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- thewebguy, on 10/12/2007, -11/+61Q: Touch-Screen iPod in Time for Christmas?
A: No. - goat77, on 10/12/2007, -1/+29Touch/wide: Yes.
Apple should give the people what they want i.e. iPhone and touchpod. I don't recall many stories on digg calling for smaller shuffles and colored nanos. - heavensblade23, on 10/12/2007, -2/+29Did you fail math class? An hour a day for a year = 365 hours a year, meaning it would last over ten years.
- goat77, on 10/12/2007, -2/+27I think there's a limit to how much it's worth speculating on something.
I think we reached that limit a LONG time ago. - ggore, on 10/12/2007, -2/+22This post is a classic example of the American educational system. The person has no concept of the English language, spelling, capitalization, sentence structure, or grammar. The entire thing makes no sense whatsoever. Yet to some it is an example of "hip" speech and verbage on the internet and is used in various forms by the kids who dominate this site.
- NightRush, on 10/12/2007, -1/+20Wow, No matter what apple does, everyone is still waiting for a touch screen iPod?
- sych0, on 10/12/2007, -4/+22I hope not. I just bought an 80gb thinking the g6 ipod wont be around till 2007
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18The link does not work. Did the site get boned already?
- TheCheeks, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18I'm tired of rumors.
- antoniojvr, on 10/12/2007, -3/+20New template:
Apple to release (Awesome New Product) in time for (Holiday). - sych0, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16ipod photo - oct 2004
ipod video - oct 2005
The photo was out for a year before the video came out. - duke_nate, on 10/12/2007, -4/+18Yay, so now i can have scratches AND fingerprints all over the screen.
- heavensblade23, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10I can come up with plausible sounding rumours too: You'll be able to use your touchscreen ipod as a remote for the iTV.
- chicken101, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12"Chicken,
Your math sucks."
Yep. - goat77, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Read up on touchscreens/touchpads if you will.
- Soulscribe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8"People don't realize that a touchscreen video player makes no sense."
I totally agree. With all the people complaining about scratches and minor surface blemishes, I can't imagine apple making a product that requires people to rub their fingers all over the screen. - MackPrime, on 10/12/2007, -6/+13WHAT THE *****
- kevcowiffle, on 10/12/2007, -4/+11ignore my above comment... after submitting it and finding that 4 people had beat me to it in a matter of minutes, I would have liked to delete mine. But, since Digg still has no 'delete' option for comments, now I just look like the guy who showed up at the party 2 hours late and still wants the people there to think he's cool.
- goat77, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8I'd have to say that the 360 was a great and relatively innovative achievement on MS's part. If you haven't used it then it probably just seems like a game console, but when you actually set it up as a media center and download all the free HD content it's quite amazing.
- kendawg, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9I think what we all want here is a PDA with a HARD DRIVE. Then someone makes a cheap program that makes this PDA run exactly like an iPod. Problem solved!
- juanotejano, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8So has anyone been able to read the fricking story or are we just gonna assume we know what it says and just discuss the title?
- pierrefilms, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6As far as I know, Seagate has yet to release their 120GB mini drives (same kind used in iPods). I would suspect that those would be available in the Widescreen iPod.
From Macworld UK:
"Seagate preps 120GB iPod-ready drive
By Macworld staff
Hard drive manufacturer Seagate Technologies plans to release a 120GB hard drive that's suitable for iPods by December this year..." - geminitojanus, on 10/12/2007, -5/+10Basically.
Someone out there wants one so bad they're willing to manufacture rumors about it, then sell those rumors to the rumor sites. They make a quick buck from the sale, and they make an even bigger buck on the pump-dump action on Apple's stock, adjusting to the rumor mongering day after day. It's a win-win.
People don't realize that a touchscreen video player makes no sense. Fingers would smudge the screen, occlude the field during watching, do all kinds of nasty things you don't want a video-playing device to do. So a touchscreen video iPod: Never.
However, Apple patented a touchscreen /multipurpose/ "smart" device, and people completely gloss over this, every single time. The Newton, Apple's PDA progenitor, would be the spirit of this device; a completely new UI, focused on making every day tasks simple. Make it work with your iPod (by plugging it into an iPod for sharing battery life, or by storing data on it, or whatever else you want it to do) over a wireless null modem ($20 in Bluetooth hardware, that's worth what, $99 to the average user of a PDA/"Smart" device). The device encompassed playing media, but it also worked as a phone, a digital wallet, and a game player, just to name a few of its actions.
Make the device pull its applications from iTunes and you have stepped into the frontier of selling applications digitally. Make the device simple enough and work broadly enough with devices (built-in Bluetooth to manage cellphone numbers, dates) and the ever-more popular iPod dock connector (iPod dock in computers, speakers for a speakerphone, iToiletpaper despenser for monitoring your bowel movements, whatever) and you literally have an "iLifestyle" device. It's NOT an iPod, it's what the iPod and PDAs should have been to begin with. It's a portable computer. And a damned small one. One that doesn't get in your way when you want to use it, but blends in with your environment.
