Apple store says the 8GB iPod touch can only hold 1,750 songs

Schnebar · Sep 5, 2007, 03:49 PM

and the 8GB nano is 2,000 songs.

Is that because the os takes up 1GB?

and on the 16GB the os takes up 2GB

I know these are estimates and it depends on the song quality and length but it is still a large amount if the OS is taking up 2GB.

Anyways I ordered the 16GB and I am sooo excited for oct 2-4th

Eric Lewis · 06:15 PM

prob..with the cache and everything.the iPod needs...for sure

bc008 · Sep 5, 2007, 04:09 PM

oct. 2-4.. ouch

MaskedPhantom · Sep 5, 2007, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Schnebar

DAMN! I was gonna post a screen capture...

mikefly · Sep 5, 2007, 04:25 PM

hmm.. in fact it is wierd -- touch has higher capacity video listed compared to nano -- and lower capacity music.

bizarre -- my guess is typos.

Mike

ikonq · Sep 5, 2007, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by mikefly

hmm.. in fact it is wierd -- touch has higher capacity video listed compared to nano -- and lower capacity music.

bizarre -- my guess is typos.

Mike

Or the possibility that the iPod Touch has a larger Operating System than the iPod Nano, which seems likely and feasible to me.

WillJS · Sep 5, 2007, 06:12 PM

Touch has Safari, Youtube, etc.

Fearless Leader · Sep 5, 2007, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by WillJS

Touch has Safari, Youtube, etc.

woohoo thats a lot MBs

anyways if it were the OS, why would it take the same percentage off?

WildCowboy · Sep 5, 2007, 06:28 PM

If they had said 1750 and 3750, you'd have people wondering why it's not double the storage for double the capacity. They can't win either way...

eggplant · Sep 5, 2007, 06:35 PM

It can hold more pictures apparently :P

Schnebar · Sep 5, 2007, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by WildCowboy

If they had said 1750 and 3750, you'd have people wondering why it's not double the storage for double the capacity. They can't win either way...

No because then we could figure that the OS takes up the same space on both models.

Now they are saying that the OS takes up twice as much space on the 16GB

it has usually been 250 songs per GB with all the other iPods

There had to be some reason why they changed this for the touch.

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Eric Lewis Banned Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: CANADA? eh?	prob..with the cache and everything.the iPod needs...for sure Last edited by jsw; Sep 5, 2007 at 06:15 PM. Reason: FPQ not needed
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bc008 macrumors 68000 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Michigan	oct. 2-4.. ouch __________________ \| iMac 21.5" - For Sale \| iPhone 4 \| iPad \|
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mikefly macrumors regular Join Date: Jan 2007	capacity hmm.. in fact it is wierd -- touch has higher capacity video listed compared to nano -- and lower capacity music. bizarre -- my guess is typos. Mike
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eggplant macrumors newbie Join Date: Aug 2007	It can hold more pictures apparently :P
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