iPod nano 4G: a Zune-alike?

News Type: Other — Seeded on Thu Jul 31, 2008 4:51 PM EDT

Article Source: ilounge.com

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It may be hard to believe, but from what we've now heard from multiple sources, it's true: the fourth-generation iPod nano will look like… a Microsoft Zune. Well, sort of.

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tigerblade

If they can get the storage capacity of the Nanos over 40gb, I'd definitely buy one of these (if this is real). As it is I'm thinking about upgrading my old 20gb 3G to a new iPod Classic -- my music collection has outgrown my current iPod by far.

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#1 - Thu Jul 31, 2008 4:54 PM EDT

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Brian Ford

Odd reporting.

1) The artist's rendering doesn't look anything at all like the Zune it's next to, it looks like an older, elongated iPod Nano and 2) that rendering is simply based on guesswork from a description of the device, which probably isn't all that accurate anyway, if previous pre-release descriptions of top-secret apple devices are any indication..

I can assure anyone who is anywhere in the realm of thinking that Jobs or Ive would *ever* greenlight a device which looks like a ripoff of a Zune, that it's simply not going to happen.

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3 votes

#2 - Thu Jul 31, 2008 5:59 PM EDT

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Jay Butler

I don't think that it is likely that the Nano grows longer. If it gets as big as the mock makes it appear, it will be too close in size to the iPod Touch.

And, there is no way that Apple would go back to a previous generation's design.

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#2.1 - Thu Jul 31, 2008 8:17 PM EDT

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tigerblade

I dunno, I think a lot of people were/are disappointed with the small square shape the current iteration has. I much preferred (though I don't own a Nano, so what does my opinion matter) the longer form factor.

It just looks more iPod-y.

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1 vote

#2.2 - Thu Jul 31, 2008 8:58 PM EDT

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Jay Butler

I thought that it looked a bit strange initially. I bought my wife one and actually used it for a while. We like the smaller form factor.

I had always liked my Mini. The curved edges just fit in the had perfectly. But, it is a bit too bulky for what can be done in solid state now. Mine has been relegated to car duty now.

That said, it may get a bit longer for better video, but I still say that there is no way that Apple goes back to a previous generation's design. The mockup is bogus.

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#2.3 - Fri Aug 1, 2008 12:35 AM EDT

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tigerblade

I think my favorite part of the whole article is that the Nano is displaying a video of Steve Ballmer being... well... Steve Ballmer.

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1 vote

#3 - Thu Jul 31, 2008 6:26 PM EDT

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