"Hey Siri" support and possibly wireless charging case alongside AirPower charging mat.
Apple Patent Application Suggests Camera-Equipped iPod Nano With Situation-Aware Screen Savers
Patently Apple reports on an interesting new patent application from Apple describing the use of environmental sensors to generate screen saver content for mobile devices such as the iPod nano. As an example, the device could sense such environmental characteristics as motion, sound, temperature, or even camera input, using that information to provide the users with screen saver content relevant to the setting.
As one example of the technology in practice, Apple describes a screen saver displaying raindrops falling down the screen. By employing the environmental sensing, the device could automatically determine which way is down regardless of the device's orientation, allowing the screen saver to always display the raindrops falling downward.
Apple's figures for the patent application show a device that appears nearly identical to the current iPod nano, a square device with a touch screen displaying up to four icons on a home screen. With the text and images included in the patent application also addressing the possibility of using images taken by an onboard camera to inform screen saver activity, it offers additional evidence that Apple is considering adding a camera to the diminutive iPod nano.
Interestingly, Apple's patent application was filed in November 2009, nearly a year before the sixth-generation iPod nano debuted with the form factor depicted in the drawings.
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100 months ago
So essentially this says that if it's raining outside... I can look at my iPod instead of out the window?? :D
100 months ago
I would be surprised by a Nano camera.
I wouldn't be surprised by a Nano camera.
Frankly, the Nano seems like worthless product category, and it should be shifted cheaper instead of clinging to a spot filled by a neutered iPod Touch which could sell apps and video for the company.
The current Nano is a mess for that price. Adding a camera would at least be something of greater worth...like a step back to 2009.
I wouldn't be surprised by a Nano camera.
Frankly, the Nano seems like worthless product category, and it should be shifted cheaper instead of clinging to a spot filled by a neutered iPod Touch which could sell apps and video for the company.
The current Nano is a mess for that price. Adding a camera would at least be something of greater worth...like a step back to 2009.
100 months ago
size matters
I agree, it is just too small.
Seriously, who the hell needs a screensaver on an iPod?:confused:
I agree, it is just too small.
100 months ago
I have the nano before the current gen with the camera, and I have never used it once in 1.5 years.
I really don't understand why it's there, I just don't see the point of it.
What I would like to see is making the nano bigger so you are able to watch videos on it again. I have used my nano on many occasions to watch films on - yea it isn't a massive screen but it's just about big enough to be able to still enjoy watching stuff on it. I was really disappointed when they made the screen smaller.
I really don't understand why it's there, I just don't see the point of it.
What I would like to see is making the nano bigger so you are able to watch videos on it again. I have used my nano on many occasions to watch films on - yea it isn't a massive screen but it's just about big enough to be able to still enjoy watching stuff on it. I was really disappointed when they made the screen smaller.
100 months ago
This reminds me of Live Wallpapers.
The Nano jumped the shark the minute sixth gen came out.
really I have no problems with my 6G Nano. :D
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