iPod Touch 2 wishlist

Posted on: 14/Apr/08

While everyone frantically tries to predict which new features the iPhone 2 will contain, I thought I’d take a moment to think of the possibilities for the iPod Touch 2.

iPod Touch 2

Camera
The iPod Touches big brother (the iPhone) already has a 2 megapixel camera, this will more than likely get upgraded, however the Touch lacks a camera at all. This means that adding a profile photo to any of your contacts requires you to do the following long-winded process.

1. Take a photo of your contact with a Digital Camera
2. Copy a picture of your Contact into a folder your going to sync to the iPod Touch.
3. Connect your iPod Touch
4. Open iTunes
5. Select the iPod Touch
6. Select the Photos tab
7. Select the photos folder containing your Contact’s picture.
8. Sync your iPod Touch.
9. Open Contacts
10. Edit the Contact you wish to add the photo for
11. Select and crop the photo.

Note: this assumes that your not syncing your entire pictures folder. Unless you have the 32Gb version, I doubt you would be.

The addition of a camera on the Touch would enable users to simply snap a photo of their Contact, then press Add to Contact, select the Contact and your done.

I’d also love to be able to blog from the iPod Touch. In almost every post I try and include one or more pics to keep things interesting and visually appealing. Being able to write a blog entry, then click insert image, should launch the camera, snap the pic and it could be embedded in the blog post. Assuming you have a Wi-Fi connection, you’d simply hit Post and you’d be done – this really should be how easy it is.

iPod Touch 2 earphones

In-line headphone controls
I can’t tell you how frustrating it is to repeatedly pull the iPod Touch out of my pocket just to skip to the next track or adjust the volume. I understand Apple wants to keep the design of the iPod Touch really slick, so adding buttons to the exterior is probably out of the question.

If the headphones that ship with the Touch included this functionality, I believe the experience would be substantially increased. If I’m on the treadmill at the gym, the last thing I want to be doing is retrieving it from my pocket and potentially dropping it.

iPhone logo - engadget iPhone logo - digg

Home screen icons auto-update
When the ability to add your own Home screen icons came along, I quickly added some of my favourite sites – Facebook, Hahlo, Digg, Engadget, Gizmodo, CrunchGear, TechCrunch etc. At the time none of them had iPhone-style icons, since then all the sites I frequently visit have since added their own iPhone-style icons, yet I had to manually add the site again, then delete the old icon.

It’d be great if the iPod Touch (and iPhone for that matter) checked the mandatory location of a site for the iPhone-style icon each time you visited that site from your device, this would alleviate any update issues.

If you have any ideas for the iPod Touch 2, then please leave a comment.

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Author: Jason Cartwright

Founder of techAU
Filed under: Apple
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  1. Adam
    5:20 pm on April 14th, 2008

    Hey Jason, good ideas, and while I would love to have a camera, external speaker, bluetooth, these type of things are what’s distinguishing the iPod Touch from the iPhone. As for the inline controls, they would be great, because it’s a real pain taking it out of your pocket when you have to talk, you fumble around etc. And the headphone controls would help that immensely. Home screen icons auto updating would be great as well, and probably could be fixed in a software update to existing ones as well.

    Adam
    (gsnail on Twitter)

  2. itsross
    7:14 pm on April 14th, 2008

    Can’t really see any major iPod touch upgrades anytime soon, other than software updates and maybe price adjustments before the Christmas shopping season, but you never do know with Apple. Maybe iTouch 2 in the months before Christmas to bring it into line with the updated iPhone, whatever that ends up having we’ll have to wait and see.

    I Agree with Adam on the lack of camera, they have to leave you a few reasons to want to pay the extra for an iPhone.

  3. King T
    7:57 am on October 11th, 2008

    If possible it would be nice to hear the music with out headphones and also to make it bluetooth compatible.

  4. free ipod
    5:07 am on October 28th, 2008

    I love this one, nice feachers , If possible make it bluetooth compatible.

  5. PK
    9:10 pm on October 29th, 2008

    Internet telephony capability would be awesome. would almost obvite nee to fork out extra for the iphone.

  6. free ipod
    7:23 pm on November 3rd, 2008

    ability to add your own Home screen icons came along,
    I quickly added some of my favourite sites –
    Facebook, Hahlo,

  7. josepablo
    10:20 am on November 12th, 2008

    a can by this ipod touch 2. camera

  8. jose
    12:38 am on April 14th, 2009

    SICK

  9. bobROCKSsocks
    8:34 pm on June 14th, 2009

    that would be so awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  10. doda
    6:51 am on June 29th, 2009

    wen wud it cum out????

