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Photo of the 4th Generation iPod Nano?
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Hmmm, if the screen is thinner then how will it look with the split screen style navigation?
I hope they keep the "fat"/credit card shaped nano and I'm hoping that these are all mock ups by people jumping on the "I know what the new iPods will look like!" bandwagon.
I hope they keep the "fat"/credit card shaped nano and I'm hoping that these are all mock ups by people jumping on the "I know what the new iPods will look like!" bandwagon.
I actually quite like this design. It seems it has a lot less 'curve' than a few rumours in the past, and the screen looks a lot flatter, which is a good thing.
I won't be purchasing a new iPod as I'm very happy with my current one, though I can't wait for a new MBP to come out!
I won't be purchasing a new iPod as I'm very happy with my current one, though I can't wait for a new MBP to come out!
Apple legal haven't killed anybody yet...
That would indicate one of two things:
1. It is fake
2. This is the obligatory leak used to distract people from the real special product. We may see new MB/MBPs in a 'one more thing'...
I genuinely hope it is number 2...
That would indicate one of two things:
1. It is fake
2. This is the obligatory leak used to distract people from the real special product. We may see new MB/MBPs in a 'one more thing'...
I genuinely hope it is number 2...
Both the Apple keyboards and the back of the iPhone 3g (this one was discredited) were leaked before release, and Apple legal didn't pull either.
The last thing Apple pulled was the photo of the last generation Nano that 9-to-5 Mac found.
Apple might be getting smarter in the sense that if an image is pulled, it only validates it's credibility.
Yuck, yuck, yuck. Here in Australia, the BTS promo is held January-March... I was hoping to get a cool new nano when I get a new (hopefully redesigned) MacBook then. But if it looks like this then I will either get a touch (and sell) or get this (and sell). I think it would be a bit better if there was less space around the clickwheel and the screen was not in portrait. I personally think that all these "leaks" are actually coming strait from apple. I am hoping that there is a new nano coming with touchscreen. Same size etc as the current onebut with a touch screen and a small button on the top (as the "home" button). Probably no WIFI, GPS etc - too much like a touch/iPhone but App store compatible (through iTunes) maybe bluetooth (for a new bluetooth nike+ system, headphones and wireless sync (a hopeful new feature of iTunes 8) and some fab new software... then i could keep my new ipod...
maybe then they will also kill the touch line?? Seems silly though. Ahhhhh... I need to know... Only a few more days...
maybe then they will also kill the touch line?? Seems silly though. Ahhhhh... I need to know... Only a few more days...
mock up
My biggest question here is, if they are making the screen widescreen to accommodate movies better, then why not make the click wheel sideways, in fact, who's to say the thing stands vertical at all?
And please stop with the "MBP", this is a music-centric event.
My biggest question here is, if they are making the screen widescreen to accommodate movies better, then why not make the click wheel sideways, in fact, who's to say the thing stands vertical at all?
And please stop with the "MBP", this is a music-centric event.
agreed... but what's to say it cant also be a mac event... or related to one. iTunes 8 is a link to the macs... Jobs could announce the new iPods (which no-one really care about) then announce itunes 8 before saying, "And to run itunes 8 even better, were also giving you a new laptop..." etc etc... It's the way apple can work sometimes...
It doesnt effect me - imk just interested to see what apple have come up with... I'm not getting anything new till January 09.
Apple hasn't blended these iPod keynotes with Mac related news in a long time (if ever). All signs for the notebooks are looking to be in October.
This is also the first time in a while where so many of Apple's computers are due for an update. Next month should be interesting. Even the iMac is rumored to be updated.
What needs updating and redesigning the most are the Mini and the Cinema Displays, but there appears to be no signs of that until Macworld (I also suspect Blu-Ray will finally be announced in the Mac Pro then, since Apple's new displays should should the hardware needed to display Blu-Ray).
For what it's worth I think this is legit and am surprised they've gone "back" to the old Nano shape (well, almost). I do think if they're making a point of having a screen like that for sideways movie watching a basic accelerometer would be a good little feature. And if the screen is intended for landscape, widescreen movies then I'll be even more interested to see what capacities the range will have.
Hear hear! Sick to death of the people who've been waiting since Moses wore shorts for the next Apple laptop whining every ten minutes.
Hear hear! Sick to death of the people who've been waiting since Moses wore shorts for the next Apple laptop whining every ten minutes.
Hmm. Me too. I wasn't fond of the new design until I saw it in the flesh and then I loved it. Not sure how I've resisted buying one.
This just looks okay. Nothing bad just a sense of deja vu.
Jeez!Does every product refresh now have to have some mind-breaking new space age feature?I think larger screen/higher capacity/better battery life would be nice.
I've grown to love my "fatty." If the pic's &/or design speculations are true, it seems Apple is applying the tapered edges philosophy from the Imac, Air most recently iPhone to all their products. MB-MBP next??
Maybe we're wrong though? I think that this and other images we've seen are mockups because if you think about it, when the images of the current iPod Nano showed up, Apple Legal flipped it's ****. They don't seem to care about a weeks worth of pictures and mockups. This is why I think we are in for a bigger surprise than you think.
I think it's pretty well established that they've given up on that.They realized after that(the nano deal) and the "think secret"debacle that it can't be stopped once it's on the internet,and take down requests just prove they are real.
I'm going to have to disagree with most people. I found the 3g (fatty) extremely uncomfortable to handle and preferred the 2g style.
I like this one, but am not that hot on the curved design. I can't imagine the interior being very efficient with curves like that, probably some wasted space inside the case parts can't fit inside.
I like this one, but am not that hot on the curved design. I can't imagine the interior being very efficient with curves like that, probably some wasted space inside the case parts can't fit inside.
The picture actually looka fake to me - im sure a photoshop expert will proove it to be soon.
If this is the design, i wonder what the software will look like. Spilt screen menu's wil look incredibly thin!
Im not too fussed about design. As long as it looks ok, and its reasonably thin.
Personally though, i NEED a 16gb player! So a storage upgrade would be awesome. (A price drop wouldnt hurt either)
Btw, wil people stop saying nobody cares about the ipods, they sell more than the computer range do, and IMO is still apple's flagship product - maybe now 2nd to the iphone. So apple care, and so do i. Wait til macworld for your stupid laptops - this is an ipod event.
If this is the design, i wonder what the software will look like. Spilt screen menu's wil look incredibly thin!
Im not too fussed about design. As long as it looks ok, and its reasonably thin.
Personally though, i NEED a 16gb player! So a storage upgrade would be awesome. (A price drop wouldnt hurt either
)Btw, wil people stop saying nobody cares about the ipods, they sell more than the computer range do, and IMO is still apple's flagship product - maybe now 2nd to the iphone. So apple care, and so do i. Wait til macworld for your stupid laptops - this is an ipod event.
