Hmmm, if true this could be a real "Zune Killer" Not that it needed killing anyway. I was on the verge of getting a video iPod but I will just have to wait until December now to find out
Hmmm, if true this could be a real "Zune Killer" Not that it needed killing anyway. I was on the verge of getting a video iPod but I will just have to wait until December now to find out
I've had my G5 since fall 2003 but I don't have an iPod. This year I got a digital camera and am contemplating what to do when my memory cards get full [other than buy more cards] when I'm away from home. What is the chance of Apple producing an iPod with a larger screen within the next 12 months? BTW, there are portable devices which store pictures and play MP3s but I figure the iPod would be better for music.
maybe the 6g iPod would have a scroll wheel and screen just like the regular ipod, but the scroll wheel would have a hinge at the bottom ( small and unnoticable ) that would fold out and reveal the rest of the screen.
then the scroll wheel part could be folded back behind the unit ( in horizontal mode ) and used as a kick-stand kind of thing which would keep the iPod up.
This is the largest drawback for me and I do think I will have to decide if the tradeoff is worth it. However, the latest ipods really only have feedback on the click. The only feedback I can tell during the scroll is the clicking sound if you have that enabled. As far as in pocket, the slightly different texture of the wheel in current incarnatios provides feedback. I think it would be great if the software was intuitive to start the scroll wheel wherever you touched the touch screen. The buttons are the real problem. I am hoping apple has at least a decent solution. I think tactile feedback is essential for buttons. The new bezel patend doesn't even answer it very much for me. Might just have to be a sacrafice for a big screen still in a small package.
This is the largest drawback for me and I do think I will have to decide if the tradeoff is worth it. However, the latest ipods really only have feedback on the click. The only feedback I can tell during the scroll is the clicking sound if you have that enabled. As far as in pocket, the slightly different texture of the wheel in current incarnatios provides feedback. I think it would be great if the software was intuitive to start the scroll wheel wherever you touched the touch screen. The buttons are the real problem. I am hoping apple has at least a decent solution. I think tactile feedback is essential for buttons. The new bezel patend doesn't even answer it very much for me. Might just have to be a sacrafice for a big screen still in a small package.
Sony has worked out a system for tactile feedback for touchscreens I thought. Cant find the link tho...
Easy way to do the touchscreen interface... gestures!
Don't have a scroll wheel region... let the user do their gesture anywhere on the screen. Tap to select item. Scroll fingers in circle to scroll list. Draw a down&left stroke for next song or whatever. Anyone who's used Cocoa Gestures will be at home
Otherwise trusted sourced trustedreviews.com say their sources (a companies CEO from the Made-for-iPod program) have told them unequivocally that the fullscreen touchscreen iPod Video is coming in December. It seems strange for Trusted Reviews to just make this up out of thin air. That and it's still over two months 'till Christmas. I'm thinking given the timing/time frame/sources, that I actually believe this one.
I really doubt this. For starters - it would be pretty expensive - and wouldn't even really directly compete with the Zune because it would be at LEAST $100 more.
2nd - Apple does not need to do anything different to beat down the Zune - it will fail on it's own just like the others.
I really doubt this. For starters - it would be pretty expensive - and wouldn't even really directly compete with the Zune because it would be at LEAST $100 more.
2nd - Apple does not need to do anything different to beat down the Zune - it will fail on it's own just like the others.
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Hmmm, if true this could be a real "Zune Killer"
it would be a massacre not a killing LMAO
I've had my G5 since fall 2003 but I don't have an iPod. This year I got a digital camera and am contemplating what to do when my memory cards get full [other than buy more cards] when I'm away from home. What is the chance of Apple producing an iPod with a larger screen within the next 12 months? BTW, there are portable devices which store pictures and play MP3s but I figure the iPod would be better for music.
then the scroll wheel part could be folded back behind the unit ( in horizontal mode ) and used as a kick-stand kind of thing which would keep the iPod up.
( sorry if that was confusing )
This is the largest drawback for me and I do think I will have to decide if the tradeoff is worth it. However, the latest ipods really only have feedback on the click. The only feedback I can tell during the scroll is the clicking sound if you have that enabled. As far as in pocket, the slightly different texture of the wheel in current incarnatios provides feedback. I think it would be great if the software was intuitive to start the scroll wheel wherever you touched the touch screen. The buttons are the real problem. I am hoping apple has at least a decent solution. I think tactile feedback is essential for buttons. The new bezel patend doesn't even answer it very much for me. Might just have to be a sacrafice for a big screen still in a small package.
A note on tactile feedback-
This is the largest drawback for me and I do think I will have to decide if the tradeoff is worth it. However, the latest ipods really only have feedback on the click. The only feedback I can tell during the scroll is the clicking sound if you have that enabled. As far as in pocket, the slightly different texture of the wheel in current incarnatios provides feedback. I think it would be great if the software was intuitive to start the scroll wheel wherever you touched the touch screen. The buttons are the real problem. I am hoping apple has at least a decent solution. I think tactile feedback is essential for buttons. The new bezel patend doesn't even answer it very much for me. Might just have to be a sacrafice for a big screen still in a small package.
Sony has worked out a system for tactile feedback for touchscreens I thought. Cant find the link tho...
Don't have a scroll wheel region... let the user do their gesture anywhere on the screen. Tap to select item. Scroll fingers in circle to scroll list. Draw a down&left stroke for next song or whatever. Anyone who's used Cocoa Gestures will be at home
Amorya
Otherwise trusted sourced trustedreviews.com say their sources (a companies CEO from the Made-for-iPod program) have told them unequivocally that the fullscreen touchscreen iPod Video is coming in December. It seems strange for Trusted Reviews to just make this up out of thin air. That and it's still over two months 'till Christmas. I'm thinking given the timing/time frame/sources, that I actually believe this one.
I really doubt this. For starters - it would be pretty expensive - and wouldn't even really directly compete with the Zune because it would be at LEAST $100 more.
2nd - Apple does not need to do anything different to beat down the Zune - it will fail on it's own just like the others.
I really doubt this. For starters - it would be pretty expensive - and wouldn't even really directly compete with the Zune because it would be at LEAST $100 more.
2nd - Apple does not need to do anything different to beat down the Zune - it will fail on it's own just like the others.
What's a Zune?
something like this?
yes that video is what I was going for. ( yes I have seen the video before )
What's a Zune?
Zune
*notes the sarcasm*