excel, etc., whatever your mac-based favorite productivity apps are. I'd buy two sets of periferals, one for home and one for work. Then I'd stop lugging a laptop around.
What I'd love the Touch to do is become more of a portable computer.
- Add bluetooth that supports keyboards and mice, printing, and stereo headphones.
- Add a display port.
- Or maybe make a simple dock that you can park your Touch/iPhone in to turn it into a PC. That dock could contain bluetooth or USB connections for Keyboard/Video/Mouse.
Then make available iPhone/Touch versions of Word, Excel, etc., whatever your mac-based favorite productivity apps are. I'd buy two sets of periferals, one for home and one for work. Then I'd stop lugging a laptop around.
considering how this is an iPod, one camera would be fun to see, but TWO cameras on an iPod is ridiculously unnecessary as there isn't even two on the iPhone, which would get it first though i don't think it will.
3G?! again, iPod, not an iPhone.
some people on here have good ideas...but not all do
Why not ask for a sub-woofer while you're at it? Have you seen the disassembly pics? To put another speaker in might mean reducing the size of the first one. I don't think apple will ever put decent speakers in the iPod touch.
Maybe
Maybe, i don't think nano/membrane technology will be around in consumer electronics for a long time soon, it's great to imagine what it could be like but tbh the technology will be way too expensive to sell to the wider market, your looking at 50 - 75 years before it becomes cheap enough to manufacture for consumers.
I do agree with oled screens though, i think if apple took the first step in portable oled screens then we'd see some major breakthroughs in technology.
Maybe, i don't think nano/membrane technology will be around in consumer electronics for a long time soon, it's great to imagine what it could be like but tbh the technology will be way too expensive to sell to the wider market, your looking at 50 - 75 years before it becomes cheap enough to manufacture for consumers.
I do agree with oled screens though, i think if apple took the first step in portable oled screens then we'd see some major breakthroughs in technology.
Depends on time...
I want apple to spend atleast 2-3 more years before they bring out a new ipod touch. Mainly because they need to spend lots of time developing new technologies so that it's top of the line and the technologies less expensive. I'd also like this because i've only had my ipod for six months and would like to keep it for a few years before being forced by apple to upgrade it.
when i think about what i would like on the new ipod touch which there inevitabely will be, i think that they should probably start on upgrading the screen to an oled screen and somehow figure out how to turn the oled screen into a touch screen. I'd also like improved speakers and bluetooth for bluetooth earphones and to sync via itunes with it. I'd also like some document editing software which could be easily bought through the apps store.
It's hard to think of anything else though as the ipod touch is such a good multimedia player already. I think a main upcoming improvement will be the memory which should be upgraded to 64 gb undoubtadly.
I want apple to spend atleast 2-3 more years before they bring out a new ipod touch. Mainly because they need to spend lots of time developing new technologies so that it's top of the line and the technologies less expensive. I'd also like this because i've only had my ipod for six months and would like to keep it for a few years before being forced by apple to upgrade it.
when i think about what i would like on the new ipod touch which there inevitabely will be, i think that they should probably start on upgrading the screen to an oled screen and somehow figure out how to turn the oled screen into a touch screen. I'd also like improved speakers and bluetooth for bluetooth earphones and to sync via itunes with it. I'd also like some document editing software which could be easily bought through the apps store.
It's hard to think of anything else though as the ipod touch is such a good multimedia player already. I think a main upcoming improvement will be the memory which should be upgraded to 64 gb undoubtadly.
I have the cable.
But I can only watch videos and see photos.
I want to see the touch screen at all times so I can connect it to a projector and they can watch what I am doing.
Don't think a Sansa View will do what I want.
I want direct access the the touch's home screen so I can see the app icons, click on one and see the app launched. Then see the app used. Much like what Apple uses to demo the touch features.
Won't happen. I can't remember a time where Apple hasn't updated one of their iPods during the September 'refresh'. Yes, the shuffle may not have had many major upgrades in the last couple years, but in the last two years it has seen a 2GB model released, as well as new colours just a few months back.
2 or 3 years between any updates? Don't think so.
About all the speakers are good for is the bleeps and zings of games, when kids have pals looking over their shoulder and they all want to hear the pops, whizzes and splat effects during play.
But anyone listening to music on the speakers built into an iPod Touch would get better quality if they bought a 20-year old, $5 transistor radio from a local junk store.
Well the two most important things are Copy and Paste and a camera
For the love of moses no camera! but everyone has their own opinion
I just don't think it'd make sense to put one especially when everyone is unhappy with a 2mp in the iphone, adding a camera would not make it any thinner which you know Apple will do, and I would NEVER use it, when I think iPod I do not think camera, but when I think iPhone I think, needs a better camera.
i'd be happy with a camera, providing it was 5mp or above, and it didn't noticeably add to the thickness, which is possible too. i dont mind a minor thickness change, but nothing like the iphone. thats just a plain fugly beast.
and yeah, still hoping for go anywhere internet. even a dongle would suit me
and yeah, still hoping for go anywhere internet. even a dongle would suit me
For the love of moses no camera! but everyone has their own opinion
When most people think ipod they don't think of all the apps, the internet, watching high res movies or accelerometer. They think MP3 player. The camera would be great if not just for fun with all of the apps out there. Flash is a MUST right NOW, there are too many websites using it. I would like to see the camera, cut and paste, good speakers and mic, more ability to create edit and print documents, let me change the theme already!!! this is just ridiculous that we can't and better battery life.
