Filed under: iPod Family, Retail, Video
iPod video "spy shot" a fake
Well, well, looky here: Turns out that widely-distributed image of the
supposed 6G "true video" iPod was a total and utter f-a-k-e fake. MacRumors points to this video
(YouTube) that documents the creation of the original image, and this blog
post right here shows why the second pic is also a
fake.That's too bad. I really wanted one of those.
Update: Readers are posting links to various sources (link, link) that point out discrepancies in the video vs. the actual image, hinting that the video itself may be the fake. This whole thing is starting to hurt my head. How about you compare them yourselves and make your own judgement -- and then we'll wait to see what Apple actually announces, making all of this speculation pointless anyway.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
John B. said 3:42PM on 2-26-2006
Oh, say it aint so...
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Joseph said 3:47PM on 2-26-2006
What is the black scribble supposed to be?
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Paul Dunlop said 3:55PM on 2-26-2006
Blotting out the date and time, or something like that. Just to add that "authentic" feel to it. Hehe
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Jeroen said 3:58PM on 2-26-2006
The fake has been made by a Dutch guy. The text in Photoshop is Dutch. He did a good job.
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Jon said 4:00PM on 2-26-2006
That video was awesome!!! I'm going to go make my own right now!
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scoyle17 said 4:10PM on 2-26-2006
I'd say it's supposed to block out the date or something. I kinda hoped it was a fake cos I just got a 5g for christmas and I don't want it to be obsolete already
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Joe said 4:11PM on 2-26-2006
I don't understand why the image produced in the video is different from the original image. Check out the details.
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Jon said 4:11PM on 2-26-2006
Dan --- you are like three or four days too late on the revelation that the second picture was a "fake." As revealed in the comments to the post here by Scott -- someone acutally, like, read the blog post to which the picture was appended, and it revealed that it was not a "fake" but just a amateur mock-up done by the blogger, and he wasn't trying to fool anyone. Did Scott post a correction? Nope. So, you put up this "revelation." A little amateur for you guys, who are usually really good. By the way, where is your freakin review of the MB Pro already????!!!!
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CJN said 4:11PM on 2-26-2006
And to make it all more interesting still, the mockup was done on a computer running a Dutch version of MacOS X (check the menubar). I'm surprised though that the translation widget actually worked...
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Max v W said 4:12PM on 2-26-2006
Crazy Dutch people making fake iPod's! Gotta love 'em! :p
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Thomas said 4:13PM on 2-26-2006
What would be cool is if this was actually what it was gonna look like but was in fact a hoax to put people off the scent. I hope it's not at all like this though.
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Dan Pourhadi said 4:25PM on 2-26-2006
Jon -- how come every time someone makes a mistake around here, everyone takes it as a sign of malicious intent? I was just posting what I saw, I apologize for any error on TUAW's part.
And the MBP review is coming soon...my machine has some "problems" that I've been trying to work out with Apple, and I didn't want to put down anything official until I have a machine that reflects the true nature of the shipping models.
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Kenny said 4:27PM on 2-26-2006
Brilliant.
I'm also glad my 5g is still cool :)
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bryan said 4:34PM on 2-26-2006
cheeky dutch fuckers!!
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shrimp said 4:43PM on 2-26-2006
Wow. that was a really great movie. I wanted it to be real, but I figured any pics of the next big thing from Apple would show the GUI, not a LCD test.
But now that this is fake, I'm hoping for something better than this on Tuesday.
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Tim Robertson said 4:45PM on 2-26-2006
Too funny. When I first saw it, I though "ehh." Glad it turned out to be a fake.
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shane said 4:59PM on 2-26-2006
I think this video is a fake sent out by apple to throw all the rumor mills off. I think this is apple's way of having 'fun'.
shane
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Matthew Huie said 5:09PM on 2-26-2006
Considering that the barcode is the product ID for OS X server and that the chinese characters look like a 2 year old wrote them, its pretty obvious that it's fake.
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LD said 5:21PM on 2-26-2006
#8, this is par for the course with TUAW. They post ridiculous stories without checking facts, then when they finally learn the facts (usually through a comment or by, you know, actually reading the links they post) they don't post a retraction and instead post more "news."
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anthony said 5:40PM on 2-26-2006
For once, this fake never had me convinced. But it was awesome to watch the making of!!
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