Wondering what that little 1.13 touchscreen Apple commissioned was for? Wonder no longer: it’s going into the Nano… and it seems to be losing movie capabilities and camera, in exchange for very limited iOS.
“The first iPod nano was a stunner when it first came out. Then we took it to extruded aluminum… we gave it a taller screen, and an even taller screen. So how can we make this better? We want to make it smaller,” Jobs explained.
“The only way to make it smaller, and that’s to eliminate the click wheel, and the only way to do that is to add multi-touch. And that’s what we’ve done: the new iPod nano has multi-touch. It’s very tiny. It’s amazing and super easy to use.”
So what are we looking at for the new Nano?
• A multitouch interface.
• 46% smaller footprint
• A clip, which means no more armbands for users
• Volume buttons and VoiceOver
• An FM Radio, Nike+ Pedometer
• Playlist navigation similar to an iPhone or iPod Touch.
• Screen orientation through a built-in accelerometer.
Don’t expect apps besides what are baked in though. It doesn’t appear the new Nano uses it.
The new Nano will be out today in the same colors as the new Shuffle, and will sell for $149 for an 8GB model, $179 for the 16GB.
Here comes the iPod Touch.
[Image via Gizmodo]
