Gadgety News

Sorry - this MacBook Nano has probably never seen an Apple let alone Cupertino!

Whether this is a little custom hack or there’s someone is making a living churning these funked MSI U100 types out from a lock-up “sarf of the river” I have no idea.

But these shiny-but-fake Mini Mac’s do come complete with Mac OS X installed and to be honest I think I’d have one - if only just to confuse everyone else!

Granted - whoever is dishing these out needs to give them a little more tweaking but I’m intereseted - contact me yeah? 

They come in black or white (guess which one I want) and here are the specs:

MSI U100 MacBook Nano
Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz
2G DDRII
10″ WSVGA LED (1024×600)
320GB SATA
1kg
MMC/SD/MS 4
Windows XP Pro + Mac OSX Leopard

Flickr via Gizmodo

There’s something quite militant about Apple users.

There can be something amazing but if it hasn’t be touched by Apple it just wont be good enough and will look odd with all the other iGadgets.

The designer, Mac Funamizu (no, really!), loves the look of the Nokia Aeon but gave it a bit of a tweak.

He’s added Apple’s standard livery and design ideology.

It would utilise a tactile feedback technology and the surface adapts to different purposes while the e-ink screen envelops the phone in graphics and information.

If this is what a Nokia and Apple partnership could birth I say get it on!!

Designer: Mac Funamizu via Yanko where you get more pics

As well as the new iPod Touch the Nano has had a revamp.

Finally after all the speculation and ’spy pics’ we can see the new design all offical like.

As well as the New Nano there’s an upgrade to the 80GB Classic.

“As of today we’re upgrading the 80GB iPod”, with 120GB of storage, but for the same price. “30,000 songs for your pocket”, 120GB is apparently.

Steve announced, “We shipped the first Nano in 2005, it’s only been three years” and then unveiled the new Nano - which is pretty much like the spy shots that cluttered the interblogwebsphere for the last 2 or 3 weeks.

“It’s the thinnest iPod we’ve ever made”, it has an oval shape, and comes in a chrome-look exterior. The screen is high-res says Jobsy with the new lanky body.

You can create Genius playslists on the iPod Nano, without it being connected to a PC, plus features an accelerometer, so when you turn it sideways, you can watch video and check out your photos in landscape mode.

I’m particularly diggin the “shake to shuffle” feature, which does exactly what it says on the tin.

There was also the small matter of  ”these iPods are the cleanest and least-toxic iPods we’ve ever created”.

The Nano will blast out in eight new colours (just click the pic for the full range!) and the 8GB will be $149, 16GB will be $199, and both models will ship in next few days.

New Apple headphones are also launching, with a little control located on the headphone wires, so you can play/pause, rewind, forward and turn the music up as well.

New in-ear headphones are also launching, they have two drivers each in them, a woofer and a tweeter, they will sell for $79

Digg founder Kevin Rose seems to have a finger/pulse interface with Apple.

After unveiling shots of the rumoured next generation iPod nano he’s following up with knowledge of new iTunes features too.

iTunes 8 is widely expected to launch at Apple’s event next week as well as the new iPods.

According to Rose a new source has come forward to tell him iTunes 8 will include a new function called ”Genius”, which builds intelligent playlists of songs that fit well together.

The Genius feature is also reported to recommend music from the iTunes store that isn’t currently in your library.

Rose also says iTunes 8 will let you browse albums and artists visually, presenting cover art in a grid, building on Apple’s cover flow technology. That should look nice and pretty and also goes beyond a ’simple’ recommendation thingy.

He also claims the next-generation iTunes will include TV shows in HD quality.

Anything else Mr Rose?

It’s kinda groovy-funky but you’ll have to take this with a pinch of ‘Pat. App.’.

Unwired has spotted one of Apple’s recent filings; it seems to indicate that it may be considering the possibility of an ‘iPhlip Phone‘.

The application itself is for what is described as a “dual sided trackpad” which would be translucent and boast touch sensitive panels on each side, allowing it to be used both when it’s opened or when it’s covering the main display.

The design could also be a pointer towards the excitedly anticipated iPhone Nano, but the patent application doesn’t stop there, oh no. This is also open for use for laptops and tablets.

BACK TO THE REAL WORLD!! This might not ever happen; never to see the light of day or the caress of your sticky digits. Still, it is comforting that it shows that there may be someone within Apple that dared dream of such a device.

Tech Digest have managed to get their mits on and video Samsung’s new YP-S3 MP3 player.

The iPod nano rival should be out and about in June.

It has a screen that’s only 0.2-inches smaller than the little Apple and has comparable music, photo and video playback abilities.  The Samsung adds a built-in FM radio and a 2GB option to accompany the usual 4GB and 8GB models.

Click here to see Tech Digest’s vid-flick   :0)