appleinsider.com— Apple is preparing to launch a next-generation video iPod in August that features a touch-screen panel similar to the iPhone, according to DigiTimes.
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Ahem, bulls**t. Apple Rumours are always that, rumours, I'm only going to trust Apple.com when something is announced. If the rumours were true even half the time we'd have had a touch iPod a year ago, Leopard would be out, iLife '07 would be out and apple would have a mini-notebook etc. etc.
Buried for being ridiculous and largely inaccurate in your headline and description. The article says "the second half of 2007," and one analyst predicts the announcement at Macworld in January 08.Not only that, but haven't you ever heard the marketing mantra about not releasing new products in August? Let's think closer to the holiday season here.
The plan to switch the iPod to OS X and a more iPhone-like interface (i.e., coverflow) as opposed to the third-party OS and UI it currently uses really sheds a lot of light on Apple's tactics in regards to their somewhat puzzling legal settlement with Creative last year. By the terms of the settlement, Apple agreed to pay Creative for the use of the iPod's column-style interface as long as they got exclusive access to it (not counting Creative themselves.) The agreement stipulated that if Creative licensed it to anyone else, they would have to pay Apple for breaking the exclusive use agreement. Now, they're about to do away with Creative's patented UI and Creative won't be able to use it without owing money to Apple. Very nice move on Apple's part.
I have a 1G nano. I'm not sure if the 5G iPod is worth the upgrade (video functionality), but if a new iPod comes out with WiFI and is essentially the iPhone without the phone, I'll buy it.
That pretty much sums it up for me too...a similar sized colour screen just doesn't seem worth the money to upgrade my perfectly adequate b/w screened MP3 player.
I had two different Archos players, felt no need to get an ipod... then I got an ipod for Christmas from work. I was sold! The ipod is SO much better in so many ways. So it doesn't have all the features of the Archos... but the features the ipod does have it does RIGHT. For listening to music, there is nothing else worth considering, for me.
i think it's safe to say that many/most/all of the iPod rumors in the last two years were about the iPhone. Apple has said that over the last 4 years of development they had different teams working on different parts of the device. things like a wide format touch screen iPod, wifi iPod, mini OS X, mini tablet Mac bla bla bla could all be applied to the iPhone development. that all being said, it makes sense that the iPod could easily add a WiFi chip and some modified version of OS X.... and maybe a touchscreen with optional landscape mode. we know Apple *can* make it, the question is if they think it would sell, and would it hurt iPhone sales.... and which are more important to them? who knows.
neoricenJul 12, 2007
Ahem, bulls**t. Apple Rumours are always that, rumours, I'm only going to trust Apple.com when something is announced. If the rumours were true even half the time we'd have had a touch iPod a year ago, Leopard would be out, iLife '07 would be out and apple would have a mini-notebook etc. etc.
andburn1Jul 12, 2007
Slap em in the face and repeat after me: "you will correctly catagorize the stories you submit, you silly bitch."
mburkJul 12, 2007
Buried for being ridiculous and largely inaccurate in your headline and description. The article says "the second half of 2007," and one analyst predicts the announcement at Macworld in January 08.Not only that, but haven't you ever heard the marketing mantra about not releasing new products in August? Let's think closer to the holiday season here.
tetsuraJul 12, 2007
exactly, although i still get dugg down even though i'm right
inkswampJul 13, 2007
The plan to switch the iPod to OS X and a more iPhone-like interface (i.e., coverflow) as opposed to the third-party OS and UI it currently uses really sheds a lot of light on Apple's tactics in regards to their somewhat puzzling legal settlement with Creative last year. By the terms of the settlement, Apple agreed to pay Creative for the use of the iPod's column-style interface as long as they got exclusive access to it (not counting Creative themselves.) The agreement stipulated that if Creative licensed it to anyone else, they would have to pay Apple for breaking the exclusive use agreement. Now, they're about to do away with Creative's patented UI and Creative won't be able to use it without owing money to Apple. Very nice move on Apple's part.
inkswampJul 13, 2007
In all fairness, they did accurately predict the delay of Leopard until Oct.
tech42erJul 13, 2007
I have a 1G nano. I'm not sure if the 5G iPod is worth the upgrade (video functionality), but if a new iPod comes out with WiFI and is essentially the iPhone without the phone, I'll buy it.
burnJul 13, 2007
That pretty much sums it up for me too...a similar sized colour screen just doesn't seem worth the money to upgrade my perfectly adequate b/w screened MP3 player.
shank2001Jul 13, 2007
I had two different Archos players, felt no need to get an ipod... then I got an ipod for Christmas from work. I was sold! The ipod is SO much better in so many ways. So it doesn't have all the features of the Archos... but the features the ipod does have it does RIGHT. For listening to music, there is nothing else worth considering, for me.
johnpaul191Jul 14, 2007
i think it's safe to say that many/most/all of the iPod rumors in the last two years were about the iPhone. Apple has said that over the last 4 years of development they had different teams working on different parts of the device. things like a wide format touch screen iPod, wifi iPod, mini OS X, mini tablet Mac bla bla bla could all be applied to the iPhone development. that all being said, it makes sense that the iPod could easily add a WiFi chip and some modified version of OS X.... and maybe a touchscreen with optional landscape mode. we know Apple *can* make it, the question is if they think it would sell, and would it hurt iPhone sales.... and which are more important to them? who knows.