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iFixit managed to get hold of an iPod touch to tear down. The iPod touch went on sale this week after being announced just last week at the Apple Special Event.
The iPod touch is very thin and hence, a lower resolution camera was used as the 5 megapixel version from the iPhone 4 just wouldn’t fit with the technology used today.
The new touch uses an A4 processor although it comes packaged with 256MB of RAM (just like the iPad) rather than the 512MB of the iPhone 4. [Read more…]
The latest generation iPod shuffle was announced last week and launched this week. iFixit of course, managed to get it’s hands on one and tear it apart to see exactly what’s inside the new device.
With the shuffle having no screen, Apple [AAPL] has managed to cram everything in to the shuffle and make it a tiny package.
In terms of how easy it is to teardown, iFixit gave it a rating 2 out of 10 which basically makes it very difficult to teardown. [Read more…]
The Apple [AAPL] website was recently updated with the new details of the iPod touch. Along with that the standard pictures were uploaded that show the new device.
Unfortunately for Apple, someone forgot to photoshop the correct screen grabs on to the page and managed to leave the Phone icon at the bottom left of the screen along with text messages showing up in the Spotlight search as pictured below. [Read more…]
The latest generation iPod touch has a vibration motor installed. This is revealed thanks to the FCC teardown that we mentioned last week.
It is expected that vibration will be used for incoming FaceTime calls. The motor is also confirmed by Apple [AAPL] on the accessibility page (quoted below).
If somebody wants to start a video call with you, you?ll receive an invitation — along with a vibrating alert — on your iPod touch asking you to join. Simply tap Accept, and the video call begins.
We don’t post that many infographics, but thought this was worth a quick look at.
The infographic here shows how the iPod nano has changed over the years. The latest model is the 6th generation. Each generation has added new features and changed things around a bit. The first started off with a monochrome screen which was replaced with a colour screen, then a larger screen, then a wide screen, tall screen, taller screen and on to the square screen.
The 6th gen model is the first to adopt a touchscreen and drop the click wheel controls. [Read more…]
It appears that the new iPod touch has a different camera in the back when compared to the iPhone 4.
The iPod touch specs reveal that the camera on the back can capture images at 960 x 720 pixels which equates to about 1 megapixel. This is below the 5 megapixels of the iPhone 4 camera. [Read more…]
Apple [AAPL] has announced the next generation iPod touch. The new model brings a number of new features including the retina display and the Apple A4 chip both found in the iPhone 4.
The iPod touch according to Apple, is the number 1 portable games playing system in the world. It has over a 50% market share in both the US and the world which is quite impressive.
New features include the Retina Display that has 4x the pixel density of the previous screen. The pixel density is 326ppi which is more than the eye can distinguish. It is thinner than the previous model and has a 3 axis gyro built in. [Read more…]
Apple [AAPL] has also announced the new iPod nano today. Th new iPod nano drops the click wheel and adopts a square screen that is multi-touch based and runs a small variant of iOS.
The new iPod nano comes in two capacities of 8GB and 16GB and is being made available in 7 colours.
The iPod nano is capable of playing music for 24 hours. Some unique features allow the screen to be rotated by using two fingers on the multi-touch screen. A clip has been introduced on the back. [Read more…]
Today, Apple [AAPL] launched new iPod devices across the whole range. First up on the list was the iPod shuffle. The iPod shuffle brings back the buttons which lacked on the last version. Other features include voice over as well as it shrinking in size a little.
Genius has also been built in.
The new iPod shuffle is able to play back 15 hours of music on a single charge. It comes in 5 colours and is available to pre-order now over at Apple where it costs $49 for a 2GB model.
Shipping starts next week.
The iPod touch 4 might be announced today at the Apple [AAPL] event that is happening in a couple of hours time.
A new iPod touch 4 case has launched which further strengthens these rumours of an iPod touch 4. This time the case is from a mainstream case maker.
The iPod touch 4 is expected to be very similar to the iPhone 4 in that it is expected that it will have two cameras, perhaps a glass front and back and be capable of making FaceTime calls via email activation. [Read more…]
Rumours about an iPod touch 4 have been going around for a while now. A number of leaks of the screen with a front facing camera have been published on the web along with iOS details that indicate the next gen iPod touch 4 will get email activated FaceTime calling abilities.
The next detail shows an iPod touch 4 case that has a cut out for a camera on the back that is slightly wider indicating that a flash will also be included.
Some design changes to the new device could include getting rid of the curved back and replacing it with a flat back. [Read more…]
Apple [AAPL] is rumoured to be holding a media event on September 7. At the event it is expected that Apple will announced a new iPod touch 4, Apple TV (perhaps called iTV although a problem for the UK) and we hope that some details of iOS 4 for iPad will be announced.
The new iPod touch 4 is believed to follow the lines of the iPhone 4 in that it will have a front facing camera and perhaps a retina display. The Apple TV is rumoured to go on sale for $99 and mention of a 99 cent TV show rental service is doing the rounds at the moment. [Read more…]
