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Some of you might remember that shortly after the recent announcement of the 4G iPods, this article in time - http://www.time.com/time/gadget/20040728/ - teased us with the phrase:
But you should know that internally the new iPod is a ground-up reconstruction, and its really compelling applications the ones that very well might get the goat of anyone unable or unwilling to upgrade are still secret. All that Apple is saying is that there's more to this than what's being publicized.
Well, take a look at the product announcement for "Talking Panda"
in the current issue of Apple eNews: http://www.apple.com/enews/2004/08/05enews1.html
The quote of interest is: "And with a new fourth-generation iPod, you can adjust the speed of the spoken phrases until you get them just right."
This is clearly a brilliant re-development of the iPod architecture that would enable it to be used in clever new ways for learning languages, slowing down complicated guitar-riffs, listening to complex musical phrases and trying to work out what those obscure lyrics are ... and I always thought The Clash were singing "Rock your Dad's car"
Of course, we'll have to wait and see what applications come along to use this to know exactly what its capable of.
But you should know that internally the new iPod is a ground-up reconstruction, and its really compelling applications the ones that very well might get the goat of anyone unable or unwilling to upgrade are still secret. All that Apple is saying is that there's more to this than what's being publicized.
Well, take a look at the product announcement for "Talking Panda"
in the current issue of Apple eNews: http://www.apple.com/enews/2004/08/05enews1.html
The quote of interest is: "And with a new fourth-generation iPod, you can adjust the speed of the spoken phrases until you get them just right."
This is clearly a brilliant re-development of the iPod architecture that would enable it to be used in clever new ways for learning languages, slowing down complicated guitar-riffs, listening to complex musical phrases and trying to work out what those obscure lyrics are ... and I always thought The Clash were singing "Rock your Dad's car"
Of course, we'll have to wait and see what applications come along to use this to know exactly what its capable of.
