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4th Generation iPods?
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We need a 4G iPod
Now that Microsoft want to deliver its "iPod Killer" and take over the Apple's market in mp3 player....we need a renewed iPod to keep the market in this area, and not let it go as Apple did in early 90's....... We all know that the microsoft gadget will always be lesser than any Apple's......so I hope Apple deliver this 4G soon......I don't know if I'll have money enough to buy it...lol....anyway.Hattig said:
cbadvanced said:
In all fairness, my Panasonic portable DVD plays for about 4 hours using a Panasonic battery. Of course, it's only a 5" widescreen, so you'd be able to hear all of LOTR...but not really see it.
I think people are jumping to conclusions about this new iPod having video capabilies. All the rumors have stated that it has a color display for photos and a video out port, most likely for displaying photos on a TV.
There are a bunch of portable storage devices out there that cost as much as an iPod and do nothing else than store digital photos. Most have a 1.8 inch color screen. Some only have an LCD status display. Imagine an iPod that can do this and play music.
It seems pretty simple. The name iPod was picked because it can apply to more than just music down the road. The current iPods sync with iTunes. These will add syncing with iPhoto. Perhaps in the future we will have one that syncs with iMovie and iDVD but I don't think the technology is there yet to properly support it.
We're still waiting for the iPod with 802.11g/Rendezvous support.
There are a bunch of portable storage devices out there that cost as much as an iPod and do nothing else than store digital photos. Most have a 1.8 inch color screen. Some only have an LCD status display. Imagine an iPod that can do this and play music.
It seems pretty simple. The name iPod was picked because it can apply to more than just music down the road. The current iPods sync with iTunes. These will add syncing with iPhoto. Perhaps in the future we will have one that syncs with iMovie and iDVD but I don't think the technology is there yet to properly support it.
We're still waiting for the iPod with 802.11g/Rendezvous support.
jsw said:In all fairness, my Panasonic portable DVD plays for about 4 hours using a Panasonic battery. Of course, it's only a 5" widescreen, so you'd be able to hear all of LOTR...but not really see it.
If you are unsatsfied with a five inch screen (and is very understandable) how satisfied will the people that buy these $800 PVPs be with a 2 or 3 inch screen? I don't think that these things will ever sell like mp3 players have.
TWinbrook46636 said:
I first questioned the merits behind a WiFi enable music player (aside from synching) But then I read about technology that HP is working on and became excited. I would encourage you to read about it at this link
http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Mat_Hans/research/djammer/index.htm
Maybe Apple will get a peice of this tech with their partnership with HP
Aaargh! When?
Does anybody have a clue when these might be coming out? I've been waiting patiently for a new G5 + New Flatscreen + iPod buying session. But now it seems that there will be new iPods out- will the torture never end?!?
If I'm about to buy a 40 gig iPod, should I perhaps wait, or are these unsubstantiated rumors and nothing will probably come out for at least a few months, if not the end of the year? Any clues?
ps- the apple homepage promoting the G5s seems like a clue that updates are coming... and I'm trembling.
Does anybody have a clue when these might be coming out? I've been waiting patiently for a new G5 + New Flatscreen + iPod buying session. But now it seems that there will be new iPods out- will the torture never end?!?
If I'm about to buy a 40 gig iPod, should I perhaps wait, or are these unsubstantiated rumors and nothing will probably come out for at least a few months, if not the end of the year? Any clues?
ps- the apple homepage promoting the G5s seems like a clue that updates are coming... and I'm trembling.
Soire said:
I was also preparing to buy an iPod, my advice...WAIT!! They should almost be guaranteed by summertime. Why? Well the new HP iPod will hit the shelfsduring or at the begininng of summer and Apple would be utterly stupid not to update their own line of iPods. What does this mean well a substantiated rumor has it that the HP iPod will be different in appearance than the Apple 3G, but the inards will be the same as the 3G. So apple will have the 4G out while HP is selling the 3G at a reduced price. Traditional business common sense says that Apple will release the 4G before HP releases the 'new 3G' (so that the media will cover Apple and give them lots of free pub).
In short I am waiting until the summer. They might also give the mini storage bumpsd during summer, we'll see.
I'm hoping that Apple would keep only audio features in the iPod and make a separate line of video/audio/photo portable media center pods. Many consumers, especially PC users that don't have iPhoto, will only use the audio part of the iPod. For me, what I want in a 4G iPod would be
1. battery life
2. aluminum enclosure
3. built-in mic
4. built-in media card reader
5. ability to keep your home folder on the iPod for use with any OS X computer
For an audio player, the storage space is enough. I would never use more than 20GB of the space, especially considering that I live with a 20GB HD on my computer.
1. battery life
2. aluminum enclosure
3. built-in mic
4. built-in media card reader
5. ability to keep your home folder on the iPod for use with any OS X computer
For an audio player, the storage space is enough. I would never use more than 20GB of the space, especially considering that I live with a 20GB HD on my computer.
4th generation ipod
I think i will like the new ipod but i dont think i would use the video options. currently i have a 15 gb 3rd generation ipod and i would like to see these different things in the 4th. a slightly larger color screen, larger harddrive sizes (15gb-50GB), and a longer battery life
If you have any comments e-mail me at ajsipod04@yahoo.com
I think i will like the new ipod but i dont think i would use the video options. currently i have a 15 gb 3rd generation ipod and i would like to see these different things in the 4th. a slightly larger color screen, larger harddrive sizes (15gb-50GB), and a longer battery life
If you have any comments e-mail me at ajsipod04@yahoo.com
I couldn't give a crap about a video out. What I do want is a digital audio out - mini plugs are a joke.
mms said:
Nice set of features, especially 4 and 5. A firewire attachment would be nice to such down video from DV Video...