Oh, and there's no way it's coming out in October, with the patents for such a device being published this month. Maybe right after Christmas when everyone goes back to work and could actually use such a device. But then again, with so much work left to be done to design a strong touchscreen-driven keyboard (and not just handwriting recognition, which is so 90s), and a UI, well, I wouldn't be surprised if it weren't a Christmas '07 gadget of the year. - nace33, on 10/12/2007, -4/+9If only the rest of life was as interesting as waiting for apple to drop the next product...Sad part is, is that I am serious. Those little events get me anxious like no other!!!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6I'm sure the Video Pod will be marketed a tad different, and work in coherent with the iTV and your Mac.
Imagine being able to watch videos on any airport network - yensed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5The iPod is simply playing a video, and the person is pretending to be doing it.
- MrBabyMan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Touchscreen iPod out by Christmas? Great, just in time for Duke Nukem Forever!
- Arkonnan, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6I'm still holding out for the full-screen touch-screen ipod in which the clickwheel is on-screen and fades in and out when you touch a hot spot. The form factor would be right for watching wide-screen video(sort of like the PSP, but without the ugly buttons and frame), and they could possibly design any number of different interfaces for it.
- Ireland, on 10/12/2007, -17/+21I 100% think Apple will have another consumer event before Christmas, and the vPod is very likely.
- phpfreak, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I was just thinking that about Front Row!
- nofxjunkee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I'm pretty skeptical about a touch screen you're supposed to watch video on as well. Sounds like a terrible idea, but maybe Apple has something clever up their sleeve.
- jayred, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Here's the correct link:
http://notes.thinksecret.com/secretnotes/0609secretnote1.shtml - yensed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I think the only thing keeping this from happening at the moment is the battery. I can't believe that a 80gb iPod with a 2.5-inch screen can only play videos for 6.5 hours(And even dumber, the 30gb with 3.5hours). But considering the new Pricing, and the new resolution for iTunes Videos, just proves that Apple is at very least planning for the future..
- himey, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6Chicken,
Your math sucks. At 1.5 hours per day, you would only have used the iPod for 547.5 hours. At 1.5 hours per day, your screen should last 9.1 years. - antdude, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4http://duggmirror.com/apple/Touch_Screen_iPod_in_Time_for_Christmas/
- dharm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3apple just needs to come out with a PDA...
- betterth, on 10/12/2007, -5/+8@ptrcd003
Shut the ***** up.
I'm an American, who lives in Georgia, who just completed 13 years in the Georgia Educational System. We're what in the bottom 10 for SAT scores and *****?
Comments like yours piss me off. Comments that poke fun at the ***** educational system in America amuse me, because they're true. Even state-run colleges are a joke.
Don't get offended at someone if you have no idea what they're talking about. - d2nd, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4keep telling yourself that buddy.
- phpfreak, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I've said it before and i'll say it again...
"I, personally, don't think we'll even have to wait 'till MacWorld SF '07 to see the "true" video iPod. Now that Apple has upped its video quality and introduced movies, it would be a dumb move not to release this new hardware right in time for the holiday shopping season. Apple also left that $399 price-point open and their improvements to the 5G iPod with video were underwhelming compared to the rest of the product line, including its case remaining unchanged.
I wouldn't be at all surprised if we saw this thing at Apple's Photokina event on 9/25." - iliketokick, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2What's that?
- iSlayer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Im getting really sick of these mac rumor sites trying to build up hype and in the end nothing happens. If anything, these sites should be shut down.
- norbiu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Oh man, Duke Nukem Forever. How long has it been already? 8 years? It really is taking Forever.
- tmcdigg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2whoop dee doo, 10-15% wasn't that great of a price cut!
just enough to make competitors shrug, and sigh.. cause ipods already carried a large premium due to marketshare. - thoughtfulclown, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6Oh boy, can't wait for Apple's next hyped-up product... Don't get me wrong - I love Apple, but it really is unbelievable how much publicity they get. If Microsoft got as much publicity and hype they wouldn't have any competition.
All Microsoft needs is to actually come up with something innovative for once... - geminitojanus, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5Not to mention the iPod's lithium ion battery (and no, this isn't a defect in Apple's engineering, but Lithium ion cells themselves, as most don't last more than a year on their own).
In short, OLED sounds like a good option to me. Too bad I really don't want, and can foresee no need for a touchscreen or a larger screen on a portable MUSIC player.
...If it did something else... - phpfreak, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4http://digg.com/apple/Widescreen_iPod_Before_End_of_Year
I submitted that one with a functioning URL. - kabz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2My 5G 30 Gig manages about 5 hours doing audio, or 2 hours doing video. I think that's pretty near spec but it still sucks.
Battery life of these types of devices needs to get better before they become ubiquitous.
PDAs didn't die because of software, they died because of limited battery life once everyone started demanding color screens and wi-fi. - dignon, on 10/12/2007, -11/+13...because Windows DRM is SO much better than Apple's (/sarcasm).
- Morphinity, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Apple should focus on making iPods finger-print proof before this. :
- floejoe, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3It seems perpetual, doesn't it? Everyone wanted video so bad, and now we have a second generation of video iPod, yet people are still expecting a product they imagined despite the fact that Apple never alluded to it.
I take it that once the widescreen one is released people will get hardons fantasizing about Wi-fi. Until then, most people get off thinking of widescreen. And on and on it goes.
disclaimer: I too have a fetish for the widescreen video iPod, so take this as self/group criticism. It doesn't make it any less pathetic though. -
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