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DaNoobPro1337
So, what do you think of the new iPods?

Nano-Voiceover, Video Camera, Pedometer

Touch-3GS CPU, Voice Control, 64 GB for $399

Shuffle-$59 for the 2GB

Classic-160 GB for same price
Dad
Looks cool, but I think not giving iTouch users a camera is just mean. sad.gif
Caboose
The Shuffle is stupid. Who in their right mind wouldn't buy the SanDisk Sansa Clip /+ for that money? So much better in every way.
redmonke
QUOTE (Dad @ Sep 9 2009, 04:38 PM) *
Looks cool, but I think not giving iTouch users a camera is just mean. sad.gif

http://gizmodo.com/5355753/why-there-is-no...-why-that-sucks


iPod Nanos that shoot video but don't take pictures? Odd.

iPhone firmware 3.1.1 is out to take advantage of iTunes 9's features is also out. I'm not upgrading since it supposedly bricks unlocked phones (doesn't sound fun).
Jose0
Hmm, I was thinking of selling my iPod touch to get a new one if it had a camera... Guess it doesn't, guess I'll stick with my old one.
Biscuit
I was quite upset that the iPod Touch didn't get a camera and the fact that the Nano has a radio and no other model does annoys me. I hear the microphone headphone combo thingy sucks and Apple should just put the mic in the touch.....
-REAP-
I can get a 4GB shuffle for $30-50 on the ebay so

redmonke
QUOTE (-REAP- @ Sep 9 2009, 08:20 PM) *
I can get a 4GB shuffle for $30-50 on the ebay so

Then you can jailbreak it and have the ultimate gaming machine.

owate no screen

http://gizmodo.com/5355959/steve-jobs-give...a-in-ipod-touch
Rangerover18
I can understand why the touch doesn't have a camera. If Apple gives the thing too many more stuff that the iPhone has, what's the point anymore? The touch would then literally be exactly the same, only missing the phone part. iTunes 9 looks neat for us iPhone users, easier way to manage apps on the phone, and better options for syncing. And I'll definatly be getting one of those nanos this weekend, they look hot, and mine is so last year tongue.gif
redmonke
QUOTE (Rangerover18 @ Sep 9 2009, 08:26 PM) *
I can understand why the touch doesn't have a camera. If Apple gives the thing too many more stuff that the iPhone has, what's the point anymore? The touch would then literally be exactly the same, only missing the phone part. iTunes 9 looks neat for us iPhone users, easier way to manage apps on the phone, and better options for syncing. And I'll definatly be getting one of those nanos this weekend, they look hot, and mine is so last year tongue.gif

I don't really see the use of the app thing for the iPhone.

And why would you get a nano if you have an iPhone? mellow.gif
Rangerover18
QUOTE (redmonke @ Sep 9 2009, 09:29 PM) *
QUOTE (Rangerover18 @ Sep 9 2009, 08:26 PM) *
I can understand why the touch doesn't have a camera. If Apple gives the thing too many more stuff that the iPhone has, what's the point anymore? The touch would then literally be exactly the same, only missing the phone part. iTunes 9 looks neat for us iPhone users, easier way to manage apps on the phone, and better options for syncing. And I'll definatly be getting one of those nanos this weekend, they look hot, and mine is so last year tongue.gif

I don't really see the use of the app thing for the iPhone.

And why would you get a nano if you have an iPhone? mellow.gif


Gosh, I'm not really sure. I would use it though. It's nice to say I have it tongue.gif I have a rather lot of music that I don't wanna fill the iPhone up with though.
redmonke
QUOTE (Rangerover18 @ Sep 9 2009, 08:43 PM) *
QUOTE (redmonke @ Sep 9 2009, 09:29 PM) *
QUOTE (Rangerover18 @ Sep 9 2009, 08:26 PM) *
I can understand why the touch doesn't have a camera. If Apple gives the thing too many more stuff that the iPhone has, what's the point anymore? The touch would then literally be exactly the same, only missing the phone part. iTunes 9 looks neat for us iPhone users, easier way to manage apps on the phone, and better options for syncing. And I'll definatly be getting one of those nanos this weekend, they look hot, and mine is so last year tongue.gif

I don't really see the use of the app thing for the iPhone.

