Widescreen iPod Next?
After 2 1/2 years of secretive development, Apple has announced their newest product: iPhone. The iPhone is a combination cell phone with camera, iPod (with Nano like capacity, 4GB or 8GB) and internet communicator with email and browser. While some other phones have these capabilities, none come anywhere near in matching the ease of use or wow factor. Almost all input comes from nature's pointing device, your finger.
But this all begs the question, what happens to the iPod? With the iPhone combining everything you need to a device that fits in the palm of your hand, does this end of life the iPod. What comes next for the iPod. Cause after all, some of us still want 80GB of music and video in our hand.
Take the new iPhone and strip off the phone and internet communicator. Add a HDD (hard disc drive). What are you left with? The new multi touch input, widescreen iPod. Now that would be cool. If my prediction is correct, we should see one by September 2007.