“Changes to the iPod may soon bring it in line with the iPhone, while avoiding cannibalized sales, according to a new outlook report,” MacNN reports.
“Analysts at the research firm Piper Jaffray suggest that as expected, the next generation of iPods will be based on the iPhone’s touchscreen interface; while there will likely be no Internet or phone services, future iPods are expected to be based on Mac OS X, though whether or not users will be able to install software on them has not been raised as a question,” MacNN reports.
“Analysts do however propose that they will be announced in the fall or winter, at the latest by January’s MacWorld event,” MacNN reports.
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “MacVicta” for the heads up.]
“Remember Apple’s patent on video technology…using cameras behind the LCD screen to capture video”
And with the right hack, that would be great for spying on people.
You’re right….can you imagine the live-feed, web peeping tom sites that will proliferate?!
For those who are waiting for better quality audio from an iPod, have you not heard of the amazing (but really expensive) little add on that allows you to output lossless audio directly to your $20K B&O (or other high end) stereo system? The trick is that the MSB iLink, as it is called, bypasses the iPod’s internal DAC.
http://www.ipodobserver.com/story/29695
http://blog.stereophile.com/ces2007/107msbipod/
No news here folks, move along…
I for one living here in mexico, I can´t expect the iphone to be coming to a store near me in a near future. Also I wouldn´t buy an iPhone because of the storage capacity. I think apple will release a touchscreen video iPod soon maybe for christmas. I don´t think apple will leave the potential market in places without the iphone coverage, thus an ipod with touchscreen is a mut (hopefully)…