I don't really see the point ot 64gb on a pocket device. My total music collection is 14gb, and I only care to listen to 1/4 of it depending on my mood or the season. Movies I put on the Touch get take off after I've watched them. I don't have kids, so don't have a gaggle of photos I keep on it. Although I may but several apps, they will eventually boil down to a few killer ones I want on my Touch all the time. The Touch doesn't generate its own content like your PC does. I don't feel any pressure to get a 16gb Touch much less a 64gb one.
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iPod touch new iPod touch: thoughts?
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If you're going to add a camera and Bluetooth to an iPod, why not add a phone, GPS and 3G? Oh, wait...
Besides, you can already add photos to your contacts on the current iPod Touch. Just take a picture with something (camera, phone, etc) and put it on your computer, then sync it to your iPod. Go to your contacts on your iPod, tap edit on one, and tap the photo icon that appears (the silhouette) and add a photo from your albums. Easy.
I'd like to see them come out with external volume control buttons and a matte aluminum back that doesn't scratch.
Add GPS too. A <$10 chip. GREAT idea! Skip the phone and 3G, and anything else that costs a monthly fee. Add bluetooth because then you can eliminate wires. It'll help them stay ahead of the competition. The Samsung P2, Insignia Pilot, Philips SA????BT, IBIZA, all have bluetooth for wireless music listening. Once you go Blue you'll never go back.
Yes, I know I can add photos to contacts via a camera, my PC, and a sync cable. Stick a little camera in a new Touch and I can eliminate those 3 steps.
You can always buy an old Touch if you don't need either feature. I see plenty of them in the stores.
The price of that SSD really doesn't have much to do with this seeing as it's completely different than the little chips used in iPods/iPhones. Even if it did, the drive is still too expensive (not to mention too large) to put into the current iPod touch form factor.
GPS is ridiculously pointless if you only have WiFi to connect to for the actual maps. Unless you want to include ALL the data for the maps. Which takes up a lot of storage space and is something Apple would probably have to license, which costs money and will add to the price of the already-overpriced iPod Touch. Unnecessary addition.
The iPod Touch is already capable of wireless syncing - Apple just needs to create the software updates necessary for it. The Zune already does it through WiFi, it's very possible for the iPod Touch as well. No need for Bluetooth unless Bluetooth headphones suddenly become a reasonably priced and decent quality option. Which they are currently not. Pointless addition.
A camera is an expensive and very unnecessary addition to the iPod Touch. As useful as a camera may be, it's not included in iPods for a reason (the same reason why FM radio, a microphone, etc aren't there either): it's unnecessary, pricey and overall not a sound business decision. Yes, you and a few others may be begging for a camera, but the vast majority will not need, let alone use, a camera. And as nice as it may be to have pictures for every contact you have, it's very easy to do this without an embedded camera. If you ever use your iPod to look at pictures, then you can easily add pictures to any contacts you've ever taken a picture of. And it didn't add a dime to the cost of the iPod Touch. A camera most definitely would. If you want a camera so desperately on your iPod Touch, go buy an old iPhone and deactivate the SIM card, and you have an iPod Touch, plus camera and potential phone. Unnecessary addition.
I'm telling you, unless circumstances change, Apple will NOT add any of these features to the next iPod Touch. Guaranteed.
yeah, i saw that after i made that post, it is 599 now, but nevertheless it is still expensive
True. As pointless as having the Maps on the Touch without GPS. BTW, once your current location and destination is mapped while in wifi range, the generated list to your destination is persistant. Take it with you for turn by turn directions. I have wifi at home, at work, at coffee, and at half the diners I eat at, although I'd only need it for a second with maps and GPS.
Yes, and Microsoft just needs to create the software update necessary to give the Zune web access. Each update is equally likely, and neither device is yet capable.
Or unless one already has bluetooth in their car, already owns bluetooth headphones, already own a bluetooth adapter for their iPod dock, or anticipated any of the above. Insignia Bluetooth headphones: $49. I own these, and their quality is easily decent.
You clearly have no idea what a simple 2mp camera component, FM/Bluetooth chip, and mic cost at wholesale in quantities of 10,000 or more. At most these would add $5 to the cost of a Touch, which should be easily offset by lower memory prices. Your business sense is also suspect. Please tell me from where you have your business degree.