SiliconAddict said:
Actually, it's 520 MHz now.
http://www.brighthand.com/article/ASUS_A730_with_VGA_Screen_Revealed?site=PPC
mms said:
The Windows compatable iTMS / music dedicated iPod has been successfully exposing PC users to the slick Apple way of doing things (and making money for Apple too), but it has been pointed out that a well synced MP3 player alone is unlikely to stimulate a mass movement of PC users to go buy a Mac for all their computing needs. However I think that Apple could do well to use g4 iPods with music AND photo storage/display/download capabilities as a Mac only option with iPhoto, which would put more realistic pressure on digital savvy PC users lusting after the latest greatest iPods to switch to Macs. G3 iPod there was music only, G4 music and photos, g5, music, photos and music videos, etc etc. Dropping prices of Macs makes iPods more affordable...
If they could get more battery life and have a color screen big enough to watch DVD's (I know it can't be too big because of the size of iPods). I would like watching video clips and DVD's on the go. Especially on long bus rides. For those of us without laptops, its a portable video oppurtunity I would love to have.
You can come out now Mr iPod.
Well, now we have all those silly clunky big laptops updated, perhaps Apple can get on with some really important stuff by taking one more step into the future of truly portable/personal computing.
Bring on the 4th Gen. iPod.
Well, now we have all those silly clunky big laptops updated, perhaps Apple can get on with some really important stuff by taking one more step into the future of truly portable/personal computing.
Bring on the 4th Gen. iPod.
you can't have it all. at least, not at once. if ipod some day can view video, it will most likely be another generation after first being able to view photos. so count video out of the equation for now. photo viewing would definetely be nice feature, but apple should make it happen without affecting battery life.
am/fm radio - who will actually think apple would put analog technology into ipod which stands for all-digital lifestyle? if ipod ever has radio feature, it will be digital radio and not 100-year-old analog crap. and for the same reason you can count analog recordings out of the equation, because that will likely not happen. ipod is not meant to be a do-it-all-lousy kind of device, but instead it's about doing few things as good as possible.
i think ipod mini shows how the next generation ipods look like. they will be aluminum, and most likely adopt the mini scroll wheel too. that rocks! the greatest mistake apple did with 3rd gen ipods was to separate the buttons from the scroll wheel; compared to 2nd gen ipod and mini ipod, the 3rd gen ipod is actually unusable. even though it's "cool" to have no moving parts, who cares about that if that makes actually using the ipod slow as hell?
am/fm radio - who will actually think apple would put analog technology into ipod which stands for all-digital lifestyle? if ipod ever has radio feature, it will be digital radio and not 100-year-old analog crap. and for the same reason you can count analog recordings out of the equation, because that will likely not happen. ipod is not meant to be a do-it-all-lousy kind of device, but instead it's about doing few things as good as possible.
i think ipod mini shows how the next generation ipods look like. they will be aluminum, and most likely adopt the mini scroll wheel too. that rocks! the greatest mistake apple did with 3rd gen ipods was to separate the buttons from the scroll wheel; compared to 2nd gen ipod and mini ipod, the 3rd gen ipod is actually unusable. even though it's "cool" to have no moving parts, who cares about that if that makes actually using the ipod slow as hell?
Time Frame?
Does anybody have any word or speculation on whether Apple would actually commemorate the ITMS anniversary with a product release?
Or is the more likely scenario that iPods aren't coming out until WWDC? Any word on those 50gig drive shipments? ...I am so uninformed.
Does anybody have any word or speculation on whether Apple would actually commemorate the ITMS anniversary with a product release?
Or is the more likely scenario that iPods aren't coming out until WWDC? Any word on those 50gig drive shipments? ...I am so uninformed.
New Codec on iPod?
Perhaps the new h.264 codec released at NAB will migrate to the next Gen iPod.
Perhaps the new h.264 codec released at NAB will migrate to the next Gen iPod.
carletonmusic said:
you put your photos on your iPod as an alternative back up, don't want to put put it this way, but what will happen if someone house caught on fire when nobody around, everything can be burned down, even your DVD file back up... this is how i use my iPod.
Apple Ipod release date?
I want my new 4 gen IPOD NOWWWWWWWWWWW!
Had my last one stolen ,
Come on Steve.. Get with the program we need our fix..
www.homepage.mac.com/magnolob
I want my new 4 gen IPOD NOWWWWWWWWWWW!
Had my last one stolen
,Come on Steve.. Get with the program we need our fix..
www.homepage.mac.com/magnolob
Putto said:I want my new 4 gen IPOD NOWWWWWWWWWWW!
Had my last one stolen
Come on Steve.. Get with the program we need our fix..
www.homepage.mac.com/magnolob
I don't see it happening soon - Apple was hard at work on the iPod mini, and then have since been focusing on hardware updates (eMac, iBook, PowerBook, and undoubtebly soon PowerMac), and those Pro tool upgrades (FCP HD, DVD Studio Pro, Shake) along with the all-new Motion. They're probably at work right now on the G5 iMacs with a brand new form factor, and are planning on releasing PowerMac speed bumps soon. Oh, and the there's the aluminum displays and the constant work on 10.4.
So, I'm thinking the iPod mini was the last iPod update you'll be seeing for a little while - Apple can only do so much my friend!