I know almost 99% certain that the nano is compatible with ipod port accesories, now the question is, is it compatible with the port-> firewire adapter? Anybody tired that yet? b/c I really really really dont like usb.
mad jew said:... Still, you do realise it's going through a USB port nonetheless, right?...
mad jew said:I think I misread it. I interpreted the firewire adaptor to be a firewire-to-USB adaptor which the USB-to-dock connector would plug into before plugging into the computer. My bad.
Listen to DeSnousa, he knows what he's talking about.
True. FWIW, transfer times to the nano are pretty good. Substantially better then the Shuffle's.Yvan256 said:While I agree that FireWire 400 is better than USB 2.0, you do have to remember one thing: the iPod nano uses flash memory. Even USB 2.0 will be more than what the flash memory will be able to handle. Putting FireWire on the iPod nano (or iPod shuffle, if it had a dock connector) would be a waste of better technology.
If, however, the next (big, i.e. hard-drive-based) iPod isn't compatible with FireWire, then you may panic.
Yvan256 said:While I agree that FireWire 400 is better than USB 2.0, you do have to remember one thing: the iPod nano uses flash memory. Even USB 2.0 will be more than what the flash memory will be able to handle. Putting FireWire on the iPod nano (or iPod shuffle, if it had a dock connector) would be a waste of better technology.
If, however, the next (big, i.e. hard-drive-based) iPod isn't compatible with FireWire, then you may panic.
jsw said:True. FWIW, transfer times to the nano are pretty good. Substantially better then the Shuffle's.
mrgreen4242 said:Everyone who comments on the speed of flash memory should read these two pages.
http://www.barefeats.com/usb2.html
http://www.barefeats.com/jump.html
DeSnousa said:I believe you can only charge over Firewire. Syncing will require the USB
The electronic transfer controller chip...XIII said:Why? Why can't you sync over FW?
neocell said:The thing is though, that Macs have had Firewire for a lot longer than USB2.0. So it kind of screws a lot of mac uses that have slightly older equipment, in regards to transfer speed. I know you could just plug it into the 1.1 and wait a while to download it all initially, then you probably wouldn't need to transfer too much stuff after that so it would only be bad initially. But can you charge through USB1.1?? I hope so. All in all it would have been nice to have firewire support since so many macs have it, but not USB2.0. Oh well I guess I'll have to buy a new mac before a nano