RENDERING people.

Apple isn't stupid.

Ok, they aren't completely stupid.

They aren't going to release an Ipod Nano and it not deserve the name. It will be small if this guy is even telling the truth. Whatever the case, I'm not signing up for his twitter crap. Thats all he probably want's anyway. More followers. To drink his Apple flavor Kool-Aid that will take them on a ride to Jesus. On a comet.

doobiebros2two

- The curve on the front isn't going to happen because of glare.

-The back getting tappered to feel thinner, even if it's technically a little thicker, is quite possible since we have the iPhone and MBA using this same illusion.

- I also doubt that Apple would release tall Nano that uses widescreen viewing by turning the device without using a special backlight clickwheel that doesn't change the display to suit the viewer.

@Noobs-R-Us: I'd wait as you'll get nice discounts from Apple Refurbished and other sellers for old style.

Leonard Nimrod

Ugly.
Apple can follow the iPhone design idea, it's better than this imo.

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

that is simply terrible

chizelord

Thank god somebody knocked some sense back into Apple (that or Jonny Ive came back from vacation). The fat nanos are UGLY. I'm glad to see the same what old form factors back.

And iTunes 8? Bring it on. Maybe it won't syuck.

NeoXY

For whatever reason, I just don't see Apple going this direction on the Nano. I think it's the curve and the way it sticks out from the LCD that doesn't seem "Apple"-like. It looks fragile.

chonnes

Curved Nano? I don't likey! This Nano will actually be BIGGER than all the previous? Wow! It looks to be even bigger than the Mini. Perhaps they should go back to calling it the Mini instead of the Nano.

I just might have to buy a Nano FAT before it goes away...anyway I'll wait for the announcement before I make my move.

Noobs-R-Us

*without...

MICHAELSD

Can we go one day with a new Apple rumor?

MICHAELSD

Ugly as FUCK...sorry but it is really ugly.

Mike918

The curved distance between the plastic and the screen is fugly!

ChuckBlack

I can hear the distant sound of the rumor mills flicking their turbo switches on. Get ready for a bumpy ride my friends

velocium

I need a large-capacity media player by the end of the year so I'm very interested in what Apple will do with the iPod refresh.

AJ_Syrinx

i don't buy it, don't think it will look like this rendering, coz this looks HUGE!

sarwatmj

Very interesting...Probably going to finally get a Touch once the redesign is official

DoMiNaTi0n

i don't buy it, don't think i will look like this rendering coz this looks HUGE!

sarwatmj

Just remove that click wheel and make it a iphone or ipod touch nano and get over it apple!

Mike918

Looks pretty ugly. :/

aaj111

How can they drop the prices of the iPods without killing the Shuffle completely? The only price point not covered by the iPod family is the magic $100. If they're dropping prices, I'm sure they'll only do it for the Touch line which is massively overpriced as is.

Nunya B

@goaliegeek: Please don't punch my baby.

phryed

Nano Touch?

phryed

AND MACKBOOK PROS WITH BLUERAY SUPPORT OMG ORGASIM! Man, I've been waiting so long to buy a MBP. I'm gonna buy one as soon as the refresh comes out next month, but if they have blu-ray support, I will freaking punch a baby from excitement. My PS3 will be jealous now! lol, but I doubt the incoming MBP's will have them. maybe a ad-on/swap next year.

goaliegeek

I see more of an iPhone-esque design cue filtering down into the lower orders, rather than this crazy bullshit.

Kaiser-Machead's WALL-E fetish

ewww, makes zune look like a hot chick.

aeroworks

Fugley looking. the current chode iPod is fugley too. Man, little Kevin doesnt look like a kid anymore!

goaliegeek

I think that nano looks like something that belonged on the set of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

It's kind of shuttley.

DestroyerMTL

That "all the way round" shape is going to create more glare on the screen than Steve's forehead.

ten10

@Sam_Zebian: forgot to add 'evil' laugh at the end. Well not really evil, more like an anti-evil and anti-monopily laugh. Yeah, that one.

