Die Zukunft des iPod

Im momentanen iPod-Wahnsinn bleibt natürlich die Frage nach dem Nachfolgemodell besonders spannend. Ein Artikel der EE Times trat heute eine wahre Lawine los, da darin der CEO von PortalPlayer, verantwortlich unter anderem für Hard-/Software und Prozessor im iPod, von der PortalPlayer Photo Edition berichtete:

"PortalPlayer Photo Edition will support synchronising digital photos between portable devices and host PCs, along with on-device playback.
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The Photo Edition comprises new, 180nm system-on-a-chip silicon based on two 80MHz ARM cores, plus a real-time OS updated with photo handling code that supports the JPEG and Motion JPEG picture formats. The device's software package supports picture manipulation features like editing, rotating, cropping and red-eye correction. It can also allow users to add music to slide-shows. All these features handily replicate functionality provided on the desktop by Apple's iPhoto.

The platform supports TV output, USB 2.0, Firewire and Ethernet, along with high-resolution colour LCDs. In addition to small form-factor hard drives, it can use Cornice's new 1in micro drive system. PortalPlayer has also incorporated support for a two- to three-megapixel digicam into the unit."

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