Well, there's always that "listening to the radio" thing that people do. lol. There are people that like listening to morning drive-time talkshows. There are people that listen to ESPN on FM. There are people that listen to NPR. The fact that you have to buy this separate with the iPod is weak. I'm sure they'll eventually include it, call it a "new" iPod and people will flock to buy their 9th iPod. Scam. Quite frankly the only advantage the iPod has that I can see over other players is the size. And when uh... size doesn't matter... it's not that big a deal. But hey, "coolness" sells and iPod is proof of that. I'd take the PSP over the iPod in a heartbeat but then Sony went proprietary with the movie format, too, so they're just as bad knuckleheads as Apple.
Most people who buy iPods do so because FM radio sucks and they don't want to be constrained... I can't remember the last time I actually turned my car stereo on to FM. Now generally speaking the vast majority of people who buy iPods don't listen to AM Radio, muchless sports talk so they aren't going to cater to those people. I listen to Sports talk, but I'd much rather listen to good music most of the time, because sports talk is pretty painful most of the time with idiot callers and lame hosts and topics.
Well the Nano is 2GB or 4BG at most depending on which one you get. The new Ipod is minimum 30GB. If you listen to alot of music its a big difference. Me personally, I ordered the Nano the day before this new one was announced. Fortunately I was able to cancel my order online, and buy this little marvel. My only concern now is the size, as I plan to use it in the gym. If its anywhere near the size of the Mini Ipod, I have no worries. I really have no plans of watching video on it either.
Calling it a "Video iPod" actually not the correct lingo, because even Apple has confirmed that they consider it an "iPod first, video player second." It is just a new design of the iPod that now has the ability to play video and flash pictures. They realize that their target audience will listen to music on it far more time then watch video, it is just a nice new perk to the system.
I've used all of my iPods in the gym (even the 1st generation) and it is plenty small to not get in the way... They also sell some nice gym accessories such as an arm band that will hold it in place... although I just usually throw it in my pocket (basketball shorts) or if I am on a bike/treadmill/eliptical I just throw it in one of the cup holders.
i'm waiting for the next gen when they make the screen size a little bigger http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/ae/tv/3393980
Yeah, this isn't a video iPod, this is simply "The New iPod." Good article here: http://engadget.com/entry/1234000150063278/
youre right, but i'm looking for a portable video player rather than a portable music player. i want a better alternative to the portable video players currently available. i'm hoping future generations will focus more on being video ipods rather than just variations of the regular ipods.
Nice site. I'm still trying to make up my mind, however. I have to admit that having 30 or 60 GB's of memory dangling from my neck is pretty damn appealing.
Don't expect it to come from Apple anytime soon. The iPod has tripled their revenue the last 3 years, and they aren't going to mess too much with something so successful. I imagine they would branch off and make a portable media player before making the iPod the "all in one wonder" that some people are asking for here.
I've had my share of high end gadgets and the ipod disappointed. Anyway, I have about 80gigs of music ive collected over the years and organized the way i want it... then i get an ipod and then i had to rearrange everything the way apple wanted me to. there is SOME ability to customize they way it looks ON the ipod but not the way i spent years putting it. Sold the ipod and got a different player... drag and drop and was able to keep the way I organized it. For the average joe user, getting use to the ipod might be ok but ive been doing things my way for a why and like the saying goes, old habits are hard to kick. but for 300 bucks with student discount, a 30gb ipod hard drive/media player is a decent deal.
The point isn't necessarily what people who buy iPod listen to, it's the fact that it's missing it. If people that buy iPods don't listen to FM radio, why is there a market for an aftermarket FM tuner? Because people do want that feature.
Don't worry, I'm sure it's coming soon... after all, they sell the nano, then they bring this out a couple of weeks later, now people flock to it. It's the greatest scam in marketing today... "let's give them one little feature at a time, but make it a new product everytime. Hell it works for our OS, why not iPods?!" Cha-ching... $299.... Cha-ching... $299 Cha-ching... $299. How many times can we make them buy an iPod, that by the time it's all said and done, could've been the iPod we gave them from the beginning?
iPod pulls up the song info in one of two ways, either by original filename or ID3 tag. iTunes makes it SUPER simple to edit the ID3 tags if you need to, but like you I have been downloading my MP3s since 1998, and have my own naming convention and my ID3 tags are as complete as can be, I update them as I download the songs... so the iPod works perfect for me because it is organized perfect because my ID3 system is perfect. I can sort by Album Title, Genre, Date, Artist, Song Title and more. The number of people who buy the FM transmitter are few compared to the number if iPods sold... and it probably isn't cost effective and would definately increase the size of the unit, and as you can tell Apple is all about being small and simple. Actually, it wasn't cost effective enough to have the original iPods to do the same thing as the iPods as today. Remember, a 5GB iPod cost $300 bucks when it first launched and they weren't making a killing off it. As time passes it becomes cheaper to add more and more features and that is why the iPod has grown. Color LCD screens have gone down tremendously over the past 4 years, as have mini hard drives, flash memory and other components. The most expensive components, including the CPUs are being improved upon monthly and that is the main reason for the refreshes of new iPods. Most people don't buy their old iPods and then get a new one, most stick with their original until it dies, I just happen to be a gaget nut and do I like having the best toys. I do the same thing with my PCs and other electronics as well. You saw the exact same trend with PCs and PC components in the late 90s and early 2000s because the technology was being improved upon daily. Sure they do, but Steve Jobs has said he has a vision for what he wants iPod to be, and a one stop entertainment shop isn't it... obviously they are doing something right since their products have been flying off shelves for years now and their profits have increased 3 fold in 3 years.
That looked pretty darn cool. I saw the program for Mac, and should have figured that there was a Windows one as well. I assume that you can watch the movies through your TV directly from the iPod. If so, it certainly became a lot more useful.
Did you ever get yours? How is it working out for you? I was thinking of picking one of these up today or tomorrow.
