When is the next generation iPod touch coming out and what might it be like ?

[BentValve]

When is the next generation iPod touch coming out and what might it be like ?

Thanks

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

Probably after September. Around the end of the Back to School deals.

 

[Kaido]

Double the memory, with a camera.

 

[Jack Flash]

Same class processor as iPhone 3GS, 64GB capacity, camera?

 

[silverpig]

I'm kinda hoping for GPS...

 

[Parasitic]

Well, a smart and cost-saving model would be basically the iPhone 3GS less the GSM/WCDMA chip, so I'm guessing that - with a shiny aluminum back.

 

[secretanchitman]

september. notice how the back to school promotion conveniently ends right around then. apple is very smart to give out the current nanos and ipod touch right now, so then they can sell even more new generation nanos and ipod touches to everyone else, and possibly to the people who got the old one for free.

basically the "confirmed" upgraded specs are probably going to be a camera, faster cpu/gpu (like the 3GS), and double the memory for each price. software-wise, 3.0/3.1 will be standard on it. they could also throw in a mic and other goodies, but maybe they want to save it for the 4th generation ipod touch.

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: secretanchitman
september. notice how the back to school promotion conveniently ends right around then. apple is very smart to give out the current nanos and ipod touch right now, so then they can sell even more new generation nanos and ipod touches to everyone else, and possibly to the people who got the old one for free.

basically the "confirmed" upgraded specs are probably going to be a camera, faster cpu/gpu (like the 3GS), and double the memory for each price. software-wise, 3.0/3.1 will be standard on it. they could also throw in a mic and other goodies, but maybe they want to save it for the 4th generation ipod touch.

Mic/speaker would freaking rock for me.

 

[TheStu]

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: secretanchitman
september. notice how the back to school promotion conveniently ends right around then. apple is very smart to give out the current nanos and ipod touch right now, so then they can sell even more new generation nanos and ipod touches to everyone else, and possibly to the people who got the old one for free.

basically the "confirmed" upgraded specs are probably going to be a camera, faster cpu/gpu (like the 3GS), and double the memory for each price. software-wise, 3.0/3.1 will be standard on it. they could also throw in a mic and other goodies, but maybe they want to save it for the 4th generation ipod touch.

Mic/speaker would freaking rock for me.

Well the existing one has a speaker already, so at this point you just need a mic and you have a nice little VoIP device.

 

[suklee]

Does the mic on the Apple In-Ears work on the current iPod Touch?

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: Kai920
Does the mic on the Apple In-Ears work on the current iPod Touch?

The 2nd gen yes. 1st gen no.

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: TheStu

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: secretanchitman
september. notice how the back to school promotion conveniently ends right around then. apple is very smart to give out the current nanos and ipod touch right now, so then they can sell even more new generation nanos and ipod touches to everyone else, and possibly to the people who got the old one for free.

basically the "confirmed" upgraded specs are probably going to be a camera, faster cpu/gpu (like the 3GS), and double the memory for each price. software-wise, 3.0/3.1 will be standard on it. they could also throw in a mic and other goodies, but maybe they want to save it for the 4th generation ipod touch.

Mic/speaker would freaking rock for me.

Well the existing one has a speaker already, so at this point you just need a mic and you have a nice little VoIP device.

See sig

I'm hoping to God that google voice comes to Canada soon. Only very recently have VOIP/SIP services offering Canadian phone numbers started operating here. iPod Touch + google voice + VOIP/SIP = bye bye cell phone.

 

[mmntech]

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: TheStu

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: secretanchitman
september. notice how the back to school promotion conveniently ends right around then. apple is very smart to give out the current nanos and ipod touch right now, so then they can sell even more new generation nanos and ipod touches to everyone else, and possibly to the people who got the old one for free.

basically the "confirmed" upgraded specs are probably going to be a camera, faster cpu/gpu (like the 3GS), and double the memory for each price. software-wise, 3.0/3.1 will be standard on it. they could also throw in a mic and other goodies, but maybe they want to save it for the 4th generation ipod touch.

Mic/speaker would freaking rock for me.

Well the existing one has a speaker already, so at this point you just need a mic and you have a nice little VoIP device.

See sig

I'm hoping to God that google voice comes to Canada soon. Only very recently have VOIP/SIP services offering Canadian phone numbers started operating here. iPod Touch + google voice + VOIP/SIP = bye bye cell phone.

It would be nice to get Skype here in Canada, officially anyway. The CRTC's reasoning for blocking it on the iPhone is incredibly stupid. No 911? But it's a cell phone, it already has 911! It's more like Rogers didn't want it. Nice blog you have BTW.

