09.07.07 - 12:51pm
Apple sent out invitations to numerous publications and high profile people to invite them to a special September 5th event labeled “The beat goes on.”
The invite showed a silhouetted dancer holding an iPod fueling the ever increasing expectations that Apple would be announcing a new line iPods. Ipods that may finally be “a mini-computer in your pocket”.
Apple did just that releasing the iTouch - the iPhone without the phone but with the same Safari web capabilities and the same iPod capabilities for a price that is affordable to all.
The iTouch features the iPhone’s famous touch screen and has the same heralded mobile web applications. So as long as you can find a wi-fi hotspot you can zip through the web just like on your home PC. The catch is finding the hot spot. Even with AT&T’s slower Edge network access to the web through the iPhone is more accessible than through the iTouch but nevertheless the iTouch is nothing short of fabulous.
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05.10.07 - 10:51am
Just what will the next iPod or “mini iPhone” look like? Today we were given a huge clue with a new Apple Patent that goes over an iPod/iPhone interface.
The patent shows an iPod front screen with a touch screen click wheel back. This could be very cool once you get used to it, as when you hold the iPod your finger is around the back anyway, you could now handle your iPod one-handed, rather than holding it in your left hand and toggling with your right. Clever and interesting plus it would free up the front for a “big screen” without having to actually make the iPod bigger.
The patent titled, “Back-Side Interface for Hand-Held Devices,” would also solve the problem of the users hand obstructing what you need to see on the screen you are trying to toggle through. Plus all those nasty fingerprints on your clear beautiful screen could be avoided.
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