So, it's a well known fact that Apple holds an annual event roughly every September, usually to unveil the new line of iPods. This year, however, there is also speculation that since Apple skipped it's usual summer window of announcing a new iPhone that they will instead do it at this fall event as well.
What do you think? Will we see the next iPhone? How will the new iPods look/change? What do you want to see from Apple this fall?
Personally, I'd like to see a new iPhone with a larger display, dual core processor, and better antenna design. As for iPods, I don't expect much to change with the Touch (probably a faster processor, better camera, possibly bigger screen?), but instead I'm more interested in the new Nano. Over the past few years, Apple has radically changed the Nano (buttonless design, candybar design, small touchscreen design), so I'm interested to see what they do next if they do anything at all with it.
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We'll certainly see the new iPhone and likely a new iPod touch. Probably a refresh of the other iPod models, but not necessarily any huge changes.
I'm excited to see what they announce regarding iOS 5 and/or iCloud. I've been playing with iOS 5 (and to some extent, iCloud) since the betas started coming out but the rumors lately seem to indicate to me that there's something big that Apple's been holding off on. It's not unusual for them to leave major features out of the developer betas until right before the public release. One of those will probably be new voice integration features but it's not clear yet exactly how that will work.
Even aside from that, my gut feeling is that they've got something else, something huge, that they've managed to keep completely off the radar, something that at the very least will be a major feature of iOS 5, if not also heavily integrated into iTunes and OS X. There have been some rumblings of a complete reworking of the iTunes media/app ecosystem, which could be really awesome depending on what kinds of new features are added.
As someone who follows tech blogs so carefully, it's been a long time since Apple has managed to show me anything that was a total surprise. The thing I'm most looking forward to seeing is the thing I don't know anything about.
I'm excited to see what they announce regarding iOS 5 and/or iCloud. I've been playing with iOS 5 (and to some extent, iCloud) since the betas started coming out but the rumors lately seem to indicate to me that there's something big that Apple's been holding off on. It's not unusual for them to leave major features out of the developer betas until right before the public release. One of those will probably be new voice integration features but it's not clear yet exactly how that will work.
Even aside from that, my gut feeling is that they've got something else, something huge, that they've managed to keep completely off the radar, something that at the very least will be a major feature of iOS 5, if not also heavily integrated into iTunes and OS X. There have been some rumblings of a complete reworking of the iTunes media/app ecosystem, which could be really awesome depending on what kinds of new features are added.
As someone who follows tech blogs so carefully, it's been a long time since Apple has managed to show me anything that was a total surprise. The thing I'm most looking forward to seeing is the thing I don't know anything about.
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I think we could possibly be seeing a 3G iPod touch, but if there is it will not be the base model, I think it will be more like the iPad and the Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + 3G models. I also think the iPod touch will definitely better camera and obviously the A5 processor.
Apart from the iPod touch, we'll see a new iPhone definitely and maybe a refresh of the nano.
Apart from the iPod touch, we'll see a new iPhone definitely and maybe a refresh of the nano.
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I'm not expecting a radical change in the iPhone. 8 megapixel camera seems likely. Perhaps a different antenna design. A back that isn't glass to reduce the amount of breakage being seen. A little more RAM. The A5 from the iPad, so a reasonable speed bump. Unlikely we'll see LTE yet. Maybe slightly better battery life. Myself I'd like to see a bigger screen, say 4", though it seems unlikely they'll go that big. I'd also like a dedicated camera shutter button, but that also seems unlikely. The big improvements this fall seem to be in the iOS 5. Looking forward to iTunes match, cloud syncing, the improvements to photo editing, over the air updates, music streaming from the cloud.
As far as the iPods I assume the iPod classic might be killed off but who knows? The iPod touch will still be around. A better camera is probably a good assumption, though still not iPhone level. Bump up the flash storage to 128 GB and you could kill off the iPod classic and nobody would miss it. Even if the price was a little insane. Will they do that yet? Seems unlikely I guess given flash prices are still up there...
A proper iPod wrist watch would be cool. One that didn't require you to press a button or touch the screen to get it to display the time. Say kinetic or solar or both for power. Build in a bluetooth hook up to your iPhone for incoming call number display, answer, etc and you'd really have something. Might even get people wearing wrist watches again.
Personally I'd like to see a bedside dock that turns your iPhone/touch into an alarm clock. Mounted horizontally, automatically launches the alarm clock app when dropped into the dock. Etc.
Could care less about NFC personally.
How about face tracking built into the OS for navigating around 3D space in games?
As far as the iPods I assume the iPod classic might be killed off but who knows? The iPod touch will still be around. A better camera is probably a good assumption, though still not iPhone level. Bump up the flash storage to 128 GB and you could kill off the iPod classic and nobody would miss it. Even if the price was a little insane. Will they do that yet? Seems unlikely I guess given flash prices are still up there...
A proper iPod wrist watch would be cool. One that didn't require you to press a button or touch the screen to get it to display the time. Say kinetic or solar or both for power. Build in a bluetooth hook up to your iPhone for incoming call number display, answer, etc and you'd really have something. Might even get people wearing wrist watches again.
Personally I'd like to see a bedside dock that turns your iPhone/touch into an alarm clock. Mounted horizontally, automatically launches the alarm clock app when dropped into the dock. Etc.
Could care less about NFC personally.
How about face tracking built into the OS for navigating around 3D space in games?
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Update to the iPod classic for more storage and ability to act as a iTunes server for AirPlay devices. Not likely but I would like one!
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