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: mmntech

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: TheStu

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: secretanchitman
september. notice how the back to school promotion conveniently ends right around then. apple is very smart to give out the current nanos and ipod touch right now, so then they can sell even more new generation nanos and ipod touches to everyone else, and possibly to the people who got the old one for free.

basically the "confirmed" upgraded specs are probably going to be a camera, faster cpu/gpu (like the 3GS), and double the memory for each price. software-wise, 3.0/3.1 will be standard on it. they could also throw in a mic and other goodies, but maybe they want to save it for the 4th generation ipod touch.

Mic/speaker would freaking rock for me.

Well the existing one has a speaker already, so at this point you just need a mic and you have a nice little VoIP device.

See sig

I'm hoping to God that google voice comes to Canada soon. Only very recently have VOIP/SIP services offering Canadian phone numbers started operating here. iPod Touch + google voice + VOIP/SIP = bye bye cell phone.

It would be nice to get Skype here in Canada, officially anyway. The CRTC's reasoning for blocking it on the iPhone is incredibly stupid. No 911? But it's a cell phone, it already has 911! It's more like Rogers didn't want it. Nice blog you have BTW.

Well other VOIP companies have the e911 service, so really it's just skype being lazy and not doing it. That's why skype can't offer phone numbers in Canada. The second issue is you can't actually get skype for iPhone in the Canadian app store due to some codec-related patent issue.

Once google voice comes in it won't really matter though. You can use skype-out to make your calls if you get skype from the US store, and you can use any VOIP service you like for your inbound phone number, canadian or not, because you'll have a canadian google voice number.

Fring is pretty close to having push notifications set up now so that's a huge step as well.

I'd still get a cheap-o 7-11 prepaid phone with $25 on it to stick in the car in case of emergencies, but I'm REALLY looking forward to paying $50 a year for my phone instead of $100/mo.

 

[mmntech]

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: mmntech

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: TheStu

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: secretanchitman
september. notice how the back to school promotion conveniently ends right around then. apple is very smart to give out the current nanos and ipod touch right now, so then they can sell even more new generation nanos and ipod touches to everyone else, and possibly to the people who got the old one for free.

basically the "confirmed" upgraded specs are probably going to be a camera, faster cpu/gpu (like the 3GS), and double the memory for each price. software-wise, 3.0/3.1 will be standard on it. they could also throw in a mic and other goodies, but maybe they want to save it for the 4th generation ipod touch.

Mic/speaker would freaking rock for me.

Well the existing one has a speaker already, so at this point you just need a mic and you have a nice little VoIP device.

See sig

I'm hoping to God that google voice comes to Canada soon. Only very recently have VOIP/SIP services offering Canadian phone numbers started operating here. iPod Touch + google voice + VOIP/SIP = bye bye cell phone.

It would be nice to get Skype here in Canada, officially anyway. The CRTC's reasoning for blocking it on the iPhone is incredibly stupid. No 911? But it's a cell phone, it already has 911! It's more like Rogers didn't want it. Nice blog you have BTW.

Well other VOIP companies have the e911 service, so really it's just skype being lazy and not doing it. That's why skype can't offer phone numbers in Canada. The second issue is you can't actually get skype for iPhone in the Canadian app store due to some codec-related patent issue.

The e911 issue was what I heard about originally. The patent thing is news to me.

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: mmntech

The e911 issue was what I heard about originally. The patent thing is news to me.

Yeah that's a separate thing. You don't need a phone number to just use skype so the e911 thing doesn't apply to all of skype, just the skype-in service. Skype apparently uses some codec in their voice compression system which conflicts with an existing patent for a similar application in Canada. This means you can't use it on your iPhone even do do skype-to-skype voice calls through skype (not using a phone number). It's pretty lame and I haven't heard about any movement on this issue for a long time now.

 

[secretanchitman]

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: Kai920
Does the mic on the Apple In-Ears work on the current iPod Touch?

The 2nd gen yes. 1st gen no.

yep they work perfectly! used my dads iphone pair and it worked with my 2nd generation ipod touch (now sold). not to mention skype worked nicely as well

 

[suklee]

Originally posted by: secretanchitman

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: Kai920
Does the mic on the Apple In-Ears work on the current iPod Touch?

The 2nd gen yes. 1st gen no.

yep they work perfectly! used my dads iphone pair and it worked with my 2nd generation ipod touch (now sold). not to mention skype worked nicely as well

That's great, I'll most definitely jump on the "free" ipod touch deal with a 13 or 15" MBP!