Rumored iPod Flash Leaked

An anonymous reader writes "Apparently a -->detailed design of the new Flash-based iPod--> has been leaked. It doesn't have a screen and is this size of a cookie!" With size estimates ranging from 256 megs to a gig, it will have a much lower price point, and can be worn around your neck. Assuming it's not just a rumor. Update: 12/07 19:31 GMT by M : Temporary working link.

Comments

Cookie

[2.7182]

What flavor cookie though ? Those BW cookies can be pretty big.

Re:Cookie

[Anonymous Coward]

Another proprietary standard in the Corporate marketplace; clearly an exclusivity deal between Apple and Pepperidge Farm. What follows will be 4 years of "Mint iPod", "Orange iPod" and eventually, "Double Chocolate iPod" and "Enrobed iPod".

The open source community must respond quickly to this threat in its inimical global fashion. An open standard for digital music players must be started based on the Danish butter cookie, or, "dansk-be/urrhoekkoe/n" standards. There is enough community-based prior art on this one, that we should stand our ground.

I will be the first in line for a "3 sugar pretzel"-sized music player, as long as I don't have to whack it against a desk (crumble the cookie) to get it to work.

Re:Cookie

[MooseByte]

"the size would be comparable to a Milano cookie"

Glad to hear it. My first thought was one of those giant oatmeal-chocolate chip cookies they sell at cafes.

Walking around with that on my neck like some weird Vanilla Ice retro-puke with my plate-sized bling bling, with my "Go Away Or I Will Replace You With a Small Perl Script" t-shirt.

Re:Cookie

[djtripp]

They will have to come up with a protective dohickey now, dunno, maybe the iPod Flash Condoms...

*Phew*

[jawtheshark]

Just for a second I thought: "Why the fuck would Apple want to put Flash on an iPod?" Then I realised they mean the memory technology and not the annoying product from Macromedia.

Re:*Phew*

[Anonymous Coward]

"from the well-thats-not-very-exciting dept."
No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame.

Re:*Phew*

[stupidfoo]

LOL - from the people who won't follow your link:

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday October 23, @12:20PM
from the well-thats-not-very-exciting dept.
The BrownFury writes "At an invitation only event Apple has released their new MP3 player called the iPod. iPod is the size of a deck of cards. 2.4" wide by 4" tall by .78" thick 6.5 ounces. 5 GB HDD, 10 hr battery life, charged via FireWire. Works as a firewire drive as well. Works in conjunctions with iTunes 2. Here are Live updates". No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame.

Good call Taco!

Re:*Phew*

[mad.frog]

"Why the fuck would Apple want to put Flash on an iPod?"

I can think of 119 good reasons...

Re:*Phew*

[sublimusasterisk]

You bastard! I just wasted 2 hours of my life!

Re:Slashdotted?

[WormholeFiend]

it's an indication that slashdot has a LOT of subscribers who saw the article early and pre-slashdotted the site for us.

Of course...

[bludstone]

This must be true, because I just got an iPod about 2 weeks ago.

Re:Sexist

[jbrw]

Maybe it's too complicated for a grandfather to use?

iPod flash sucks: no wireless

[j0kkk3l]

No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame.

Re:Now this is exciting but....

[Overzeetop]

For $100 you can send it back and they'll replace the battery.

PS I'm going to want a glass of milk with it (sorry, I've got a 2 year old...it's the first thing that sprang to mind)

Re:No screen?

[Pastis]

There's an inbuilt micro and you have to sing the first notes of the song for the small iPod to find it for you.

And it also does karaoke and the coffee, when plugged to a device respecting http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2324.html

Cordless drill

[tibike77]

I resent that !
No real man would ever need a drill... all you need is your toothbrush (as drilling tool), your laptop or cellphone (for better applied pressure) and an iron will.

--
This comment is to be regarded entirely as a joke. ...no real man would need a CP or LT for better pressure !

Re:Sexist

[Sunkist]

Is he Korean?

This will fail...

[anothy]

this new iPod variant will fail miserably, mark my words. just like the lack of wireless and ogg support destroyed the original iPod's chances of success, and the lack of an FM tuner and getting the price point all wrong prevented Apple from selling more than a handful of the iPod minis, this one will never be more than a bragging point for the apple hard-core. when will Apple learn? everyone on slashdot knows how to build a killer iPod... killer...

Cookie Monster

[ackthpt]

crunch crunch crunch

"Dude, your cookies look pretty cool, but they taste like shit."

"What cookies?"

Re:Sexist

[dgatwood]

I'm suddenly seeing the image of a 90-year old sticking her hand up out of the dirt, shifting momentarily into vamp face, then back, then flash forward to a hundred years later... she's there in a cemetary in Sunnydale. As Buffy stakes her, she grabs the iPod as it falls from her shirt pocket.

Buffy: Ooh. Free iPod... and I didn't even have to sign up a hundred of my "friends".

Then I mutter something about how Sunnydale sounds an awful lot like Sunnyvale where a lot of Apple employees live, and start wondering if there might be something to this.... Or not....

Why no skips?

[Tibor the Hun]

I like to throw in an occasional one-two-one skip every time I go out for a run. It reminds me of my childhood.
And what do you do in case you come across a puddle? Run around it? Pfft, much easier to skip over it IMHO.

Just my 2 cents...

iPod sales on hold......

[Macrat]

In other news, iPod competitors leak fake rumors in order to sabotage christmas iPod sales.

Re:Didn't last long.

[Enigma_Man]

My CD player never told me what song I'm listening to. That's what my ears are for.

-Jesse

Sounds nsfw

[recursiv]

I have no idea what you're talking about. I don't know any BJ, but if I did, I think I would feel dirty asking him/it for a pizookie.

Re:Daring Fireball covered this

[Filberts]

Dare we ask how you maintained 20 minutes of vigorous bouncing? The implication seems more profound than mere jogging...

Re:Daring Fireball covered this

[meme_police]

Well, my gf and I like listening to my special playlists while engaging in vigorous sex and she does call me Supercock (and it's not because of the size, it's just normal in that respect).