Sam_Zebian

@GeekyNerdGuy: yea I hope they just stick with the uglyier fat design... so that more people will start buying Zunes and more people will be sharing songs and .. and.. WELCOME TO THE SOCIAL! (my zune tag is crazysamz btw)

Sam_Zebian

I like Kevin Rose but I don't think he knows any more about Apple's plans than the average blogger. His track record with rumors sucks and I don't trust him.

sorensilk

So they turned the Nano into a Zune?

GeekyNerdGuy

I know this is just a rendering, but if the final design looks something like this, it would make the pudgy nanos look like sex.

Evangelion

I still say the touch will drop $100 and have 2.0.1 out of the box and that's all they are doing for touch. At best, a very minor upgrade alla the classic- like a curved back or gloss plastic. At abosulute maximum fan boy appeasement they could add physical volume conrol.

What about a nano sized touch? I haven't heard anyone throw that out there. Now it's out there. Can I take it back?

beardedkid

That makes me want to beat an apple design engineer with a severed animal cock. I call bunk on this one, but nice try.

nomayo

That media player seems to be a cheap Chinese ipod-lame copy. With an awful interface and all that crappy stuff. However if prices go down, could be interested in change mine. = D

Mannyatic

I believe it. Then we'll all forget that we bashed the original design when we thought it wasn't Apple's doing.

Just like last time. Or the time before that.

.endejas.

they dont announce new products and refreshing randomly. there's nothing on deck for the neck 2-3 weeks. Sorry Kevin, nice try though.

rudeadly

@closethipster: I hope they add it soon too.

The Magnificen7

I don't buy the rumors, but why _is_ Apple taking so long to adopt Blu-ray? I've been hoping to replace my desktop Mac for maybe 18 months now but BD is a must. I've actually been considering a Sony. A Sony!

closethipster

That nano.. is not nano. I am skeptical. Despite that, I'm looking forward to the iTunes change and the price drops across the board. Even though that makes all old iPods practically worthless...

pardyhardy

the chief digg nerd has spoken! (32gb nano i am sold)

otis123

Dammit...if this iPod isn't good, I'm not gonna buy a Apple computer!!

johnnyabnormal

Will there ever be an iPhone Nano?

RoboChop

uh... i actually like it. Alot actually. Id buy that.

AliceKK

Anyone else thinks that "leaked" Nano looks like a Zune?

takashimiike Ultimate

Well we'll just have to wait and see.

takashimiike Ultimate

I really don't believe the prices will drop much. People are basing this on the fact that the new iPhone is "200" dollars, but forget to factor in the additional money Apple makes with their little deal with at&t.

Ramune

Damn, watching the video and taking him for granted, it's only "small cosmetic changes", I was hoping he'd say more about the iPod Touch. Especially s price drop.

nintendude

If it ends up looking like this, Apple may have to pay actors to stand in line to build up hype for it like Orange did for the iPhone 3G. lol

Evangelion

I'm just waiting for the Touch update, price going down and new features and whatnot. I'm about to buy one because I can't get the iPhone 3G (even though I'm already on ATT) because I don't want to pay for the data plan (that I like but can't afford).

If the iPod Touch had a camera at least, and maybe GPS, then I'll get it, and if it wasn't $300...

nintendude

The pic is NOT legit, looks too much like the current one with a bigger screen. Apple has more creativity than that.

e-friend

I thought he was boasting about the Zune, not so long ago on his podcast?

Now he's back to iPod? Ok?...

I don't think I'll ever go back to the iPod, because I hate iTunes. iTunes better have more features or whatever. Because I won't go back until it's fixed.

quikboy

wasn't there supposed to be an ipod with the wheel on the back?

VakeroRokero

:( I don't want new features in itunes.. I want fewer crashes!

awdark

@ijuleguy: Uh... what? Is somebody handing out stupid pills?

The Magnificen7

@nintendude:

What good is a GPS in an iPod if you have no cell network to download maps on-the-go from?

ijuleguy

@e-friend:

That's because it's a rendering like the post says.

OGHowie

@e-friend: Yeah. Thanks. Good thing it's a quick mock up. Read much?

The Magnificen7

@ijuleguy: "What good is a GPS in an iPod if you have no cell network to download maps on-the-go from?"

