Dear Apple, about the next iPod
21 November 2009 | Uncategorized
What can Apple do with the iPod? How about an iPod that senses your mood and automatically plays music that is in tune with how you are feeling?
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Technically Incorrect November 18 2009 5:03 PM PST Dear Apple about the next
iPod by Chris Matyszczyk Font size Print E-mail Share 17 comments I often wake
up with a tune playing in my head I don’t know why it’s that particular tune and
sometimes I waterboard myself for hours trying to find the reason for this
apparently random madness This morning for example it was that Spanish Lullaby
song that Madonna numbed us with some time around the last century I never said
it was only good songs that blared in my internal jukebox So why might one’s
mind have been invaded by La Isla Bonita Was it because this time last year I
was in Spain sipping sangria with some dubious Europeans Was it because last
night I saw a trailer of a new film directed by Madonna’s last husband Was it
because I hadn’t had enough sleep All this thinking is painful and useless but
it has brought me to an idea for Apple it’s time the company took the apparent
randomness of the iPod Shuffle and made it mean something Let the iPod Shrink be
the stethoscope of your soul Credit Cc 1HappySnapper/Flickr Might I propose that
Apple creates an iPod that whenever worn on your person can immediately discern
your mood Please imagine that this new iPod let’s call it the iPod Shrink is a
tiny little thing that has within it even tinier sensors that monitor your heart
rate your blood pressure your digestive calm even your sweat level On the basis
of this entirely factual information the iPod Shrink would then select the
precise piece of music that would match your mood It’s important to consider
just what is meant by match your mood Perhaps you the moody consumer might have
the ability to ask the iPod Shrink to enhance your mood or to counteract it If
you ask for counteraction and the machine sees that you’re miserable the iPod
Shrink would bypass My Immortal by Evanescence Creep by Radiohead or anything by
James Blunt and go straight to I Feel Good by James Brown or the utterly classic
Manilow rendition of Copacabana For enhancement it would do the reverse If it
detected anger it could soothe you with some Bebel Gilberto or stoke your fires
with some Sex Pistols If it detected concern it might offer the Goo Goo Dolls
Iris Or alternatively something from Disturbed’s fine little album The Sickness
Perhaps the greatest surprise for you the iPod Shrink owner would be to discover
what mood you are actually in After all your little device would be more
familiar with the true scientific nature of your innards than would you So your
own self-knowledge would surely be enhanced by such a wickedly wily machine This
could be a very big seller It would certainly make me look more kindly on the
self-absorbed frustrated preening angst-ridden waddlers in the gym Chris
Matyszczyk is an award-winning creative director who advises major corporations
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register 17 Comments prev 1 next by sanenazok November 18 2009 6:31 PM PST How
about knowing something about music and picking it yourself God forbid you
should know your own mood well enough not to mention something about music other
than it’s fast Like this Reply to this comment by deric_raymond November 18 2009
7:48 PM PST You’re missing the point completely and sounding a bit like a d-bag
Just like the genius feature made it easy for you to group similar music
together even though you should be able to group your own similar music together
in your own playlist this feature as far-fetched and impossible as it may be is
a fun idea_Relax Like this by slacker1011 November 18 2009 6:46 PM PST Great
idea for the ipod that would be cool maybe even as far as importing a mechanism
to counteract like a mood ring to show/glow a certain color to the mode of that
person along withthe music type ___could even go along with communicating with
social sites twitter and update their status live from the iphone/ipod based
upon these scientific measurements of our mood_That was a great idea you had I
could see apple picking that idea and running with it Like this Reply to this
comment by victortangozero November 18 2009 6:47 PM PST This is horrible Like
this Reply to this comment by Dani210 November 18 2009 9:37 PM PST lol sorry
guys but i have to agree Like this by lazycat202 November 18 2009 6:47 PM PST
don’t mess with Apple lovers they’ll hunt you down the image looks good Like
this Reply to this comment by losingmysenses November 18 2009 6:49 PM PST nice
feature but i’m not paying another $100 for something that a smart playlist will
do for me Like this Reply to this comment by ChrisMatyszczyk November 18 2009
7:40 PM PST losingmysenses,But you see you might be too depressed to realize
that your playlist isn’t as smart as you think The iPod Shrink can take that
pressure away from you and give you the appropriate treatment____thank you for
commenting,Chris Like this by sdf0013 November 18 2009 7:19 PM PST Maybe an in
between step Enhance the dj feature even further See the music database still
have bad tags Ever notice some Christmas music shows up in Rock Well how is the
auto-dj supposed to know I only want up-tempo Christmas music if it can’t find
any because they’re all mislabeled Then you could pick your mood and tell it 4
stars or better_Yeah we’ve got a long way to go on the auto-selection stuff Like
this Reply to this comment by mahurshi November 18 2009 7:43 PM PST Hum or say
the name of the song and have it automatically play the song sort of like the
midomi app on the iPhone but integrated into the iPod Like this Reply to this
comment by Mr Dee November 18 2009 8:18 PM PST Chris open iTunes click File New
PlaylistGo to you Music LibrarySearch for your favorite songs drag and drop them
on the Playlist you created As for as I am concerned your iPod would be more
suitable by the name iPod Nuts or iPod Schizo Like this Reply to this comment by
ckh1272 November 19 2009 1:16 AM PST Mr Dee–On this rare occasion I actually
agree with you I would much rather make my own playlist any day The Genius
feature is nice as it throws in some songs I haven’t heard in a while With 25GB
plus of music it does come in handy when I don’t feel like searching However the
majority of the time I still hand pick my own playlists Like this by
CreativeMalcolm November 18 2009 11:20 PM PST That would probably require the
iPod to be attached with a wristband or bracelet of some sort with Bluetooth or
Bluetooth like headphones Like this Reply to this comment by Proud_Geek November
18 2009 11:21 PM PST How about an iPod that can read my mind and pre-emptively
play the music that it FEELS I need to hear Let’s call it the iPod Fiancee Like
this Reply to this comment by mynameisLED November 18 2009 11:40 PM PST sweet
concept but dude this requires that every song on this planet have tags for the
mood they carry I don’t think that iPod Shrink will be smart enough to discern
and analyze the mood of every song Like this Reply to this comment by baconstang
November 19 2009 12:49 AM PST An earbud in each ear and 8 sensors on your shaved
skull yeah that should do it_Seriously how about a tap function Tap the select
button at a tempo you’re into and let the pod find songs with a similar tempo
Like this Reply to this comment by bctexas November 19 2009 10:16 AM PST Stupid
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