More Fat Nano Rumors: It's Getting Interesting
So today we’re hearing more rumors swirling around the Interwebs about the forthcoming Fat iPod Nano
First up is chatter that Apple will throw a party/event/press conference/mass sometime next month to introduce the new iPod, and possibly iPods. That’s the next rumor: that there have been sightings in factories in Asia of full-screen touch iPods, the iPhone without the “phone” part. So we could be seeing a whole overhaul of the iPod brand, and it’s about time.
What’s really interesting is that the overhaul isn’t just in the hardware, but that the interface is getting a major update. Gone are the familiar nested menus as we have now, as it’s to be replaced by Coverflow. While we like Coverflow in theory, it’s still to hard to fill in missing stuff, and some songs don’t have covers at all. We’re hoping Apple comes up with a clever way to address this.
Coverflow is cool, but the current iPod OS can’t handle it. But OS X can, and rumors are saying that, like the iPhone, the new iPods will run the sturdy Apple OS. We’ve seen how amazing it runs and looks on devices like the iPhone and Apple TV, so it’s really a no-brainer that Apple would go in this direction. It also unifies their hardware into an all-OS X column, which makes sense from a developer’s standpoint.
In all, this holiday shopping season could be a great one for Cupertino. Stay tuned for more.