[VL-Tone]

Here's what I found on Apple's Brasil iPod pages:

http://www.apple.com/br/ipod/musicandmore.html
http://www.apple.com/br/ipodphoto/musicandmore.html

It's in Portuguese:

No menu Extras do iPod photo é possível encontrar alguns jogos para quebrar a rotina: Quiz Musical, Paciência, Tetris e Pára-Quedas – quatro títulos populares e muito coloridos.

Translated in English: (using the translation widget)

In the menu Extra of iPod photo is possible to find some games to break the routine: Musical Quiz, Patience, Tetris and Pára-Quedas - four popular headings and very colored.

Tetris is also mentioned in the iPod page, but without the "very colored" adjective.

Maybe it's just a typo... still it's a funny coincidence considering the recent rumors.

VL-Tone
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Casio VL-Tone aka VL-1: in 1981 it was the first "portable" music playing gadget that had a white plastic enclosure and a LCD screen.

[LudwigVan]

It could be a variation on the "Brick" found here:

Navigate to Extras and you’ll find Games: Music Quiz, Solitaire, Brick and Parachute — four popular games you can play anywhere...

[VL-Tone]

I really think that Tetris is not a word that has anything to do with bricks in Portuguese.

Searching for Tetris on .br pages with google resulted in pages almost all relating to games. No page seem to put the word in the same context as the word "brick"

I do think it's possible that it was a mistake made by the translator while thinking about how to translate the "brick game" concept. But I'm pretty sure that Tetris doesn't stand for brick in Portuguese.

If Apple doesn't put Tetris on the iPod soon then I may start to try to do it myself

VL-Tone
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Casio VL-Tone aka VL-1: in 1981 it was the first "portable" music playing gadget that had a white plastic enclosure and a LCD screen.

[Brad]

OMFG!!

This just in!! CONFIRMED!!

hint for the clueless: that's a video I made last year.

[Messiahtosh]

Originally Posted by Brad OMFG!! This just in!! CONFIRMED!! hint for the clueless: that's a video I made last year.

lol

[VL-Tone]

Hehehe that's a good one

Too bad the original GameBoy screen has more resolution than the iPod...

[omem]

It annoys me so much that Mac OS X comes with Portuguese-Brazilian instead of Portuguese-Portugal (that's why I use English)...and that Apple is in Brasil while here in Portugal we get a shitty IMC.

Oh well, sorry about the rant...

[Mac+]

This is from AI ...



(apologies for the size - mods feel free to change to a link if too large)

[intlplby]

what i find weird is that the keyboard setting with the Portuguese Flag corresponds to the keyboard layout i used in Brazil, but the keyboard layout mapped to the Brazilian Flag setting is not.

I rather see the Brazilian Flag in the top corner of my screen when typing in Portuguese than the Portuguese flag.

[pilot1129]

so how do we get tetris on our ipods?

[ghoti]

Software update?

[Brad]

When has Apple offered wholly new features to old iPods via software updates?

[ghoti]

My understanding was that this would be available for the existing iPod Photos. So why should it not come as a regular update, as soon as the features are announced?

[Wickers]

Wow... the guy in the AI.com photo really sucks at playing tetris.

I sure hope they don't provide it for the iPod mini... or I'll never get any work done.

[Crusader]

That dude needs to clean his nails too... if your holding a technological marvel made by Apple you need to handle it appropriately.

[omem]

Originally Posted by intlplby what i find weird is that the keyboard setting with the Portuguese Flag corresponds to the keyboard layout i used in Brazil, but the keyboard layout mapped to the Brazilian Flag setting is not. I rather see the Brazilian Flag in the top corner of my screen when typing in Portuguese than the Portuguese flag.

It's not worse than not having a Portuguese-Portugal language. I'm sorry but I can't stand reading Portuguese-Brazil stuff.

[VL-Tone]

Originally Posted by Brad When has Apple offered wholly new features to old iPods via software updates?

It happened more often than not... I would have to lookup for the details but for example most non-music features like games and address book synching were added to older iPods via a software update.