Has Anybody Ordered a New 80 GB Video or Nano?

[AppleGuy08]

Hey all. Its been a while since i last posted. Over here in Sacramento, Ca, things seem to be going a bit slow. After i heard about the new iPods on tuesday, i anxiously went over to the Apple store in Arden Fair Mall. With cash in hand, ready to get my new 80gb Video, i was turned away because they hadnt even gotten the frappin shipment in!! No nanos, no shuffles, no videos. So i thoght this was understadable, and i wasnt too pissed (although i was a bit.) So this time i got smart and called (wed.) and still...no ipods! The associate was less than helpful with his exact words.."Ummmmm, umm, well get them sometime this week i think." lol. Its rediculous when the apple store cant even get their stuff in on time. they could of sold hundreds of them in these 2 days. So i said screw it and ordered it online with the express shipping.

Im just wandering if this happened to anyone else, or if yall just ordered it online in the first place. Get at me!

[Synapple]

I've ordered a new nano online, as I normally do with my iPods.

I'm glad I did: I ordered yesterday and according to the tracking page it is already currently out for delivery!

Not bad considering it has travelled from The Netherlands to Italy in less than 24 hours! :cool:

[AppleGuy08]

hah, yea that is rather good time. your lil' nano is a globe trekker. apple says mine is slated to come on the 20th, but i think thats like, the absolute latest time it would because i ordered it with the express shipping. So im guessing it will take a day or so to process it, then another 2 to get it here, so im hoping to be sporting one at the end of the weekend.

[Synapple]

Yeah, my nano was originally due to be delivered on the 26... I think it's pretty safe to assume you'll get yours pretty fast!
In the meanwhile just keep refreshing the order status page... it's one of the most exciting feelings when you actually get an update! Apple stuff getting closer... :drools: :D

[Ashapalan]

I ordered a nano online last night, and my friend did the very same on release day. :) As far as i'm aware it's looking like his will arrive today/tommorow.

[mckvakk]

I ordered a 30GB yesterday. It has not yet shipped, and since it has to go from asia (they don't have them in stock elsewhere), i doubt i'll get it before the weekend:(

[robPOD]

hopefully ill get mine by the end of the month

[0s and 1s]

I never bother ordering new product since the local Apple stores have them in stock on the same day or the following day. Case in point, I bought a new Nano and 30gb iPod today... :)

[a456]

I just ordered an 80GB Nano but the shipping time is 5-10 years, lol.:D

[FadeToBlack]

Ordered my nano not long after they were introduced and mine is already on it's way with a scheduled delivery date of 4:30 p.m. today. I'm excited!

[nomad01]

I never bother ordering new product since the local Apple stores have them in stock on the same day or the following day. Case in point, I bought a new Nano and 30gb iPod today... :)

Ordered my 80GB two days ago. I'd buy in store but I got a £23 discount code and I get cashback via Quidco too so it worked out around 30 quid cheaper. Which will go towards purchasing a nano. ;-)

No sign of it shipping yet.

[wwooden]

I'm ordering a 60gig video from the apple refurb site. It is only $229, and the only thing I'm not getting that the new ones have is a brighter screen, I didn't even think anything was wrong with the old screens. That, to me, is really the best deal on the Apple site right now.

[islandman]

I ordered an 80GB online and it shipped yesterday. Can't wait!

[richard4339]

I ordered it Tuesday, and had to call yesterday for another reason about the order. They said it was shipping within the hour.

Still hasn't shipped =/

But either way, ground shipping from Apple's warehouse takes one day, so I'm hoping I'll have it tomorrow!

[islandman]

I ordered it Tuesday, and had to call yesterday for another reason about the order. They said it was shipping within the hour.

Still hasn't shipped =/

But either way, ground shipping from Apple's warehouse takes one day, so I'm hoping I'll have it tomorrow!

Did you happen to buy a case for yours? If so, which one? I went with another Agent 18 case, but I looked at the iSkin again.

[MisterEd]

I just ordered an 80GB Nano but the shipping time is 5-10 years, lol.:D

Really? mine says only 3-4 years... how weird!



:D

[AppleGuy08]

lol, damn. mine still hasnt shipped yet, and i dont want to call apple because chances are, they just got them in today lol. screw it tho, i can wait a few days.

[richard4339]

Did you happen to buy a case for yours? If so, which one? I went with another Agent 18 case, but I looked at the iSkin again.

No, I didn't. I'll probably buy one through Amazon. Everything is much cheaper there.