Garmin and TomTom have maps preloaded... no cell network needed on standalone GPS devices.

An iPod would have no problem storing maps... it's data right?

I'd settle for regional or even state by state maps if you didn't wanna load the whole USA or other countries. I'd be happy with just NC, SC and maybe TN.

MichaelScrip

I'm interested to see/hear about new features in iTunes. It's already pretty great so I don't know what other major features they could add to make it that much better.

ttech10

@badhatharry: Yeah, that makes a ton of sense. My brain! SHE MELTS! NOOOOO!

The Magnificen7

@rudeadly: Yes they do! They'll organize an event for this, like many other launches, they don't wait for WWDC or Macworld for every announcement! Oh god, am I the only sane one left? Not for long! Ah ha ha ha ha ha!!!

The Magnificen7

That screen looks useless. If I try to watch a video on that, the people will either be 1/2" wide and 12' tall, or 12' wide and 1/2" tall. Either way, I'll be watching episodes of Dexter through a funhouse mirror.

badhatharry

@awdark: Gee, I wonder if those could go hand in hand? Jesus Giz! Look into this stupidity problem!

The Magnificen7

8gb touch goes away, 16gb drops to $299, 32gb drops to $399, 64gb will be out in early '09.

jlayman920

Why does the rendering look like a blurry cameraphone picture?

TheVelourFogg

i like it

vgart

@jlayman920: They may even drop them lower. You're about right, I would guess.

The Magnificen7

You know what, I take everything he says about iPods with a the largest fucking grain of salt imaginable. Two batteries, a slide out keyboard, front facing camera, etc. my ass. I mean, why is he still credible after all this?

rifdawg

@TheVelourFogg: Because you touch yourself at night! Alright, I'll leave you to your shame.

The Magnificen7

@GeekyNerdGuy

Yes, and I hope Apple goes with the curved shape, there would be many returns for the glare problems.

wcnghj

i like the actual nano, but it needs a new screen so a bigger size...People say it looks like a Zune, but iPods nanos had this form factor years ago, or at least one really similar to it.

What I´d LOVE to see is GPS in the iPod touch and i mini-isight in the top of the screen for iChat, it´d be awsome and it´d be really different to the iPhone!

But the real del here for me is iTunes 8, i like iTunes, but it need a redesign and a lot of fixes...iTunes 8

stopitnow54

Half the people on here who hate this design would probably buy it...

ferrdidly

*WHY* would apple go back to a previous generation design? I would think, iTouch mini...

Stacky Botrus

@ferrdidly: sorry for double post, but as I typed this came up. And I agree actually. I remember last year around this time everyone said they hated the new fat iPod nano... Everyone said it was un-Apple-like. Even the staff hated it till they saw it in person. And let's not get into how well it sold.

MadColombian

a touch/iPhone nano would be hot.

But on the iTunes side...

I don't want new features. I want an iTunes doesn't use as many resources and slow my computer to a crawl when I listen to music or when I update/synch ANYTHING (iPod 5G, iPod Touch or iPhone). I have 2GB of ram and it still slows... It's rediculous.

That's all I want fixed and I'll be happy.

PS (previous iTunes didn't have this problem only 7. Whatever.

MadColombian

@heylookitscook:

You sound like quite a whiner. Who needs any gadget anyway? We need food and shelter and pretty much everything else is just "want" rather than "need".

I don't know what you do with your gadgets but I'm on my 2nd iPod in 5 years and both still work fine. The battery life on the first iPod is quite poor at this stage but then again it's gone through several hundreds of charging cycles so you can't really execpt any lithium-ion battery work well at that point. Other than that it works great. The 2nd iPod is two years old and works and looks like new.

If people buy a gadget then manufacturers make them. If they stop buying then the manufacturers also stop making them because it would be a loss-making business. So from the fact that Apple brings out new models every once in a while you can figure out that people buy them like crazy. Hell, you've bought 4 in 3 years and a Zune. Clearly according to your definition of "need" people "need" iPods.

Kim98

@heylookitscook: A homeless guy, who was almost you, if you bought another iPod. Maybe you should just club yourself now, and get the iPod anyway. When Apple takes over the world, you will be spared by the iDeath Squad Pros. Maybe.

