Rob Beschizza
Gear

Apple Docs Reveal Touchscreen iPod, or just a Typo?

Has Apple inadvertantly confirmed the existence of a touchscreen iPod? This is an eventual inevitability, perhaps, but some good detective work from a Digg user (whose website is, of course, now buried under traffic) turns up timely evidence earlier than Apple might have wanted. The except, buried on page 10 on the linked PDF: “Note: […]

Featuredipod20060912_1Has Apple inadvertantly confirmed the existence of a touchscreen iPod? This is an eventual inevitability, perhaps, but some good detective work from a Digg user (whose website is, of course, now buried under traffic) turns up timely evidence earlier than Apple might have wanted.

The except, buried on page 10 on the linked PDF:

"Note: Linking to photos and videos is supported only for 5th generation iPods running iPod Software version 1.2 or later. All other Notes feature capabilities described in this document are supported for iPod models with display screens, beginning with the touch-screen models.

There's certainly been a mistake of some kind or other; my money is on this being a typo that should read "touch-wheel."

iPod Notes Feature Guide (PDF) [Via: Digg]