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More Claims of Smaller, Square iPod Nano Next Week, Along With Possible 3G iPod Touch and iLife

longball11 said:
I'm not one of them. I'm one of the guys you have been arguing with ever since this rumor came up.

If Verizon had this iphone, you could count me in for what you said.

I'm one of those people (many, many people) who has a nice non-data plan phone and doesn't want an iPod touch that will cost a lot with monthly payments on top of it. That's a disgrace.
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That works for you. For me, a non data phone is almost useless. I don't care about voice chat. If I want to talk to someone I will send a text or an email. I spend more time running apps than I do communicating with people.

From your perspective, a data phone is a waist of money. From my perspective, a voice only phone is a paperweight better left at home or in the trash.
 
I just want an ipod shuffle with buttons. This would work out better for me in the gym than my current iPhone 4. Less distractions without facebook, twitter updates, texts, and phone calls during my workout.
 
ntrigue said:
I'd like to see iTunes slim down and become 64-bit. Build a lot of the device synchronization into Mac OS X. Leave iTunes for music.
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I'd like to see iTunes OSX split into the different components like the iPad/Touch, along with iBooks. Doubt it will ever happen, but you never know....
 
RalfTheDog said:
That works for you. For me, a non data phone is almost useless. I don't care about voice chat. If I want to talk to someone I will send a text or an email. I spend more time running apps than I do communicating with people.

From your perspective, a data phone is a waist of money. From my perspective, a voice only phone is a paperweight better left at home or in the trash.
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Text or Email? I dont have good hearing, I prefer text. I have one of those phones that's like the enV. You can get a blackberry that's way cheaper that the iPhone and handles text better than iPhone. As for apps, get an iPad. Don't get me started about portability. It's portable enough to take out and use the apps. If you gotta do it WHILE driving, well some help me God, a police officer pulls your ass over for it.
 
Although the notion of an iWatch at first sounded pretty cool, I'm not sure how the headphones might work. Headphones running from your ears to your wrist doesn't seem like it's going to be very convenient. I really don't think that's what's going on lol.
 
Somtaaw said:
Although the notion of an iWatch at first sounded pretty cool, I'm not sure how the headphones might work. Headphones running from your ears to your wrist doesn't seem like it's going to be very convenient. I really don't think that's what's going on lol.
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If that's all Apple has to solve... what about Bluetooth?
 
Master Chief said:
If that's all Apple has to solve... what about Bluetooth?
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I don't know if having a bluetooth chip in a device that small is plausible (considering battery life and physical space). Even if it was possible, I just don't think that's the route Apple is going. I really don't have anything to base that off, but the idea of having to recharge both the nano and the headphones just seems a little tedious.
 
Somtaaw said:
I don't know if having a bluetooth chip in a device that small is plausible (considering battery life and physical space). Even if it was possible, I just don't think that's the route Apple is going. I really don't have anything to base that off, but the idea of having to recharge both the nano and the headphones just seems a little tedious.
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There are plenty of watches available with bluetooth chips in them. It doesn't increase the size at all. A combined bluetooth and wifi chip is really tiny these days.

I think Apple is not making a watch though. As much as I want one, I am not sure where it would fit in the Apple line-up. I guess it could connect up with the iPhone and tell you who is calling like other bluetooth watches, but other than that it seems kind of pointless. Using bluetooth headphones to listen to music off the thing would be great though I guess.
 
xnu said:
That is a cool idea.

I think if it is a nano the would want a camera on it, more likely it is a shuffle.

But a watch would be very nice idea. A ton of bans as accessories... natural progression for the technology.
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I think they'll drop the camera on the nano. They'll just explain how it's so much better on the iPod touch.

I love this small new iPod nano. I'd like to hack it into a watch, personally.
 
I think it will be dubbed as the iAccessory, as you can use it as a watch, necklace, or mount it on your bike or anywhere..

I hope it's app supported.. so you can use it as a bicycle meter, micro calculator, remote control?, imagination is the limit. :):)
 
PeterQVenkman said:
Can't wait to see iAds on that tiny screen.
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Who says it is going to run iOS? I am pretty sure it will run an interface similar to the current iPod nano, just with hooks for touch controls.

Maybe even using something similar to that patent where it detects the proximity to the screen and then displays a virtual scroll wheel when your finger gets close.

Then again it is just easy to do the whole "slide to scroll" and "on-screen tap" controls.
 
Scott549 said:
That's it -- the iNecklace. And maybe the iRings -- headphone jack goes through your pierced ear.

Imagine what sorts of products we'll be looking at in ten years.
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Yes, because parodying the “i” prefix is sooo humorous. :rolleyes:
 
lordsnow said:
If the touch + 3G was the same price as an unsubsidized iPhone (599, 699), would you buy it? If the touch had 3G, the hardware would be almost the same as the iPhone (minus the speaker and mic). I don't think it would be that big of a sell if it was at that price.
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Yeah, they want to charge a lot for the no-commitment iPhone because they want to encourage an AT&T contract (because they get part of the monthly revenue). That doesn't mean they need to charge similarly for a 3G Touch. I'm sure they could easily find a way to sell it for around $430 and still make a ton of money.

Remember you can get a iPad 3G for $630. There's no way a Touch 3G would cost more than $500, and I'm guessing it will be less than $450.
 
gtommers said:
Yeah, they want to charge a lot for the no-commitment iPhone because they want to encourage an AT&T contract (because they get part of the monthly revenue). That doesn't mean they need to charge similarly for a 3G Touch. I'm sure they could easily find a way to sell it for around $430 and still make a ton of money.

Remember you can get a iPad 3G for $630. There's no way a Touch 3G would cost more than $500, and I'm guessing it will be less than $450.
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I'm pretty sure the revenue sharing ended after the first iPhone and they went to a much more traditional subsidy model where Apple just gets a lump sum up front.
 
Lets sat iOS does NOT make it on the nano. Do you think there will be a tweak of the OS? Perhaps a darker color?

gtommers said:
Yeah, they want to charge a lot for the no-commitment iPhone because they want to encourage an AT&T contract (because they get part of the monthly revenue). That doesn't mean they need to charge similarly for a 3G Touch. I'm sure they could easily find a way to sell it for around $430 and still make a ton of money.

Remember you can get a iPad 3G for $630. There's no way a Touch 3G would cost more than $500, and I'm guessing it will be less than $450.
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Plus remember the iPad also costs more since it has a larger screen
 
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