The Magnificen7

Do we honestly need another damn ipod? I swear, Apple manufactures these damn things to break around the timeframe of a new release, I have gone through 4 so far in three years. Then I bought a Zune, which sucked extreme balls, I shouldnt have given microsoft so much credit as to make something that actually worked, i didnt stop and think "Well the company that made windows made this device, should i buy it?". So now i just us an old fashioned CD player. $20 Dollars at wally world, and it doubles as something big to club a homeless guy with.

heylookitscook

Has anyone else noticed that if Apple slaps the vowel i in front of a product people snatch it up like it will save them from the iDeath Squads? "Oh, look it's the new iBag of Dog Crap. I JUST got to have that!!!"

homer743

I hope the price drop encoruages the other companies to drop their prices. I really want a 16 GB Walkman. I don't care about looks. It's all about features and sound quality to me.

reddingofish

Sources tell me that Kevin Rose will become more elongated, with a rounder face, and an overall larger mouth. Expect his front-facing girth to become even more convex, much like the ass side of, well, his ass, with noticeable expansion of his moobs, what one insider likened to muffin tops growing out of the breakfast plates of his chest. I've seen pictures and can confirm that Kevin Rose 2.0 weighs in at a hefty 225 lbs, a beta version of which has already been released to friends and family. Sources tell me a public release of the large-mouthed, muffin-moobed Kevin Rose "fatboy" is imminent.

frigg

Wow...lots of ragging on the iPods, huh? I still have my 1G Nano, I've taken care of the battery, and it still lasts about 8 hours. I haven't cracked the screen as was reported ABSOLUTELY WOULD happen when they were first released. I'm happy with the product. I would buy another, but, as with any iRelease, I'll skip a few updates before upgrading - as mine is a 1G, I am due, and would like to get a 16GB player.

HOWEVER, what I am really excited about is the possibility that Apple can better fix networkability in iTunes. Have support for a server with music files and a client machine with the ability to load iPods, have support for watch folders for auto-adding to the library (without applescript) etc. Yes there are hokey programs like Folderwatch that do this, but they are kludgy and do not work well.

Also have fingers crossed for a new MacBook SOON - I got some coin burning a whole in my pocket, hurry up already!

Lizard_King

@Noobs-R-Us: How can you possibly tell it will be bigger with out a point of reference? There is not a single reference object in that picture. For all we know the click wheel is the size of a penny. Imagine seeing a penny cover the click wheel and suddenly the render looks miniscule.

Seriously.

Kharnellius

Zune copier says "what"? Seriously, this looks like a Zune 4/8 in wrapped in apple-painted plastic packaging material.

alexmg2420

I love how apple changes the shape of every device so they can charge for more accessories.

Joseph

@Joseph: Sadly, yes. It's ironic that a company run by a hippie is the most capitalistic of them all.

Joetimek

@homer743:

your right. if you think about it, the products that have 'i' in the name (iPhone, iPod, iMac) sell like crazy. even the products that dont have 'i' in the name but are associated with a product that has 'i' in the name (macbook, macbook air, macbook pro = iMac!)!! and the one product that is in neither of those categories, the Apple TV, (last i heard) isnt doing nearly as well...

its scary, confusing, and hilarious all at the same time..and yet i still want all of them..lol

and i actually like this ipod nano. i have the touch and i would get this just for shits and giggles if it came out.

mstolfe

can't these cupertino folks pick a form factor and just make it in different sizes??

good gravy. they really need to start thinking different.

spuntyb

Why does this idiot get coverage? Anywhoo, Apple needs to get some small touch screen Nano's out in the market. Be popular with the female market or guys with girly hands.

BiZarRroBALlmeR

Man Fuck the ipod price drops! I don't give a damn if Apple wants their products to be available to lower income demographics- if people are struggling to pay bills then they don't need to be tempted to shell out over 100 bucks on an MP3 player.

Ipods are totally losing their culture. I'm sitting here staring across the room at my lined up collection of outdated ipods with their beautiful cubed boxes, and just wishing that apple would stop cutting corners to lower prices! Give me an artistic box, give me a dock and carrying case, and a wall charger, just stop downsizing for Christ's sake!

