Ahh, saw this at AppleInsider, a touch-screen iPod. It would be cool. I just bought a little gadget - a Samsung phone. It has a little touch pad thingy. It takes a while to get used to it but now I’m quite pleased with my buy. Anyway, back to iPod news - rumor says Apple is launching next-gen iPod in August with touch-screen capabilities similar to that of iPhone.
Apple is preparing to launch a next-generation video iPod in August that features a touch-screen panel similar to the iPhone, according to DigiTimes.
Citing “sources at upstream suppliers,” the Far Eastern rumor publication reports that Wintek will be supplying the touch panels for the players.
“The Taiwan-based panel maker will begin shipping capacitive touch screen panels in the second half of 2007,” DigiTimes said. “The company noted that its touch screen panels will be used with customers’ own software and ICs.”
The last significant update to Apple’s video iPod family came almost two years ago, when the company used a media event to introduce 30GB and 60GB models with color screens and video playback capabilities.
Although the video players were refreshed the following fall, the updates were modest at best — they included game support, brighter displays, and 20GB of additional capacity on the high-end model.
Source: Apple Insider
What I am more excited about is that they are squeezing the Mac OS is so many devices these days. Apple seems to be leading in handheld technology. In future if your kids are holding those ultra powerful hand held devices, you really got to thank Apple for coming out with iPhone, Sony for coming out with PSP, Samsung with their many attempts to create slimmer products, Motorola which did a lot of good in slimmer technologies in the past. These companies are constantly pushing the limits of hand held devices. I can almost smell an iPod Nano powered by Mac OS too.
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