IPOD, iTunes, and Starbucks. The only 3 things I hate more would be Myspace, the Jazz, and people from Dallas.
My Zen MicroPhoto broke so I might be looking into the new Nano's unless Creative comes out with something better.
You can import any videos into iTunes as well, but you have to put them into the right format. (Usually you can get other software to do this)
those nano's look mighty sweet but they don't hold enough music for me. i like to know i have my entire library with me, even if i really don't need it. i said i'd buy an ipod if they made one like the iphone without the phone, but 16 gigs at 399 sucks. however since they got coverflow into the "classic" ipod, and 80 gigs at 249, i may have to consider one of those.
Even if you import them with the Apple (superior to mp3) AAC/mp4 encoding, you can right-click on the song in iTunes and convert it into mp3. You just can't do that for anything purchased from the online store with DRM. Some songs are now available for purcase w/o DRM, but the videos are all locked up tight (as far as I'm aware). Importing mp4 videos in a cinch. Just drag and drop. Evan
I'm sure you know this, emjohn, but to others that might not, make sure you check your preferences and make a decision on the bitrate of your conversion you can live with. For uploading songs to music websites (MySpace, LastFM, etc) for my band, I have to convert songs to various bitrates because each site has its own requirements - some want 128, some 256, etc. You can set the bitrate in iTunes preferences. The lower the bitrate, the smaller the file, but the lower the quality of the sound.
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/11357/ Ten Things You Want to Know About the 2007 iPods By Jeremy Horwitz Editor-in-Chief, iLounge Published: Wednesday, September 5, 2007 As always, we’ve assembled a list of some of the surprising new iPod details we gathered at Apple’s Special Event, and published them separately here for your immediate consumption. 10: Sizes: iPod touch is physically smaller than the iPhone. Not only is it thinner—8mm versus the iPhone’s 11.6mm—it’s also a little shorter, measuring 4.3” tall rather than 4.5” tall. That’s not as short as the 4.1” iPod—now aka iPod classic—so you can’t stuff an iPod touch into all of the big screen video display docks that are out there now. The new iPod nano has the most unusual form factor of the bunch, measuring 2.75” tall by 2.06” wide by .26” thick. That’s the same thickness as the last nano, but 3/4” shorter, and .46” wider. 9: Video: Video output is now universal across all iPods except the shuffle. Any third-generation nano, iPod classic, or iPod touch can be connected to your TV set using Apple’s new $49 component or composite AV cables, which come with a USB Power Adapter to keep the iPod charged rather than burning aggressively through its battery. An Apple representative told us that the component video cables now enable each iPod to display videos at the full 640x480 resolution of the original iTunes Store or user-encoded files, rather than being limited to 320x240 or thereabouts. Video output is still missing from the iPhone. 8: Audio: We tested each of the new iPods briefly with a pair of Ultimate Ears UE-11 Pro earphones. The base noise level was lowest in the iPod classic, and slightly higher in the nano and iPod touch. It was disappointing to see that Apple has yet again dropped the ball on offering true graphic equalization for any of these iPods, and now just puts images of the old EQ presets off to the sides of the iPod classic and nano interfaces. 7: Synchronization: Thankfully, iTunes synchronization is “iPod-style,” not iPhone/Apple TV style, so you can still drag and drop files directly from the iTunes window onto any of the iPods. We were concerned that Apple was going to try and force playlist-style synchronization onto iPod users, but this hasn’t happened. 6: Easier Shuffling: The new iPod classic and nano Now Playing screen now includes, after several button presses, the ability to turn on shuffle songs or albums modes without returning to the iPod’s main menu. 5: Cover Flow: Cover Flow on the new iPods is okay. It is a bit more sluggish than on the iPhone and iPod touch, and you need to navigate through it with the Click Wheel, then click the button to select an album, flip it around, and select a song. Then you’ll need to exit the album and roll around again. Touch controls on iPhone and iPod touch make this better. 4: Greater Music Menu Customization: You can now customize both the main and music menus of the iPod classic and iPod nano—a feature designed to help you cut down on scrolling, especially given the ever-expanding audio options Apple has added to the iPods. 3: Safari on iPod touch: It feels just like it does on the iPhone, but as we were playing around, we saw a debug feature for Safari on the iPod touch, which tests pages to see whether they generate errors. It’s an option hidden in the settings menu; we doubt it’ll be there in the final version of the device. 2: Upgrades, not Downgrades: Apple reps told us that the new iPods lose nothing from their predecessor models; they only gain. So something that worked on the last model should still work on the new one, only with cosmetic improvements. This isn’t always the case with the iPod touch relative to the iPhone. Applications work almost identically to one another—YouTube on the touch loses the ability to e-mail clips to your friends, as does the photos feature—but otherwise they’re the same programs. 1: Games: The iPod nano now comes with three Apple games, including Vortex and Klondike (updated solitaire with superior graphics). All past iPod games need to be revised to work on the iPod nano (and possibly the iPod classic?); three additional games, including Pac-Man, will be available for purchase immediately.
i just got a shuffle last night. never had an ipod. i was having a harder time then i thought i would with putting music on it. (im an idiot...)
the interface isn't as easy as a drag-and-drop-onto-hard-drive type thing.. but once you get it down, it's pretty easy
iOH LOL What makes you say that? The smart playlists have made my life so much better. I ditched Jukebox and all the other stuff a long time ago and have never looked back. Evan
well many people are already buying the new nano and the touch, dunno about the classic, but anyone have these yet?
I got the Nano and I really like it. Unfortunately, it doesn't fit any of the accessories that are out now. I'm hoping by Christmas there will be a bunch of things available for it so I can add them to my wish list.
The thread title IS 'New Apple Stuff', so I've got to give props to Apple for releasing Logic 8 (FINALLY!) for only $500. That's half off the last iteration and it's closes competitor (Cubase). Looks like they're trying to move hardware w/ that price, rather than software. I don't care, it's an incredible bargain.
Really? You think so? I think it's a pretty elegant solution to what Apple's trying to do... give us easy access to digital music, and other media, and make a buck. I don't have any problems with it, except for the updates, which I seem to get pretty often. If I don't feel like messin' with them when they first pop up, I just put it off. No biggie. I love the new products, except for the AT&T exclusive arrangement. Now that is a pain in the ass. I've had Verizon for a long time, a very solid cell and cell-broadband provider, but they don't do Apple. Bummer, and I have no contract while actively looking for new phones. Really don't want AT&T, but what do you do if you want an iPhone or the Touch gizmo? Suffer, I guess.
I was just looking at that. Logic Studio is $500 too I think. That includes 5 jam packs and whatever else. I don't think it's coincidence that in 9 days Reason 4 is being released for the exact same price.
160GB iPod. I know some people could fill that, but I would never get anywhere close. I have enough trouble filling the 4GB I have on my last-gen Nano. I had been looking forward to a bigger-screened iPod, so the Touch seems like the way to go, but I haven't been able to convince myself to pull the trigger yet.
I have a refurbedG5 that I've had for a few years. No real problems. But I saw an iMac with a BEA-FREAKIN-UTIFUL 24" screen today at Fry's. Jaw dropping. I'd love to have a bigger screen. Next to that was a 30" display. I wish I had some money to burn.
