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touch screen ipod likely to be released next Wednesday, anyone looking forward to it? I can't wait to get my hands on one, been waiting ages for an update, got a nano but i want something to keep all of my music on it. |
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revolutionary |
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i don't think a touch-screen ipod makes much sense. with the iphone it did make sense. it is a means to achieve both usability and functionality. in other words: the iphone is more like a pocket-computer, so there's a clear incentive for a touch-screen. for the ipod however, the only reason to have a touch-screen is to be able to have a bigger screen to watch videos on. and i hate to say it, but videos on ipods are never going to work, i think. it's incredibly lame to watch some video on a small screen like that. so yeah, apple has made video-pods in the past, but i hope they smarten-up and ditch the dodo. |
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AAARGH APPLE FANBOYS FAGGOTS IPOD SUCKS AAAARGH IT CANT even play ogg vorbis |
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Video iPods with touchscreens would totally make sense considering they would fit into the family and compliment the iPhone. The problem is, comparatively speaking, the difference between the two will be much harder to immediately discern. OS X will likely be built into the next gen iPod, along with wireless downloads from the iTunes Store. I can't help but imagine the future of the iPod merging with that of the iPhone. Eventually they'll become the same device, with the ability to make phone calls being purely preferencial. All I have to say is this: Break 100GB and hook up some Bluetooth Headphones |
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this thread is gonna be so filled up with apple haters that don't realize they're no better than apple fanboys. |
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They'd probably hit a bigger market if they put a tv tuner into it so that those people who have to watch the game!!!! could do so in style. |
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One last thing... (heh heh) How old are iPods now? Six years? I look back to the first gen and those things are archaic. I look at the current gen and they seem predictable. The iPhone was nice, but was it really that revolutionary? I mean, the UI is gorgeous, but like iPod, it was built on pre-existing technology for the most part. I guess the revolutionary thing was that Apple thought of it first (sort of) and figured out how to combine the elements into a new device. But it's 2007. That shit should have been here seven years ago. They're gonna have to do something huge for their tenth anniversary. For the iPod to be revolutionary once again, they are going to have to start developing hardware exclusively for the iPod. If they were smart, they'd make the thing modular and expandable. Here's what needs to happen: -Collapsible, expandable, rollable digital screens need to be ubiquitous (almost there) -Touch screen technology needs to be incoporated in to that. -Hard drives need to increase in capacity and be shrunk down to size or smaller. These should be able to be stacked or chained for ease of use, thereby making the iPod more configurable and more social (ie-able to trade harddrives with friends) -Bluetooth headphone technology needs to get it's ass in gear. ... I'm seeing future iPods as a wristwatch like devices that have a fold out screen that loops around a finger and covers the entirety of the hand. The wrist element would be base cost, with collapsible screens being sold in various sizes (hand lengths). Modular harddrives could be slid into the wrist element, not exceeding something like the size of a roll of pennies or something. These ideas are ©®™ gl0tch, but are for sale. ;) |
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