Next Gen iPod nano to have Tall “Zune-like” Screen
Posted by Aviv on July 29, 2008 at 10:26 pm PST
Rumors regarding the next generation of iPod nanos have recently come in. iLounge reports that “multiple sources” have tipped them off about the next generation nano’s form factor. They claim it will sport a taller screen, similar in style to the Microsoft Zune.
iLounge reports the following: Contradicting speculation that Apple was planning to transform the new nano into a miniature iPod touch, complete with a smaller touchscreen, we’ve been told that this year’s nano upgrade will go in a different direction. Described by one source as looking like “a Zune Flash… or whatever it’s called,” the new nano has a vertically (tall) oriented display with a Click Wheel underneath, preserving the button-based control scheme that users have found easiest to use without looking down at the screen. The new nano’s screen will gain the same 1.5:1 widescreen aspect ratio as the iPhone and iPod touch, versus the 1.33:1 ratio of the prior iPod nano and iPod classic, and you’ll rotate the device to watch videos on it.
To fit the screen and Click Wheel neatly together, the new nano will adopt a form factor that shifts away from the almost square dimensions of the 2007 third-generation nano back towards the general shape of the first- and second-generation models. As one of our sources noted, it’s a surprise that the new nano will be bigger than the prior model, but the goal appears to be preservation of all of the prior model’s usability while adding a bigger screen, and there aren’t many other ways to accomplish that goal.
iLounge continues to say that their “sources are extremely confident in the accuracy of these details.”
This would make much more sense than the seemingly ridiculous multi-colored nano rumors we’ve recently heard.
via Electronista
