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iPod Touch: needs dedicated volume rocker and side buttons for back,next,&pause/play?

  • YES: I think these would be sweet for no-look song control

    Votes: 28 36.8%
  • NO: I'm an idiot

    Votes: 48 63.2%

  • Total voters
    76
I disagree.

On the iPhone I think the volume rocker is used primarily for calls... For instance if you have your ringer on and your in a quite place... You can quickly silence your ringer... ALso when in the middle of a call you can keep the iPhone to your ear and turn the volume up or down...

Makes sense on a phone... No real need on an iPod.

As far as changing songs in your pocket... Well I never really did that. Why not just pull it out and do it?


Scroll wheel is a TERRIBLE idea imo... Why would you add that when you have a touch interface?

I agree that it is used very much when using the phone, but I use the volume rocker all the time when listening to the iPod function. It is much faster than taking the iPhone out of my pocket, pushing the sleep button, unlocking the phone, perhaps clicking on the iPod icon and then turning up or down the volume.

Having a volume rocker makes perfect sense for the audio functions of the iPhone/Ipod Touch.
 
I rely want an ipod touch but why can't it have a hard drive . The Ipod classic 160-Gig is only 14-mm thick the Ipod touch is 8-mm thick it seems worth it to just make it thicker with 10-times the storage. any extra space in the casing could be used to add another battery. I think first quoter 08 they will make a Ipod Touch-pro with 160-Gig and 2 battery. Then the normal Ipod Touch will come in different colors and the pro in black white or brushed aluminum. That is truly the perfect ipod.
 
also needs ability to stream radio portion of itunes via wifi

that would be sick

lets see how much down loading can be done via wifi...podcasts , video etc...
 
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