  11. volleyball
    7:51 pm on July 14th, 2009

    the ipod touch 2 should have its own wifi so you dont always have to look for a connection and also never be with out a connection.

  12. khidot95
    2:25 am on July 26th, 2009
  13. franciz
    6:33 am on August 11th, 2009

    when iz it goin 2 come out in california and it would be cooler if it was round in da bak like da 2 generation

  14. Greg Zwickl
    10:30 am on August 19th, 2009

    They should also add a built in microphone on the bottom, like the iPhone.

  15. krispycj
    8:25 am on September 7th, 2009

    im 12 years old and you my friend are a dumbass you just added a black dot and typed (ipod touch 2) so next time you put a picture on the enternet dont be a dumb…………………………….ASS!!

  16. Jason Cartwright
    3:55 pm on September 7th, 2009

    Hey Krispy,

    Thanks very much for your very constructive comments. :)

    Regards.
    Jason.

  17. Jason Cartwright
    3:58 pm on September 7th, 2009

    Stay tuned to the new coming out on September 9th (Sept 10th Australian time). Apple are holding an event and the hot tip is that some of the features (including camera and microphone) will be included in the iPod Touch. This of course will be v3.

  18. jessie2016
    8:42 am on September 13th, 2009

    im 10 yrs old and u r retarded… YAYYYY!

    ps
    apple is making a itouch with a camera and a microphone

  19. Iunno?
    12:40 pm on September 14th, 2009

    When Does This Ipod Come Out Like In Canada?

  20. A BLACK GUY
    11:52 am on November 20th, 2009

    u know what, FUCK YOU BITCH

  21. A BLACK GUY
    11:54 am on November 20th, 2009

    u know what, FUCK YOU BITCH

  22. Isaac Bardin
    2:41 am on November 27th, 2009

    A camera would definately be cool. :)

  23. yours truley.
    10:52 pm on November 30th, 2009

    wow congratualations on having the idiot post of the day. what your talking about would be something like a 3g network, and if thats what your looking for its called the iphone. :P

  24. iris
    7:39 pm on December 24th, 2009

    hmm i wonder if the apple company would actually put a camera in the future ipod touch it would be freakingg fantastic if they did.xD

  25. sadasdasd
    7:41 pm on December 24th, 2009

    the ipod touch 36gb has that.

  26. The thinker !
    5:23 pm on February 11th, 2010

    louder speaker and built-in mic more apps more wi-fi everywhere that means a router and better web browsing i want to feel that im using a computer and idestructable and waterproof thats the perfect ipod touch and make it around $300

  27. Batman Bin Suparman
    10:12 pm on March 13th, 2010

    Is this the 4th generation of ipod touch?

  28. mickola
    3:13 am on March 29th, 2010

    anybody have an ipod touch that they dont want just email me.

  29. Felipe Castillo
    12:06 am on May 21st, 2010

    I want an iPod Touch 2 when will they come out?
    i hope they come out this summer for the same price($199)

  30. Felipe Castillo
    12:07 am on May 21st, 2010

    If someone dosent want there ipod touch even damaged, or just dont want it and want to give it a new life to someone give it to me!!!Just Email me please i really want one!!!

  31. some kidd there in nyc
    12:09 am on May 21st, 2010

    im tweleve too but you try making a better picture if you think you're so nice

  32. KiKI
    11:06 pm on June 11th, 2010

    I might have one to give to u when ipod 2 comes out

  33. Barbie Chick
    5:51 am on June 15th, 2010

    ok . i need to know the price off an ipod touch 2 .. you know with the camera and all buhh i want it near christmas . so since they juss came out erybdy is going to want 1 . the price will be high buhh if i wait until christmas they might be sold out . whatt should i do .. i think i will wait .. there is always online shipping and crap or amazon. com idkk helpp

  34. Barbie Chick
    7:04 am on June 18th, 2010

    my email is bhookiee@yahoo.com iff you do not want a well condtiond ipod touch please contact me so we can get it mail cuz i really want 1 . 513 338 9259

  35. Idpros
    2:35 am on July 27th, 2010

    want it so bad. have a reguler itouch its 2nd gen and 8gb

  36. Idpros
    2:38 am on July 27th, 2010

    me too

  37. Idpros
    2:41 am on July 27th, 2010

    barbiechick, i might have 1 4 u when new itouch comes around

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