SHEESH!

michaelwiggins

@Kim98: Well they just cease to function. Not like i am running it over with a steamroller or anything. It just kinda stops working.

heylookitscook

@heylookitscook: Then you're doing something wrong if you've broken 4 ipods in 3 years. I've had my 4g ipod photo for almost 4 years now and haven't had a single problem with it.

jlayman920

I actually LIKE this design. I got big hands so that ChodePod really wasn't working for me. I'm quite happy with my 2G Nano and will be upgrading to that "rendering" or a Touch revision.

I really want a new touch cause the Prices are re-DONK-ulous and a new 64 GB drive should tide me over for a quite a while as I've broken my 8 GB limit last year (just with music)

ReynaldoRiv

@michaelwiggins: You seem to be an asshole... Just saying...

In fact I'd gamble and say you're the reason ppl don't like the Apple demographic. People who feel as if it's okay to throw money away just because it says Apple on the label.

I use Apple products because they are intuitive. Nothing more nothing less. Part of being intuitive is being stylish (No one intuitively LIKES to stare at horse shit, they like to stare at flowers or waterfalls)

ReynaldoRiv

@MadColombian: Just do you know, When you aren't sure of the exact point release it is common practice to use an x in place of numbers. in your case it would be iTunes 7.x

ReynaldoRiv

well, I'm not holding my breath, but it is interesting. oh, and i swear to god, if they release blu-ray integrated MBPs, I will cry. I'm just finishing the payments on mine:(. By the way, i find it hilarious that people are saying "ZOMG ITS FREAKING HUGE WTF WILL IT FIT IN MY BACKPACK?!?!?!?!", because where's your reference point in the pic? a grey background? nice. it could be tiny for all you know, so STFU

rfayed

@ReynaldoRiv: Agreed.

tamoko

[www.the01phone.com]

Is this thing for real?

TW1G

@MichaelScrip: @The Magnificen7: I think @ijuleguy: 's right. Without maps it's useless to put in a GPS in the Touch. Remember, the iPhone uses Google for its maps. As far as I know they only have a license from Navteq to download sections at a time online. Thus far niether Navteq nor Tele Atlas has any plans to allow their maps to be purchased on the Apps store. In anycase, who here would be willing to pay $100/ year to download maps into their Touch when iPhone users can get it for free on Google?

Noobs-R-Us

@Kharnellius: Because of the size of the click wheel and the placement of it. It's not likely that they would make the click wheel much smaller than what they have now. It becomes too small for big fingers.

Noobs-R-Us

the ipod pico is coming next... i call bulls*it on this one.

zimstyles

@The Magnificen7: Wouldn't hold your breath on Garmin making the app - they still don't have a decent app for OSX yet.

Lizard_King

@Noobs-R-Us: The iPod Touch already supports Google Maps, and will probably support a Garmin or TomTom application once it hits if the Touch has GPS. It's not totally necessary, but Apple could put it in.

The Magnificen7

excellent! here's an opportunity for a zune fanboy like me to claim that Apple's actually copying Microsoft!

Wait. No. I hate fanboyism. I'd have to shoot myself. It's also probably not true.

Alfonzo

@alexmg2420: The Zune body design is not unique to the Zune. Check out the numerous iPod nano look-alikes on ebay and look at the similarities. They have taller displays than the nano for horizontal orientation video, and have those big ugly display borders, JUST like the one the Zune has, only the Zune is more recent.

Kaiser-Machead's WALL-E fetish

NO!!

Charging_Mooses

@TW1G:
we will know in 28 days

Jamaces

He says all the obvious so when he's right it builds up his credit, for the next time he makes predictions.

Derek Devine

@goaliegeek: I love the sarcasm. You're a funny person. Haha.

CutePuppyz

@Lizard_King: Oh, I'm not. I know TomTom has one going, I could care less though, I have a Garmin GPS unit already.

The Magnificen7

Giz, why give that clown coverage. There's plenty of stories to fill these pages with....Oh wait, 112 comments, now i know.