And why would you get a nano if you have an iPhone? mellow.gif


Gosh, I'm not really sure. I would use it though. It's nice to say I have it tongue.gif I have a rather lot of music that I don't wanna fill the iPhone up with though.

Your logic escapes me.

You probably think I'm crazy for using a 4gb iPhone.
iSummon
Can't you put music on your iPhone? I mean come on! And I need more GB's in my shuffle but god not that many! I also don't have $200.
redmonke
And who's going to use a 160gb Classic? I mean I love music and movies on a small non interactive screen as much as the next guy, but...
-REAP-
what about fm radio and video??
redmonke
People use the radio when they have all the music they want on a portable device. doubt.gif

And it can't even take pictures.
Bcloutier
QUOTE (Rangerover18 @ Sep 9 2009, 06:43 PM) *
QUOTE (redmonke @ Sep 9 2009, 09:29 PM) *
QUOTE (Rangerover18 @ Sep 9 2009, 08:26 PM) *
I can understand why the touch doesn't have a camera. If Apple gives the thing too many more stuff that the iPhone has, what's the point anymore? The touch would then literally be exactly the same, only missing the phone part. iTunes 9 looks neat for us iPhone users, easier way to manage apps on the phone, and better options for syncing. And I'll definatly be getting one of those nanos this weekend, they look hot, and mine is so last year tongue.gif

I don't really see the use of the app thing for the iPhone.

And why would you get a nano if you have an iPhone? mellow.gif


Gosh, I'm not really sure. I would use it though. It's nice to say I have it tongue.gif I have a rather lot of music that I don't wanna fill the iPhone up with though.

I'm there with the same logic as you Rangeover. I've got my iPod Touch that I don't want to have filled, but I have 150+GB of media that I wouldn't mind carrying around. If I were you, I'd grab a Classic, unless your library is under 16GB somehow.

QUOTE (redmonke @ Sep 9 2009, 06:52 PM) *
And who's going to use a 160gb Classic? I mean I love music and movies on a small non interactive screen as much as the next guy, but...

I would. That *might* just fit all of my data. I want something I can have in the truck that fits all of our movies and can plug into our rear seat DVD system, or plug into the trailer with all of our music, or plug into the stereo for whatever we want.

There are some of us that have 100's of GB of media. We're not that rare.

~Bcloutier~
Sonata
Lucky, a video camera... I would never buy an I-pod but a video camera makes it more convincing but it'll probably be the quality of a phone camera...
I feel sorry for Touch Users.
-REAP-
The Nano video is garbage on youtube
Goggie
Bleh, it seems like Apple can't go 5 minutes without bringing out a new 'generation' of iPods. I've still got my old 4GB from about 3 years ago, it still works great! Then on the other hand my sister is on her 3rd iPod (she just stops using her old ones when a newer version comes out) and hers keep breaking down all the time, and half the applications on her Nano don't work.
Kwinten
QUOTE (redmonke @ Sep 9 2009, 11:02 PM) *
iPod Nanos that shoot video but don't take pictures? Odd.

The cameras in the nano are extremely small and quite low-quality. Therefore, shooting stills would look really bad, but videos are more forgiving on that.

Why there's no camera in the iPod touch (a question by NY Times to Steve Jobs):

QUOTE
Q. You put a camcorder on the iPod Nano. Why not on the iPod Touch?

A. Originally, we weren’t exactly sure how to market the Touch. Was it an iPhone without the phone? Was it a pocket computer? What happened was, what customers told us was, they started to see it as a game machine. Because a lot of the games were free on the store. Customers started to tell us, “You don’t know what you’ve got here – it’s a great game machine, with the multitouch screen, the accelerometer, and so on.”

We started to market it that way, and it just took off. And now what we really see is it’s the lowest-cost way to the App Store, and that’s the big draw. So what we were focused on is just reducing the price to $199. We don’t need to add new stuff – we need to get the price down where everyone can afford it.



To be honest, I'm glad there's no camera on the iPod touch.
-REAP-
wow i never knew the reason theres no camera is because we didnt want 1
wow even though i wanted one i didnt
thanks apple
_Ej
Nanos really don't see a camera pfft.gif. But I do like the FM Radio in it, one useless feature of a Nano that I would use tongue.gif.
Blingking502
Nano gets radio? That's the one thing I miss about Zune...

