Picture of new miniPod

Normal sized fingers even have a problem with the current iPods.

Touchzone for each button must be too big then.

*shrug*


Chris

Looks iPodish. It is a bad design though.

The smaller iPod should have a different, fresher look.

How is that a bad design? And how is that not a different look?

I agree that it is not the right design for the market. a cheap, smaller iPods is catering to the younger people with less money. It needs to be cool, hip and fashionable.

The current iPods are very slick and simple which is great for the high end market, but not for teens. The current one is also much to fragile.

I'll tell you how it's a bad design:

�The buttons are practically touching. Someone already pointed this out, but there has to be more space between the buttons
�More space around the buttons and scroll pad. No space for actually holding the device except on the sides which makes it very difficult, if not impossible to...
�Operate the device with one hand. With no arrangement of the interface elements to allow comfortable movement of, say, a thumb between the different elements without obscuring or accidentally contacting another element, you will need two hands to efficiently operate the device. Apple put a good amount of time into the design of the first and current iPods so that they could be operated with one hand, while leaving the display clearly visible during operation.

My opinion, apple will stick with a symmetrical design for the next, MiniPod (that is, if it happens)