Photo of the 4th Generation iPod Nano?

[andyjam]

That only's necessary if the system can detect if its on it's side and adjusts the menu for the landscape view. But, seeing that it's a Nano it likely won't move the menu depending on how you hold it.

So it's allowed to have a static wheel. Whilst you're watching a movie or TV show on an iPod the next/prev buttons just move through chapters (or finishes the film). Volume up will always be a clockwise turn and down will be anti-clockwise.

The only problem is fast forwarding through a film which is a small price to pay to get a non-fat iPod Nano.

What about an adaptive clickwheel (that's not really a clickwheel). The donut part of the wheel could be some sort of touch screen, the centre could stay as a button (or become part of the touch screen) then when the accelerometer senses the turn, the clickwheel adapts accordingly. Think of these new Samsung phones with the touch pannels.

Or we could (hopefully) all be wrong and apple will give us something nice.

OR... this entire product is actually way smaller and combines the shuffle and nano. the screen is 1 inch, the clickwheel is the same as current nano. You use it on its side?? Dock connector on the right side, phone jackand hold button on left?? No video capability. Then create a new nano?? Or a smaller touch??

 

[Digital Skunk]

I guess the fanboys/girls have reared their naive heads.

would be neat to have touch screen - and simple cell phone capabilities...

for those who may want to "slim down" from two devices into one... i can think of several i know for whom regular iPhone is overkill and daunting... they use std moto or nokia, and carry iPod as well.

introducing 8gb/16gb iPod with basic cell capabilites (pay as u go or thru at&t) and hmmm... how much would someone pay... $149-199+?

extra revenue for each monthly bill... & download songs thru cell network...

NO, that is just unbelievably idiotic to thing. NOT that you are an idiot, just that you are thinking like one. With all the problems the iPhone has being tied to an AT&T contract.... why make another phone/iPod contraption that is anything other than just an iPod. And how are you going to download songs "thru cell network..." on a pay-as-u-go plan?

I know this is just a mockup, but while we are all speculating on the new designs, wouldn't this be something to "Rock On"?

The display could be touch, with a 'soft' touchwheel or simply use the interface from the iPod Touch. Anyhow, downloadable via wifi would be awesome across the board for iPods (and support their 'retail' business like at Starbucks).

NO!

Just stop it!

 

[DoFoT9]

What about an adaptive clickwheel (that's not really a clickwheel). The donut part of the wheel could be some sort of touch screen, the centre could stay as a button (or become part of the touch screen) then when the accelerometer senses the turn, the clickwheel adapts accordingly. Think of these new Samsung phones with the touch pannels.

Or we could (hopefully) all be wrong and apple will give us something nice.

OR... this entire product is actually way smaller and combines the shuffle and nano. the screen is 1 inch, the clickwheel is the same as current nano. You use it on its side?? Dock connector on the right side, phone jackand hold button on left?? No video capability. Then create a new nano?? Or a smaller touch??

you mean kinda like this??

 

[deputylove8]

Hehe.Oh no! No offence to the desingers. It does look good but however, it doesnt attract me.

Why? When the 1st Gen Nano came up, "pirated" ipod nanos made from other countries we also being sold in my country. They were way cheaper than the original nano but of course not as sexy as the real thing.

Some of them looks the same as the design shown on the 1st post. Hehe.

But kudos to those who design it as well. For I for one know that I cant design anything at all. Haha

 

[iNassar]

it looks pretty good, i hope it´s not fake

 

[deputylove8]

Hey dudes and dudettes...read this...hehehe..it is about the
upcoming AppleShow
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080903/ttc-tech-apple-dc-96247d2.html

 

[Clayne]

Hey dudes and dudettes...read this...hehehe..it is about the
upcoming AppleShow
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080903/ttc-tech-apple-dc-96247d2.html

I like how optimistic that article sounds about new macbooks being a possible subject this coming Tuesday.

 

[qualidad]

Evidence/sources/rumors please.

I have a friend who was working on a commercial for Apple last week. He had signed a confidentiality agreement and was nervous about telling me too much detail but said that the commercial was for a new iPhone. I asked if it was for THE new 3G iPhone and he said that it was not. In fact, he told me that it was for a NEW product.

