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More 4th Gen iPod Nano and 2nd Gen iPod Touch Cases
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You guys crack me up.
First off, Alibaba is not a retailer, it's a business-to-business marketplace. If you or I wanted to get into the iPod accessory business, and didn't want to do our own design, or commission one, such a site would be where we could find the goods from any number of small and medium-sized Chinese manufacturers to whose goods we could then either apply our own branding, or resell more cheaply as no-name items.
Secondly, one can't draw conclusions from illustrated sales photos with a cardboard insert, or minute details from a unlicensed design. There is a possibility that these cases do reflect the designs of a major accessory maker like Griffin who is probably privy to the new iPod designs, or they could just be no-name versions, or ripoffs of the same.
As with spy photos of new car models, one can take in the big picture to be indicative of what the future model may look like, but don't expect the details to survive.
It may spoil the fun, but don't take everything you see or read literally.
First off, Alibaba is not a retailer, it's a business-to-business marketplace. If you or I wanted to get into the iPod accessory business, and didn't want to do our own design, or commission one, such a site would be where we could find the goods from any number of small and medium-sized Chinese manufacturers to whose goods we could then either apply our own branding, or resell more cheaply as no-name items.
Secondly, one can't draw conclusions from illustrated sales photos with a cardboard insert, or minute details from a unlicensed design. There is a possibility that these cases do reflect the designs of a major accessory maker like Griffin who is probably privy to the new iPod designs, or they could just be no-name versions, or ripoffs of the same.
As with spy photos of new car models, one can take in the big picture to be indicative of what the future model may look like, but don't expect the details to survive.
It may spoil the fun, but don't take everything you see or read literally.
link with itunes wirelessly?
I hope either the nano or ipod touch will beable to link with itunes wirelessly to my computer.
to have your ipod in your car that is in the driveway ... and to have it sync to the computer at your house over your wifi network would be the greatest.
i know in the zune forums they are raggin on ipods for not being able to do that. have a buddy who has a jeep and a zune and all day long always updating. hops in the car and bam no need to plug the zune in to listen all the music is already there.
rockos
I hope either the nano or ipod touch will beable to link with itunes wirelessly to my computer.
to have your ipod in your car that is in the driveway ... and to have it sync to the computer at your house over your wifi network would be the greatest.
i know in the zune forums they are raggin on ipods for not being able to do that. have a buddy who has a jeep and a zune and all day long always updating. hops in the car and bam no need to plug the zune in to listen all the music is already there.
rockos
FYI there are current iPod touch cases that have that hole.
I work at an apple reseller and there are 3 or 4 which have it.
So its nothing new.
See photo attached
I agree!
I CANNOT see a great deal of difference in the skin for the new iPod Touch!
it seems like its meant to be used sideways.... kinda like with 2 hands...
i dont rally mind it, if they needed extra space for another chipset to make it to 16 or 32gb (teh awesomeness if possible)
but it does kinda seem like a step back to the older nanos... oh well im gonna get one anyway, and they dont look back, but as usuall people hat changes..
True, but, the changes to the iPod touch are supposedly minor, so this skin could still be for the new version.
hahahaha.... Accelerometers don't need to see anything.
Neither does a wifi-receptor.
evidence keeps mounting up for a more stick like nano. i'm a fan of the fatty, so i'm sad to see the new form. but then i'll prob never get one . . . so really, what do i care? i'm still waiting for apple to admit they f'd up with the iphone form cracking.
To spell without proper GRAMMAR, you must have a hole in your brain may be !
lol
That isn't a camera in the front. It's a light ambient sensor. It has been on all iPhones and iPod Touches...^_^
Nonsense.. wifi signals are not hindered by that silicon sleeve. That hole must mean something else, or alibaba didn't have physics in school.
If those are the new nanos and they are ditching the dock for mini usb I am suspecting it cruising far down the product line. And why not? The nano used to be quite nice; an iPod with less capacity. Now it is a fairly limited device that seems simplistic next to the high end iPod Touch.
The price of the Shuffle is just insane. The Shuffle is something they would give away with Happy Meals in a logical world. The Nano at $99 for the smallest would be good to induct the kids into Apple products.
The price of the Shuffle is just insane. The Shuffle is something they would give away with Happy Meals in a logical world. The Nano at $99 for the smallest would be good to induct the kids into Apple products.
FYI there are current iPod touch cases that have that hole.
I work at an apple reseller and there are 3 or 4 which have it.
So its nothing new.
See photo attached
The hole is for the light sensor. Apple disguised it really well, but in the right light, you can see a little spot on the top left, right where these cases have a hole. I see nothing that indicates a new iPod Touch design, except the wifi cutout, but that looks like it is just a dumb design.