[FadeToBlack]

I got my Silver nano today. It's GREAT! This is my first nano and it's SO SMALL! Crazy stuff. It works great. I may take a pic of it later and post it. Right now, it's charging.

[AJ Muni]

I just got by BLUE nano..and it is great too. the brightness is so much better than the past nano.

[AppleGuy08]

Sounds good guys. I wander why nanos are shipping significantly faster than the videos. I even bought the 2 day shipping for the extra 12 dollars and it says it wont be delivered till the 20th! I ordered it yesterday (wed.) i might add. Im just hoping it comes on the weekend so ill be home to sign for it.

Doesnt apple ship through DHL? I believe they do because i have ordered replacemet headphones from depot.info.apple.com, and they always came through them.

OH, and i have to ask, how are the new headphones?

[FadeToBlack]

Sounds good guys. I wander why nanos are shipping significantly faster than the videos. I even bought the 2 day shipping for the extra 12 dollars and it says it wont be delivered till the 20th! I ordered it yesterday (wed.) i might add. Im just hoping it comes on the weekend so ill be home to sign for it.

Doesnt apple ship through DHL? I believe they do because i have ordered replacemet headphones from depot.info.apple.com, and they always came through them.

OH, and i have to ask, how are the new headphones?

My nano shipped via FedEx. I ordered it Tuesday and it got here earlier today. (Thursday)

As far as the headphones go, I didn't even take them out of the box. I have a pair of normal Sony headphones that I use. (not earbuds)

[timnosenzo]

OH, and i have to ask, how are the new headphones?
My local Apple store had the Nano's in stock on Wednesday, but no new videos.

The new headphones are definitely an improvement! More comfortable, and seem to sound a little better.

[mannix87]

Hey all. Its been a while since i last posted. Over here in Sacramento, Ca, things seem to be going a bit slow. After i heard about the new iPods on tuesday, i anxiously went over to the Apple store in Arden Fair Mall. With cash in hand, ready to get my new 80gb Video, i was turned away because they hadnt even gotten the frappin shipment in!! No nanos, no shuffles, no videos. So i thoght this was understadable, and i wasnt too pissed (although i was a bit.) So this time i got smart and called (wed.) and still...no ipods! The associate was less than helpful with his exact words.."Ummmmm, umm, well get them sometime this week i think." lol. Its rediculous when the apple store cant even get their stuff in on time. they could of sold hundreds of them in these 2 days. So i said screw it and ordered it online with the express shipping.

Im just wandering if this happened to anyone else, or if yall just ordered it online in the first place. Get at me!

I noticed the same thing in the local Apple Store here. not that I wanted to buy 1. anyways, while I was there a few days ago i
overheard from some interested buyers who were looking for the 80GBs but were told Apple doesnt have any in stock. Instead they were asked if they were interested in getting the 30GBs (w/c Apple seems to be clearing out first before the new models arrive) since some of them didnt know any better, they got the 30GBs.

[wPod]

Yeah, i want the 80GB and i called tues and thurs to the three apple stores around the dallas area. tues they had nothing. wed 2 had the nano. i didnt call thurs cause the 80GB went from "the end of this week" to "maybe next week sometime" so i dont know! would it be faster just to order one online? or would that take even longer??!?!? im affraid if they ship at the same time (to me and to the store) that the store will get theirs quickly and mine will take longer (im to cheap to pay for next day shipping or whatever) maybe the apple store will have a surprise for me when i call today and they will have them in!

[richard4339]

Apple said that my iPod 80gig was supposed to ship Wednesday from the TN warehouse (which is a one day trip via ground).

It shipped this morning from Shanghai =/ No estimated delivery date from FedEx. And, the status is "Missed last daily shipment."

When I called about my order, they said that I ordered it so quickly it was one of their initial batch they had. Obviously, they were wrong.

Update: FedEx has updated! It will be delivered next Wednesday!

[iAlan]

Wednesday morning at the Shibuya Apple Store the minute the doors opened (given the time difference this was the earliest I could get one!)

It is a Blue iPod Nano and his name is "Blue 'nano-kun" -- my other 'nano is "White 'nano-kun" and I am not sure what I will do with that one, but will probably keep him -- I still have the very first 'chunky' iPod (and it still works -- got to love the physical scroll wheel on that one) and his name is "iPod-kun", one with the buttons accross the bottom of the screen (not a good design in my mind, but I got one none-the-less) and he is called "Button iPod-kun", one of the original iPod Photo's and he is called "Photo iPod-kun", a 1st Gen 'mini called "mini-kun" and a shuffle under the name "shuffle-kun"

Oh well, at least I don't have an iPod video yet!

