RSSApple Confirms Touch-Screen iPod?
By Ed Oswald | Published November 2, 2006, 1:29 PM
Apple may have slipped up and given the first public confirmation of the long-rumored touch-screen iPod. In a PDF document intended for developers discussing the iPod notes feature, the Cupertino, Calif. company references such a device.
In a section titled "Advanced Uses of Notes," Apple tells developers: "Linking to photos and videos is supported only for 5th generation iPods running iPod Software version 1.2 or later. All other Notes feature capabilities described in this document are supported for iPod models with display screens, beginning with the touch-screen models."
The document was published on October 20.
According to Apple rumor site ThinkSecret, the next-generation iPod has been in development for over a year and a half. The device will sport a 3.5-inch display, according to its sources. If true, and ThinkSecret's early 2007 date is correct, it would be the first major upgrade to the iPod platform in over a year.
Apple so far has refused to respond publicly, saying it does not comment on future product plans or speculation. However, from its past history, watchers of the company expect it to make some type of iPod announcement at the Macworld 2007 conference in San Francisco.
I found a thumbnail of the original document here:
http://att.macrumors.com...=60606&d=1161823447
Enjoy.
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|Awsome. 3.5" display too! Sweet!
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|Well, in the PDF that is linked to in this article, there is no mention of any "touch-screen." Wonder if Apple changed the PDF?
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|i need an ipod which also includes a mobile phone feature so atleast i can use it instead of carryying so many different gadgets!
! that's it. !
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|I would get it...But I really am not THAT lazy. But it really should reach a point when people have enough iPods... One is good for me.
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|A touuchscreen, is the best the Apple developers can come up with for the next generation...
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|...it worked for Nintendo's DS.
(Ok, I know it had more than that, but I'm trying to make a point here.)
*sprays fanboy repellent*
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|Interesting, the document has either been edited by Apple, or the author has seen something that is not there. Below is the text this article references.
"Linking to photos and videos is supported only for 5th generation iPods running iPod Software
version 1.2 or later. All other Notes feature capabilities described in this document are supported for
iPod models beginning with third-generation iPod (dock connector) models with touch wheel."
touch wheel, touch screen, who knows?
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|My guess would be that it was edited. Apple is probably foaming at the mouth over this leak.
...or it could just be an unsupported rumor. Who knows?
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|Yep, the article was indeed edited. I looked at the .pdf right after betanews posted the link, and I saw "touch-screen models" with my own eyes... wish I took a screen shot.
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|Maybe the pdf file is still in your browser cache/temp files. If you have it, send us the screenshots. Thanks!
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|http://developer.apple.c...NotesFeatureGuideCB.pdf
From the document's revision notes:
Updated to clarify supported models and to fix minor graphics and text errors. 2006-11-01
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|Hmm, tried to find it in cache using "about:cache" in firefox and couldn't locate it... the link in my browser's***ory points to the updated version. I think it's lost forever :/
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