The whole point of this thread is the assumption and hope that there might be a new Touch. To be new in itself implies there will be some change to the device. Sure seems like changing circumstances to me. Guarantee is a big word. You'll be a liar if they add anything mentioned in this thread. Good luck with that.
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But you still would need the entire map of the WORLD preloaded if you wanted the GPS to be actually useful (to everyone). And that takes up a lot of space. Besides, Apple will most likely not add a feature that few people will truly take advantage. As nice as it would be to have, I highly doubt it will happen.
Are you serious? Wireless syncing is a MUCH smaller addition then a web browser, and it is FAR easier and more likely to implement a wireless syncing feature on the iPod Touch. Think about it. iTunes will soon be controllable from your iPod Touch. Wireless syncing is the next logical iTunes-iPod progression. Yes, it's possible that it won't happen, but if Apple feels the need to add the feature, they WILL add it in a software update (or iPod Touch refresh).
Okay, point taken, but I'm sure that in Apple's eyes it's not worth the effort or money to add Bluetooth at this point, as useful as it may be. This is because not enough people would use the feature to make it worthwhile (or so Apple believes) - the same reason why FM radio and a mic aren't included in any iPods.
You are clearly the one who has no idea why Apple won't simply add a camera to an iPod, or even FM radio, Bluetooth or a mic. It's because Apple doesn't believe enough people will use the feature to make it worthwhile to implement. Yeah, it's nice to have, but it sure isn't necessary for most people, and since Apple wants to make a profit, a $5 camera is going to add at least $10 to the cost of the final product (all design, production, etc costs considered - and knowing Apple, the added cost would probably be higher), which is another $10+ that may push people away from the iPod Touch. Yes, it sure as hell is nice to have, but so is FM radio, Bluetooth, 3G, GPS, a mic, and a toaster. Apple doesn't add all the features people want for a reason, and it's not just to piss a select group of people off.
I don't have a business degree, but it's pretty damned clear that you don't either. You seem to think that just because you want these things, it makes complete sense for Apple to add them. It doesn't.
The changing circumstances was referring to changes in the need or demand for Bluetooth, GPS, a camera, etc. Just because a new iPod Touch is pretty much guaranteed to be released, doesn't mean the changes have to be big. Look at the iPod Classic. Or the iPod Nano 2G. Minor changes; a product refresh. That's what we are most likely in store for here. Nothing major.
Believe me, I want all these features just as you do. I just highly doubt any of them are coming.
Oh no, my predictions will be off. It's the end of the world.
I'm pretty sure I'm right. Come September, we'll find out.
Fair enough. I'm pretty sure I still want bluetooth, and that it will sell more Touches if they add it. GPS not so much. FM not so much. An added camera would double sales of new Touches if the added price was minimal. Of course they would have to thread usefulness of it for email attachment, contact addition, easy upload to photo sharing sites, etc.
I don't have a business degree. I have two design degrees (Interior Architecture, Product Design), and teach product design. It's my clever wife that has the business degree. Yes, she agrees with me. Her car has bluetooth.
Fair enough. I'm pretty sure I still want bluetooth, and that it will sell more Touches if they add it. GPS not so much. FM not so much. An added camera would double sales of new Touches if the added price was minimal. Of course they would have to thread usefulness of it for email attachment, contact addition, easy upload to photo sharing sites, etc.
I don't have a business degree. I have two design degrees (Interior Architecture, Product Design), and teach product design. It's my clever wife that has the business degree. Yes, she agrees with me. Her car has bluetooth.
Well yeah, I know it's useful, and I hope that they add Bluetooth; I just don't think they will. As for a camera, yeah, it would boost sales, and is something I'd really want, but again, I'm just not convinced that Apple would add a camera to an iPod.
And the camera could easily be integrated into an iPod Touch software-wise; an iPod Touch's software is just crippled iPhone software, so "uncrippling" the camera software would be a piece of cake.
I'm pretty sure Apple's current mentality is "if you want something that's not on the iPod Touch, get an iPhone".
i gota agree with you on this one. the ipod touch doesnt need a camera, or a multi touch screen, or even gps. all that it really needs is a price cut, an external volume control, and external speakers.
I wouldn't mind, just not at that price or even $600. While 64 is beyond what most people will use, some do have music and video collections close to it. Besides, it's nice to not run out of space anytime soon. It all depends on how it's used.
On that note for you Touch owners, how much memory does the software use up, especially after being jail-broken?
