Apple to Launch ‘True Video iPod’ with Touch Screen Display

February 9th 2006 | General

Think Secret can confirm recent rumblings that Apple is nearing completion of a completely revamped video iPod that will shed the ubiquitous mechanical click wheel for a touch screen and will sport a 3.5-inch diagonal display.

This video iPod, which has been in development and on the table since before Apple released the 5G iPod last year with video playback, will feature a display that will occupy the entire front face of the device. Sources who have seen the device report that it features a digital click wheel, one that overlays the touch-sensitive display and appears when a finger touches it and disappears when the finger is removed.

ThinkSecrets – True video iPod to sport 3.5-inch display, touch-screen click wheel

Earlier this week, Apple said it had sold 12m video downloads since adding the facility to the audio iPod, so it may well feel the time is right to exploit this demand further with an iPod that’s a video player first, music device second. Apparently, it’s looking to a Spring launch, maybe late March or early April. Saturday, 1 April marks Apple’s 30th birthday, but that’s clearly a very loaded date for other reasons.

The Register – Apple gears up to launch ‘true video iPod’

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