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01/09/2006, 3:35pm, EST

Monday, January 9th

Dashboard Widgets on your iPod?

Apple has filed a patent for Dashboard widget authoring that seems to suggest some widgets will work on iPods. The patent titled "Widget authoring and editing environment," filed on January 5th, relates to Apple's Mac OS X Dashboard feature, and suggested that widgets will be able to run on a "handheld computer, mobile device, consumer electronic device or the like." A second interesting point relating to "Widget Installation" states that "Authentication and payment may be prerequisites for such operations in some embodiments," which could have far-reaching implications in relation to future wireless over-the-air portables, according to Macsimum News.


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Widgets and WiFi ...
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01/09, 4:41pm, EST
Most of my Widgets use the internet for data collection. It would seem trival if a iPod could use Widgets ...unless there is a new WiFi model coming out.. which would also add a external keyboard / input unit to the iPod. Widget could then be the new "Palm" apps and add remote control with Airport networking .. and don't forget you could wifi right to Airport Express to connect to your stereo. It's not impossible .. depending on how usable is the iPod OS. Does anyone know anything about the iPod OS? is there a actual # GHZ speed as well?
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no, no!
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01/09, 10:19pm, EST
It's for the Netwon 3.0 that's being released tomorrow!
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iPod companions... DVR...
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01/19, 12:37am, EST
I still think that the FrontRow and Widget interfaces might be all we find on a future DVR. Why does a DVR need a CoreDuo chip and OSX? Recording digital TV doesn't need a big processor, and the mpeg/h264 decoding on the new iMac is done by the video card...
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