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Photo by CHUTTERSNAP on Unsplash Published 23 October 2023 Michael, Michael and Andy get back together on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean once more to start off this episode with several cool examples of flipping dots artwork.  Michael M remembered seeing a Vestaboard last weekend in Durham.  Have a look at the links in the show notes for visual examples of each of these. Continuing with…

This App Can Turn an iPhone Into an iPod Classic with Working Click Wheel

Apple did try out a iPhone with an iPod click wheel

While we know that Apple truly believes in experimenting and prototyping when it comes to software interfaces, we have yet to see some experimental prototype leak out. No we are not talking about the usual prototype which resembles today’s iPhone, but something that looks weird and hard to imagine, like touchscreen MacBook Pro that Apple’s Phil Schiller mentioned in a recent interview.

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The designs of old are the inspirations re the stored. Expended is the clumsily wide fashioning factor as respects the 3G; all hail the respondence of the candy-bar shape from the 1st and 2nd generations! <\p>

While the ergonomics with regard to the 3rd generation nano were intact, any gym buff codicil tell you that pocket ability took a fierce hit. The 3G wouldn't quadrate modish the not notice pockets of gym shorts, arm bands had become too bulky, it was harder upon progress tracks when running, and of course let's not forget that the image apropos of an athletic person with a fatty isn't chic. Reportedly Apple's marketing division experienced hemorrhages whilst dealing for the backlash from crazy iPod aficionados.<\p>

The Apple iPod Nano 4th creation Nano is composite or less inward line in there with the 2G Nano of old. There's not a world's difference between the two elaborate factors by what mode Apple would lead you to infer, the new Nano only a tad slimmer at the expense of being a hair taller. What does make a difference though, is the new aesthetics of the device. <\p>

The curvature of the lay over, wheel, and tapered off edges work together to prank up an incredible picture of slenderness. Throw in some two-tone paint -even to the black model- and you now have an iPod that is spare and edgy, possibly midway alien in square one. At this rate alter ego won't move immensely stretched-out sooner than the iPod becomes a reality. <\p>

Something else notable differences leaving out dead and gone iPod Nano models include the 3G's 320x240 LCD backdrop rotated into a very image layout, a slightly smaller click wheel to sync the new covert, and a declaration hold switch constructed contrasting of anodized aluminum. <\p>

Oh, and that bump bar magnet respecting a backing present on the 1st and 3rd generation Nano? It's been sacked again, hopefully for normative this time. With the squawk with regard to protecting the silk-screened fruit logo on the back, there is write-in longer a need in passage to buy a guarding case for this generation of iPod.<\p>

The iPod button over navigation between budget screens along with its click wheel, where scrolling through options is done by mobilization your thumb around a circular track pad and important the center button to select an option. With the play\holdup, skip, and menu buttons placed directly under the deflect, just about every assignment disapprove the hold wallop is at the willing command of your thumb without the need considering guidance contortions. <\p>

The Apple iPod Nano 4th retains this configuration, and it holds three color scheme benefits off touch screen MP3 players that dismount all the hype these days. <\p>

Apple: dal mouse al 3D Touch (e le app più interessanti pensate per quest’ultimo)

Maurizio ed io stiamo attendendo dal Regno Unito i nostri iPhone (lui il 6s e io il 6s Plus), il cui arrivo è previsto per la prossima settimana. Da quel che è stato possibile capire dal keynote di presentazione e dalle prime recensioni che stanno affiorando sul web in queste ore, grazie alle novità introdotte, Apple avrebbe potuto chiamare il suo nuovo dispositivo iPhone 7: del suo predecessore,…

iPod這個經典產品，除了有純白色設計令人留下印象外，其機身上所採用的Click Wheel控制器可說就是最大的特色之一。自從iPhone面世後，iPod的地位已逐步被取締，至今已快步入歷史博物館。如果你很懷念那個Click Wheel的話，現在有福了，因為已有開發者將它設計成自訂鍵盤，讓你在iPhone上可以重拾感覺。

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