Touch Screen Video iPod Coming Soon?

[jruc4871]

I think it's really an iTablet...they just think it's an iPod. Some people just don't believe Apple will release a Tablet.

This is a good point - could be a new product altogether. I think many people have a tendency to force new ideas into existing products, when in reality it's a whole new animal.

"headless iMac" = Mac mini
"2/4 Gig shuffle with display" = iPod nano
etc...

 

[mackeeper]

This is a good point - could be a new product altogether. I think many people have a tendency to force new ideas into existing products, when in reality it's a whole new animal.

"headless iMac" = Mac mini
"2/4 Gig shuffle with display" = iPod nano
etc...

Macbook pro.

 

[gkarris]

Apple getting rid of NEW iPod?

http://www.looprumors.com/homepage.php

Rumors of already getting rid of the 5G iPod? What about people who want just the 30Gig model? The Nano is too small and the video one is probably too expensive...

 

[gunm]

This is fun--I love speculating about new Apple products!

I'm leaning towards the touch screen stuff being related to an Apple PDA or Tablet computer, but it would be cool if they announced a "true" Video Ipod. Hoo boy, if they announce a Mac Mini Media Center and Video Ipod together...

 

[AtHomeBoy_2000]

I'm leaning towards the touch screen stuff being related to an Apple PDA or Tablet computer, but it would be cool if they announced a "true" Video Ipod. .

I think the controls would look KIND of like this if it wasnt a touch screen....

 

[hyperpasta]

Fishy

One thing won't fit. iTunes content is 480x320... this is obviously going to be a much higher resolution, maybe even close to double the pixels. That means iTunes will start selling either some or all of its content in high(er)-resolution form. Which content, how will it be priced, and will we be allowed to "upgrade" our old content somehow? If not, how will our old content play on the new video iPod.

How will a video support both iPods? It would have to come in two different forms: one sized for the 5G iPod, and another for the vPod. Very confusing.

And finally, IS this even a vPod, or an iPod 6G? How will it be priced?

I think there're too many questions, and ThinkSecret has had a bad track record lately. I vote not yet.

EDIT: Refined a bit.

 

[eric_n_dfw]

Tactile feedback

I have a 3G iPod, the one with the touch sensitive buttons and wheel and really don't like it. (It was free so I can't complain too much) I'd much rather be able to feel the buttons than to have to hove my finger above them and tap.

I'd think that a touch-screen iPod would have the same issue.

What I would like is if this was the long rumored PDA/tablet though! (I'm in the market for a new PDA or smart-phone right now)
...but only if it has BlueTooth and 802.11

 

[kupua]

Come on. Think secret, data base of bogus rumors. Remember some Plasma's not so long ago... this is another one.

What is to discriminate vs the 5g iPod. Won't happen.

 

[windmaomao]

Somehow this seems highly unlikely. The iPod is still fore and foremost a music player, and a video playback device where you constantly touch the screen will look crappy as anything.

agree. What's the point of getting them unless the price dropped to less than $5 each for a DVD movie. Same thing for the psp, the game is just over charged, $50 for a tiny screen game.

 

[Yvan256]

Report back what the filesize is - would be interesting to see a video encoded for the Nano screen...

Les 12 travaux d'Astérix (cartoon) encoded with Handbrake, 44.1KHz stereo audio at 128kbps, video 176x112 video at 24 FPS, Quality 50.

Movie length: 1h18m.
File size: 141MB.

Quality looks great at the native size (12" PowerBook, which makes it at least 25% bigger than the Nano's display), but if zoomed full-screen (or even 2x) you wouldn't even want to waste the storage space. ;-)

The encode was really fast, though. About real-time (if not faster) on my 12" Powerbook (G4/1.5GHz).

 

[AtHomeBoy_2000]

Come on. Think secret, data base of bogus rumors. Remember some Plasma's not so long ago... this is another one. .

THink Secret reported on a guy who said there would be a Apple branded Plasma

 

[Lil]

I think the controls would look KIND of like this if it wasnt a touch screen....

Amusing how viewing this forum for the first time I spot your mockup with a picture of what can only be Brighton's (in England) Royal Pavillion, which is my home town.

How odd indeed!

Vicky

 

[AtHomeBoy_2000]

Amusing how viewing this forum for the first time I spot your mockup with a picture of what can only be Brighton's (in England) Royal Pavillion, which is my home town.

How odd indeed!

Vicky

OOPS! Sorry, i changed the picture right before you posted that. lol. I went with a more "up-to-date" version i made based on a previous post.

