Posted by ketyung
on Dec/30/2008
at 9:10 pm
According to three independent sources collected by TechCrunch, Apple is working on a large-form iPod Touch which should be scheduled to be released in the Fall of 2009. The Large Form iPod Touch will come in much larger screen size of 7 or 9 inch. (The current iPod Touch is with a screen size of 3.5 inch)
Prototypes have been handed out to one of the sources close to Apple for the testing and Apple was reportedly looking for OEMs in Asia for the mass production of the large-screen iPod Touch. According to one source that Apple has been experimenting internally with large form tablet devices for years. They have had worries that users might not like the large form device.
But these days, there are thousands over apps and games on Apple iTunes store, which have been specially made for a touchscreen device with accelerometer. Over 300 million applications have been downloaded since the iTunes store launched in July 2008. With all these popular touchscreen-based apps, it shall make a large-form iPod Touch to be more welcomed by users as larger screen size will make it to use or play those apps or games more comfortably.
There is no word for the pricing yet. The current iPod Touch with a screen size of 3.5 inch starts at $299. And the 32GB model costs $399. The large-form iPod touch shall be priced significantly higher than the current model. Hope they won’t double or price it up more due to it’s at least double the screen size of the current iPod touch.
source [TechCrunch]
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