Apple patent applications are home to lots of barmy schemes but a new iPod touch focused filing looks like a goer. In the wake of the camera-packing new iPod touch, Apple has submitted plans for a zoom lens accessory using magnets to hook up with the media player. It’s a great idea, especially as lots of people have been disappointed by the limitations of the new iPod touch camera, and the Apple document suggests it could take it even further…
September, 2010
We’ll just say it. The new iPod touch is out and out stunning. It wowed us last week at Apple’s iPod unveiling, and it’s wowed us again today. It’s stupidly thin, with the speed and beautiful display resolution of the iPhone 4. We’re going to give the new iPod touch the full review treatment for you of course and hunt out any hidden flaws, but for now, have a peruse through the unboxing photos right here!
The new iPod nano had us puzzled last week when it was unveiled. It’s plenty pricey and plenty snazzy, but we weren’t sure it was actually any easier to control than previous models. Now we’ve got our hands on our own, the Electricpig staff is divided on the new iPod nano’s touchscreen and its usefulness. What we can say though is that a lack of track controls on the headphones, again, is a big booboo. Check out the tiny little tune chucker here in our gallery and stay tuned for a new iPod nano review, coming right up.
The Electrolux Design Lab always throws up some concepts from way out of left field. This year is no exception, and the eight shortlisted designs have made home appliances look positively space age, including a fridge you can fit to the ceiling that suspends your food in a bio-gel, and a virtual reality headset that reads your thoughts about dinner and sends them to a robot chef. Click through for the full video…
There’s not a great deal to say about the new iPod shuffle, but that’s by no means a bad thing. It’s tiny, and combines the looks and earphone track controls of last year’s model with the clickwheel of older generations. No compromises, no fuss, just music. Everyone wins. We’ll have a full new iPod shuffle review soon, but in the meantime check it out here in our gallery stacked up against the older models.
If you pre-ordered Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood on the PS3, you’ve got a treat in store for you. Ubisoft has outed more details about the Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood multiplayer beta headed for the PS3 on October 4. Read on for the latest Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood multiplayer beta news …
Apple has done a big U-turn on its stance on third party developer tools for iOS apps, and now allows all comers “as long as the resulting apps do not download any code”. And that’s not all: Apple will be opening up some of its decision making process to app developers. This is a big change of policy for Apple, who has been completely opaque to app developers up until now.
The new Sony Reader Touch PRS-650 is undoubtedly smaller, thinner and eminently more readable than last year’s model. But cool enough to put up against the new Amazon Kindle? We’re not so sure, but that’s what Sony decided to do at a showcase for journalists in London today. While it’s fair to say we can take or leave the Kindle’s keyboard, it’s still thinner, and at least compared to the RRP for the Sony Reader Touch PRS-650 at Waterstones (£199.99), half the price. What do you think?