Reading between the lines one can only assume that Apple would not cheat its customers by upgrading the 3G within 3 months of its release, therefore it seems likely that it will in fact be a smaller version, with far less features.

I believe that this would explain why Apple are excited about the launch as they have, for the most part, managed to keep this very secret.

 

[Dreamail]

Smaller iPhone

If it is indeed an 'iPhone nano' that's going to be announced, it cannot be based on the leaked photos.

iPhones need substantial parts of their casing in plastic for better signal strength and the leaked photos show a new nano with an all aluminium case.
So that one's not going to be the iPhone nano.


How about the current iPod nano shape transformed into an iPhone nano?
Regress the iPod nano to the old 'stick' shape (i.e. the leaked photos) and then use the current iPod nano shape for the new iPhone nano.
Remove its steel back and replace with a dome-shaped plastic one, like on the 3G iPhone, and turn the front into a full-sized touch display.

It might have to be twice as thick though to have any decent battery life. And likely have to be 2.5G/EDGE as well to save even more battery juice.


I wonder how well a 2.5G iPhone nano would sell. On the one hand it'll be smaller and cheaper, on the other hand it'll be last year's technology.
Yet being the smallest iPhone it would almost have to be the new high-end model, rather than low-end model.

But that would be typical Apple. Introduce a cool new 'high-end' design - and spec it below what it should be according to the design.

 

[andersbac]

Yay!

This looks great to me! People were complaining a lot about the fatty Nano when it was first shown. Now everyone wants to stick to that bar-of-soap shape! It´s got widescreen! It´s got curves! Gotta like it!

 

[Detlev_73]

TL;DR warning:

I think that this is the design for a new iPod ...
to a new product (touch screen on a phone? Genius!) and create something really great.

Finally! A well written, well thought out, academically worthy commentary on the rumors of the 4G Nano. Well done. A refreshing note compared to the drivel that is common-place on the Internet.

 

[ra noodle]

pardon me to all of you who have posted as i have not read your posts and perhaps such could be used at me as well....but it has just disappointed me that the original 4G and latest regular gas iPod- such as the iPod Classic 160 which i have, that with this group of iPods that Him came out with the iTouch, then this phone, then the nano group has been expanded something that holds such a small amount of material that i cannot see why its bought even though i bought what had been the last of the particular red nano design...that true red is now gone and there are colors that at least to me are rather silly....then the other extreme where Him has introduced this iTouch and here is where i thought the iPod/iPod "classic" was developing towards only to find out once again the amount that item holds is again not worth the price-because i had thought an iPod Classic would have ended up being iTouch in appearance WITH 80 or 160GB! But there is simply not such logic from Him...Him and his crowd are out to make money....and they have covertly put over one thing after another to where a certain segment of Mac people are so brainwashed they constantly post this and that and i can't wait/must have and at first i thought it comical and fun...but hell you guys at some point you need to check yourself in the mirror and ask do you need it-of course there are many here who are very comfortable....i'm one who has no cellphone and was really disappointed in the design of the iPhone because I had thought a hinged cover of sorts would have been part of that item to protect its screen and thought it would have been smaller actually nano sized....but all this is planned and its meant to allow all the small businesses to come out with such addons at ridiculously high prices....it does not cost so much to produce to end up selling any cover for $25-30 that is a total ripoff but this is what its come to just as you go to an Apple store and immediately get asked do you have the one on one the priority card etc or the buyer card all three a total ripoff of what had been one service at a reasonable $99 a year yet this is what you are faced with and have no say. it stinks!

