{"id":637,"date":"2008-08-25T01:14:40","date_gmt":"2008-08-25T01:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/razorianfly.wordpress.com\/?p=2013"},"modified":"2008-09-09T08:43:12","modified_gmt":"2008-09-09T07:43:12","slug":"breaking-apples-ipod-touch-2nd-gen-to-incorporate-gps-module-briefly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/25\/breaking-apples-ipod-touch-2nd-gen-to-incorporate-gps-module-briefly\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Apple&#8217;s iPod touch 2nd Gen to get A-GPS module. &#8211; [Updated]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>[Update &#8211; 03.09.08] &#8211; (1.14am GMT)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Apple has confirmed it will hold a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/2008\/breaking-apple-confirms-september-9th-special-event\/\">special event<\/a> on September 9th 2008.<br \/>\nThe entire iPod line is now expected to be overhauled in both design and feature-sets.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Original Article:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With the certainty of Apple holding a special event sometime in late September, discussion has now shifted towards what might be added to the iPod product line, to get it ready for the holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>In a claim by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.idealschina.com\/Insider\/NewsDetail.aspx?ArticleID=28\">iDealsChina<\/a>, the people responsible for leaking an accurate factory-state mold of iPhone 3G before it&#8217;s release, they now claim to have &#8216;insider&#8217; information from employees and designers who are involved in designing the iPod touch and iPod nano, that Apple&#8217;s second generation of their iPod touch line will introduce GPS. If true this will mean iPod touch will be the <em>first and only<\/em> iPod, to incorporate a GPS chip &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><center><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Also, more evidence has emerged of the 4th generation iPod nano re-design. Rendered computer models and sketches suggest Apple is moving away from short and stubby (fatty), and going long and thin again. The iPod nano could also be getting a profile design change, with the rendered images suggesting a beveled oval shape.<\/p>\n<p>Interesting stuff.<\/p>\n<p>Via: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2008\/08\/24\/ipod-nano-case-leaks-ipod-touch-to-have-gps\/\">Mac Rumors<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.idealschina.com\/Insider\/NewsDetail.aspx?ArticleID=28\">iDealsChina<\/a><\/p>\n<p>R-Fly<\/p>\n<hr size=\"10\">\n<hr width=\"100%\" size=\"4\"><\/hr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Update &#8211; 03.09.08] &#8211; (1.14am GMT) Apple has confirmed it will hold a special event on September 9th 2008. The entire iPod line is now expected to be overhauled in both design and feature-sets. Original Article: With the certainty of Apple holding a special event sometime in late September, discussion has now shifted towards what [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[4,9,299,323,3502,346,363,429,536],"class_list":["post-637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ipod","tag-apple","tag-design","tag-gps","tag-industrial-design","tag-ipod","tag-ipod-touch","tag-jonathan-ive","tag-nano","tag-september-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}