BiZarRroBALlmeR

Sorry folks, like it or not, that's the real deal. Working with manufacturers in China (I work for a reseller) I've seen the final shape and size of the new Nano. I guarantee this is it. It's also not at all huge. I don't understand how you people are determining the size without seeing the player in any sort of context, but it's not big or cumbersome at all.

wiggatron

I've probably purchased my last iPod, at least for the near future (iPod Nano (RED)). I find iTunes annoying (very sluggish), iPods are pretty featureless (uhh, FM radio?), and there are plenty of alternative players that are small, have screens, radio, and longer battery life. I don't need an iPod for videos or games (that's what my PSP is for). The glare on this new iPod looks pretty horrible to me.

berribrand

Really hope this is incorrect, that Nano looks awful, the old one is fine.

A 'nano touch' would be much much cooler.

scottylans

How are people going to be able to scroll really fast on the click wheel if it's all rounded and bent? They will have to like go up and down. I dont think many people are going to buy this.

I'd rather stick with my iPod touch.

LaynerzT

Its funny that everyone is burning Kevin Rose for some weird reason, yes I know he's been wrong before on his predictions but who hasn't in the past. Even if he's wrong just showing us what could be released down the pipeline from Apple for the new iPods is exciting. It's not the end of the world ya know?

CrashOverride777

That nano is disgusting.
The new 3g one has finally grown on me, I love the form factor and feel of it, I was really, really hoping for the nano 4g to become the 'nano touch' with a nice big screen (full size of the nano front) but with a couple of hard buttons on the side like the iphone 3g, so you can pause without looking - etc.

Really, really disapointing if this is true, that long skinny weird shaped thing does not look hot at all or functional, you'll be holding it in your hand but the video will be widescreen and sideways, unless it has the motion sensor in it.

Please be wrong :/

scottylans

That "new Nano" looks like an altered photo of an Infobar 2 cell phone sold here in Japan.

SergeZeiram

wait if you guys are claiming it's real, then why hasn't Apple contacted anyone to take it down?They qouldve called by now it's been like 3 days!

mstolfe

iPod Touch @ 64GB ?

brutek

/yawn @ Kevin Rose

ChelseaCosta

If this one shows up, you can add it to the list of stolen designs from Apple - in this case the Infobar 2 in my pocket.

Kuroneko

Right then, i'm sure this will start a flame war but oh well, from all the years that apple have be making iPods and Macbook's, you'll note how symmetry plays a hugh role in all there product design, so at a guess i'd say that it might look like moke up above BUT, without the top screen side being quite as rounded, and the screen not and long thus keeping it the same overall length as the 1st and 2nd gen Nanos.

As for iTunes, i have used it on Windows and yes it sucks big floppy donkey balls, and i perfer to use Media Player for music, but for some reason i find itunes works very well on OSX. Yes it has got bloated over that few versions and adding more stuff isn't going to help that any time soon. So for all the people who say the itunes suck, i'd like to know if you have been using it on Mac or PC. (Takes cover as a Nerd war brakes out)

Coppers15

Looking foward to the new iPods. Hopefully they'll get rid of the chrome back (No More Scratches!!). I like the rounded shape, but don't know about the rounded glass over the screen. Interesting the picture uses a black click wheel on silver (Like the black keyboard on the macbook air). I think apple is getting rid of white. Maybe the new macbook will have a black lighted apple on the lid (Just look at what they did to the iMac)

sharpi

Prices should be:

$19.99 iPod Shuffle 1GB
$29.99 iPod Shuffle 2GB
$49.99 iPod Nano 4GB
$99.99 iPod Nano 8GB
$149.99 iPod Classic 80GB
$249.99 iPod Classic 160GB
$199.99 iPod Touch 8GB
$299.99 iPod Touch 16GB
$399.99 iPod touch 32GB

Thats my price prediction. iPhone prices should stay the same.

We can only dream...

Hackintosh

Will iTunes 8.0 work well with vista or will the two programs continue to battle each other? If they dont get these issues ironed out I might actually buy a zune.

brent98

hmm.... LNT seems to selling cases for this model?

[www.lnt.com]

darthvader66

@darthvader66:

sorry... my bad... kinda jumped the gun on this... this is for the older model

darthvader66