6th Generation iPod Coming in August?

ThinkSecret seems to be saying that those interface vids we all saw were indeed mockups for the 6G iPod. Even scarier, those short/squat iPod mockups that have been floating around may be eerily accurate.

To this I say, blah. I've got a semi-broken 4G iPod waiting to be replaced, and if this is true it looks like it'll be waiting a while longer.

Do you suppose there's ANY chance 5G & 5.5G owners will get a change to buy just the "new OS" and load it on our existing iPods since the change appears to be 90% software?

That I would do.

Do you suppose there's ANY chance 5G & 5.5G owners will get a change to buy just the "new OS" and load it on our existing iPods since the change appears to be 90% software?

That I would do.

no. historically software upgrades are never applied to previous models.

interesting. i was skeptical of a touchscreen ipod. for several reasons.
how close it is to the iPhone launch and getting around the ability to use your iPod while not looking at it. which is a good thing. i don't want to have to take my iPod out every time i want to change a song.

the one thing the iPod is lacking though is a decent screen for watching videos. i don't watch anything on there as it is now. but if it was fullscreen and widescreen like the iPhone i might.

Well there's a scary thought. One of my many questions is this: what stopped them from releasing this a year ago? If these are indeed the only changes we're gonna be seeing then I don't understand why we don't already have it. It doesn't sound like much of a generation change at all. So they shaved some height off of it, and perhaps changed the finish of it? That's no improvement. It seems it would be awkward to hold and just as susceptable to scratches as ever. The quality of videos won't be improved at all either if we still have such low resolution screens. If true, then disappointing.

Well since most online music stores are gaining EMI's DRM-free music, when's that 2nd gen Zune coming out?

No crap there won't be a touchscreen iPod. (assuming the iPods get updated for x-mas) You'd have to be an idiot to think that Apple would either
a) release a better spece'd $250 device that competes directly with their $500 device, or b) raise the price of iPod so high it gets priced out of the market.

Well there's a scary thought. One of my many questions is this: what stopped them from releasing this a year ago? If these are indeed the only changes we're gonna be seeing then I don't understand why we don't already have it.

Exactly. I'm not buying this rumor. Thinksecret is being fed incorrect information, IMO. I still believe that the clickwheel is dead. "Widescreen video ipod" has been the refrain coming from the masses for the last year at least. We've already seen it on the iPhone. It just makes sense to do the same thing on the iPod.

...there won't be a touchscreen iPod....you'd have to be an idiot to think that Apple would ... release a better spece'd $250 device that competes directly with their $500 device, or raise the price of iPod so high it gets priced out of the market.

You're right in these comments, unfortunately no one is making these claims. A widescreen iPod with a touchscreen competes with the iPhone how exactly? Because they look the same and both play music/video? There are 100+ million iPods out there, and many of their owners are happy with their phones, phone service, but might be willing to get themselves a video capable iPod. Not to mention the amount of people who would get the iPod merely for it's storage. They are two clearly defined markets. If anything, the iPhone competes with the iPod nano as it replaces a phone and an iPod nano for people. It is no replacement for a full-on iPod.

Also, the price of the low end iPod would remain around $300 to compete with the rest of the market. The most expensive component of the iPhone is the flash memory, something the iPod does without. There are many components in the iPhone that would not be in the iPod. If the iPod adopted the touch screen, that's just more parts standardization and the cost to Apple for both the iPhone and the iPod would drop.

ThinkSecret hasn't been incredibly accurate lately.

No crap there won't be a touchscreen iPod. (assuming the iPods get updated for x-mas) You'd have to be an idiot to think that Apple would either
a) release a better spece'd $250 device that competes directly with their $500 device, or b) raise the price of iPod so high it gets priced out of the market.

Even ThinkSecret says one is coming, just not perhaps until 2008. Their report is only a question of timing.

ThinkSecret hasn't been incredibly accurate lately.

You mean, like over the last 2 years? This is obviously some strange usage of the word "lately" that I wasn't aware of. ;)

Even ThinkSecret says one is coming, just not perhaps until 2008. Their report is only a question of timing.



You mean, like over the last 2 years? This is obviously some strange usage of the word "lately" that I wasn't aware of. ;)

Well, I really just started looking at these forums in May so I can't speak for anytime before that but I have yet to see ThinkSecret be accurate. From the sounds of this rumor, hopefully that trend continues. ;)