 

[JoeDRC]

pardon me to all of you who have posted as i have not read your posts and perhaps such could be used at me as well....but it has just disappointed me that the original 4G and latest regular gas iPod- such as the iPod Classic 160 which i have, that with this group of iPods that Him came out with the iTouch, then this phone, then the nano group has been expanded something that holds such a small amount of material that i cannot see why its bought even though i bought what had been the last of the particular red nano design...that true red is now gone and there are colors that at least to me are rather silly....then the other extreme where Him has introduced this iTouch and here is where i thought the iPod/iPod "classic" was developing towards only to find out once again the amount that item holds is again not worth the price-because i had thought an iPod Classic would have ended up being iTouch in appearance WITH 80 or 160GB! But there is simply not such logic from Him...Him and his crowd are out to make money....and they have covertly put over one thing after another to where a certain segment of Mac people are so brainwashed they constantly post this and that and i can't wait/must have and at first i thought it comical and fun...but hell you guys at some point you need to check yourself in the mirror and ask do you need it-of course there are many here who are very comfortable....i'm one who has no cellphone and was really disappointed in the design of the iPhone because I had thought a hinged cover of sorts would have been part of that item to protect its screen and thought it would have been smaller actually nano sized....but all this is planned and its meant to allow all the small businesses to come out with such addons at ridiculously high prices....it does not cost so much to produce to end up selling any cover for $25-30 that is a total ripoff but this is what its come to just as you go to an Apple store and immediately get asked do you have the one on one the priority card etc or the buyer card all three a total ripoff of what had been one service at a reasonable $99 a year yet this is what you are faced with and have no say. it stinks!

that was painful to read

 

[wbeasley]

i'd like to buy that poster

pardon me to all of you who have posted as i have not read your posts and perhaps such could be used at me as well....but it has just disappointed me that the original 4G and latest regular gas iPod- such as the iPod Classic 160 which i have, that with this group of iPods that Him came out with the iTouch, then this phone, then the nano group has been expanded something that holds such a small amount of material that i cannot see why its bought even though i bought what had been the last of the particular red nano design...that true red is now gone and there are colors that at least to me are rather silly....then the other extreme where Him has introduced this iTouch and here is where i thought the iPod/iPod "classic" was developing towards only to find out once again the amount that item holds is again not worth the price-because i had thought an iPod Classic would have ended up being iTouch in appearance WITH 80 or 160GB! But there is simply not such logic from Him...Him and his crowd are out to make money....and they have covertly put over one thing after another to where a certain segment of Mac people are so brainwashed they constantly post this and that and i can't wait/must have and at first i thought it comical and fun...but hell you guys at some point you need to check yourself in the mirror and ask do you need it-of course there are many here who are very comfortable....i'm one who has no cellphone and was really disappointed in the design of the iPhone because I had thought a hinged cover of sorts would have been part of that item to protect its screen and thought it would have been smaller actually nano sized....but all this is planned and its meant to allow all the small businesses to come out with such addons at ridiculously high prices....it does not cost so much to produce to end up selling any cover for $25-30 that is a total ripoff but this is what its come to just as you go to an Apple store and immediately get asked do you have the one on one the priority card etc or the buyer card all three a total ripoff of what had been one service at a reasonable $99 a year yet this is what you are faced with and have no say. it stinks!

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[bushido]

from the IFA in Berlin, Germany ... i think its save to say we can expect a tall Nano again

specs of the 2G
approx. 895x395x6

specs of the 4G
approx. 907x387x6

 

[MrCrowbar]

from the IFA in Berlin, Germany ... i think its save to say we can expect a tall Nano again

specs of the 2G
approx. 895x395x6

specs of the 4G
approx. 907x387x6

Well, it sure matches the iLounge blueprint. The soft case is obviously bigger thant the iPod itself so it can wrap around it. But it all fits:

 

[Duffinator]

I think that's a good call, and I really do think they look cool even if they look like the Gen 2 iPod Nanos.

I liked the G2 Nanos better than G1 or G3.

 

[yorkshire]

I am slightly sceptical of this picture.

Don't know if anyone has mentioned this, but I think the nano looks curved lengthways. If you look closely At the bottom of the nano, it looks ever so slightly like the dock is pointing at a lower angle than it should when you look at the angle of the rest of the nano. It's quite hard to explain, but if you have a look, you might be able to make it out.

Also, the dock looks like it could be CGI. Other parts of the nano just don't seem to look like they're from a photo. Instead, they look like they're photoshopped.

 

[rhino102228]

At first glance it looks like it has been rounded possibly to contour and fit to your arm if you have it in a holster around your arm. But if you pay attention it looks like it is in an oval shape.. so then the question would rise.. why would you have an ipod that won't set evenly on a table or fit uncomfortably around your arm...