Full-Screen iPod, iPhone Confirmed by ‘Extremely Well-Informed’ Apple Exec
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by Mike Zazaian October 20, 2006 - 11:46am, 16 Comments
According to an anonymous, yet Extremely well-informed exec
at an Apple third-party add-on company, a 6th-generation full-screen video iPod will be released some time in December of 2006. As speculated over the past year, the device will include an touch-sensitive LCD screen that will cover one entire side of the device. The touch-screen will include a virtual
scroll wheel, and will be able to display videos at resolutions as high as 480p. Said the exec:
This is why Jobs isn’t afraid of the Zune.
The anonymous executive also explained that the highly-touted iPhone will be released this January, as analysts had speculated. In addition to a slew of multimedia applications that the phone is rumored to be capable of, Jobs is alleged to be investigating an iTunes subscription service for the iPhone which would allow users to download songs for free as long as the subscription fee is maintained. The exec said that there’s no word as to whether WiFi capabilities will be included in the iPhone, but the following passage taken from a recent Apple iPhone trademark docket seems to suggest that it’s a strong possibility:
…electronic handheld units for the wireless receipt and/or transmission of data that enable the user to keep track of or manage personal information…software for the redirection of messages, Internet e-mail, and/or other data to one or more electronic handheld devices from a data store on or associated with a personal computer or a server; and software for the synchronization of data between a remote station or device and a fixed or remote station or device.
When the TrustedReviews writer asked the exec why any of this should be believed, the exec noted that Apple works extremely hard to keep manufacturers informed due to the fact that, it makes more money from the affiliates program than from selling iPods.
The exec added that despite the enormous revenue that sales of the iPod and other Apple electronics generate, a majority of profit from the products comes from third-party manufacturers who license the Apple name to produce add-ons for their products.
He needs third parties to be ready with products when each new generation launches,
said the anonymous exec, and we will be…
I think the full screen ipod is a natural evolution, but the iphone. motorola already sales the phone.
Drugao
>> “touch-sensitive LCD screen”
OLED would have been much better.
Peter
It could be coming soon!!!
Allen
Yeah, I heard Duke Nukem Forever was coming out next week too.
About Blank
yea but the version motorola sells is aweful, too complicated to use and the touch pad is too sensitive. too expensive to put music on and not compatible with itunes i think the iphone (if its compatible with itunes) will be awesome. depending on what phone company they are operating with
jay-z
Amazing stuff. Hope they come out with the Wi-Fi enabled ipods soon. That would be icing on the cake.
Matthew Lee
Ooooo, yeah, I am sooooooo excited for this………. It comes out end of this month. Then, they will probably have a better one come out two weeks later.
Jason
just want to know how much is this ipod cost in australia dollar, is this ipods on sale in austrlia? or could you sent me order forms which i can purchase my order…thanks..
nahya