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- jd91dc, on 10/12/2007, -9/+134oops i ment gizmodo
- PFS1, on 10/12/2007, -3/+91>> It's a horrible way to find your music.
It's a horrible way to find something specific, but great if are browsing for something but don't know exactly what you want to hear.
There is something vicseral about cover art that brings back the experience of a full album in a far more tangible way than just seeing the name in a list. - zip22, on 10/12/2007, -4/+75"Apple doesn't give away "free" iPod feature updates."
they updated the old 5G ipods to enable 640x480 video output, play gapless, play games, and show the letter when scrolling. - Roger, on 10/12/2007, -4/+59"I can do that with my records and a conveyor belt."
lol - ipodsweatshop, on 10/12/2007, -29/+83Users ask for features and Apple offers eye candy.
Status quo? Maintained. - wild, on 10/12/2007, -7/+52Define why you really "need" that? Seems like a nice to have more than anything. Certainly nothing broken with the current system of choosing from a list. I don't really look at my iPod that much...
- sych0, on 10/12/2007, -8/+53iphone to be announced monday eh gizmodo? Well ***** you. I'll never trust you again
- zip22, on 10/12/2007, -17/+60"a complete battery draining waste of time!"
similar to a crippled wifi feature?
anyways, i have a hard time believing the video. it reminds me of the video with os x running on the ipod.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9teB3cgZGcw - Displace, on 10/12/2007, -5/+41If iPods can play videos and 3D games, I'm sure they can handle shuffling 2D images...
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+34assuming this isnt just a video with some thumb coordination, i feel like ipods probably dont have the processing capacity to run this... i mean my ibook struggles with coverflow. I can see it working on iphone, though, as the flash memory doesnt involve any mechanical workload to make it happen.
I do think this should/will be included on the infamous "iphone minus the phone" sixth-gen ipod - raynar, on 10/12/2007, -7/+37Why is there a need? Does anyone actually use it? When I'm looking for a certain song, I either look at my organized playlists for the artist, or just search. Coverflow is cute, but worthless.
- iNunchuk, on 10/12/2007, -2/+30Probably the person recorded a movie of coverflow on iTunes and then uploaded it to the iPod - but then timed it so that it looked like coverflow is on the iPod. Just a suggestion to keep in mind.
- TomP, on 10/12/2007, -6/+31Doubt we will see this on the nano 2nd gen
- pap3rw8, on 10/12/2007, -16/+40am I the only person here that doesn't like coverflow? i find it somewhat annoying and its really not useful for much.
- cleverboy, on 10/12/2007, -7/+28Dude, its fake.
- stuartjmoore, on 10/12/2007, -1/+20coverflow require powerful 3D?! it's just raycasting, Wolfenstein 3D did that...
and it does anyway: http://www.tuaw.com/2007/01/25/first-person-shooter-game-on-ipod-video/ - aychamo, on 10/12/2007, -11/+29I have to agree with the guys above me. CoverFlow looks nice and all, but it's absolutely worthless. It's a horrible way to find your music.
- zip22, on 10/12/2007, -2/+20"How about a function, to adjust the brightness of the screen."
you can
"How about when Itunes downloads Podcasts I've subscribed to, they put them where I want them to go (with my mp3s on a different drive), not in the Itunes folder on the default drive."
change the location of the itunes folder to the folder you want it to be.
"How about when I take my Ipod over to a different computer, and a different Itunes, Itunes doesn't by default try and erase everything on my Ipod, but instead syncs with it and not have exclusive domain over it all by itself."
change your ipod to manually sync.
"How about an easy way to replace the battery without requiring a special tool."
special tool? are you talking about the plastic spatula you get with the kits? use a plastic knife or some other slim plastic piece.
"How about a built in speaker, so that I don't have to carry these blasted earbuds wrapped around it, wherever I go."
built in speakers usually suck and are very bulky. check out the samsung k5
"How about a real hardware RESET button. Having to know some arcane button combination is non-intuitive."
arcane? toggle hold switch and press menu and select. now you know the secret... - airencracken, on 10/12/2007, -4/+20I'd also love to see .ogg and FLAC support.
- indraneel24, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13they did predict the iphone
- jakebarnes, on 10/12/2007, -3/+16Why did you buy a Zune?
I mean... It's brown... - easy4lif, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11its a movie that the kid practiced with for a couple of days so that when it came time to record it looked real.
bury cuase its fake - proghead, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10there is a way to adjust brightness doofus
- dvddesign, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8>How about a function, to adjust the brightness of the screen.
Check your settings, it's already there.
>How about when I drag Audiobooks over into the Ipods Audiobooks section of the interface, they actually show up in the Ipod Audiobooks section, and not >mixed in with all the songs (wrong!). Why even have an Ipod Audiobooks menu if there's no way to get anything to show up in it.
