A reference to an iPod digital music player with a "touch-screen" interface that turned up in a recently revised Apple Computer iPod developer document is causing some excitement amongst the Apple enthusiast community this week.
The solitary reference in an otherwise irrelevant and lengthy tutorial on interfacing with the iPod's text-based "Notes" feature is more than likely a misprint than a company slip-up, but is garnering widespread attention amongst the blogging community nonetheless.
The section in question reads "Linking to photos and videos is supported only for 5th generation iPods running iPod Software version 1.2 or later. All other Notes feature capabilities described in this document are supported for iPod models with display screens, beginning with the touch-screen models."
Apple quickly corrected the document, changing the last line of the paragraph to read: "All other Notes feature capabilities described in this document are supported for iPod models beginning with third-generation iPod (dock connector) models with touch wheel."
Even though it looks like nothing more than a slip up, makes you think what the author of the document had on his mind...
View: AppleInsider | ThinkSecret
The solitary reference in an otherwise irrelevant and lengthy tutorial on interfacing with the iPod's text-based "Notes" feature is more than likely a misprint than a company slip-up, but is garnering widespread attention amongst the blogging community nonetheless.
The section in question reads "Linking to photos and videos is supported only for 5th generation iPods running iPod Software version 1.2 or later. All other Notes feature capabilities described in this document are supported for iPod models with display screens, beginning with the touch-screen models."
Apple quickly corrected the document, changing the last line of the paragraph to read: "All other Notes feature capabilities described in this document are supported for iPod models beginning with third-generation iPod (dock connector) models with touch wheel."
Even though it looks like nothing more than a slip up, makes you think what the author of the document had on his mind...
View: AppleInsider | ThinkSecret
Last edited by lardiop on 03 Nov 2006 - 02:24
Nothing to see here folks, move along.
Even though it looks like nothing more than a slip up, makes you think what the author of the document had on his mind...
A load of media hype and people discussing it in forums????
OMFG! A new color of iPod?!! Can't contain my excitement! WAHOO! *screams* *orders online* *waits patiently* *tells all friends**jumps up and down*
*Rolls eyes*
I mean, they're still on OS X 10, with, what, the 5th service pack on it's way out? And how excited is the Mac crowd over that?
How about some perspective: It's just a touch screen. We have one on the photocopier at work but no one goes to pieces over it, they just use it to print documents.
*Rolls eyes*
I mean, they're still on OS X 10, with, what, the 5th service pack on it's way out? And how excited is the Mac crowd over that?
10.X updates aren't service packs. 10.X.X updates are "service packs." OS X has been updated 4 times since it's release, and while the individual updates have been less than XP to Vista, combined they are much much more. I'd hardly call the upgrade from any of the OS X versions since release a "service pack." Many many new features have been added at each step and Leopard (10.5) will be no exception.
Good to get this clarified. I am also trying to understand this clearly.
With Apple:
11 is a new Mac OS
10.X are new OS updates (less than XP to Vista but greater than XP SP1 to XP SP2)
10.1.X are service packs
With Microsoft:
5.0 is a new Windows OS
--- Windows don't have some equivalent jump similar to 10.4 to 10.5
SPx are service packs
Microsoft release roughly once a month a pack of Hotfixes
of course it really isn't, but it is far far less hyperbole than is used against Vista.
end of story.
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