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iPod touch New iPod touch leaked by Best Buy (?)

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Via Engadget

http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/01/new-ipod-touch-casually-leaked-in-best-buy-weekly-ad/

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The only difference I can really tell of is the chrome/light metal rim instead of the darker metal rim. All these leaks are getting interesting...
 
That's is true ^^.

It could just be an iPhone used in the ad instead of an iPod touch though but why would Best Buy have any reason to do that? Regardless it is strange.
 
different lighting maybe?

but its not an iphone, because the earpiece (or whatever you call the thing you put to your ear) would be there. unless they took the time to photoshop it out...
 
This best buy ad was from the end of July. There's no way Best Buy would have access to new iPod touches that far in advance. Its definitely not an iPhone image though cause there is no ear speaker.
 
It's probably just someone in the advertising dept at Best Buy used an iPhone image instead, thinking that they were close enough.

I used to work at Harvey Norman, the Australian Equivalent of Best Buy, and one of my mates had exactly that job. He used to sit in his cubicle for 8 hours a day with a list of the products that were going to appear in the next catalogue/flyer. It was his job to spend all day on the phone/internet trying to get images of the products that were good enough to publish.

Ring manufacturer, get no help, search web, give up, have coffee, ring manufacturer again. Etc, etc, etc. All day, five days a week.

It's a terrible job and if you had an iPhone image already, you'd use it too. Near enough is good enough!
 
Stuart in Oz said:
It's probably just someone in the advertising dept at Best Buy used an iPhone image instead, thinking that they were close enough.

I used to work at Harvey Norman, the Australian Equivalent of Best Buy, and one of my mates had exactly that job. He used to sit in his cubicle for 8 hours a day with a list of the products that were going to appear in the next catalogue/flyer. It was his job to spend all day on the phone/internet trying to get images of the products that were good enough to publish.

Ring manufacturer, get no help, search web, give up, have coffee, ring manufacturer again. Etc, etc, etc. All day, five days a week.

It's a terrible job and if you had an iPhone image already, you'd use it too. Near enough is good enough!
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If you look close enough though you can see as some one else mentioned that they isn't a cutout for an earpiece so it can't be an iPhone unless they photoshopped it. Also, if you look in the top corner of it you can faintly make out that the text probably looks like the Wifi symbol and "iPod" since it isn't long enough to have the bars, etc for the iPhone.
 
I saw this on Engadget also, and I really don't know wether I should believe or not. We are getting close to the iPod refresh. I think the border will stay black, so it would not look too much like the iPhone.
 
i think its the new ipod touch. Carefully look at the home screen button. Notice how it's actually touching the grey area on the ipod. On the 1st generation Ipod touch there is a few centimeters between the button and the darker grey on the 1st generation touch. The image on best buy's ad clearly doesn't have that space.

I say Best Buy accidentally leaked it.

View the difference for yourself on Apple's Web Site
http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_ipod/family/ipod_touch?mco=MjQ3MTY
 
xenaki said:
This best buy ad was from the end of July. There's no way Best Buy would have access to new iPod touches that far in advance. Its definitely not an iPhone image though cause there is no ear speaker.
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sayin that there is like a strip of a lighter black over were the ear piece would be so it could be a bad photoshop job

Discostu7 said:
i think its the new ipod touch. Carefully look at the home screen button. Notice how it's actually touching the grey area on the ipod. On the 1st generation Ipod touch there is a few centimeters between the button and the darker grey on the 1st generation touch. The image on best buy's ad clearly doesn't have that space.

I say Best Buy accidentally leaked it.

View the difference for yourself on Apple's Web Site
http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_ipod/family/ipod_touch?mco=MjQ3MTY
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talking out your backside, why would best buy of all people be the first to get a screenshot of the new ipod when theres been nothing but rumours about the new ipod so far?

apple are secretive about there new stuff and well come on they would do everythin in their powers to make sure they were the first to show off the new product
 
im almost certain there was a thread using this picture a little while ago when people thought best buy had leaked the iphone 3G. I highly doubt that Apple will release a new ipod touch with only 8gb memory and still charge $299. More likely they will get rid of 8gb and introduce a higher capacity one, while reducing the price down the range.

Best Buy would not have these pictures yet. It would make no marketing or common sense for Apple to send Best Buy these pictures this early - the chances of a leak are almost certain
 
andybno1 said:
apple are secretive about there new stuff
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Not as much as you think. Haven't you seen the images of Nano cases floating around? If there is anyone who doesn't know exactly what a new Nano will look like they must be hiding in a cave.

I think the current Touch shape will remain the same. There would have been similar leaks of cases for a new shape if a new shaped Touch was on the way. The only case image I've seen differs only with an antenna cut-out on the top right front. This could be for GPS reception, Bluetooth transmission/reception, or simply improves wifi by adding 802.11N.
 
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