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'It's Only Rock And Roll' Banner and Last Minute iPod Production Problems?

Better Not Have A Friggin Camera

If they put a camera on this new iPod it will totally turn me off from Apple products for the next 5 years until they make up there mind. The only thing I could really hope for, the only thing that I would like to see is a 128 gig solid state iPod touch ( i know never gonna happen )

Apple used to innovate with new ideas

Now they are all about the gimmick

" slap a camera an it, all those suckers will eat it up heh heh "

the only camera I want to see is a FRONT FACEING CAMERA !!!!!! .............jeez
 
Mr. Gates said:
If they put a camera on this new iPod it will totally turn me off from Apple products for the next 5 years until they make up there mind. The only thing I could really hope for, the only thing that I would like to see is a 128 gig solid state iPod touch ( i know never gonna happen )

Apple used to innovate with new ideas

Now they are all about the gimmick

" slap a camera an it, all those suckers will eat it up heh heh "

the only camera I want to see is a FRONT FACEING CAMERA !!!!!! .............jeez
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....um....ok....Well I don't see how they are not still innovating with new ideas..I think it's a great idea to put a camera on it. If they ever do make a front facing camera, it will be on the iPhone first.
 
Mr. Gates said:
If they put a camera on this new iPod it will totally turn me off from Apple products for the next 5 years until they make up there mind. The only thing I could really hope for, the only thing that I would like to see is a 128 gig solid state iPod touch ( i know never gonna happen )
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What do you mean about making up their mind? Why would a camera be such a turn-off?

Besides 128gb touch will almost certainly happen, but you will need to wait until next year.

Now they are all about the gimmick

" slap a camera an it, all those suckers will eat it up heh heh "

the only camera I want to see is a FRONT FACEING CAMERA !!!!!! .............jeez
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You don't say how a front faceing (sp) camera is innovative. A front facing camera *is* a gimmick, if you mean if it points the direction of the screen. It's either for taking pictures of your self (pretty vain, IMO) or for video conferencing, which nobody does, or almost nobody, the few that do don't seem to admit to using it. Maybe some people will use it to play with it, but the feature will probably be forgotten by most people within a week of purchase.
 
JeffDM said:
It will happen, just wait until next year.



A front facing camera *is* a gimmick, if you mean if it points the direction of the screen. It's either for taking pictures of your self (pretty vain, IMO) or for video conferencing, which nobody does, or almost nobody, the few that do don't seem to admit to using it. Maybe some people will use it to play with it, but the feature will probably be forgotten by most people within a week of purchase.
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I guess that may be true for most, but if you have Family Far away and would like to see there face while on the go, It would be nice.
 
Diaresi said:
1. Purchase The Beatles Remastered Box Set

2. Rip it all

3. Why so much excitement for it to be on the iTunes Store?
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I don't get that either. I've never liked the Beatles, but I would imagine that anyone with a true appreciation for them would NEVER dream of buying their music through iTunes.
 
Mr. Gates said:
If they put a camera on this new iPod it will totally turn me off from Apple products for the next 5 years until they make up there mind. The only thing I could really hope for, the only thing that I would like to see is a 128 gig solid state iPod touch ( i know never gonna happen )

Apple used to innovate with new ideas

Now they are all about the gimmick

" slap a camera an it, all those suckers will eat it up heh heh "

the only camera I want to see is a FRONT FACEING CAMERA !!!!!! .............jeez
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I disagree that a camera on an iPod Touch is a gimmick... There's too many apps in the App Store that can't be used by the iPod Touch due to the lack of a camera. Now on the Classic and the Nano, that's gimmicky.
 
The same old iPods now with a camera is indeed lame. Especially considering that if you're so into device consolidation that you can sacrifice picture quality, you probably already have a phone with a camera. The obvious next step is not moving your camera to your digital media player, it's moving your digital media to your phone, finally giving you the One device.

And if you're not into device consolidation at all and just want the best media player, best phone and best camera, well, again, this doesn't help.

I guess digital cameras are the 2000s version of the digital clock. It used to be people joked about product development as : "how can we make this product better ? Throw a digital clock on it and ship!".
 
