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New Toshiba Hard Drives Could Boost iPod Classic to 220 GB
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ipod classic is a great product and will continue to live on I believe.
For those simply want to carry a large library of music in relatively uncompressed format, it is the best option.
I don't think it will die until you can buy an ipod touch at today's 32GB price but with 128GB or more on it.
For those simply want to carry a large library of music in relatively uncompressed format, it is the best option.
I don't think it will die until you can buy an ipod touch at today's 32GB price but with 128GB or more on it.
There's more need for this much storage in an ipod/iphone than for unlimited data plans on an iphone.
Awesome if true! However, I would still rather see a solid state solution in these capacities. Not cost effective at the present though.
I'd like to see a 250 GB solid state iPod Classic...don't want/need all the bells and whistles the touch has to offer, that's what I have an iPhone for. In my truck, however, where I use my classic 98% of the time, I would love to have an iPod with no moving parts. I've had some issues when it gets super cold out.
I'd like to see a 250 GB solid state iPod Classic...don't want/need all the bells and whistles the touch has to offer, that's what I have an iPhone for. In my truck, however, where I use my classic 98% of the time, I would love to have an iPod with no moving parts. I've had some issues when it gets super cold out.
i'd buy it today but it's still not big enough. i need about 250 so a 320 is needed because of format. this 220 is really probably like 180gb of actual space?
if they asked me (which they've yet to do) i'd say blow up the screen like the ipod nano was with a little click wheel like the nano was.
or just make a fat ipod touch with a big hd instead of flash... the people will forgive apple for slower drive access when they can store EVERYTHING on the device.
if they asked me (which they've yet to do) i'd say blow up the screen like the ipod nano was with a little click wheel like the nano was.
or just make a fat ipod touch with a big hd instead of flash... the people will forgive apple for slower drive access when they can store EVERYTHING on the device.
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This is what I was going to say. I doubt they'll update it, they're just waiting to quietly discontinue it. I'm sure that going the step backward from 160GB to 120Gb max capacity was just to make the capacity of the early iPod touches look not so bad.
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This is what I was going to say. I doubt they'll update it, they're just waiting to quietly discontinue it. I'm sure that going the step backward from 160GB to 120Gb max capacity was just to make the capacity of the early iPod touches look not so bad.
Reducing it to 120GB meant they could use a single platter disk.
I think we all know how obsessed Jobs is with 'thinness'.
Yes, I always wanted my iPad to exhibit gyro motion like when I wing around my macbook while the drive is spinning ... (not).
40 GB lost to "format" ???
Where do you get the idea for formatting takes up a lot of space?
Sure, a small amount of memory is taken up by filesystem metadata and the Ipod firmware and other files, but 40 GB?
Absurd.
Where do you get the idea for formatting takes up a lot of space?
Sure, a small amount of memory is taken up by filesystem metadata and the Ipod firmware and other files, but 40 GB?
Absurd.
I'm not someone who would presently have use for a bigger Classic, but I hope it sticks around and gains capacity, in case I ever meet up with one of you folks with huge libraries. 
I know that hard disks have moving parts, but I don't care. My old HDD iPods were very reliable, even at the gym and other uses that others claim they were no good for. I also dropped them from time-to-time and they were always fine. Cold conditions weren't an issue for me in the car, since I wouldn't keep it there when parked. Battery life on my 5.5gen with 240GB drive and AIFF library was always great. I just decided to let it go when the sync 128kbps option was added to iTunes.
But yea I'm pessimistic that the Classic will receive these drives, mainly because the interface is different. Perhaps Toshiba has a PATA one that they're keeping hush about until Apple makes an announcement.
I know that hard disks have moving parts, but I don't care. My old HDD iPods were very reliable, even at the gym and other uses that others claim they were no good for. I also dropped them from time-to-time and they were always fine. Cold conditions weren't an issue for me in the car, since I wouldn't keep it there when parked. Battery life on my 5.5gen with 240GB drive and AIFF library was always great. I just decided to let it go when the sync 128kbps option was added to iTunes.
But yea I'm pessimistic that the Classic will receive these drives, mainly because the interface is different. Perhaps Toshiba has a PATA one that they're keeping hush about until Apple makes an announcement.
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I for one care about the iPod Classic. People saying nobody cares about it are wrong. I have a lot of music and videos I like to take with me. My 120 GB iPod Classic is getting cramped, 160 would only be a small boost but I would totally save up $249 for a 220GB.
