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Secret 4G iPod Features?
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Soire said:
iskins for the 4th gen are coming in August, doesnt mention the date but you can sign up for an email once there launched at iskins.com
for resetting you hold the button in the middle and either play or menu cant remember
Scot
Apple is no Microsoft
Apple has a 70% of the legal music download market. A very shaky, low profit market. It has a 50% of portable music player market. [Sorry if the numbers are off a bit]. I'm not sure that constitutes a monopoly, but simply a success for a great company who has found the key to succeed where others failled.
As for Real, I don't think it's polite to break in when you were told you can't come in. Apple has every right to protect their hardware and software. This allows them to provide the easy of use for their customers that they are so proud of. Imaging if people started buying fewer ipods because they had a hard time with the 'bootleg' Real files and confusing sync software and Apple couldn't do anything for them when they called customer service. (I doubt you'll be able to simply put these files into iTunes and sync to an iPod - if you are already in iTunes, why would you wanna go to Real to buy songs only to import them back to iTunes?)
Apple has a great product, that keeps getting better and Real wants to piggyback on Apple's success. That's foul play in my book. Microsoft is a monopoly because it made it hard for people in browser and media player markets (or what's left of them) to compete. IPods and iTunes aren't stopping Real or Sony or others from releasing their products and having them be viable options (since they are not tied to a specific operating system like Windows). The fact that so far no one has come close to the iPod isn't Apple's fault. It just shows that when you think different, good things happen.
Anyway, now that my little rant is over (figured I'd make up for all the time I've been reading and not posting). I think the communication with Express would be awesome. Now that this poor college student has dug himself out of a financial hole, I'll be buying my first iPod soon.
I don't remember who said it, but I think it makes the best sense that iPod would serve as a remote for a streaming computer as opposed to an outright streaming solution to save up on battery power.
Here's to a great company!
Thanks Apple.
Yuri
(Switched a year ago when I started college and you will have to pry my powerbook out of cold dead hands. Unless of course I can afford the new iMac G5).
dontmatter said:
Apple has a 70% of the legal music download market. A very shaky, low profit market. It has a 50% of portable music player market. [Sorry if the numbers are off a bit]. I'm not sure that constitutes a monopoly, but simply a success for a great company who has found the key to succeed where others failled.
As for Real, I don't think it's polite to break in when you were told you can't come in. Apple has every right to protect their hardware and software. This allows them to provide the easy of use for their customers that they are so proud of. Imaging if people started buying fewer ipods because they had a hard time with the 'bootleg' Real files and confusing sync software and Apple couldn't do anything for them when they called customer service. (I doubt you'll be able to simply put these files into iTunes and sync to an iPod - if you are already in iTunes, why would you wanna go to Real to buy songs only to import them back to iTunes?)
Apple has a great product, that keeps getting better and Real wants to piggyback on Apple's success. That's foul play in my book. Microsoft is a monopoly because it made it hard for people in browser and media player markets (or what's left of them) to compete. IPods and iTunes aren't stopping Real or Sony or others from releasing their products and having them be viable options (since they are not tied to a specific operating system like Windows). The fact that so far no one has come close to the iPod isn't Apple's fault. It just shows that when you think different, good things happen.
Anyway, now that my little rant is over (figured I'd make up for all the time I've been reading and not posting). I think the communication with Express would be awesome. Now that this poor college student has dug himself out of a financial hole, I'll be buying my first iPod soon.
I don't remember who said it, but I think it makes the best sense that iPod would serve as a remote for a streaming computer as opposed to an outright streaming solution to save up on battery power.Here's to a great company!
Thanks Apple.
Yuri
(Switched a year ago when I started college and you will have to pry my powerbook out of cold dead hands. Unless of course I can afford the new iMac G5).
AhmedFaisal said:
On the Mini's if you hold down the select button and the menu button at the same time for about 5-6 seconds, the ipod will reboot. I have had a couple of freezes and this takes care of it. I am assuming that the 4gen with the click wheel will do the same.
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Photorun said:
I personally like the buttons; although I've never used a buttonless iPod, I don't see what the problem is with having buttons.
I wonder what on Earth the hidden feature(s) could be? I'm very curious what the future holds for iPod. I hope whatever they come up with further blows away any "competition."
