At 6/5/06 08:59 PM, Chimes_of_Death wrote:
I actually googled it and found thisthis link about the subject and the idea of widescreen videos sounds great
The concept of a widescreen IPod with a virtual clickwheel was coined before the release of the iPod photo -October 2004. I beleive this iPod to be fake because:
1. In using the chickwheel you would smudge the screen which you'd be veiwing your content on and Apple would have a better solution than that.
2. No previous iPod photos had leaked, so why now?
3. If the iPod was genuine it would be on the market by now since it was obviously conceived prior to October 2004.
4. A lawsuit was filed in October of 2005 regarding the scratchability of the iPod Nano. For apple to then go and release an Ipod where one of the whole faces is a screen would be far too risque.
As for whats happening with the 6th gen iPod I can only really speculate however from what i've heard Apple are moving up to an 80 or 100 gig harddrive, improving battery life and are also possible incorperating a camera. The strongest leads I've got at the moment regarding what apple are doing next are the release of a black iMac supported by the fact that the black iPods - both nano and video - are currently dominating the iPod market. It also seems likley that they will enter into the gaming market as Steve Jobs has sent requests to most major news corporations that some new “fun” items will soon be available. Wether this will be done via the iPod to compete with the likes of the PSP and the DS is yet to be known.
Just for the record I was dead on with my predictions for both the iPod Photo and the iPod Video