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This, according to iLounge’s trusted tipster, is pretty much what the fifth-generation iPod nano will look like. No touchscreen interface, but the display does get an aspect change; there’s also said to be a camera on the back and a smaller control wheel.
More details, plus next-gen iPhone leaks, after the cut
The screen gets wider (when held horizontally) to 1.5:1 aspect, from the current fourth-gen nano’s 1.33:1, which should reduce black-bars when watching widescreen content. As for the scroll-wheel, that’s shifted down the body to accommodate the bigger display, and the whole thing has a smaller diameter and more compact center-button.
On the back, meanwhile, there’s a camera of unspecified resolution; it’s likely to be covered up when the iPod nano is held in portrait orientation, but flip it to landscape and hold the PMP as you would a standard camera and it’ll be more useful. According to their source, the fifth-gen iPod nano will debut sometime between July and September (likely later rather than sooner) at the same time as a refreshed iPod touch.
As for the iPhone, iLounge have been informed that there’ll be no less than six versions of the third-gen model, three models each with two storage options. As well as a standard 3G (e.g. 3.5G HSDPA) there’ll be an “enhanced 3G” version (likely faster HSPA), plus a mainland China version that looks like the existing phone and comes in scratch-resistant matte plastic. The models will be tailored to different networks in different locations, so consumers won’t have a choice between, say, the two 3G handsets.
One Response to “iPod nano 5G to include wider screen, camera; six third-gen iPhone models planned?”
clonez August 28, 2009
i want to be more optimistic about this. if these really are the only changes that will come to the iPod nano, then i don’t really think it will be worth the money. I mean a camera really isn’t that useful when its on an iPod. in all likelihood its probably going to be a speaker anyways because apple would surely add a camera for the ipod touch before the nano (cuz the ipod touch is basically like an advance series to the iPod nano)
If all they did was add a camera/speaker (which by the way even a cellphone has a camera) and widen the screen then apple is in for quite disappointing sales. if this is all the changes they will implement then there will be much less hype than other iPod nano generations.
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