Purchased audiobooks show up in Audio books just fine for me. If you have an MP3 file, convert it to AAC and change the extension to M4P and it's an audiobook file.
>How about when I take my Ipod over to a different computer, and a different Itunes, Itunes doesn't by default try and erase everything on my Ipod, but >instead syncs with it and not have exclusive domain over it all by itself.
Turn off the automatic syncing. That's the #1 thing I shut off on an ipod. Or buy something other than a shuffle...
>How about getting rid of Itunes completely, and just let me drag and drop my music onto the ipod in folders I create just like what it is, nothing but an >external USB drive, instead of making me learn my way around Itunes, which I hate?
Why'd you buy an ipod then? Being hip and trendy comes with it's sacrifices, Mister Fashion Trendsetter.
>How about a built in speaker, so that I don't have to carry these blasted earbuds wrapped around it, wherever I go. I hate earbuds; more often than not I pop >them out of my ear whenever I move where the cord is not long enough.
Yeah, cause we really want to listen to your musical tastes in public. No thanks. Ghetto blasting ended some time ago, I'm fine with earbuds.
>How about a real hardware RESET button. Having to know some arcane button combination is non-intuitive.
>How about a real ON/OFF button, so when I switch it OFF, I know its OFF, and the batteries are not draining down over time in sleep mode (which is what it >does).
I'm glad there isn't a single reset button. I'd press it all the time when I hold it if I did. A simple button press that takes 5 seconds? Is it really that inconvenient? Jeez...On/Off button, everything of yours drains when the battery's attached. Sorry to break your heart, but your remote control ontop of the TV? It's using those batteries. Same goes for walkmans, cell phones, etc. But given that the ipod has a 24 hour playback capability, what are you doing where you run out of battery life? Running the screen at full brightness for the full time with the EQ turned on, volume at max watching videos?
I charge my ipod maybe 3-4 times a week tops. I only wish I could do the same on my cell phone. - cyberdork, on 10/12/2007, -9/+17Ok, I'm the first one here to call "FAKE"!
When the video iPod (5G) came out people also speculated that there would be a firmware update for 4G ipods to play videos.
This will never happen, because there is zero profit in this firmware and only extra costs. Apple doesn't want you to update your firmware for free, they want you to buy new iPods which will have the cover flow feature. Don't be so naive! - crazybrit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Also, I expected the cover to flip around when you select an album like it does on the iPhone, but we just get a very unprofessional-looking instant transition. Also, he scrolled way more than he needed to once he selected an album. I'm not buying this.
- flag564, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12Gizmodo totally fooled by a YouTube video. But then again you can fool Gizmodo with just about anything as long as it is about Apple.
Kudos for the guy who got them to buy this con! - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+11Hmm is this coming to nanos too?
- luigifico, on 10/12/2007, -15/+21Wow!!! that's cool... Apple finally realized the need of that coverflow ft.in the Ipod... looking forward for more surprises
- dvddesign, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9I hope whatever service you have is around in 10 years so your music is still there for you. I know my itunes track is.
- mouthster, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9I use Gizmodo when I want to see what was on Engadget yesterday.
- cleverboy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9No, its not coming for the Nanos, because its FAKE. Apparently, there are a bunch of people trying to perpetrate this hoax, and have dugg down my other comment in the interest of keeping this going. Luckily, you can't "budy" people on the Gizmodo comments section, so people are happily realizing the truth. Currently at 761 diggs. Which means that 761 people got duped. Let's have that be enough and wake up. This is a video playing ON the iPod, and the guy is moving his fingers around.
Ask yourself. At the end of the video, when the "Cover Flow" video stops on "Red Hot Chili Peppers: Stadium Arcadium", why doesn't the person click the "select" button twice? Instead, he pretends to click the SELECT button (stopping the playing video), then the video "jumps" as frames are removed (that show the "return to list" animation), and then he swivels his thumb to make the selection go to the NEXT song in the list, and chooses this NEXT song. Not the CURRENT one, but the NEXT song.
I'd tell you to rewatch the video, but that's exactly why this guy has a hard-on right now. "LOOK AT MY YOUTUBE VIEWS!!!" Come on, ppl. - mrfreeziexp, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8@ fofusion
Well, according to gizmodo, it will be on the 5G. "The tipster also tells us that we won't see any new-generation iPods before the iPhone debuts, either." - mouthster, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8When disaster strikes and you can't sync up your player with a computer to get a go-ahead from Big Brother to be able to play all those 128k Windows Media tracks for another month I'll still be jammin' with my 1st gen iPod hooked up to a car battery with tracks loaded from Napster circa 1999.