I'm disappointed that Touch's dropped in price, I just got my 16gb in May and now I could have a 32gb for the same price... Oh well.

iTunes 9 is wonderful though.
Bcloutier
QUOTE (Blingking502 @ Sep 10 2009, 06:02 PM) *
Nano gets radio? That's the one thing I miss about Zune...

I'm disappointed that Touch's dropped in price, I just got my 16gb in May and now I could have a 32gb for the same price... Oh well.

iTunes 9 is wonderful though.

That's technology for you. Think, I bought my first generation 8GB Touch for basically the same price you paid for that 2G 16GB. tongue.gif

iTunes 9 = <3. My technology circle is complete for a bit now. Snow Leopard 10.6.1, Desktop Manager for Mac, iTunes 9 + school applications. smile.gif

I'm really loving the App Organization on iTunes - so much simpler. I guess I'll have to get used to the new silver shade, though. Nothing major. Plus Genius Mixes is working perfectly. Finding new tracks on my library that I haven't listened to in a long time. And it's accurate, too. ohmy.gif

~Bcloutier~
redmonke
QUOTE (Bcloutier @ Sep 10 2009, 09:34 PM) *
QUOTE (Blingking502 @ Sep 10 2009, 06:02 PM) *
Nano gets radio? That's the one thing I miss about Zune...

I'm disappointed that Touch's dropped in price, I just got my 16gb in May and now I could have a 32gb for the same price... Oh well.

iTunes 9 is wonderful though.

That's technology for you. Think, I bought my first generation 8GB Touch for basically the same price you paid for that 2G 16GB. tongue.gif

iTunes 9 = <3. My technology circle is complete for a bit now. Snow Leopard 10.6.1, Desktop Manager for Mac, iTunes 9 + school applications. smile.gif

I'm really loving the App Organization on iTunes - so much simpler. I guess I'll have to get used to the new silver shade, though. Nothing major. Plus Genius Mixes is working perfectly. Finding new tracks on my library that I haven't listened to in a long time. And it's accurate, too. ohmy.gif

~Bcloutier~

Yea I'm not a fan of the new iTunes color scheme. pfft.gif
Bob-sama
Steep iPod Touch prices and no bigger Nanos? sad.gif That gives me absolutely no reason to even THINK of upgrading my 4th Gen Nano 16GB. So the screen's a bit bigger--I watched exactly two feature-length films on my Nano and got tired of it quickly. Plus, with no additional capacity, there's nothing in the size category to convince me.
_Ej
QUOTE (redmonke @ Sep 11 2009, 02:41 AM) *
QUOTE (Bcloutier @ Sep 10 2009, 09:34 PM) *
QUOTE (Blingking502 @ Sep 10 2009, 06:02 PM) *
Nano gets radio? That's the one thing I miss about Zune...

I'm disappointed that Touch's dropped in price, I just got my 16gb in May and now I could have a 32gb for the same price... Oh well.

iTunes 9 is wonderful though.

That's technology for you. Think, I bought my first generation 8GB Touch for basically the same price you paid for that 2G 16GB. tongue.gif

iTunes 9 = <3. My technology circle is complete for a bit now. Snow Leopard 10.6.1, Desktop Manager for Mac, iTunes 9 + school applications. smile.gif

I'm really loving the App Organization on iTunes - so much simpler. I guess I'll have to get used to the new silver shade, though. Nothing major. Plus Genius Mixes is working perfectly. Finding new tracks on my library that I haven't listened to in a long time. And it's accurate, too. ohmy.gif

~Bcloutier~

Yea I'm not a fan of the new iTunes color scheme. pfft.gif


Whats 9 like? I haven't got around to downloading it yet, is it worth it?
Biscuit
The radio is a good feature because people who don't have a lot of songs (like me) or get bored of their songs can listen to the radio.

I would love for the iPod Touch to become the iPhone without the phone. People like me can't pay for the service or just don't want to be screwed by AT&T
Caboose
It's on pracitcally all phones and MP3s... the SanDisc is still a far better product.
redmonke
QUOTE (Biscuit @ Sep 11 2009, 01:46 PM) *
The radio is a good feature because people who don't have a lot of songs (like me) or get bored of their songs can listen to the radio.

