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iPod 5G iPod

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davefan6435

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Now that the Paris Expo has begun and there has been no iPod update, when do you think it will occur. On sunday someone dropped my iPod and now the screen is broken :( . Im planning on holding out till a 5G iPod comes out because i can still see like 2 lines on the display and it still plays music. And in case your wondering I do realize there are already threads out there on this subject. Sorry if this is a redundant post.
 
i doubt 5g ipods will be out for a while, the ipods were just updated in july so it seems like if the 5gs were coming soon they would've happened in july or they would have come out at the same time as the ipod nanos
 
jiv3turkey748 said:
i doubt 5g ipods will be out for a while, the ipods were just updated in july so it seems like if the 5gs were coming soon they would've happened in july or they would have come out at the same time as the ipod nanos
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I wouldn't consider that an updating. It was more just a merging of two lines.
 
If its new it's going to have to be:
a) video
and/or
b) flash

I don't know the current high-end capacity of flash drives, so I'm not going to make crap up. all I know is that if you're going to update after putting out a flash-based iPod, you're going to have to be able to rival the estique of the nano.
 
killuminati said:
I wouldn't consider that an updating. It was more just a merging of two lines.
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either way i doubt they would do that if there is suppose to be major updates in the near future
 
Your best bet will be to buy a Nano. Its a gig short of what you're looking for, but because they're new the resale value will remain storng for some time. In the event there's in update in the next few months, you can sell the Nano, and re-invest in a 5+ gb model.
 
MmmPancakes said:
Your best bet will be to buy a Nano. Its a gig short of what you're looking for, but because they're new the resale value will remain storng for some time. In the event there's in update in the next few months, you can sell the Nano, and re-invest in a 5+ gb model.
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i dont think he means 5gig ipod, he means 5th generation ipod
 
the_freddinator said:
If its new it's going to have to be:
a) video
and/or
b) flash

I don't know the current high-end capacity of flash drives, so I'm not going to make crap up.
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Good to hear my man! Apple releases a 60GB flash iPod. Price? $16,000.
 
I heard a rumor floating around a month or so back that they were going to re-introduce the anodyzed aluminum from the iPod mini into the 5g along with removable batteries. Both of which I hope will be true.

Why this would work?

-Anodyzed aluminum kicks ass. My year+ old mini is completely unscathed and has seen some pretty rough pockets/keys/drops/scrapes in its lifetime.

-Apple is currently charging about $60-70 for battery replacement service. They can easily cut down this part of their service and having to deal with refurb units by selling user-replacable batteries at two-capacities priced at about ~$59 & $79 each. Users can then upgrade their batteries or just buy new ones when they feel the need (probably a whole heck of a lot more often than paying for them to be replaced when they die).

Just my $.02
 
I hope that they will keep the design or make it even better, introduce 80-gig model and of course give them an ability to play videos!
 
I have the first 20GB unit that came out (2nd gen I suppose) and I just gotta replace it soon. I'd buy a 60GB unit, but I worry that the PP5022-powered 5th gen will come out with something like 30 hrs of battery life and I'll kick myself. OTOH, I'm sure it will be more than the $399 they're charging right now. So given that fairly cheap price I may have to get one while the getting is good.
 
Meatwad said:
I have the first 20GB unit that came out (2nd gen I suppose) and I just gotta replace it soon. I'd buy a 60GB unit, but I worry that the PP5022-powered 5th gen will come out with something like 30 hrs of battery life and I'll kick myself. OTOH, I'm sure it will be more than the $399 they're charging right now. So given that fairly cheap price I may have to get one while the getting is good.
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The fourth generation has been around for what seems like forever be it with colour screens or no. I'd try to hold out until the 5th gen come out because they're gonna be better and chances are they'll be around for as long as the 4Gs have been. Even if a 5th gen comes out in six months you're still gonna feel a bit down because your relatively new ipod is now old hat.
 
I'm still waiting to see if that by any chance that rumoured date about October the 7th for the video iPod is true. I won't be upgrading then, and all signs are pointing to it being false, but you never know.
 
steve_hill4 said:
I'm still waiting to see if that by any chance that rumoured date about October the 7th for the video iPod is true. I won't be upgrading then, and all signs are pointing to it being false, but you never know.
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I'm really sorry to tell you that NO, there won't be any video iPods this year whatsoever...

"but you never know" i know...
 
killuminati said:
I wouldn't consider that an updating. It was more just a merging of two lines.
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its a change in the line its not 5g its still 4g but it does put of the 5g for longer( im betting something to take the iPod Photo's higher price point)
 
Surely a video iPod would warrant some sort of event from Apple..... :D :eek: ;) :D
 

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Thanksgiving '05...if not i shall throw my PowerBook out of my window and throw my iPod into the Hudson River...and then ill go buy a nice Dell :eek:
 
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