 

[zelmo]

I think it is inevitable that Apple will release a video-centric iPod product. I'm not at all concerned about form factor. Apple knows design, and they will get it right [well, for 95% of us, anyway].
What will drive this train is the software. Right now, even with Handbrake or some of the other utilities, it is a pain [for average folk, not us] and fairly slow [without relatively fast kit] to get video onto a PSP or other PMP player.
Most people I know with iPods get the bulk of their music from ripping their own CD's, then fill in with some downloaded stuff. iTunes makes it really, really easy to rip a disk, and the iTMS makes it equally easy to purchase music.
Yes, we can buy video content from iTMS, so that part is covered, and the library will only continue to expand. To make a video iPod truly mass market, people, and I mean average non-tech-savvy-type people, need to be able to get their home movies into the proper format easily and elegantly. If that method also makes it possible to rip a DVD you already own onto the device, Apple won't advertise or condone that capability in any way.

They could have released this device a year ago. What we need is the software.

 

[MacTruck]

If you have kids a video ipod is a godsend. I record all the kids shows like blues clues and Dora onto the ipod via eyeTV and they love it. Just got a new Chevy Tahoe and it has a DVD screen in the back with video inputs. I just plug in the ipod and all their shows are there. Its the best.

 

[asherman13]

This is cool and all, but WHY OH WHY DID I BUY A 5G IPOD!?!?!?

If only I had known...

 

[grapes911]

This is cool and all, but WHY OH WHY DID I BUY A 5G IPOD!?!?!?

If only I had known...

You do realized that this is all speculation? This may or may not be true. The pics are just mock ups by members.

 

[p0intblank]

Hasn't ThinkSecret been inaccurate as far as rumors goes lately? Apple releasing this kind of iPod as early as March or April...that seems a little soon to me. But who knows, this could be the big 30th anniversary surprise! Personally, I would much rather have a special edition Mac of some kind.

 

[DJ Bliss]

Isn't it obvious?

Apple isn't going to make some sloppy mess with a flip-up screen or anything with a screen you have to touch.

They want a music player that shows HD video... so...

Take the current iPod with video, increase the resolution, and allow it to have full SD out. Throw in an 80GB HD, and let iTunes rip DVDs into the proper compression. Perfect. Now you have bring your DVDs anywhere and plug them into a TV.

Sound realistic?

 

[TEG]

I'd like it to look a bit like a PADD

That would be awesome.

I'd also hope you could customize the interface, plus it makes more sense with the touch-screen patents. This could also neutralize the Creative v. Apple lawsuit.

TEG

 

[eric_n_dfw]

If you have kids a video ipod is a godsend. I record all the kids shows like blues clues and Dora onto the ipod via eyeTV and they love it. Just got a new Chevy Tahoe and it has a DVD screen in the back with video inputs. I just plug in the ipod and all their shows are there. Its the best.

I don't have a screen in either of our car's but when we go anywhere where I think my 4 year old will be bored, I lug along my iBook a pair of headphones and some DVD's or shows ripped from my Tivo for him to watch. I've been tempted to get an iPod video for this but the screen is just a little too small IMO. The bigger screen this rumored player would have might push it into the "buy" column for me though.

Preemptive "shhh": Before anyone thinks I'm raising a lazy kid who sits around watching movies on the iBook all day, this is a fairly rare occurrence. Once every couple of months or so usually.

 

[Mac Dummy]

What about the LCD screen "washing out" in bright sunlight or is Apple going to use an OLED display?

 

[jruc4871]

Throw in an 80GB HD, and let iTunes rip DVDs into the proper compression. Perfect. Now you have bring your DVDs anywhere and plug them into a TV.

Sound realistic?

Realistic? Yes
Legal? No

The difference is that you're legally allowed to rip copies of your CDs for personal use.

There are different rules for DVDs - even copying on to your HD for personal use is against the rules.

 

[Yvan256]

Does anyone NOT?

I'm not. I'm all H.264 now. Of course, I'm in the minority.

However, aren't DivX and XviD simply MPEG-4? (can't the 5th gen. iPod, an MPEG-4 compatible device, play DivX files?)

 

[Yvan256]

Realistic? Yes
Legal? No

The difference is that you're legally allowed to rip copies of your CDs for personal use.

There are different rules for DVDs - even copying on to your HD for personal use is against the rules.

Depends on the country. Doesn't DVD-ripping fall under the "fair use" domain in Canada?