A lot of people have been complaining about the fact that the new shuffle can only be used as a storage device when you carry around the dock. The lack of convienence to this is obviously not desirable.
I think people should discuss why this is a problem and/or possible solutions. If I were to use the shuffle some day (I have a nano, and that's plenty...) it would be to replace my aging USB drive. But, right now, the cost of a USB Flash drive at 1GB is about $40 now a days, no? If the price/storage ever becomes more comporable, then I'd get a shuffle for storage.
So here's what I propose, and now I recall that I've seen something similar on the web before...but this is still something I was just thinking about on my own: have a tiny usb connector attach to the new media stick or whatever that allows for sync/power/music or whatever and charge it for $19 or so...or maybe even include it in place of the dock.
Apple could really brand it as a USB storage device if it ever comes closer in price and storage to a USB flash drive...including this would-be accessory. I think that'd be a huge selling point for the many that do not know you can use iPods conveinently as storage devices.
Now I'm not complaining...Heck, I don't even own a shuffle! I have an iPod Nano I got for free with my computer. I'm just discussing the topic because of this sort of significant change in usability of one of the features and the clear amount of discussion on the subject. It seems as if it's the biggest discussion.
Thoughts?
-=|Mgkwho
I think people should discuss why this is a problem and/or possible solutions. If I were to use the shuffle some day (I have a nano, and that's plenty...) it would be to replace my aging USB drive. But, right now, the cost of a USB Flash drive at 1GB is about $40 now a days, no? If the price/storage ever becomes more comporable, then I'd get a shuffle for storage.
So here's what I propose, and now I recall that I've seen something similar on the web before...but this is still something I was just thinking about on my own: have a tiny usb connector attach to the new media stick or whatever that allows for sync/power/music or whatever and charge it for $19 or so...or maybe even include it in place of the dock.
Apple could really brand it as a USB storage device if it ever comes closer in price and storage to a USB flash drive...including this would-be accessory. I think that'd be a huge selling point for the many that do not know you can use iPods conveinently as storage devices.
Now I'm not complaining...Heck, I don't even own a shuffle! I have an iPod Nano I got for free with my computer. I'm just discussing the topic because of this sort of significant change in usability of one of the features and the clear amount of discussion on the subject. It seems as if it's the biggest discussion.
Thoughts?
-=|Mgkwho
