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WiFi iPods in Second Half of 2007?
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Apple is slowly moving toward letting customers buy content from iTunes directly from the devices ( TV & iPod) If they allow purchase of content from the iPod they will then need to make it possible to move content from the iPod to iTunes
So the next iPod could have the following over WiFi:
- iChat - text/audio/video
- iTunes music store - Browse and buy music/TV/movies/podcast from iTunes without a PC/Mac
- Widgets - weather/stocks/eMail etc
- Share - browse & Listen to music on near by WiFi iPods - similar to the SHARE folder on iTunes
- TV - Wireless sync to any AppleTV at home or a friends house
Apple has all the parts in place to implement the above - if they do this its going to be one hell of a little device, how could you not want one
So the next iPod could have the following over WiFi:
- iChat - text/audio/video
- iTunes music store - Browse and buy music/TV/movies/podcast from iTunes without a PC/Mac
- Widgets - weather/stocks/eMail etc
- Share - browse & Listen to music on near by WiFi iPods - similar to the SHARE folder on iTunes
- TV - Wireless sync to any AppleTV at home or a friends house
Apple has all the parts in place to implement the above - if they do this its going to be one hell of a little device, how could you not want one
hehe rather WiFi headphones
The #1 thing they can do to make my iPod experience better is wireless headphones.
Sexy large touch screen would be nice also, but for music and convienence I need wireless headphones.
Disagree
I use internet on a Blackberry pearl which has a smaller screen than iPod-- Does not seem silly to me. Very useful
Again, unless there is a large screen that would be just silly
I use internet on a Blackberry pearl which has a smaller screen than iPod-- Does not seem silly to me. Very useful
I lol at those who are saying there better be a touch screen with multi touch on the next iPod.
Like apple are gonna go "Ok, we've spent all this money on creating this cutting edge technology but we're gonna confine it to just one product"
touch screen with multi touch is a cert for the next iPod, they probably working on it even before the iPhone entered the equasion, it just fits the iPod too perfect for apple to not use it.
Like apple are gonna go "Ok, we've spent all this money on creating this cutting edge technology but we're gonna confine it to just one product"
touch screen with multi touch is a cert for the next iPod, they probably working on it even before the iPhone entered the equasion, it just fits the iPod too perfect for apple to not use it.
Wtfe!!!!
What The Freak Ever
Get your rumors from somewhere else.....
I want an iPod that has a brand spanking new UI. Everything after that is secondary...
Although the touch screen Wifi stuff is cool too
What The Freak Ever
Get your rumors from somewhere else.....
I want an iPod that has a brand spanking new UI. Everything after that is secondary...
Although the touch screen Wifi stuff is cool too
The loansome Zune...
I saw my first Zune in the wild today, at Las Vegas airport. I was amazed, however there was no sign of anything "social" going on. Just the one guy who actually seemed to want to hide it back in his jacket in a hurry. Shame....
WiFi connected iPods make sense in a world with WiFi connected
TVs but we're going to need a richer UI than the current iPod for OTA purchasing. Maybe something built on the iPhone interface could pull this off.?
I saw my first Zune in the wild today, at Las Vegas airport. I was amazed, however there was no sign of anything "social" going on. Just the one guy who actually seemed to want to hide it back in his jacket in a hurry. Shame....
WiFi connected iPods make sense in a world with WiFi connected
TVs but we're going to need a richer UI than the current iPod for OTA purchasing. Maybe something built on the iPhone interface could pull this off.?I'm going to "flip" it around, and say this: I'd love an iPod with small (but sizeable) amount of flash memory with wifi capabilities. Why? Because, then you can STREAM your ENTIRE LIBRARY from wherever. The device can be TINY and yet you can bring your entire LIBRARY anywhere you are whereever there's a wifi connection which as time passes will be more and more easily accessible.
Why spend the space/size etc on physical memory when you can just stream it ANYWHERE?
That's my perspective
w00master
Why spend the space/size etc on physical memory when you can just stream it ANYWHERE?
That's my perspective
w00master
Also, sync or stream from any
TV or Mac/PC on your network.Maybe access your Mac/PC with iTunes at home from anywhere? (like Slingbox?)
Better than just "SQUIRTING"
Al those features sound great, but to address your earlier point, can't you transfer purchases from iTunes to an iPod and then an iPod to another iTunes account? To me this is a strong indication of Apple's intention of not having to purchase on a computer anymore. Purchase on your account anywhere and then sync.
It also strikes me digitimes has been making a lot of speculative rumours lately. Are they trying to saturate the market so few rumours become believable and thus divert attention away from them, become a major rumour factory or have they now genuinely got a rock solid source within Apple willing to spill the beans? Whichever, if any, they seem to be cropping up a bit too often for my liking.
Don't care. All I want is something to replace my 60GB iPod. Pref. a 100GB video iPod. That way I can put all my music on the thing and season 1,2, and 3 of BSG.
iPod recording
If Apple makes a fullblown touchscreen computer out of the next generation iPod - a la the iPhone - I sure hope they enrich the recording capability. I would buy my third iPod in a heartbeat if I could use it to record with input level control.
I recognize this is now possible in a crude roundabout fashion via the MicroMemo, Griffin iTalk or Belkin's TuneTalk, but these are designed primarily as voice memo recorders and seem much too primitive to use for recording performance sets or sound in the field. The reviews I've read are not favorable for this type of application.