Sucka. - kingfoot, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7I dont want coverflow on the ipod, i want the damn visualizer.
- ohmar, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8How is that useful if you can only add songs from your computer anyway. It seems like deleting songs on the fly would serve the purpose of freeing up space for no reason. Call me crazy...
- djdole, on 10/12/2007, -10/+16@aychamo
"CoverFlow looks nice and all, but it's absolutely worthless. It's a horrible way to find your music."
Yeah, I'm with you!
NO ONE recognizes albums by the artwork, EVERYONE first notices the band name and album title FIRST, and cover art last. Next they'll expect us to recognize the album by the cover art when buy music in stores!
I mean when I'm looking for a CD to play at home, I read EVERY...SINGLE...album title, and ignore all that damn easily recognizable album artwork.
I mean jeez, those BASTARDS! Who said I wanted this FREE UPGRADE that just may make my life easier after I actually try it!?!
And while we're at it, lets get rid of all this flashy OS GUI. The command prompt worked, why update it with worthless eye-candy?
HORRIBLE!
(The "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" argument doesn't work. It just makes you look stubborn and set in your ways.) - mouthster, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7"I'm sure this firmware update will not include my 3rd gen ipod. "
Yeah, no *****. - cablefish, on 10/12/2007, -4/+10@mediamoguls
Good point. There's something about Apple makes people want to fake things. I wouldn't be surprised if it were a video. Someone else in the user comments called Shenanigans on this as well. I tend to agree.
gotsmart says:
This would be very easy to fake. Wouldn't CoverFlow require a reasonably powerful GPU to render it smoothly? Last i checked, the iPod didn't have any 3D graphics capability.
I call shenanigans. - proghead, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7and it's called setting ur ipod to manual to prevent syncing
and really, how hard is it to use iTunes? "learn your way around?" are u kidding me?
as far as internal speakers go, let me introduce you to the Wiimote...
"Having to know some arcane button combination is non-intuitive." - (menu + select)...........WOW..........
"How about a real ON/OFF button, so when I switch it OFF, I know its OFF" - maybe if you read the manual or ever visited itunes.com in ur LIFE, u would know that holding pause turns it off.
'nuff said.....u r an idiot.
*EDIT*
damn u guys are fast..... - gavintlgold, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4My nano played doom (one) quite well with iPodLinux (really well... probably 30fps). Got rid of that after a while though. Cover flow? On an iPod Video? EASY.
- earthceltic, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7Boy I hope this isn't fake...
Can't you put linux on these things? And what's to stop someone from timing a scrolling animation to thumb rotations if they can?
Someone with experience should try to recreate this as a fake. - dbr_onix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I'd be more impressed if it *was* a fake, if it's a video playing on the device, the finger-movement is well synced up, if it's a video made after recording the iPod/finger, it's composited damn-near perfectly..
- Override, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8Well it's a good strategy if you don't want anyone to steal your Mp3 player..
- morcheeba, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5cleverboy - fake or not, people dug your other comment down because it didn't make sense. Neither OSX 10.4 nor Windows has core animation, but iTunes (which runs on both of these platforms) has coverflow.
- EBFoxbat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4How about you use a question mark at the end of a question? I don't want you designing or evaluating my device interface until you have a better grasp of my written language. I don't mean to be a dick, but who am I to refute nature?
- Annon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4No way this is real, do you see how slow it scrolls? There is no way apple would make it so you have to move your thumb halfway around the wheel to go to the next album.
- crimsonredmk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4For those of you who don't think an iPod has enough power for this, just look at the iPod games from Apple, especially Vortex. After playing the game, it's definitely possible.
- johnpaul191, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4@fofusion
i have heard the 5G and 5.5G iPods have two processors, and the current demands on them are far from what they are capable of. one of the sites that breaks open iPods can confirm this. that was supposedly supporting evidence of things like further game development. - virtualball, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Well, those "updates" are also features. I call it a feature because Apple, according to all the Apple haters, loves to make new iPods and "force" you to buy new ones. Well, if that was true, Apple just stopped me from buying a new one because the gave my iPod more "features." An update in Apple's sense fixes, this wasn't an update. They didn't need to give me the feature of playing games, nor 640x480, or even the much less talked about feature/upgrade, improved battery life. Also, update sounds like it was needed rather then given.
Personally? I like CoverFlow, it may not be the best for people with 10,000 albums, but when I'm bored or what ever, its a kinda cool way to find music. It just looks good, Jobs isn't standing behind you with a gun to your head forcing you to use it. The same thing with other features on the iPod, I don't use the alarm clock or screen lock, why should CoverFlow be any different?
I don't get why a lot of people freak out about nothing. "I'll give you 20 dollars to buy beer." "Only 20!?!" -
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