But what is it with this hidden-secret-happy-bonus-feature-trust-us-you'll-like-it bit: why can't Apple be upfront with people for once? Either don't mention it at all, or come out and say it.
In any case, I'll be very happily hanging onto my 40GB 3Gen for a while to come. Even if Apple doesn't deign to put shuffle in the main menu for us poor saps...
I don't care about all the other stuff, but...
...am I the only one who thinks that pretty much the only thing missing from the iPod at this point is an FM tuner?
I use my 2G 20gig 'pod on the train every day, and while I love my music, it sure would be nice to be able to switch over to NPR on occasion. An integrated FM tuner can't be that hard. My wife's cell phone has one, fer pete's sake!
...am I the only one who thinks that pretty much the only thing missing from the iPod at this point is an FM tuner?
I use my 2G 20gig 'pod on the train every day, and while I love my music, it sure would be nice to be able to switch over to NPR on occasion. An integrated FM tuner can't be that hard. My wife's cell phone has one, fer pete's sake!
gauriemma said:
I thought the whole point was that you weren't locked into the 6 radio stations (controlled by 2 companies) that play the same 12 songs all day. If you really want to listen to that crap, buy headphones with an FM tuner built in.
It has been done
Look here:
http://www.ipoding.com/modules.php?...ame=gallery&file=index&include=view_album.php
No Wifi, no BT
adamfilip said:
Look here:
http://www.ipoding.com/modules.php?...ame=gallery&file=index&include=view_album.php
No Wifi, no BT
I am not going to read through all of the replies but from what I've read I'm going to guess no one has noticed this yet.
If you disconnect the headphones from the iPod it automatically pauses the song.
If you disconnect the headphones from the iPod it automatically pauses the song.
Poor old Ahmed. He's not going to post again in a hurry.
New feature...? I'll bet that it's got a Stun Gun feature built in. Just point and aim and twiddle the scrollwheel... ZAAPPPP! 10,000 Volts arcing through the air burning people jet black and making them dance like on the dancing iPod adverts.
New feature...? I'll bet that it's got a Stun Gun feature built in. Just point and aim and twiddle the scrollwheel... ZAAPPPP! 10,000 Volts arcing through the air burning people jet black and making them dance like on the dancing iPod adverts.
Hidden Features
People are too stuck on the whole Bluetooth/WiFi iPod concept. The Hidden Features are going to tap into the newly approved Wireless Firewire Standards.
Remember that Steve Jobs hinted that Apple was already working on the whole "remote control thing" for the Airport Extreme? Well the 4G iPod and the Airport Extreme are a package but work differently than some expect. The 4G iPod, when connected to iTunes on a Mac or PC with a Wireless Firewire adapter, turns into a Wireless Remote that can control the iTunes library residing on the Mac/PC and stream music out over AirTunes. The music is streamed from the computer and not the iPod. The iPod is simply a user interface to control the entire system.
The iPod is an extension of the Digital Hub and not the central unit...
People are too stuck on the whole Bluetooth/WiFi iPod concept. The Hidden Features are going to tap into the newly approved Wireless Firewire Standards.
Remember that Steve Jobs hinted that Apple was already working on the whole "remote control thing" for the Airport Extreme? Well the 4G iPod and the Airport Extreme are a package but work differently than some expect. The 4G iPod, when connected to iTunes on a Mac or PC with a Wireless Firewire adapter, turns into a Wireless Remote that can control the iTunes library residing on the Mac/PC and stream music out over AirTunes. The music is streamed from the computer and not the iPod. The iPod is simply a user interface to control the entire system.
The iPod is an extension of the Digital Hub and not the central unit...
Q:Whose to blame for all of this hype and secrecy you ask?
A: You guessed it... Frank Stallone.
A: You guessed it... Frank Stallone.
