iPod touch Outdated?

[Exodemia]

Yes but an iMac is a large investment so I can understand that and that's fine. The Touch doesn't cost much and I'm sure you can hold off for that and make do with you've already got till the next one comes out. If you need something like an iMac then sure get it, a computer is pretty important!

 

[Stetwin]

Yes but an iMac is a large investment so I can understand that and that's fine. The Touch doesn't cost much and I'm sure you can hold off for that and make do with you've already got till the next one comes out. If you need something like an iMac then sure get it, a computer is pretty important!

I guess its about needs Vs cost, personally I wouldn’t have even considered an iPod Touch if I didn’t get £85 off with the mail in rebate, I would have just made do with my current iPod mini, either way though the iPod Touch is sure to be one of the biggest selling gadgets this Christmas even if people think it should of had more memory or that it will be updated relatively fast

 

[Exodemia]

Yes I think 32GB was definitely possible but like to start off small and grow from there which is how most things work anyway.

 

[sushi]

Personally, I want my entire music library on my iPod, which means 100 gigs minimum.

I'd be ordering a Touch right now if it had that. Apple dropped the ball on this one IMO

Plan to be disappointed a lot during your life.

Your wants and reality will probably not coincide in many areas.

Yes, someday the Touch will have a much larger flash memory capacity.

But now, it has 16GB and for many that is enough. If it is not enough for you, then wait ... and wait ... and wait ... until there is a model that has a large enough capacity for your needs. Meanwhile, others will be happily using their Touch iPods while you are waiting.

 

[26139]

hahaha

Is there any point in even contemplating buying an iPod Touch???

I dont want to purchase on now only to have a 32gb and 64gb come out this time next year?

I cant afford to buy technology that will be outdated in a year! Would it be more efficient maybe waiting for an iPhone update to 16gb or something like that?

THanks

Then you can't afford to buy any piece of technology. What will make it outdated in a year? Does the presence of a newer model somehow detract from what you have? I have a 60 gig video iPod and it's still working two years later. The new macbooks and macbook pros didn't take any functionality away from my 12" powerbook, either.

 

[freediverdude]

I'm sure there will be a time when the touch reaches that magic 80-100gb+ and will replace the ipod classic. We just don't have the flash memory available, or at a reasonable price yet. But I am glad they're starting to go with flash. Right now just purchase whichever ipod meets your storage requirements. If 16gb will really cramp your style, then you'll have to wait or buy an ipod classic.

 

[Zwhaler]

I would hold off for now. The ipod touch is a great design, however, there may not be enough storage to be used for movies. A 16 GB ipod is probably sufficent for many music listeners, however, how many movies can you put on one of those? I have plently of XVIDs that I play at home and at an average of 1.5 GB per movie, I would be constantly moving videos around.

I am more than happy with 16 gigs... I have 6 gigs of music, 700 photos, 6 full length movies, 7 TV shows (2 of them from iTunes - meaning that they are about half a gig each) and a music video. On top of that, I have 3 gigs of storage available

 

[mac 2005]

Is there any point in even contemplating buying an iPod Touch???

I dont want to purchase on now only to have a 32gb and 64gb come out this time next year?

I cant afford to buy technology that will be outdated in a year! Would it be more efficient maybe waiting for an iPhone update to 16gb or something like that?

THanks

If you want the iPod Touch now, then there is a point in contemplating buying it. I tend to think that thinking about doing something and actually doing it amount to two different things. If they were the same, I'd be caught up at work, my laundry would be done....

Now to your underlying question, there will be a new iPod Touch in the near future. It will have more functionality for the same -- or even a lower -- price. The decision on whether to buy is yours.

That said, I will not be buying an iPod Touch until a unit with at least 32 gb is available. I'm not clear on why Apple didn't ramp up the storage to at least 16gb and 32gb other than the fact that form factor tends to dominate so much of its product decisions.

 

[winterspan]

I dont understand...

I would hold off for now. The ipod touch is a great design, however, there may not be enough storage to be used for movies. A 16 GB ipod is probably sufficent for many music listeners, however, how many movies can you put on one of those? I have plently of XVIDs that I play at home and at an average of 1.5 GB per movie, I would be constantly moving videos around.

I don't understand why everyone always says 16GB is not enough for video. You say you have plenty of XviDs @ ~1.5GB... Would you not be re-encoding these for the touch? I know its screen is significantly better than the QVGA of the classic, but even at 480x320, an H264 vid should not take up ~1GB/hr.
and most will be 16:9 letterboxed at 480x270 which should be even smaller..
I also imagine the touch/iPhone will scale a smaller res movie (if you are not a videophile) so you could take a letterboxed 480x270 and shrink to 400x225
or 360x202 and have the touch scale it up.

At those sizes with h264, you should easily come under a Megabit/sec...
In my case I would use about say 10GB for video / 4-5GB for music.

So, 1hour = 60 min * 60sec = 3600s

500Kbps * 3600s = 225MB/hr --- 10GB/225MB = 44.4 Hours
700kbps * 3600s = 315MB/hr --- 10GB/315MB = 31.7 Hours
900Kbps * 3600s = 405MB/hr --- 10GB/405MB = 24.6 Hours

I don't know about you, but holding 30+ hours of good quality video at a time is definitely enough for me...

 

[winterspan]

I dont understand...

Sorry for the duplicate...

 

[winterspan]

I dont understand...

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[Stetwin]

I don't understand why everyone always says 16GB is not enough for video. You say you have plenty of XviDs @ ~1.5GB... Would you not be re-encoding these for the touch? I know its screen is significantly better than the QVGA of the classic, but even at 480x320, an H264 vid should not take up ~1GB/hr.
and most will be 16:9 letterboxed at 480x270 which should be even smaller..
I also imagine the touch/iPhone will scale a smaller res movie (if you are not a videophile) so you could take a letterboxed 480x270 and shrink to 400x225
or 360x202 and have the touch scale it up.

At those sizes with h264, you should easily come under a Megabit/sec...
In my case I would use about say 10GB for video / 4-5GB for music.

So, 1hour = 60 min * 60sec = 3600s

500Kbps * 3600s = 225MB/hr --- 10GB/225MB = 44.4 Hours
700kbps * 3600s = 315MB/hr --- 10GB/315MB = 31.7 Hours
900Kbps * 3600s = 405MB/hr --- 10GB/405MB = 24.6 Hours

I don't know about you, but holding 30+ hours of good quality video at a time is definitely enough for me...

How do you resize the videos like that because it would be most helpful for when i get my iPod Touch