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01:51 - Ooooo
http://www.thinksecret.com/news/0410photoipod.html
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Then again, I suppose some features are just too tempting not to put into an iPod.
The new iPod, which will sit at the top of Apple's fourth-generation line-up, will pack Toshiba's new 60GB 1.8-inch hard drive, a 2-inch color liquid crystal display, iPhoto synchronization, audio/video-out capabilities, and will sell for $499.
The 2-inch color screen is identical in size to other iPods, but will sport a higher resolution for photo viewing. However, the new device's real shining feature will be its video-out port, which will enable users to tote their photo galleries with them, ready to be plugged into any television for big-screen viewing.
The 60GB iPod will feature only rudimentary built-in software for viewing photos, with no editing tools, sources say. Photo albums will be navigated in a similar fashion to music playlists, and a slideshow feature will provide transitions with user-specified background music, similar to iPhoto. Synchronizing features similar to iTunes will also be added to iPhoto.
Yikes! So we're talking about "cube" transitions to go, huh? And album art, too—I guess that one's a no-brainer.
It just sounds so weird when you first hear it—but then, on further reflection, it all seems so obvious...
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Brian Tiemann
