New iPod Pics and Rumors

[newWORLDorder]

Latest rumors:
- Revamp of entire iPod line.
- Small cosmetic changes to Touch, Nano to see significant redesign (see pic below).
- iPods to see fairly large price drops to distance itself from the $199 iPhone.
- iPod touch 2.1 software, iPhone to get update very soon after.
- iTunes 8.0 ("it's a big update w/new features").
- All of this coming in the next 2-3 weeks.



These are from Digg owner, Kevin Rose, in the past few months, he has been very accurate about the iPhone and recent iPod news, MattGarner can verify this as he also watches diggnation and has seen him reveal true rumors

New iPod 'screens' looks slick, Want a black one

[Mr.Sam]

Think I may get one, I'm still using a 2gb first gen nano

[Kevin]

I would have imagined* the new ipods would have touchscreen just like the ipod touch, but as standard. there are hundreds of prototypes on the internet, and that is just one of them. dont get all hyped up just yet

-Kevin

[Wootzeh]

I would have amadined the new ipods would have touchscreen just like the ipod touch, but as standard. there are hundreds of prototypes on the internet, and that is just one of them. dont get all hyped up just yet

-Kevin

amadined? wow....
The screen is too small for touch screens, looks nice though

[Kevin]

amadined? wow....
The screen is too small for touch screens, looks nice though

Well if that model was touch screen, you wouldn't need the reel at the bottom of it. i fixed my spelling error but do you have noting better to do than comment on my miss-spellings, everyone has them.

-Kevin

[Decode]

I can't see the nano becoming like that, the screen is the wrong shape to watch movies on and it looks ugly

[Firehorse]

That would be great if mabe the click wheel icons were digital and changed when you tipped the ipod horizontally for watching movies, and even just have it like that normally.
It would be a good idea as I and am sure many others would preffer to hold it horizontally much of the time.

[newWORLDorder]

I dont think they look exactly like that but the iPods WILL have longer, zune-esque screens this year, its been on all the mac sites.

and this is from Kevin Rose, he is very accurate with his rumors, he owns digg, he is good friends with the insiders at apple.

[Nick.]

TBH, I don't think that they will make the Nano's any bigger than they are atm. It wouldn't be a nano then, would it? (If it was big)

[Kevin]

TBH, I don't think that they will make the Nano's any bigger than they are atm. It wouldn't be a nano then, would it? (If it was big)

Just as i was thinking, that was the aim for the nano,

Dictonary description for the word 'nano'




nano-

/nanno/
• combining form 1 denoting a factor of one thousand millionth (10&min;9): nanosecond. 2 extremely small; submicroscopic: nanomachine.
— ORIGIN from Greek nanos ‘dwarf’.


Why would they take a product which its purpose is for small mp3 player, and inlarge it. all the releses of the nano have decresed in size as time has gone on FOR EXAMPLE



The new nano is a little bit wider, but the reason for that is the larger screen . but the lenght of it has decreased significantly. which still should make it smaller than the rest, if you take all factors into account

-Kevin