Analyst predicts Wi-Fi multi-touch iPods
30 Jan 2008
The future of iPod could include Wi-Fi and multi-touch controls, a technology expert suggests.
Piper Jaffray investment bank analyst Gene Munster said he thinks Apple’s game plan is along the lines of mobile computing and portable devices that are connected to the internet.
This would ensure Apple retained its huge share of the portable multimedia player market, Mr Jaffray wrote.
He explained the bank thought Apple would introduce cheaper and more innovative iPods with these technologies in order to fit a growth of about 15 per cent.
He used the example of someone on their way to Starbucks who could “wirelessly order your drink from your iPod, pay for it using your iTunes account … and pick it up without ever standing in line or waiting at a cash register”.
Recently Apple made an attempt to capitalise on its more romantic customers’ tastes by releasing a pink version of its iPod Nano.
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