Touchscreen iPod Rumors
November 5th, 2006
If the latest round of touchscreen iPod
rumors are true, you may want to revise your holiday wishlist.
Touchscreen iPod rumors have been circulating around the Internet for awhile now. Even MethodShop.com posted some touchscreen iPod patent pictures back in February. The new twist to this story is that the touchscreen iPod might have a wide aspect ratio screen. This would make a lot of sense since Apple recently started selling movies on iTunes.
The new widescreen rumor originated from an anonymous executive at an iPod accessories company who spoke to someone at TrustedReviews. How reliable is this anonymous executive? Your guess is as good as ours. Anyway, here’s what Mr. Anonymous had to say:
“In a very matter of fact tone I was told that the product was not designed for the current generation of device, but the official 6G iPod… which is to be released in December. His company’s device only comes onto the market shortly before then and would benefit hugely because the new iPod would sport a screen that filled the full side of the device and consequently offer higher resolution video… This is why Jobs isn’t afraid of the Zune,’ he said, though he had no knowledge of whether wireless would make an appearance.”
This might help explain Steve Jobs dismissive attitude last week:
“Jobs is unimpressed with Microsoft’s Zune, which allows users to exchange songs. ‘It takes forever,’ said Jobs. ‘By the time you’ve gone through all that, the girl’s got up and left!’”
Adding more fuel to the fire, here’s what Gizmodo had to say about the widescreen iPod rumors:
“One thing’s for sure, if this widescreen iPod is released in the next two months, the Microsoft Zune with its old-fashioned 4×3 screen and crippled WiFi will be slam-dunked.”
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3. Donovan | November 14th, 2006 at 12:14 pm
I highly doubt this will come about, but with the tight lipped fellas at Apple, you never know…
4. Cheapstingybargains | November 20th, 2006 at 2:55 pm
MIcrosoft just can’t win here. I’m just not sure why they even decided to delve into the MP3 player market.
Touchscreen iPods do sound great though..
5. Apple Phone Announced - G&hellip | January 9th, 2007 at 12:41 pm
[…] All we can really say is: Finally. Steve showed off the long rumored Apple phone today. Looks like the rumored touchscreen iPods may have in fact been the Apple Phone. I am not sure if we can call it the iPhone seeing as Cisco recently released a product called the Linksys iPhone and has apparently held the trademark since the 90s. On to specs: 11.6mm thin, 3.5″ LCD touchscreen (detects your face so you don’t dial with your cheek), 2 megapixel camera, 8 gigs of storage, Bluetooth, WiFi, quadband GSM and to our disappointment slow-ass EDGE compatibility. Based on the pics we’ve seen, it will launch on Cingular. We’re hoping the second iteration of this device will include HSDPA, but according to the rumorville Apple chose EDGE for its reliability, not for its speed or lack there of. The device will purportedly supports Mac OS X which inevitably means iTunes - bye bye iPod. Doesn’t seem to be a word on when it will get released, but we’re speculating 4-6 weeks based on Apple’s desire to release products upon announcement and Cingular’s (they may not release it on a network) pain in the assness to bring products to market – we’re avergaging it out. […]
6. jacob | March 1st, 2007 at 7:21 pm
6G sucks the loest video ipod is 30G and i think we shood upgrade not degrade
7. jacob | March 1st, 2007 at 7:24 pm
6G SUCKS i hear it mite have 120G not six so get in stoors and buy the old ipod aka the one that can holed more than 1,500 songs
8. Vince | April 18th, 2007 at 11:14 am
6G means “Sixth Generation” Ipod, not the size of the memory or hard disk.
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