[Chundles]

No new iPods here in The Gong but it seems somebody has just backed a truck up to all the department stores and emptied new nanos into the stores by pushing them off with a broom - they're everywhere and in good supply in all colours/capacities.

The AppleCentre had stacks of them, very nice looking but in my opinion I find the design less revolutionary than the original nano. When it was released I didn't think it was possible to make a fully-featured iPod so small and so classy. Yes, they scratched easily but they just look really sweet. The new nanos (iPod mini 2) are just shrunken minis - we all knew they could make an iPod that small so they just brought back the aluminium and the colours. Don't get me wrong, they're very nice, I just see the design as the lazy decision from Apple - it's a proven and popular design but to me seems very "safe."

I wanted a nano from the day they were released, I was almost obsessed, I'm not obsessed with these new ones.

Tell you what though, the old ones are on sale here - $299 for a 4GB old one now, same price as the new metal ones. 2GB are $219 - same as the old 1GB version and the 1GB version is $179.

iPods are also on sale - new models are a little slow getting down here. 3 to 5 business days wait quoted on the Apple online store.

[Chundles]

schuffle under the name "schuffle-kun"


Schuffle? Did your shuffle have a scuffle?

[AppleGuy08]

Yeah, i want the 80GB and i called tues and thurs to the three apple stores around the dallas area. tues they had nothing. wed 2 had the nano. i didnt call thurs cause the 80GB went from "the end of this week" to "maybe next week sometime" so i dont know! would it be faster just to order one online? or would that take even longer??!?!? im affraid if they ship at the same time (to me and to the store) that the store will get theirs quickly and mine will take longer (im to cheap to pay for next day shipping or whatever) maybe the apple store will have a surprise for me when i call today and they will have them in!

Yah, i think its def. faster to order the videos online, rather than play phone tag with apple to see when they have it in. The nanos however, are available everywhere now. My order status still says hasn't shipped yet. its slated to ship on the 18th and arrive on the 20th. I probably shouldn't have paid the extra 12 for 2 day but o well.

[MichelleAK]

I ordered the 80 gig on Tuesday, and got notification that it was shipped today (9/15). I should have it by the end of next week. I'm really looking forward to getting it; my current iPod is a 2G (10 gig).

[MarkCollette]

Semi-related question: Anyone know when in October the new Shuffles are supposed to ship?

[AppleGuy08]

Semi-related question: Anyone know when in October the new Shuffles are supposed to ship?

Umm, I watched the press conference and I checked apple.com and both have no definite date they just say "ships in October." If i had to guess they'd be shipping within the first week.

[islandman]

Apple said that my iPod 80gig was supposed to ship Wednesday from the TN warehouse (which is a one day trip via ground).

It shipped this morning from Shanghai =/ No estimated delivery date from FedEx. And, the status is "Missed last daily shipment."

When I called about my order, they said that I ordered it so quickly it was one of their initial batch they had. Obviously, they were wrong.

Update: FedEx has updated! It will be delivered next Wednesday!

Mine shipped from Shanghai two days ago (maybe it was three), and will be here early next week. (80GB)

[AppleGuy08]

Yay! My iPod has shipped finally! lol. Now hopefully it will be here in the 2 days that i paid for.

[shadowmoses]

Semi-related question: Anyone know when in October the new Shuffles are supposed to ship?

I have heard they are not shipping until the 31st of October,

ShadoW

[stillwater]

I walked into the Apple Store at the North Shore Mall and picked up a black 80GB iPod yesterday.

[elisha cuthbert]

post pictures people!!!!!!!!!!!!

[AppleGuy08]

Yes! what Elisha said. Now my ipod is in Anchorage, Alaska. I love tracking it through FedEx. Its rather fun.

[powerbuddy]

Ordered the 80 GB Black iPod. It hasnt shipped yet. Estimated 21st September , but i guess they will ship soon before that. I am going to kill myself if Apple releases a new ipod video device in 2 months. :rolleyes:

[AppleGuy08]

lol, what the hell. now the ipod went from Alaska to Indianapolis. IN. I think thats like, where international packages go? Ugh i just want it to get here!! AHHH. And yah ^^^ i know what you mean. But i know if that is the case, someone i know will want to buy the 80gig from me because they'd b waiting for the "price drops" for the 6Gen that wouldnt come until like a year n a half later. lol...tards

[mckvakk]

I couldnt resist. I just ordered a 8GB nano. Wonder if that or the 30GB wil arrive first, TNT says i'll get the 30GB tomorrow so..

it's a shame i'll have to return one of them :(

[MisterEd]

one word needed in this thread:

piiiiictuuuuuuuureeees! (please)

[elisha cuthbert]

one word needed in this thread:

piiiiictuuuuuuuureeees! (please)
already said

[AppleGuy08]

Hah, there will be pictures when a few of us get the dang things tomorrow. :)

[mdickson]

I ordered my customized 80gig on Friday, it was shipped from Shanghai on the 16th, in the Phillipines on the 17th, Anchorage on the 18th, and Indianapolis today.

