Design the next iPod, win sweet headphones

By Barb Dybwad

Speculators say Apple will unleash a smaller-capacity flash-based iPod in the new year.
iPodLounge wants you to design that iPod
for a chance to win a pair of Etymotic ER-4P MicroPro noise isolating headphones.

Submit your design by December 31, 2004, according to the following guidelines:

  • The concept iPod must be physically smaller than current iPod mini models, including a smaller screen.
  • It must not include non-musical features such as cellular phone or PDA functionality.
  • It should not include a color screen.
  • It must include a proposed product name.
  • It may, but not must, consider that lower storage capacity may not require full iPod/iPod mini-style controls
    (particularly the Scroll Wheel/Click Wheel and the familiar iPod interface).
  • It may, but not must, take into consideration possible cost-cutting measures involved in designing a smaller and
    cheaper iPod, including an all-plastic or all-metal body.
  • It may, but not must, consider possible alternatives to just cloning and shrinking the iPod mini – would a
    lower-capacity (flash memory based) iPod be better suited to high-impact sports, military applications, or other
    demanding situations?

Good luck!!

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