I would love for the iPod Touch to become the iPhone without the phone. People like me can't pay for the service or just don't want to be screwed by AT&T

Get a used iPhone first gen then jailbreak it and unlock it. I'm using my normal AT&T plan without paying for a data fee, because I can just use wifi.
Bcloutier
QUOTE (_Ej @ Sep 11 2009, 08:21 AM) *
QUOTE (redmonke @ Sep 11 2009, 02:41 AM) *
QUOTE (Bcloutier @ Sep 10 2009, 09:34 PM) *
QUOTE (Blingking502 @ Sep 10 2009, 06:02 PM) *
Nano gets radio? That's the one thing I miss about Zune...

I'm disappointed that Touch's dropped in price, I just got my 16gb in May and now I could have a 32gb for the same price... Oh well.

iTunes 9 is wonderful though.

That's technology for you. Think, I bought my first generation 8GB Touch for basically the same price you paid for that 2G 16GB. tongue.gif

iTunes 9 = <3. My technology circle is complete for a bit now. Snow Leopard 10.6.1, Desktop Manager for Mac, iTunes 9 + school applications. smile.gif

I'm really loving the App Organization on iTunes - so much simpler. I guess I'll have to get used to the new silver shade, though. Nothing major. Plus Genius Mixes is working perfectly. Finding new tracks on my library that I haven't listened to in a long time. And it's accurate, too. ohmy.gif

~Bcloutier~

Yea I'm not a fan of the new iTunes color scheme. pfft.gif


Whats 9 like? I haven't got around to downloading it yet, is it worth it?

It's worth it. I love Genius Mixes - that alone is worth the download for me. With a 13,000+ song library, it's hard to make good playlists quickly. Genius Mixes does this for me. I've found a lot of my older tracks this way.

Download it - it's totally worth it.

~Bcloutier~
Fencefry
QUOTE (redmonke @ Sep 11 2009, 04:20 PM) *
QUOTE (Biscuit @ Sep 11 2009, 01:46 PM) *
The radio is a good feature because people who don't have a lot of songs (like me) or get bored of their songs can listen to the radio.

I would love for the iPod Touch to become the iPhone without the phone. People like me can't pay for the service or just don't want to be screwed by AT&T

Get a used iPhone first gen then jailbreak it and unlock it. I'm using my normal AT&T plan without paying for a data fee, because I can just use wifi.

Heh, my mother has a 3G, so I'm going to convince her this June (New iPhone) to upgrade, so I can do just that tongue.gif
Cattius
Meh, the new iPods look nice but they aren't good enough for me to want to sell my current ones, my Nano 4G and Touch 2G are perfectly good enough at the moment tongue.gif
As
As good as they sound aren't we forgetting the main purpose of iPods? TO PLAY MUSIC. Even though some of the features are cool and useful most aren't needed at all.

As
Kwinten
QUOTE (As @ Sep 13 2009, 06:56 AM) *
As good as they sound aren't we forgetting the main purpose of iPods? TO PLAY MUSIC. Even though some of the features are cool and useful most aren't needed at all.

As

iPod's aren't your regular mp3 players though. They're multimedia devices, and the iPod touch is like a pocket computer.
Goggie
Too darn expensive. My 2GB isn't big enough anymore, but at those kind of prices i'll be looking elsewhere.
redmonke
This made me lol. Strong language:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vECSyaegm1U...player_embedded
Vera
I think I'm the only one who likes iPod classic the best. All that matters to me about an iPod is that it stores and plays my music. I can't imagine how someone could have a music library less that 4 gigs. Mine takes up 30.
As
QUOTE (Vera @ Sep 15 2009, 04:10 PM) *
I think I'm the only one who likes iPod classic the best. All that matters to me about an iPod is that it stores and plays my music. I can't imagine how someone could have a music library less that 4 gigs. Mine takes up 30.


Mines only 2.5GB pfft.gif, and some of that stuff is my Mum's tongue.gif.

And, I don't even listen to half of my stuff slanty.gif.

As
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