It's on it's way to Houston, scheduled to be delivered tomorrow morning at 10:30.

[AppleGuy08]

I ordered my customized 80gig on Friday, it was shipped from Shanghai on the 16th, in the Phillipines on the 17th, Anchorage on the 18th, and Indianapolis today.

It's on it's way to Houston, scheduled to be delivered tomorrow morning at 10:30.

Nice. Thats the same route mine took except they skipped the lil' pit stop in the Philippines. Mine left Indianapolis today @ 1:20 and is making its way over here to Sacto. Scheduled to arrive 10:30 tomorrow morning as well. Trouble is i wont be home then, but ill just leave them a not to either leave it on the side of the house, or with my neighbor who works from home.

[Viking Quest]

I got my new 80gb iPod yesterday at the Apple store here in Nashville. THey only had white, so i got the white.

It's pretty cooooooool

[mdickson]

Nice. Thats the same route mine took except they skipped the lil' pit stop in the Philippines. Mine left Indianapolis today @ 1:20 and is making its way over here to Sacto. Scheduled to arrive 10:30 tomorrow morning as well. Trouble is i wont be home then, but ill just leave them a not to either leave it on the side of the house, or with my neighbor who works from home.

I just got mine, any luck yet? This thing is amazing.

[MichelleAK]

Mine arrived at my work address yesterday. One of the few benefits of being in Anchorage; we are often the first stop for international packages. Unfortunately, I was still on vacation in Seattle, so won't have a chance to fire it up until tonight. It is really nice looking, though.

While I was in Seattle, I took the opportunity to pop into the Bellevue Apple store, and play around a bit with the one they had on display. Really nice, with a bright screen. (On another note, that 24" iMac is HUGE! :eek: ).

If nobody gets any pictures taken before tonight, I'll take some and post them on my .mac site.

Can anyone recommend a case? I'd like a completely clear, see-through one, the better to admire the loveliness.

[Synapple]

Can anyone recommend a case? I'd like a completely clear, see-through one, the better to admire the loveliness.

I've been keeping my 5G in the Agent 18 (http://www.agent18.com/scripts/prodview.asp?idProduct=7) for a year now and it looks brand new. Completely see through but tough.
The link above points to the whole video kit but I just bought the transparent cover, which looks much better in reality than in pictures BTW :D

[elisha cuthbert]

im standing in an apple shop and i just laybuyed a new 30GB white iPod
i feel so special but i hope i get more money soon so i can pay it off before christmas

[AppleGuy08]

I agree with synapple. I love that the 80 fits in the 60. Mine arrived today. I was so excited to get it. Its loading songs and videos on it now :) yay oh....i have pictures too, ill upload later. and i LOVE the new headphones, very nice.

[MichelleAK]

Success! iPod synched without a problem, videos I had previously burned using Handbrake loaded and played without a problem (mpeg4, 320x240).

Below is link to a couple of pics I took. Not too great, due to lighting and poor photography skills. Basically, the look is identical (or nearly so) to the 60GB.

http://web.mac.com/mikkirm/iWeb/Site/ipod.html

ETA: Thanks, Synapple, for the case recommendation. I like the style, and plan to go ahead and order the kit.

[AppleGuy08]

How are you likin' your 80 gig? im lovin mine! wooot

[MichelleAK]

How are you likin' your 80 gig? im lovin mine! wooot

It's fab, especially after my 2G. I am having a bit of trouble adjusting to the touchwheel, but I'm sure I'll get used to the difference.

I like the video capability. I don't think I'd want to watch the Lord of the Rings trilogy on it, but it's nice for music videos and TV shows that don't rely on a lot of special effects or panoramic scenery.

I don't care for earbuds (they make my mild TMJ act up) so I ordered a pair of Sennheiser headphones at the same time. The sound quality of these is very good, much better than the cheap Sonys I was using with my 2G.

