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发帖数: 3492 | 1 Tue, 10 Jul 2012 10:23:15 PDT
Japanese blog Macotakara reports that Apple will be redesigning the iPod
nano later this year with a new form factor that more closely resembles an
iPod touch. According to the report, the iPod nano will apparently sport a
rectangular screen and a home button similar to that found on iOS devices.
Given that the screen size on this redesigned iPod nano would appear to be
substantially smaller than the iPhone/iPod touch, it seems unlikely that the
iPod nano would run iOS apps. Instead, Apple is likely to use a custom
operating system and apps skinned to resemble iOS as found on the current
incarnation of the iPod nano.
The report also indicates that Apple will be bringing a "dedicated new
iTunes service" to the device, but there is no word on what that service
would entail.
Apple's iPod lines have generally trended to smaller form factors with each
redesign, but this rumored redesign would appear to mark a substantial
increase in size from the current form factor, which was introduced in
September 2010. Several leaked photos have suggested that Apple planned to
add a camera to the smaller form factor, but it appears that the company may
have ultimately scrapped those plans.
It would not be unprecedented, however, for Apple to decide that smaller is
not necessarily better, particularly if the iPod nano can see increased
functionality with the new design. Apple famously removed virtually all
buttons from the iPod shuffle in March 2009 as it moved controls to the
headphone cord, but a September 2010 redesign saw the return of the click
wheel and other on-device buttons. |
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