“New features emerging in Apple’s next generation portable media player could enhance connectivity and convenience. However some changes may cause current Apple partners grief,” Daniel Jacobs reports for International Business Times.
Jacobs reports, “In a note delivered to clients on Monday, research analyst Jesse Tortora said that Apple’s next generation video-iPod may include significant changes, adding a larger screen and potentially, internet capabilities. ‘The next gen video ipod[s] are expected to include a wider touch screen, wi-fi and GPS,’ he said.”
Jacobs reports, “The addition of GPS functionality should position the iPod as the central hub for all digital content (music, movies, GPS) in automobiles, the researcher explained.”
Jacobs reports, “Apple may also shift away from hard-drive technology in its next generation video player one analyst contends, causing a potential shakeup in the disk storage market. ‘Our checks indicate that Apple may not proceed with its next generation hard disk drive (HDD) based video iPod design, transitioning instead to NAND flash as soon as late ’07,’ Tortora told clients.”
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Garmin (GPS maker) will finally offer Mac software for their GPS’s by the end of their first quarter. They have said that all of their software will soon be Mac compatible. Coincidence?
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“”New features emerging in Apple’s next generation portable media player could enhance connectivity and convenience.”
Where the hell do people get this shit? “could enhance”. Yeah its easy to speculate. It COULD turn lead into gold, but probably wont. This is nothing more than someone’s guess. No facts are given here at all. And so what if it requires Apple use different parts from different vendors. They aren’t making these things to satisfy the CEOs of those company’s desire for profit.
Nothing to see here folks. Move along.
wi-fi? Doesn’t Zune already have that? They can’t come up with anything original.
And I bet next gen Zune is going to have a touch sensitive WIDER screen.
Meanwhile, I’m really excited hearing about all the ZunePhone features. Come on MDN, I need more ZunePhone rumors.
Meanwhile, I’m really excited hearing about all the ZunePhone features. Come on MDN, I need more ZunePhone rumors.
Fool!
This is so typical. The geniuses at Redmond come up with wifi in a beautiful brown package, and now, of course, those unimaginative hacks from Cupertino have to copy it. Why would you buy generic when you can have the real deal, ie, the gloriously brown Zune?
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Flash makes no sense unless Apple can pack 40-100 gigs and get saving in space, weight and size. They could do it now but the price would be exorbitant.
I would prefer a HD simply so that Apple would release something sooner than later.
Just sell GPS as an accesory, like the Radio.
GPS in an iPod? No way.
Let’s start with the obvious fallacy: It will go in cars! Most cars will already have GPS in them, making the Apple device an extra. Also, suppose the kid is in back watching a movie. Dad’s gonna say, “Kid, give me that iPod. I think we’re lost.”? Yeah, right.
The Wifi? I can agree with that. I could see Apple making the iPod into the Music Player/Video Player/Internet Communicator (leave out the phone), selling it for $299-$399.
“Garmin (GPS maker) will finally offer Mac software for their GPS’s by the end of their first quarter. They have said that all of their software will soon be Mac compatible. Coincidence?”
I have Training Center for my Garmin Edge 205. It sucks. Big time.
Man oh man…. Zune Tang! What sort of fool uses the word “‘gloriously”?
@ jovial pc boy
“And I bet next gen Zune is going to have a touch sensitive WIDER screen.”
Oh boy, that thing is a squirting machine!
To paraphrase Bill Gates, “We developed numerous prototypes of highly advanced and innovative products, features, and functions many years before Apple had even conceived them; however, Apple copied them before we had the legitimate opportunity to integrate them into commercial release.”
There you have it, whatever Apple releases Microsoft thought of it first and deserves all the credit. So, whenever you see something from Microsoft that looks suspiciously like something Apple has already released, remember Microsoft is entitled to all the thanks and admiration for graciously giving Apple the idea years before. My advice to Bill, publicly announce new product designs three months before they are ready for commercial release, not years or decades before you hope to develop them. That should keep Apple at bay and in their place.
This article is pure speculation!
What’s really funny is UH OH’s pathetic attempt to constantly hijack handles in these threads with responses that end up backfiring. What an idiot. But thanks for the laughs.
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GPS with golf course mapping!? That would be sweeeet!
That’s obvious; you don’t need an “analysts” to tell you that!
I want user-replaceable batteries….
It’s all guessing, but a GPS would be a deal maker for me. Keep in mind, GPS chips are about a couple of dollars nowadays, so they do not ad much to the cost. And GPS would sure tie in with Google and their services. So it may be speculation, but it does make sense.
I want one now.
Doctor said I wouldn’t have as many nose bleeds if I kept my finger out of there.
Who really needs GPS for day to day life! It’s a toy, a nearly useless gizmo, for 99% of people. Apple has always paid close attention to what people really need rather than what they just wish needlessly for.
Finder most definitely *Does Not* get it. Probably couldn’t find his ass with both hands.
Think GPS, XM Radio, and portable gaming. That would rock.
Those who are saying that Apple would never do this, because they love simplicity, may be trumped by the fact that with a touch screen, it can be made simple by only displaying the pertinent buttons.
Uh oh, add GPS to the coming Phune. In fact, add anything you can think of that Microsoft can’t get right, including the ability to read and write email/news, write text, edit media, navigate, drink, eat and defecate while you drive. Add new shades of brown plus patterns and texture – like corn. The Phune is coming. Complete with tissue dispenser. I shit you not.
Just think about GPS in your iPod. It’s got a huge storage capacity, so it could keep a record of exactly where you are every minute for a week or two.
Imagine you’re on holiday and have a digital camera. Every time you take a picture, the time is recorded as part of the metadata. Look at iPhoto’s metadata fields, there are already fields for latitude and longitude, your iPod could fill them in automatically because it knows where you were at the time when the shutter button was pressed.
Now if Apple had strong links to a company with a good mapping system – maybe like Google …
See where this is leading ? None of these parts are particularly new or original, but nobody has really put them together in a way that is totally seamless … yet !