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More Video iPod Photos and Claims

As a current iPod video owner, there is one problem I have with these current images. I like to watch videos on my iPod whilst it is in it's dock, sometimes charging.

In these images there seems to be no capability to place the iPod in a dock to allow landscape video viewing. This limits either to viewing the video in portrait - which for a widescreen iPod seems quite pointless - or always having it handheld...

I'm probably missing something blatantly obvious but i'd be interested to hear other perspectives on this.
 
well i'm not buying one

unless it comes out soon.. or now

or hell i'm buying one when ever it comes out!
 
I say that I'm not gona buy one because I already have a perfectly good iPod, but well all know I'm gona wind up buying one. There's no point in resisting.
 
Its called "Photoshop"

mavrick422 said:
has anyone noticed the slightly raised clear edges on both the nano and video in the picture where they are resting on the hi-fi? it seems like that would be hard to create in photoshop, seeing as they are so realistic.
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Yes, I'm sure the hoaxer started with a picture of a real iPod, probably a 5G, and modified it by adding a "screen." Anyone could do it. Please, all, don't be so gullible.
 
I strongly doubt the authenticity of this letter:

1) The sentence "I swear, unter penalty of ..." does not make a lot of sense when used by the copyright owner or a lawyer. First of all, if you are the copyright owner, why should you swear that you are authorized to act "on behalf of" him? Second problem, if you're a lawyer acting on behalf of your client, you usually state that in the very first sentence which will read like this: "Dear XY: We represent Apple Computer, Inc. ("Apple") with respect to its intellectual property matters." The sentence in question can be found, however, via google. It is a part of a standard template used to report copyright issues to website owners.

2) The sentence "Apple has a good-faith belief that the use of the Material is not authorized by Apple, its agent, or the law." is absolutely ridiculous. So Apple is in good faith (bona fide) that it has not authorized the use of the material? Really, if this was Apple, they'd simply state that they haven't. And if it were a lawyer he'd write that his client hasn't. Once more, this is part of said template ... Additionally, why is the "agent" included? Doesn't Apple know what its "agents" allow people to do? (Makes sense only if you were to report a copyright issue to website owners.)

3) So the signee writes about "unauthorized shots purporting to be of unreleased Apple hardware, iPod AV ("the Material")" and "Apple's exclusive copyrights in the iPod AV hardware". Whoups. So he explicitly states the name of the mysterious yet-to-be-released product. Damnit. Is he gonna have to face a Cease-And-Desist-letter from Apple now?

4) "The undersigned, authorized to act on Apple's behalf, states that (...) Apple is believed to be the exclusive owner of the copyrights". Gosh! So Apple is *believed* to be the copyright owner? So we write this merry little letter and simply assume Apple could be the copyright owner? Honestly, would Apple write such bullshit? Would Apple's lawyers do?

5) And go on reading the next paragraph of this letter. So first of all, the signee states that he believes Apple to be the copyright owner. But on second thought, that's obviously not enough, so he changes his mind - and goes on swearing that all the information written above is accurate. Where's the point?

(btw, I posted this to macshrine.com but my "comment is still awaiting moderation". I somehow doubt they're gonna publish it ;-)).

Admitted, I'm not a lawyer. But I'm a law student from Germany who's gone through his "introduction to American law"-classes. So I've read quite a few letters written by lawyers and they were VERY different from this one ...
 
Video ipod - videos ...

interesting link at this website ... a video of the 6G video ipod in use ... notice the touchscreen controls ... but his gestures do not seem to have any effect on the playback ... just the top menu bar being activated ...

link to the article: http://www.t3.co.uk/news/247/entertainment/mp3_player/new_widescreen_ipod_in_action

link to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1H_d_7CVPc&eurl=

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Power Book G4 - 15" - 1.67 GHz
30 GB 5th Gen ipod
 
this may be off, but whoever wrote that chinese, must have been 9 years old at best. the handwriting on the cardboard covering the connector is awful.
 
zanevlc said:
Steves (possible) reply to all this iPod Video stuff.. 😀


http://www.joyoftech.com/joyoftech/index.html


A MUST READ!!!!!
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Nice one. Thanks.,.

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Fake, fake, fake.

You think anyone who had one of these in their possession would play Ice Age 2 on it? The DRM probably prevents any non-Pixar/Disney animation from even playing on the device!

As for the video, nice compositing job.
 
krimson said:
this may be off, but whoever wrote that chinese, must have been 9 years old at best. the handwriting on the cardboard covering the connector is awful.
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Ahhhhh, here we go again! The particular image you are talking about has been discussed IN LENGTH in another thread.
 
Easy way to see that the video is a fake. Click on the link to make it larger then pause it right before the end. Whoever did the video forgot to put the forward mark back on the "virtual wheel" after his thumb scrolled back around. Total Fake
 
davester said:
Nice concepts and all, but the people that create these things have too much time on their hands and need to get a life.
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I'd propose that people that read and post in these forums have too much time on their hands. We could be using it more wisely, like producing good ipod mockups!
 
revfife said:
Easy way to see that the video is a fake. Click on the link to make it larger then pause it right before the end. Whoever did the video forgot to put the forward mark back on the "virtual wheel" after his thumb scrolled back around. Total Fake
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Yea I see that, good point. There is also just something about it that is just a red flag. I can't quite put my finger on it, but something's not right. Also, I see no reflection on the screen at all.

FAKE
 
The new pics and video show that this is basically the same thing from a couple weeks ago before the phony video claimed it was a fake. it's real!
 
I think I'm going to sit on the fence with this issue for now and answer the question "Is this the next-gen iPod?" with a resounding "maybe."
 
darwen said:
ooh, I have never seen that. It could still be fake... the background does not seem like an environment one would be in but it is certainly cool.
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As a video compositor by trade I can assure you this video is fake.

three things to watch for proof-
1-Watch the left thumb and its relation to the video, the black border between the thumb and video varies in size through out the clip while the thumb never moves. bad image stabilization.

2-The right thumb while moving about over the video has an uncharacteristicly fuzzy edge while over the video and a more hard edge over the black border. This is not an easy rotoscope in most peoples skills and proves to be so in this clip. Especially when its going to be raked over with a fine tooth comb.

3-The scrollwheel graphic on the video is not consistant with the perspective of the ipod. too wide or too short.
 

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I'll buy it as long as it has Radeon graphics (rather than Intel Integrated), and a $350 leather case is available...

On the subject of "legal threats": Heh.
 
Are Fake

Just see the image in photoshop, observe the colors in channel mode and you can note the correction of the line around. sorry for my english, i hop you understand what i want to say.
 
anyone pointed this out: the pic with the nano and the possible fake side by side, the picture quality/brightness between their screens is totally different
 
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