I was wondering when someone was going to mention that. I believe you've hit the new feature squarely in the head.snpl8tiger said:
home on ipod
this may have already been mentioned, but i can just see the commercial for home on ipod when tiger comes out...*pans out in to dreamish sequence*
some guy walks/ half dances down to the street to some rock tune, he keeps walking without dancing, then gets to a dont walk sign and checks his daily planner in the notes, then the hand on the walk/dont sign spins around to walk and he starts walking again, then in the shuffle comes "homeward bound" by simon and garfunkel. and since the song starts out really quiet, it's still not really loud or exciting yet, then he walks into his house with the door unlocked, while he's walking up the front porch steps simon and garfunkel sing "oh, i wish i was..." and when he gets inside the song goes "homeward bound..." and he places it in the dock next to his g5 pb introduced simultaneously just as the song goes "HOME!", then it switches to screenshots and "where my thought's escaping" he opens an appleworks 7 document (it'll happen eventually) from his home directory (on the ipod), then on "where my music's playin" he's browing thru itunes on the mac, then "where my love lies waitin" he looks at some pictures of his girlfriend off of his home directory on his ipod, then the song plays in the background while it shows some shots of the 'pod in the dock, some screenshots of tiger, then some 360 shots of the pb, then he gets up and turns on his stereo hooked up with airtunes and relaxes on the couch...
awesome commercial for awesome stuff, what could be better? well an ultraportable pb with a ipod hard drive, no optical, and a 8-10 inch screen would be nice, but maybe another day
this may have already been mentioned, but i can just see the commercial for home on ipod when tiger comes out...*pans out in to dreamish sequence*
some guy walks/ half dances down to the street to some rock tune, he keeps walking without dancing, then gets to a dont walk sign and checks his daily planner in the notes, then the hand on the walk/dont sign spins around to walk and he starts walking again, then in the shuffle comes "homeward bound" by simon and garfunkel. and since the song starts out really quiet, it's still not really loud or exciting yet, then he walks into his house with the door unlocked, while he's walking up the front porch steps simon and garfunkel sing "oh, i wish i was..." and when he gets inside the song goes "homeward bound..." and he places it in the dock next to his g5 pb introduced simultaneously just as the song goes "HOME!", then it switches to screenshots and "where my thought's escaping" he opens an appleworks 7 document (it'll happen eventually) from his home directory (on the ipod), then on "where my music's playin" he's browing thru itunes on the mac, then "where my love lies waitin" he looks at some pictures of his girlfriend off of his home directory on his ipod, then the song plays in the background while it shows some shots of the 'pod in the dock, some screenshots of tiger, then some 360 shots of the pb, then he gets up and turns on his stereo hooked up with airtunes and relaxes on the couch...
awesome commercial for awesome stuff, what could be better? well an ultraportable pb with a ipod hard drive, no optical, and a 8-10 inch screen would be nice, but maybe another day
The new feature is...
This is IT.
You will be able to charge your ipod and update songs using wireless firewire.
This is IT.
You will be able to charge your ipod and update songs using wireless firewire.
I like the idea of the wireless remote for the air port express, that's what alot of these things are missing. It makes logical sense.
I just want to know the new feature because sat. i'm ording my powerbook!
If you could charge your ipod wirelessly and sync it that would be cool. but i mean how lazy are we ,we can't put the ipod in the dock to charge and sync it.
Also why did apple not include the wired remoted. I could see why... but its nice to have.
I just want to know the new feature because sat. i'm ording my powerbook!
If you could charge your ipod wirelessly and sync it that would be cool. but i mean how lazy are we ,we can't put the ipod in the dock to charge and sync it.
Also why did apple not include the wired remoted. I could see why... but its nice to have.
wow...
- 4G iPod screens do have a blue tint... mine has it and the ones in the stores do as well.
- I'd like to see where Steve said the iPod was going to be a single use device. I distinctly remember him saying he called it the iPod because it was a digital lifestyle device and that music was just the beginning.
- Folks suggesting a photo slideshow and/or keynote integration are likely balls-on-accurate.
- Home on the iPod is possible today really, seems like a niche feature but I thought I saw a credible report that it was going to be part of Tiger... anyone else remember that?
- Bluetooth-support would be possible in a new dock, but I don't see the point... bluetooth syncing seems quite slow with different devices I have tried.
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There has always been two ways to shut off your iPod:xtekdiver said:That is not exactly true; while it appears to be off it is not; the iPod is still using power and if you don't use it for awhile it will run out of power. Granted no one ever leaves their iPod for that long without using it...right?
1) Pause the song and the iPod will go to sleep. It retains all of the data pre-loaded into the buffer, so when you power it up again, it will pick up exactly where you left off. This drains the battery quicker, because a trickle of power is used to keep the contents of the buffer in RAM.
2) Press and hold the "Play/Pause" button and it clears the buffer and shuts off. The battery will eventually drain, but at a much slower pace than if it just goes to sleep with a full buffer.