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U2 iPod, Photo iPod and Additional iTMS Localizations Released
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IBSNOWEDIN said:They are ripping off Canadians again.. i hate that they dodge the exchange rate! the 40gb should be only 599CDN not 680CDN and 599 is still way up there.
you are so right.
They better not try to pull that with the itunes music store. "99 cents everywhere else, $1.40 in Canada!!"
I guess Apple doesn't pay attention to the rising Canadian dollar
edit: I just checked out some prices. The regular U.S. Apple Store prices are still cheaper than the education discounted Canadaian Apple store prices when you use the curretn exchange rate. What a horrible horrible ripoff. I think I'll have to take trips to the U.S. everytime I want an apple product
So I'm guessing it's not technically feasible to enable regular iPods to handle photos with a new OS or software download? It's a hardware issue? Any techie-dudes care to comment on this?
Don't see it.
On the train, listening to tunes, looking at picts on a tiny screen? I don't see why this is so great.
At relatives or friends house, " Can I plug in my iPod Photo and show you picts of my vacation?" Don't see that happening all that often.
Must be targeting users without laptops.
I'd like to see FM tuner. iRiver style.
On the train, listening to tunes, looking at picts on a tiny screen? I don't see why this is so great.
At relatives or friends house, " Can I plug in my iPod Photo and show you picts of my vacation?" Don't see that happening all that often.
Must be targeting users without laptops.
I'd like to see FM tuner. iRiver style.
floatingspirit said:
Well....
(a) For the iPod screen, your photos would have to be rendered into black and white
and, well,
(b) You'd need some way of getting the video information to your TV. If I understand correctly, the iPod Photo has a special headphone jack/dock which "speaks TV" (video, L+R audio signals), which the older iPods do not have.
Yep, and not only that, but you have to do a custom import setup and operation beforehand (and you have to know exactly which tracks need to be joined, you can't just pop in a CD and walk away). It really is an ugly "solution", very un-Applelike. Aren't they supposed to be the ones concerned about the little things, the details, the fit-and-finish? I'm half-tempted to create a little gapless playback proof-of-concept app using QuickTime just to prove it can be done, even by a terrible programmer like me.Yvan256 said:
Duff-Man says...yes, I agree that the price is still a bit high...but remember - that price includes the $25 gov't pirate levy...so in reality if you go by *todays* exchange rate the new iPod is about $40 more than it should be....$599 is *not* way up there - that would make it cheaper than the USA.....oh yeah!IBSNOWEDIN said:They are ripping off Canadians again.. i hate that they dodge the exchange rate! the 40gb should be only 599CDN not 680CDN and 599 is still way up there.
Not really: if you remove ads/titles/credits, each episode of Friends is 47 seconds long. It's true--I timed it.dejo said:
Still, the main reason to have video on an iPod is iMovies (or even the little unedited clips you can take with many still cams--something I wish iPhoto supported). And I don't see that as justifying more expensive chips--far fewer people have home movies than have home photos!
homerjward said:this may have been previously posted, and i apologize if it was, but did anyone notice this new feature? it's what i've always wanted mini player to be! i can just keep it down there and not have to open itunes just to change the track or volume! best of all it's not distracting! this is one of the very very few times i'm glad to be a windows user
Umm how did you do that? I checkmark the iTunes toolbar but nothing shows up?
AirUncleP said:
Happens all the time--not for everyone of course, but for me and for enough people to make the iPod Photo worth developing, I predict.
Important note--it's not whether the friends want to SEE the photos, it's whether the photo-taker wants to SHOW them
That's who buys the iPod.And yes, I use a laptop for that now. OH how I will LOVE not having to carry that with me everywhere just for photos (and worry about it being stolen)!
IBSNOWEDIN said:They are ripping off Canadians again.. i hate that they dodge the exchange rate! the 40gb should be only 599CDN not 680CDN and 599 is still way up there.
Haven't you ever heard of import/export taxes, tariffs and levies, etc?? That's not to even mention local/state/federal taxes which vary wildly from country to country. It's the same reason why we pay more in the United States for Sony consumer electronics products than we would for the same item in Japan. Same goes for cars, an equivalent Mercedes for example is cheaper in Germany than it is here too. Anytime you buy a "foreign" product you have to pay them. So put the blame where it belongs and quit blaming Apple for it.
I've never heard so many people bitch and complain about a new product in my life. If you don't like it there is a simple solution folks. Don't buy it and stick with a B&W iPod. If you are looking for a 60GB iPod then pick one up. And this asinine notion that color ruins the iPod?!? Are you people on crack? How? Its not impacting battery life. Its increasing the size of the iPod by what? .2 or something. Wooooo. Oh god everyone run for the hills!!!
You people are worse then Palm users back in 2000. When Microsoft and their OEM's came out with the revamped version of their PDA line rebranded Pocket PC which included a 16-bit color screen. Palm users scoffed at the idea and said almost verbatim what I'm reading in these threads. Fast forward to 2004 and go to palminfocenter and see them bitch about how the latest high end isn't VGA.
Watch. Once every iPod has a color screen in a couple years people will think it's a godsend. Is it that you really don't want it in the device or that you need to justify the fact that you have a device without a color screen?
You people are worse then Palm users back in 2000. When Microsoft and their OEM's came out with the revamped version of their PDA line rebranded Pocket PC which included a 16-bit color screen. Palm users scoffed at the idea and said almost verbatim what I'm reading in these threads. Fast forward to 2004 and go to palminfocenter and see them bitch about how the latest high end isn't VGA.
Watch. Once every iPod has a color screen in a couple years people will think it's a godsend. Is it that you really don't want it in the device or that you need to justify the fact that you have a device without a color screen?
Lancetx said:Haven't you ever heard of import/export taxes, tariffs and levies, etc?? That's not to even mention local/state/federal taxes which vary wildly from country to country. It's the same reason why we pay more in the United States for Sony consumer electronics products than we would for the same item in Japan. Same goes for cars, an equivalent Mercedes for example is cheaper in Germany than it is here too. Anytime you buy a "foreign" product you have to pay them. So put the blame where it belongs and quit blaming Apple for it.
I don't think you can totally absolve Apple for the price difference. But I doubt they are completely to blame either. Anyways, as for taxes, tariffs and levies, isn't there a free-trade agreement between Canada and the U.S., part of NAFTA?
Yes, the Canadian mark-up went way down with the intro of the 4G iPods, which brought the price of a 40 GB model down from $799 to $569 (part of the reason I bought one at that time). By comparison, after the blank media levy, the iPod Mini is marked up by $30, and the Power Mac 1.8 SP is marked up by $260.Duff-Man said:
SiliconAddict said:
I agree. You'd think Apple had announced a 60GB B&W iPod for $499 and then said, "Oh wait, we were just kidding. It's gonna be $599!". There has never been a 60GB iPod before. There is now. And guess what? It's $599, and comes with a color screen and photo features. If you don't want it, there are plenty of other iPods to choose from. Don't blame Apple for pricing a new product different than "rumored hopes".
MacinDoc said:
You have to pay the blank media levy on an iPod or PowerMac, too? I would think it would only apply to 'blank media', like cassettes and CD-Rs.
not sure if this was already mentioned...seeing as the thread grew while i was away at dinner....but can we consider this as the 5th gen iPod's being sold along side the 4th gens?