The contemporary iPod video is nice, but compared to the iPhone it’s a bit passe, I suppose. The iPhone proposes functionalities many had anticipated would materialize on the 5G iPod video. A bulky widescreen display, smaller size, touches screen, blutooth, and WiFi. I think if you want to know what the 6G iPod is going to be like, look at the iPhone. Apple did not spend all that energy on the iPhone to not leverage the technology in other products. Here are some recent rumors: � multi-touchscreen Apple LCD monitors � multi-touchscreen laptop screens � NAND flash based sub-notebook – no hard drive, just 64GB of Flash. These are just rumors, so don’t get thrilled until products start transporting. But I think Apple will use multi-touch in as many places as possible. The nano line has a screen that may be too small for multitouch, but that bursting full sized iPod has abundance of room. Then there’s the NAND flash. Hard drives are still the cheapest per gigabyte option for mobile electronics, but they are a battery eater. 1GB of NAND flash costs about $5 today, compared to about $1/GB for mobile hard drives. But the cost of NAND flash was $30/GB only about 20 months ago, so it feels like we’re in the midst of a transition period to NAND flash for medium-term storage. The problem swapping to flash memory is that 30GB of NAND flash will rate Apple $120 more than the hard drive in the 5G iPod. This is why they’re sitting on it; they’re waiting for the price of NAND to drop to say $2-$3/GB. Then you’ll definitively see the full sized flash-based video iPod become available soon. Via: Gadget
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TagApple makes history: 100 million iPods sold
Apple has announced that the company has sold 100 million iPods. This has made the company get a place in the record books by making it the fastest selling music player in history. The company has stated that it has achieved the milestone in five and a half years, since iPod made a debut in November 2001. Since then the company has introduced more than 10 new iPod models. The huge success and demand for the player has also given birth to the iPod accessory industry which has more than 4,000 accessories for the music player. We also hope that the company reaches the same milestone with iPhone and Apple TV. Via: Newlaunches
Apple apparently readies WiFi iPod for Q3 launch
The latest news around the hot tub is that Apple is prepping a WiFi iPod for the Q3 this year. The rumor is strong provided the information that Universal Scientific Industrial (USI) will supply the Wi-Fi modules and Foxconn will assemble the player. Anyway, Apple and Microsoft are not the obnkly two firms planning WiFi music players. Other companies such as Sony, Samsung, and Sandisk are also in the race. Apple will need to augment the battery capacity of its iPod in order to stuff WiFi functionality into the device or lower the power consumption. Apple iPhone played with us a lot and I think the WiFi iPod is all set to play the tricks now. Via: TGdaily