Diaresi said:
1. Purchase The Beatles Remastered Box Set

2. Rip it all

3. Why so much excitement for it to be on the iTunes Store?
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1. I bought the CD's when they got introduced 20 years ago

2. I ripped them all and never play any CD anymore.

3. There are some songs missing since I only bought the original CD's, no compilations. I would like to complete my collection with a few songs that were only released as a single.
 
KnightWRX said:
The same old iPods now with a camera is indeed lame. Especially considering that if you're so into device consolidation that you can sacrifice picture quality, you probably already have a phone with a camera. The obvious next step is not moving your camera to your digital media player, it's moving your digital media to your phone, finally giving you the One device.
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I agree. A phone slapped onto the iPod Touch & Nano isn't going to make a lot of people want to run out to buy the new models. As you said, if they're happy with the mediocre picture quality that an iPod would produce, then the vast majority of them already have similar cameras in their phones.
 
applealex said:
how long will it take Best Buy to get the news iPods after the announcement?
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Suppose they're "available now" after the announcement, and shipping in the next 24 hrs, then BB will have them no later than 2 weeks after usually.
 
I think we will be seeing an updated shuffle -- the current model has gotten a really bad rap.

I also hope they don't kill the high capacity classic.

A camera on the iPod touch and on iPod nano makes sense. Add wifi to the iPod nano and you can turn it into a "upload photos/videos to youtube/facebook" kind of device that people will like.
 
queshy said:
Suppose they're "available now" after the announcement, and shipping in the next 24 hrs, then BB will have them no later than 2 weeks after usually.
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lets hope it's a lot sooner. I plan to get the new touch this weekend so if they won't have it I might as well order of Apple.com Wednesday
 
KnightWRX said:
The same old iPods now with a camera is indeed lame. Especially considering that if you're so into device consolidation that you can sacrifice picture quality, you probably already have a phone with a camera. The obvious next step is not moving your camera to your digital media player, it's moving your digital media to your phone, finally giving you the One device.

And if you're not into device consolidation at all and just want the best media player, best phone and best camera, well, again, this doesn't help.

I guess digital cameras are the 2000s version of the digital clock. It used to be people joked about product development as : "how can we make this product better ? Throw a digital clock on it and ship!".
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I don't have a camera phone, I bet you this camera will be better than most cellphone cameras because of the new autofocus, autoexposure and such. the majority of the photos taken will be of teenagers posing and they'll be destined for MySpace where everyone cares about how "hawt" the person looks over quality of the photo
 
LAS.mac said:
Probably it's just me, but it's not very appealing an event just for some ipod's.
I think something it's hidden underneath :apple: magic hat...
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And its this thinking that leaves everyone on these forums bitching EVERY YEAR. We know its an itunes/ipod event, get over it people.
 
rwilliams said:
I agree. A phone slapped onto the iPod Touch & Nano isn't going to make a lot of people want to run out to buy the new models. As you said, if they're happy with the mediocre picture quality that an iPod would produce, then the vast majority of them already have similar cameras in their phones.
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What would you like instead of a camera and probably a microphone? For it to hover or create a hologram image?

Many people would use that camera. The iPhone is the most popular camera on Flickr. As for the mediocrity of the photo, who cares? There is nothing wrong with a camera that takes average pictures. For most that's enough. You will get mediocre photos from anything other than a $700 (minimum) SLR.
 
str1f3 said:
What would you like instead of a camera and probably a microphone? For it to hover or create a hologram image?

Many people would use that camera. The iPhone is the most popular camera on Flickr. As for the mediocrity of the photo, who cares? There is nothing wrong with a camera that takes average pictures. For most that's enough. You will get mediocre photos from anything other than a $700 (minimum) SLR.
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I once paid $999 for a Sony digtal camera that was 3.4MP. That was about 8 years ago and I still use it. I never dreamed that my cell phone would be just under that resolution. Back then 3.4MP was crystal clear.
 
hexonxonx said:
Every year they hold an event just for iPods. I just don't understand why people think there has to be more to it.
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Exactly, and if there is its only other small things, nothing life altering, otherwise it would have its OWN event.
 
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