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I hate the new iPods! and why, who agrees?

Re: Ahem

Originally posted by damax452
- I find the text very easy to read, but i wish i could more effectively search for a song...like display all songs in the format of "artist - album - title" in one long list (no folders). I know you can do this by songs only but i prefer by artist....(can you do this?)
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Under Browse... there should be choices for Artist, Album and such. Artist brings you to a list of all the artists on the iPod. Selecting an artist brings you to a list of the artists albums, then down to the songs.

If you can't see these items on the menu, go to the Settings menu on the top level. Then, go the the Menu Settings area and make sure artist is selected on the menus.

Taft
 
i agree totally. like i said in another forum, apple took a design that worked beautifully and ****ed it up. i mean, it was just perfect. i'm holding onto my 10gig tight now, it's the iPod done right.

IMHO, they should have left the design alone (perhaps rounded the edges of the plastic a BIT) and put 20, 30 and 40 gig drives in. Obviously it's not cost prohibitive, look at the other companies! i think the original success of the iPod is soon to go down the drain as people flock to cheaper devices that in many cases hold more.

pnw
 
Re: Re: Ahem

Originally posted by Taft
Under Browse... there should be choices for Artist, Album and such. Artist brings you to a list of all the artists on the iPod. Selecting an artist brings you to a list of the artists albums, then down to the songs.

If you can't see these items on the menu, go to the Settings menu on the top level. Then, go the the Menu Settings area and make sure artist is selected on the menus.

Taft
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Thanks, Taft. But what I meant was that i want to see ALL my songs in ONE folder, (one list), and have them in alphabetical order by artist. Currently the only way to see artists in alphabetical order is to have artist displayed as a folder then you have to enter another folder to see the albums/songs.

Sorry if this isn't clear, its kind of hard to explain.

I think i can solve my problem by listing "artist - album - title" in the title field of the ID3 tag, and then use the 'songs' search and id see my "artist - album - title" tag. This may sound wierd but this is how i list my songs in winamp so im used to it. ;)
 
Originally posted by übergeek
DUDE I HAVE PROBABLY SPENT MORE TIME WITH THE NEW iPod THAN YOU HAVE SO DON'T GIVE ME THAT CRAP
jeeze i can't believe how ignorant people are...most people would not part with $400-$500 without thinking of it...
I bought my old iPod before i ever used one for more than two minutes. I bought the new iPod after playing with it for SEVERAL DAYS.
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i cant believe how ignorant people are? you are boasting about playing with the ipod more than us (and we dont care), then you bought it, now you are complaining you bought it. exactly how long did you play with it, apparently not enough.

iJon
 
Originally posted by iJon
i cant believe how ignorant people are? you are boasting about playing with the ipod more than us (and we dont care), then you bought it, now you are complaining you bought it. exactly how long did you play with it, apparently not enough.
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i played with it. i got it. i sold it.
when did i ever say i got it because i wanted it?
 
Most of the complaints sound like OS 9 users first time using X. It's stupid, where's this, why'd they change that, if it ain't broke don't fix it, etc. The only reason you don't like it is because you have to learn something different. It's not that the new iPod is bad design, it's that it's different for your comfort level. Notice the new iPod owners love it, but 2 original iPod owners don't.

Sounds like some people need to relax and adjust to life a little more. I look foward to getting my first iPod, because as much as I hated X when it came out, I would never go back to 9 now.
 
Originally posted by übergeek
i played with it. i got it. i sold it.
when did i ever say i got it because i wanted it?
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well assuming you played with it and bought it, if you didnt want it then exactly why did you buy it?

iJon
 
Originally posted by iJon
well assuming you played with it and bought it, if you didnt want it then exactly why did you buy it?

iJon
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because i felt that i might fall in love with the new iPod...but i didn't
 
OK, I hate doing this, but "fall in love with the new iPod"??? It's a frigging MP3 player!!!! You aren't supposed to fall in love with it! I mean, I know we're all geeks here, but "fall in love"! That's a bit extreme! If you like it, buy it. If not, buy something else, or don't buy anything at all. Sorry, but I never expected to "fall in love" with my iPod. Yeah, I like it, and yeah, I like the new one too. I'd prefer the new one, I have no problem with the touch sensitive buttons (primarily car use, so no "pocket problems"), and I find the new design attractive. But thats just me. I think some of us forget that, yeah, it is just an MP3 player or computer. I doubt Apple will ever make everybody happy with their product releases, such is the dilemma with innovation. The more you "push the envelope", the more polarized people become...
 
Ok, ok. I am not supposed to fall in love with it, but I'm a geek and I am in love with my iPod. It is worth every penny I spent. I have no reason to doubt you guys at all. I have seen for myself the sensitivity of the controls. I'm just glad this is my first one so I don't have the prior benchmark in my mind to disappoint me. I just love this thing.