It makes me un poco loco to spend $400 for an Edirol R-09 or M-Audio MicroTrack when I know the iPod is physically capable of recording at the same audio fidelity. Especially when I KNOW Apple has crippled this capability to appease the RIAA. . .
Belkin is about to release a 4-track mixer - the Tune Studio - that records to an iPod, but Apple would make my day if they made recording stereo direct to iPod a little more user friendly. Or if someone made an accessory - more portable than the Tune Studio - that offered simple metering, peak levels, limiting and adjustable input levels for stereo recording.
If Apple makes a fullblown touchscreen computer out of the next generation iPod - a la the iPhone - I sure hope they enrich the recording capability. I would buy my third iPod in a heartbeat if I could use it to record with input level control.
I recognize this is now possible in a crude roundabout fashion via the MicroMemo, Griffin iTalk or Belkin's TuneTalk, but these are designed primarily as voice memo recorders and seem much too primitive to use for recording performance sets or sound in the field. The reviews I've read are not favorable for this type of application.
It makes me un poco loco to spend $400 for an Edirol R-09 or M-Audio MicroTrack when I know the iPod is physically capable of recording at the same audio fidelity. Especially when I KNOW Apple has crippled this capability to appease the RIAA. . .
Belkin is about to release a 4-track mixer - the Tune Studio - that records to an iPod, but Apple would make my day if they made recording stereo direct to iPod a little more user friendly. Or if someone made an accessory - more portable than the Tune Studio - that offered simple metering, peak levels, limiting and adjustable input levels for stereo recording.
more waiting? I have been waiting since like 5 months after the Video iPods came out and I'm too damn stubborn to cave in now. I guess my mini will need to last another 6 months.
I have been waiting since like 5 months after the Video iPods came out and I'm too damn stubborn to cave in now. I guess my mini will need to last another 6 months.
What The Freak Ever
Get your rumors from somewhere else.....
I want an iPod that has a brand spanking new UI. Everything after that is secondary...
Although the touch screen Wifi stuff is cool too
My bet is iPod will end up like the iPhone, with out the phone part. Touch screen, Wi-fi and all flash memory(that might take a while), but a full touch screen+harddrive will eat battery life like the Sega Game Gear!
as someone else said, you can move purchases from say a home pc to ipod then from ipod to say work pc.
also, with drm-free music on itunes, maybe it is time for wi-fi ipod(iphone w/o phone). for sure others will sell drm-free songs so a wi-fi ipod will allow buying from other sites.
finally, i think apple could allow other devices to read from itunes library (publish api) so other devices can sync with itunes (fully satisfy eu).
I think it would be hard for apple to support all that 3rd party hardware, some of which is sure to be pretty crappy. But then I guess they would just sell more iPods...
This is a seriously weird idea of life you have.... live the american dream I say!
Erm... anyway, as for wifi on an ipod? Not necessary. But there we go.
You do know that "Wii" is pronounced "wee" as in every single commercial that mentions the name, right? I assume you also know that "wi-fi" has been around longer than "wii".
I acknowledge there's slight risk of brand confusion here but the term "wi-fi" has been around longer than "wii" and has a stronger presence in the public conscience. In fact, when I first heard about the Wii I thought it was underscoring some new wireless capability but as it turns out the brand name has nothing to do with that. It's Nintendo's attempt at reinforcing the idea of making the console a social activity... "we"... "wii"... and the "i"s in Wii represent two people... which is reinforced by the commercials that show the "i"s bowing.
I think that
I think wiPod, pronounced similarly to iPod, would have much more association with iPod and not be confused for a Wii... Perhaps the most obvious reason being context... Nintendo has no big products with "pod" in the name.
But I'm glad that people are bringing out challenging issues like you did because it does force one to think about HOW you're going to go about reinforcing any new product concept.
Alternatively, if research showed that the associations with other products outside the Apple family are too strong, wiPod could be instead of a product name but just a part of an advertisement that does a cross-dissolve to the word "wiPod" then cross-dissolve back to "iPod" name in the title card to reinforce the wireless concept but then bring it back to the brand.
NOONE IS GOING TO GET CONFUSED ABOUT THE NAME WI-POD....I SWEAR SOME OF YOU PEOPLE THAT LIVE ON THESE FORUMS ARE SO STUPID...AND TALK ABOUT THE DUMBEST THINGS...
I have to agree with you on this. What could be better than an iPhone for someone who can't use AT&T? Enter iPod Internet Communicator. Touchscreen iPod + Internet Communicator or iPhone - the phone part. Sell world-wide for 50-75% of iPhone.
Edit: Am I the only one who nearly hates the "Wi-Fi" buzzword? High Fidelity shortened to Hi-Fi just fine. Are we really dealing with "Wireless Fidelity"? Either way, I don't like it. (Maybe that is not what it stands for, prove me wrong.)
Streaming internet radio stations.
Buying content over iTunes.
Stores could be playing a song, you want to know what it is. Your iPod connects to the stores server and it tells you the song, you buy the song. There are many times where I want to know what song is playing in the Gap or whatever. Not to say this would happen, but it would be cool.
Wireless N syncing with your computer
sorry if this has already been mentioned, but wouldn't it be nice to stream music to your airport express with your wi-fi ipod? It would be like a remote