dukemeiser said:
Have you looked at the MacRumors buyers' guide? The indication there is that iPods aren't due for an update anytime soon (the recommendation is Neutral) - that's why I bought one last week.dukemeiser said:
That 4th gen iPod is already very late and its looking older by the minute! Apple needs to get that featured-upgraded iPod out now!
Apple uses smaller (miniature) hard drives that are not user-upgradable in the iPods to keep their size as small as it is. I'd be willing to bet that the other players you mentioned aren't as small as the iPod, and they're cheaper because they use cheaper hard drives. I've heard that the ones with user-upgradable hard drives are using ordinary notebook drives - that is why they are so cheap, yet don't come close in terms of size to the iPod and iPod mini. You are right about the features - the iPod could certainly use more. I don't think the price will change significantly because the hard drives Apple chooses to use aren't cheap either - simple as that.Nisaea said:Hello,
Here's my take on the iPods. Apple has to do something, and do it very soon as it is already far behind in the mp3 player race in terms of features. Look at those players:
iRiver iHP-120: 20Gigs, USB2, plays all formats save AAC, Digital line in and line out, Analog line in and line out, voice recorder (direct-to-MP3), volume controlled microphone (direct-to-MP3), FM radio and a 16 Hours Battery. (Very basic mac compatibility, can serve as a hard drive.)
349$
DMC Xclef 500: 40Gigs, same thing as the iRiver except that it has a 20 hours battery, uses an ordinary (i.e. user upgradable) drive, is fully mac compatible and can serve as an external hard drive as well.
Again, 349$.
To get 20Gigs in an iPod, you have to pay 50$ more and you still don't get any line-ins, digital or otherwise, no internal microphone, no radio. You only get AAC compatibility. And you're still far from the Xclef's 40Gigs.
As for user interface, they're probably not as easy to use as the iPod, but we're not children and it's not rocket science anyway... And what if they're not as pretty as the iPods? It's not as if I'll be putting them on display at a museum! Most likely they'll spend most of their time in my pockets...
I really want to buy an iPod to go with my Macs, but these days it's getting harder and harder. I'm not a teeny-gadget type freak, so the boring Mini doesn't do a thing for me. I want a full featured mp3 player / hard-drive / recorder and Apple is lagging far, very far behind.
Man! 40Gigs, 20 hours battery, digital and analog ins and outs, recording features, fully mac compatible and still 50$ cheaper than an iPod with half the HD!!!
Loa
wrldwzrd89 said:
wrldwzrd89 said:
Who is expecting iPod updates at WWDC? As far as I know, nobody is. I'm certainly not, at least not until rumors of iPod updates are posted. Besides 46 days is more like 1.5 months, and for me it would actually have been 54 days till the end of an average update cycle (I bought mine on Wednesday, April 21, 2004).TrunksGoku said:uhm do you know math? Avg days since update =161. 115 days since an update
that's like 46 more days... a little over a month...just in time for WWDC IMO
sucks you couldnt wait 46 days or at least till WWDC before you decided to buy an ipod
wrldwzrd89 said:
I didn't really care anyway - I was determined to get an iPod, update in the next two months or not. As long as the MacRumors Buyers' Guide says "Neutral" or better, I'd gladly buy an Apple product.TrunksGoku said:
wrldwzrd89 said:
TrunksGoku said:uhm do you know math? Avg days since update =161. 115 days since an update
that's like 46 more days... a little over a month...just in time for WWDC IMO
sucks you couldnt wait 46 days or at least till WWDC before you decided to buy an ipod