Also I like the steel back, plastic is cheap looking and feeling, just take care of it and it won't look terribly scratched
Basics
I am looking for 3 major things.
More memory, which we assume is a given.
Longer battery life, by at least 1 hour, also very doable.
Louder and higher quality speaker.
I know that some have been down on the speaker but I have used it often including when I am showing movies to friends or letting them listen in on podcasts.
A louder speaker is a definte plus for me.
Also I would love to see a brighter screen.
I commute on the bus every day and I set the brightness on max and it works well. But sometimes its not enough, especially in direct sunlight.
So a brghter screen setting would be great as well as a higher res screen.
Finally, I have always thought that the touch could fit a larger screen, by stretching it out to cover the entire front.
A 4 inch screen would still be very portable and, if it were OLED, have a great battery life.
I am looking for 3 major things.
More memory, which we assume is a given.
Longer battery life, by at least 1 hour, also very doable.
Louder and higher quality speaker.
I know that some have been down on the speaker but I have used it often including when I am showing movies to friends or letting them listen in on podcasts.
A louder speaker is a definte plus for me.
Also I would love to see a brighter screen.
I commute on the bus every day and I set the brightness on max and it works well. But sometimes its not enough, especially in direct sunlight.
So a brghter screen setting would be great as well as a higher res screen.
Finally, I have always thought that the touch could fit a larger screen, by stretching it out to cover the entire front.
A 4 inch screen would still be very portable and, if it were OLED, have a great battery life.
it's funny to listen to what peeps want.
personally i dont listen to music (other than radio apps), watch video or look at photos. I use mine purely for fun - apps and internet. my only want is go-anywhere internet, even if it's made available via a dongle. i wouldn't mind paying a few bucks every month for that service at all
personally i dont listen to music (other than radio apps), watch video or look at photos. I use mine purely for fun - apps and internet. my only want is go-anywhere internet, even if it's made available via a dongle. i wouldn't mind paying a few bucks every month for that service at all
Hey just wanted to apologys for me first post I was in a hurry so what I realy want in the new iPod touch isssss
A camera 2 megapixels is fine but I'd prefer better
Like I said before a radio would be good
Blutooth activated would be cool
Streeching the screen so it's like 4 inches would be cool
Last thing I'm gonna say is wen is it gonna come to australia
I own a macbook 13 inch
iPod touch 1st gen lols keep postin
A camera 2 megapixels is fine but I'd prefer better
Like I said before a radio would be good
Blutooth activated would be cool
Streeching the screen so it's like 4 inches would be cool
Last thing I'm gonna say is wen is it gonna come to australia
I own a macbook 13 inch
iPod touch 1st gen lols keep postin
I agree it's fake, but I'm not sure that the idea of 3G is totally out of the realm of possibility; I don't see it happening anytime soon however. If we were talking about an iPod Classic, agreed. But the touch is almost a mini computer in itself. Like a mini netbook and you can get 3g with a subscription service to AT&T now and subsidize the cost of the thing. They gave the touch wi-fi to get internet access, so why not a full-time paid subscription internet with 3G?
I can TOTALLY see 3G making into the 10" netbook/big iPod/whatever it is that Apple is rumored to have in the works. Different story I know, just saying how 3G can/is working itself into other devices.
I'd love to see Bluetooth added with the ability to tether through a phone. I don't actually expect to ever see it, but I'd love it. That way I can use a phone and carrier of my choice, and if my iPod's battery runs out because I've watched too many movies I can still make phone calls.my only want is go-anywhere internet, even if it's made available via a dongle. i wouldn't mind paying a few bucks every month for that service at all
Really, what I'd like to see in a new iPod touch are improvements in the areas where my old Palm TX still beats it:
- calendar UI (creating a new event, for example)
- Bluetooth tethering (Internet anywhere, as long as my phone and network support it)
- copy and paste
my thoughts on improvemnets
To borrow from "Macysamum" said I would like to see the new ipod touch have the following:
A camera 2 megapixels is fine but I'd prefer better
Like I said before a radio would be good
Blutooth activated would be cool
Streeching the screen so it's like 4 inches would be cool
A 2 megapixel or higher would be great, and a digital zoom.
Radio can go either way-now xm would be great. *
Bluetooth ok
Bigger Screen. Hell yes? * Rember the Newton? I would like a screen like
that. And the option to have 1/2 small sd cards for storage ext.
Maps and gps - lower 48 states *
I would upgrade my ipod 2g to this when i first came out.
* options like the the 8, 16, 32 gig units now, but with 16, 32, 64.
Improved speaker for gps. Camer with lens facing out in front of windsheild
for recording, trip while using gps.
just my thoughts.
beater
To borrow from "Macysamum" said I would like to see the new ipod touch have the following:
A camera 2 megapixels is fine but I'd prefer better
Like I said before a radio would be good
Blutooth activated would be cool
Streeching the screen so it's like 4 inches would be cool
A 2 megapixel or higher would be great, and a digital zoom.
Radio can go either way-now xm would be great. *
Bluetooth ok
Bigger Screen. Hell yes? * Rember the Newton? I would like a screen like
that. And the option to have 1/2 small sd cards for storage ext.
Maps and gps - lower 48 states *
I would upgrade my ipod 2g to this when i first came out.
* options like the the 8, 16, 32 gig units now, but with 16, 32, 64.
Improved speaker for gps. Camer with lens facing out in front of windsheild
for recording, trip while using gps.
just my thoughts.
beater