4th Generation iPod Photo 60GB and Gapless playback?

Chaos, this is a user to user forum only, so none of us would have any idea about any firware updates. Also, any speculation on new products or services from Apple is against the "terms of use" of these forums. Sorry.

I doubt it, Its a feature most likly only current more up to date ipods can handle due to there updated/new chips inside

I am having the same experience here. I have never had a problem in iTunes. I always used the cross-fade option (set to zero).

iTunes: How to Fade Between Songs
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61110

"Luckily, this doesn’t have to be a show stopper for long. All Apple has to do is modify the software so that it plays tracks seamlessly with no pause. WinAmp and other software-based MP3 players have been doing this for years, so it shouldn’t be much of a problem to fix. Hopefully, if Apple fixes this, they’ll also fix this behavior in iTunes." - by James Duncan Davidson on 11/28/2001

Music Playback: Gaps Between Tracks
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2001/11/28/ipod_review.html

What I find interesting is in the announcement Steve acted as if this was an industry breakthrough. no so, at lease not from what I have personally witnessed. My Creative Nomad jukebox 3 can handle cross-fade (remove gaps), and had two 11hr batteries (22hrs total). It also has digital optical in for recording in better than CD quality.

I love my iPod, and Apple even more, but this is hardly a breakthrough by any measure.