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The guys over at LAist have some pretty good thoughts about an upcoming 6G iPod. Granted, it is all speculation, but looking at the current news, I think they’re on to something.
First, they seem to think that it will have flash storage. Seems pretty cut and dry, we already know that Apple wants to move its entire iPod line over to flash storage. Also, since starting in June the iTunes store will be releasing most videos in widescreen format, the new iPod will most likely be widescreen.
They seem a little less than optimistic that we’ll see this one, but wireless headphones would certainly turn some heads. And if your headphones connect via Bluetooth, you could sync your iPod with anything that was Bluetooth-enabled, your PC, your car stereo, etc.
These are definitely the features that users are going to want to see in upcoming iterations of the iPod. Lets hope that Apple will stay ahead of the curve and start implementing these ideas.
6G iPod Speculation [via laist]
4 Responses to “Thoughts on upcoming iPods”
Karel Jansens March 2, 2007
That’s not an iPod; that’s a Nokia N800!
-3Mikey T. March 2, 2007
What’s with the 6GB for a widescreen iPod? What’s the point of having the widescreen, if there’s not enough space on the damned thing to hold movies? Sure the iPhone has flash memory, but that’s because it’s first and foremost a PHONE.
-1Tedious March 3, 2007
I think it’s a typo. It’s the 6G iPod, not 6GB iPod.
+1SpamMeNotradamus March 3, 2007
6G =Sixth Generation
But the point still holds. Video takes up a lot of space. A widescreen video iPod is unlikely to be flash memory only.
Would release of a G6 iPod this summer prevent you from getting an iPhone?
Think of the iPhone as an iPod Nano, with a large screen… it isn’t for holding large files. Streaming maybe.
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