-dh
 
Originally posted by übergeek
because i felt that i might fall in love with the new iPod...but i didn't
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That is a pretty scary statement, even for an uebergeek...
You probably meant to say "because I needed the extra storage space", right ?

;)
 
Originally posted by etoiles
That is a pretty scary statement, even for an uebergeek...
You probably meant to say "because I needed the extra storage space", right ?

;)
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heh no i meant what i said.
and it's übergeek :)
 
ah, common, I am trying to help you out here, work with me :p

ü=ue (in German, when you are typing on a keyboard without 'Umlauts'. Ok, ok, it does not look as übercool, I know :D )
 
Re: Ahem

Originally posted by damax452
I bought my 15GB iPod on saturday...my first iPod. At first I was absolutely amazed by it. The fact that it is so small, and beautiful, while still being functional just blew me away. However, I do agree that there are some minor design flaws. Nothing major though.

- The buttons are too sensitive, I am able to change the volume with my finger through the outside my pocket even. and when i reach into my poket to make a change, i often press the wrong button by accident. The hold button is essential here.

- The remote is useless to me, too many wires, and it doesnt clip well to anything.
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First of all, learn to use a remote. Depending on what the weather is like, say I'm wearing my school coat, the cable from the headphones go down my back and around my left, which plugs into my remote that is attache to my shirt, which is attached to the ipod in either the coat pocket or my pants. All the excess remote cable just goes in the pocket. Theres nothing wrong with that.
 
Sonicubaa... wahtever.

In terms of that Sonic Cube whatever thing I would only base it on:
a. Battery consumption.
b. Encoding.
c. Weight.
d. Transfer speed.

along with few other things like the UI and charging method.

Back to the iPods...

Well, I got my first iPod on the day the 3G iPods came out, I had been waiting a while so I was happy and sad in a caparative sort of way.
But I looked at it as "If it plays music, it's why I have it" and played it all through the night.
 
I really wish that Apple had waited just a little longer to introduce the latest update to the Ipod so they could incorperate this technology... E Ink

Black and white Oled
Nigel Deighton, vice president and research director for Gartner, says "OLED definitely has the potential to replace LCD. Just the fact that you can see an OLED screen in sunlight, unlike the LCD screen, will make a huge difference." He predicts that the technology will launch in 2003 as black-and-white screens but will likely turn to color sometime in the next couple of years.
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A digital camera from Kodak will soon be released with an Oled screen...Digital Camera with Oled
pic of display

It seems like it is just about ready to be incorperated in many new products.

More Oled news
Prototype versions of 2.2-inch and 3.5-inch panels were also displayed by Toshiba Matsu****a Display Technology. Commercial production is scheduled to begin sometime in 2004, said Jun Hanari of the company's research and development center. On power consumption, he said that in some cases, such as a still screen of black text on a white background, it could be as much as double that of a modern LCD.
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Now... wouldn't something like that Eink... or a black and white Oled with a white background be absolutely beautiful on this sleek new touch screen Ipod? To me, the screen on the Ipod has always looked barbaric compared to the rest of it(especially with the backlight off).
 
Originally posted by Kid Red
Most of the complaints sound like OS 9 users first time using X. It's stupid, where's this, why'd they change that, if it ain't broke don't fix it, etc. The only reason you don't like it is because you have to learn something different. It's not that the new iPod is bad design, it's that it's different for your comfort level. Notice the new iPod owners love it, but 2 original iPod owners don't.

Sounds like some people need to relax and adjust to life a little more. I look foward to getting my first iPod, because as much as I hated X when it came out, I would never go back to 9 now.
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you couldn't be more right. at first, i thought the new iPods were ugly, but as i anticipated friday night coming, they seemed to get cooler and cooler than my brother's 20GB.
you'll get used to it people. and if you don't, at least use proper english in the title:p
 
Re: Re: Re: Ahem

Originally posted by damax452
Thanks, Taft. But what I meant was that i want to see ALL my songs in ONE folder, (one list), and have them in alphabetical order by artist. Currently the only way to see artists in alphabetical order is to have artist displayed as a folder then you have to enter another folder to see the albums/songs.

Sorry if this isn't clear, its kind of hard to explain.

I think i can solve my problem by listing "artist - album - title" in the title field of the ID3 tag, and then use the 'songs' search and id see my "artist - album - title" tag. This may sound wierd but this is how i list my songs in winamp so im used to it. ;)
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you could just put them into a playlist (the wholoe library) and then set the order to what you want. might be a little tedious towards the song title, but that's all i can think of right now.
 
I got my new 10 GB last Friday. This is my first iPod. And I love it! I love the touch-keys. At first I had to get a little used to them, but now I love them. :D
 
Originally posted by MacFan25
I got my new 10 GB last Friday. This is my first iPod. And I love it! I love the touch-keys. At first I had to get a little used to them, but now I love them. :D
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also, i wanna add that you can't use the buttons with anything but fingers. kinda cool.
 
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