the new Genius feature on the iPod touch, trys to simulate a DJ buy selecting songs similar to the track you are listening to, whilst in theory this sounds great, I’m personally unsure how good a virtual DJ the iPod Genius feature actually is. Looking at how this kind of virtual DJing has been done before its always been a case of matching, often inaccurately the beats of tracks, or track lengths, which is pretty much like plucking tracks from a bag. Still hopefully Apple and iPod’s tech team have cracked this DJing challenge.
Here’s a video that really shows the potential of the iPod phone or iPhone and iPod touch, interestingly, what looks like a nintendo DS is also used in the video. Its difficult to tell if the iPod is an iPod phone or an iPod touch as they both look very similar, in addition, they both allow iPod DJs to add third party applications in the same way, this is done by altering the code of the operating program in the iPod touch or iPod phone (more on this later).
Sometimes there are things that are just too cool, things that you really, really want. The iPod was one of thse things that really captured the attention with that xfactor, and the iPod continues to impress, the latest version the iPod touch is fantast, offering a whole host of added funtions in addition to being an MP3 player, such as wifi and almost PDA functionality, the only thing the iPod touch is missing is a camera, surfing the web I found the below, which looks like a new version of the iPod, probably an artists impression, but never the less it simply looks cool. One of the key things that will benefit iPod DJing is the multitouch screen that is large enough to allow you to control a DJing software on some sort on an iPod touch, add this with the storage capacity of the iPod touch, and wifi web browsing, and really you have a portable versatile and high quality DJing device, and naturally this proves how great the iPod really is.
