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Video shows upcoming iPod Firmware Update to feature Cover Flow?

Monday, February 26, 2007 · 5:05 pm · 39 Comments

According to a video posted by gizmodo on YouTube, Apple’s iPod “will have its firmware updated soon, now featuring the Cover Flow view seen on iTunes.”

Direct link to YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFwEcmn26zI

[Attribution: Gizmodo.]
Real or fake?

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RC

Monday, February 26, 2007 - 7:56 pm · Reply

Fake. Next…
Bob

Monday, February 26, 2007 - 7:58 pm · Reply

Cover Flow is about as useful as Windows Flip 3D Navigation. Yawn. I really wish they would waste their time on more useful things.
TO Shogun

Monday, February 26, 2007 - 8:02 pm · Reply

I use multiple widgets every single day. Love ‘em.

MW: method – “Your method of operation may not be everyone else’s method of operation.”
alex

Monday, February 26, 2007 - 8:05 pm · Reply

totally FAKE. it’s just a video playing on the ipod. why do people waste the time…
Eddie

Monday, February 26, 2007 - 8:06 pm · Reply

So this isn’t for the new upcoming iPods (the ones without that anoying phone bit). This looks like it may work on the standard 80gig model sweet. Small but sweet.
Chris

Monday, February 26, 2007 - 8:13 pm · Reply

Looks cool! I can’t wait to get Coverflow on my Shuffle!
United States of Generica

Monday, February 26, 2007 - 8:13 pm · Reply

@R2

Core Animation isn’t on Windows, but CoverFlow is. OSX and Core Animation is not a requirement for CoverFlow.

However, I think it’s a fake video too.

I would like to see CoverFlow in FrontRow though and on Apple TV.
Tom Strong

Monday, February 26, 2007 - 8:31 pm · Reply

These things are ALWAYS faked. When have these secret videos ever been authentic?
Christian ( The Real Chris )

Monday, February 26, 2007 - 9:03 pm · Reply

Even though it’s not that useful and that this most likely is a fake, it will give a different feel to the iPod, it’s a cool look.

I’ll mess with it if I had that on my Nano.

In response to the last Chris who posted about wanting Coverflow on an iPod Shuffle. Are you missing something about Apple’s and iPods?
M@c

Monday, February 26, 2007 - 9:11 pm · Reply

Dude…I just downloaded Camino 1.1 beta to try out and this thing flies.

Seriously.
Stab the Man (the surreal one)

Monday, February 26, 2007 - 9:38 pm · Reply

M@c, like, cool. But who gives a flying frag at a rolling donut?
zunetang

Monday, February 26, 2007 - 9:42 pm · Reply

Coverflow slows my Mac Color Classic down to a crawl. I’m not for it. I prefer lists.
Walter Chillum

Monday, February 26, 2007 - 11:27 pm · Reply

iTunes 7x trashed my ipod 3rd gen. model. And according to my favourite reseller I’m not alone. It wasn’t a total disaster as I’d just bought a 60 gig refurbished ipod photo. I just wish Apple would come clean over the problem with this model ipod. And it still hurts a bit because I now have an expensive paper weight.
Ron R

Tuesday, February 27, 2007 - 12:07 am · Reply

Walter C: I use the latest iTunes w/ the 3rd gen iPods and have no problems. Would be interested in knowing how it could possibly damage it…

Ron
matt

Tuesday, February 27, 2007 - 12:08 am · Reply

re: zunetang

damn! i was just gonna install itunes 7 on my newly acquired mac iici! i have a 68040 accelerator though, maybe that will help!

mw: systems. we should be able to have cover flow on our 18 year old systems!
Rory

Tuesday, February 27, 2007 - 12:48 am · Reply

So fake. Cover Flow is pretty much useless anyway, at least for me.
Walter Chillum

Tuesday, February 27, 2007 - 1:26 am · Reply

Ron:

Apparently it’s the gapless playback that causes the problem. After I set gapless playback (which is only for ipod videos, which I didn’t know at the time) all hell broke loose. The ipod froze. I then got a message that there was a software problem and iTunes asked to do a restore. I then clicked OK and then I got a mesage that it was unable to restore the ipod.

After I disconnected the ipod I had the dreaded folder with an exclamation mark. I tried to do a reset but it wouldn’t work. It doesn’t happen to all 3rd gen. ipods but I guess I got the raw prawn. My reseller had some reports about the problem but Apple is real quiet about the matter.

What is especially sad about the whole affair is that it was my first ipod and a birthday present from my wife and I guess I’m a little sentimental about it. Likewise it’s just not worth getting it fixed AND I’d have to go back to iTunes 6x.

P.S. I may have got the reset and restore terms mixed up but you get the gist of the problem.

P.P.S. I’m using a G5 iMac 1.8gz running 10.3.9 and I’ll be going over to an Intel iMac when Leopard comes out. Maybe then I’ll see about getting it fixed.
montex

Tuesday, February 27, 2007 - 2:12 am · Reply

FAKE!

It looks to me like a bit of choreographed finger dancing over an iPod video. The two big giveaways that’s it’s a fake are the lack of sound and the BLURRED VIDEO!

It’s a neat idea, but why do hoaxers always shoot blurry video? Don’t most video cameras have auto-focus? You have to work really hard to force the camera NOT to be in focus. Of course, if you’re trying to hide the flaws in your fake iPod video you blur it.

One more thing: did you guys notice the lack of lag time between cover flow and the standard iPod screens? My dual 1GHz G4 PowerMac can’t flip into cover flow that easily and we’re supposed to believe a tiny, little iPod processor and just pop in and out of Cover Flow that fast? Puh-leese!

I could have done a better job than this without trying very hard.
fiero

Tuesday, February 27, 2007 - 5:06 am · Reply

if it looks like crap, its fake