I never had one but being the device with the most space it's easy to understand that some people rely on them...
I don't know what the point is in watching a video on an iPod screen, it's way too small and very bad for your eyes. It would make more sense if they doubled or tripled the HD space in an iPod touch or the iPhone - that would sell like hot cakes.
I haven't got a single video on my classic.
I'm now down to my last 5GB of free space so I'd definitly be interested if the classic gets a boost in September.
I haven't got a single video on my classic.
I'm now down to my last 5GB of free space so I'd definitly be interested if the classic gets a boost in September.
Before I got my iphone, I had video on my ipod. It wasn't too bad for video you've watched before and you are just killing time. I wouldn't want to do a first view on it. Its certainly better than reading a book would be on that screen.
I gad a really good yahtzee game I bought for it too.
I haven't used it much since the iphone but I'm starting to miss having the larger selection of music and may start carrying it again.
It is also still useful for dedicating to the car stereo and you don't have to disconnect it except to sync new music to it.
+1. As far as I can see, iPod Classic is slowly being pushed into the background to make way for the iOS devices.
People who buy the iPod classic want two things: Store tons and tons and tons of music on it. And play the music.
If you explain how a touch screen makes the iPod classic store more music, or how the touch screen makes the iPod classic play the music any better, then please do so. Since you can't, I'll say that Apple made the iPod classic for music lovers, and it made the iPod nano for people like you.
Just today I added 36 hours, 1.8 GB of audio books to my library. That is about 12% of the capacity of the iPod nano with the touch screen. And that was just today.
Time Capsule: Maybe
Shuffle? Obsviously not
Nano? Obviously not
Classic: Maybe
Touch: No way
iPhone: No way
iPad: No way
Air: No way
MB: Possible
MBP: Possible
iMac: No
Shuffle? Obsviously not
Nano? Obviously not
Classic: Maybe
Touch: No way
iPhone: No way
iPad: No way
Air: No way
MB: Possible
MBP: Possible
iMac: No
There is another niche with the classic..which is using it for video to output to TVs. Yeah yeah standard definition only but still certainly better than watching it on my monitor(s).
I've swapped my 5th gen with a 240GB hard drive and it strictly exists to view TV Shows that I sometimes download from iTunes since my work schedule is such a mess I miss some shows I want to watch.
I'm still using a 120GB Classic as my primary music player.
I'd welcome a 220GB classic, but I wouldn't necessarily be crushed. More capacity is always better.
I find it funny that capacity needs are rising faster these days than they were 3 years ago, yet apple hasn't move a inch as far as capacity updates go. Touch is still at 64GB, Nano has been at 16GB for 3 generations now, Shuffle went down 2GB this year, and the iPod Classic hasn't seen a new capacity update since 2007.
I've swapped my 5th gen with a 240GB hard drive and it strictly exists to view TV Shows that I sometimes download from iTunes since my work schedule is such a mess I miss some shows I want to watch.
I'm still using a 120GB Classic as my primary music player.
I'd welcome a 220GB classic, but I wouldn't necessarily be crushed. More capacity is always better.
I find it funny that capacity needs are rising faster these days than they were 3 years ago, yet apple hasn't move a inch as far as capacity updates go. Touch is still at 64GB, Nano has been at 16GB for 3 generations now, Shuffle went down 2GB this year, and the iPod Classic hasn't seen a new capacity update since 2007.
I don't understand how people can't fill a 160GB. I have over 12 TBs of music. I collect GD, Phish and other live concerts and that stuff takes up massive amounts of space. I have more music than I could ever listen to in a lifetime and DL more every day. I would love a 220GB Ipod but that could never be enough for me.
ipod classic whats that?
j/k, but it really needs an update, lol. maybe a keyboard or touchscreen, something to use as a search function -.-
j/k, but it really needs an update, lol. maybe a keyboard or touchscreen, something to use as a search function -.-
Real men use the scroll wheel to click each letter one at a time.
Ask anyone who has bought the Mac Book Wheel.
I have a 120gb iPod classic which has about 5gb of free space left and I haven't even added any movies on it. So bigger hard drive is a must!
I personally prefer the looks of the classic over the new ones. I hate when today everything has to be touchscreen.
I personally prefer the looks of the classic over the new ones. I hate when today everything has to be touchscreen.