[McKellar]

My new baby, only had it for 30 minutes:

http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=58084&stc=1&d=1158819491

http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=58085&stc=1&d=1158819538

Just taken with iSight, then downsized a bit, so forgive the quality. I love how the case opens, all it needs is smoke and a pneumatic hissing noise :P

[Synapple]

Wow McKellar that blue nano looks gorgeous!
I hadn't seen real life pics of the coloured nanos but I have to say that your blue one is stunning... makes me wonder if I did the right choice in getting a silver one... I'm starting to get some colour envy :D

[viccles]

Wow McKellar that blue nano looks gorgeous!
I hadn't seen real life pics of the coloured nanos but I have to say that your blue one is stunning... makes me wonder if I did the right choice in getting a silver one... I'm starting to get some colour envy :D

I want ALL the colours! Just kidding I looooove my green

[Synapple]

I want ALL the colours! Just kidding I looooove my green

lol... so you ended up getting one! I told you so!
Yeah, the green one looks great as well!
And I do love my silver one... the only thing I'm kinda still undecided on is the edges... I loved the square edges of the orginal nano and I'm still unsure whether I prefer the rounded edges of the new one... Big problems.. :D

[pagansoul]

I got my new 80g yesterday. It only took 3 days from China. I was only able to load 10g last night. I put on 2 movies, Immortal and Tomcat-Dangerious Desires (this is off an old VHS I copied to DVD and ripped with Handbake). I ripped 2 Firefly shows off my DVD and about 200 fanvids for Farscape, SG1, Buffy and LOTR. Some Madonna, Steve Matthews Band, Sting and k.d.lang music videos off my DVDs (I use Handbake). About 1000 of my best rated songs. I have over 6000 on my iMAC but It took about 2 hours to put on what I currently have. Also a few podcast - Joe Cartoon, DogBlog.com, AppleTV. Love it to death.

I'm still waiting for my ebay cases so am using my old 20g cases instead. Same size but the screen is cut off. My 20g never leaves my iHome in the livingroom.

I'm still on the fence about getting Bejeweled. I love that game and already have it for my MAC/PC.

[Chimaera]

Unfortunately my black 80gig is stuck in shipping hell - according to the shipping company Apple forgot to include manifest information for the shipment so until they rectify the mistake it's stuck :(

[iflipper]

My 30gb 5.5g black ipod is suffering a "Potential Connection Delay". Potential my ***, it's been there two and a half days! Sucky TNT. I want my new ipod! I've been using a zen vision:m for the last three months and it's just not comparable to the ipod experience. Thankfully I have a 1g nano to tide me over too.

[feelthefire]

got my blue nano yesterday...so far, I haven't put it down. I love this one so much more than my previous nano. I have finally seen what the attraction to the mini was.

[mdickson]

my 80 gig is full :(

[alywa]

Got my 80GB from Amazon last week. Syncing was weird at first... iTunes kept "unexpectedly quitting" on me. It seemed to be hiccupping during iPhoto sync. I restored the iPod to factory original settings, and restarted iTunes. I disabled iPhoto sync. It went smoothly thereafter. I later went back and synced a few photo folders with success.

Anyway, this is a sweet piece of gear. I've still got 25GB left for more videos and tunes, I've got Seasons 3-6 of the Simpsons (ripped from DVD), plus a few movies, and over 30GB of music.

I purchased Zuma and Bejewled from iTMS. Zuma is really cool, Bejeweld is OK (the scrollwheel is hard to get used to).

All in all, I'm loving the 5.5 G iPod. My wife now has my old 40GB 4th gen in her office hooked up to the stereo, so she's happy too.

[iflipper]

All of a sudden the page gets updated and it's out for delivery! My ipod is here and it's very lovely. Synced no problem with itunes7 (fingers crossed that it continues).

[MichelleAK]

Got my 80GB from Amazon last week. Syncing was weird at first... iTunes kept "unexpectedly quitting" on me. It seemed to be hiccupping during iPhoto sync. I restored the iPod to factory original settings, and restarted iTunes. I disabled iPhoto sync. It went smoothly thereafter. I later went back and synced a few photo folders with success.


I had a problem syncing to iPhoto too, last night. The first time I synced it went fine, and I synced a single iPhoto folder at that time without a problem. I tried to sync additional photo folders last night, but kept getting an error notice that iTunes couldn't find the iPod (even though it was showing up on the iTunes menu). I restored the iPod to factory settings, and changed settings to automatically sync photos as well as music/movies, and it updated without a problem. Of course, now I have my entire photo library on my iPod, which I didn't plan, but as I have plenty of room I'm not going to worry about it right now.

[irregardless]

my and my wife's 80gb (both white) have been stuck in 'order processing' at macmall for 2 days now. :( i was in no hurry to order one, but now that i have, i want to ship already!