gizmodo.com — "A little birdie told us that a firmware update for iPods is coming soon, giving you that same Cover Flow view that you've grown to love in iTunes now. See it in action, right here.The tipster also tells us that we won't see any new-generation iPods before the iPhone debuts, either. – Charlie White"
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mikeazorinFeb 27, 2007
If anyone has played iPod games like Vortex, Tetris, or Doom it is obvious that the 5G iPod has the power to do nice graphics smoothly. However, Coverflow could not be rendered this smooth, and this is probably a fake.
tygut1Feb 27, 2007
It's already there. You can add lyrics to the songs in iTunes and then view them on your iPod. I have lyrics on several of my songs that I view on my iPod.
cleverboyFeb 28, 2007
@morcheeba: Meh. If I'm not making sense, then you need to look harder. Some food for thought... it doesn't matter if Mac or Windows have Coverflow. On personal computers, there is significantly more development latitude than on a portable device like an iPod (which runs on Portalplayer's platform, which Apple is slowly transitioning away from). iPhone's support of Mac OS Leopard and its Core Animation creates a much more level playing field for quick development. The iPod... DOES NOT HAVE such facilities, its not even running Flash Lite 1 or 2. Furthermore, the type of visual polish shown in Coverflow would not even have the advanced graphical systems of Windows' Direct X, or MacOS' Quartz Extreme to aid its development. So, when you see the reflections, buffering, and blitting... you're seeing a lot more effort than most non-programmers realize. A free firmware update will NOT give you these type of enhancements. These type of enhancements would be the result of a concerted effort, a new technology license, and/or ultimately a waste of tremendous resources better spent elsewhere.Hopefully that explanation makes a hell of a lot more sense to you.
klaupaciusFeb 28, 2007
I read the headline and havn't bothered to digg, but.... if true its brilliant. A reason to be happy about the one you have, tell others, make them want it. Plus the headline states they wont be going out of style by being replaced by the next revision for a few more minutes of technology time. Impressive marketing again Apple, kudos.
fredy035Mar 3, 2007
I could really care less about this feature.
whamolaMar 10, 2007
This is an interesting new flashy thing from apple to hold the masses over until the iphone comes out.Was anyone else looking at the music on the ipod and thinking "crap, crap, garbage, crap."
tonykayMar 20, 2007
I'm guessing these guys got a video of coverflow played it on their video ipod, doing the appropriate actions to make it look as if they are controlling it and fool us all.Would have been cool though.
pfre017Apr 13, 2007
while we are talking ipod and coverflow, am i blind or is there really no way of showing the coverflow view in itunes for music stored on an ipod? I keep all my music on my home computer (and can use coverflow in itunes then), and when at work just play it off my ipod through itunes - but with no coverflow :-(. The ipod has all the album artwork on it so why not show it the coverflow view.any help would be great.
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