> Well, there's nothing "missing" except a lot of stuff that the Touch
> has - Wifi, apps, touch screen, larger screen in general, etc. Now,
> there are of course other features that even the Touch doesn't have,
> are built into other devices, and which you can only get as third-
> party add ons if at all on iPods - specifically AM/FM radio, voice
> recorder, external speaker. Oh yes, there's also A2DP (Stereo
> Bluetooth) support.
Well, bear in mind that they probably want to keep a clear distinction
between the classic/nano line and tho touch line, so I can't see a
much bigger screen on the classic. Radio? No one seems to care much
about it; other players that have AM/FM don't seem to sell to well.
External speaker? Useful for audiobooks, and not much else. Bluetooth?
Yes, I'd like to have tetherless headphones...
>
>
> As it happens, I'm actually finding less need for my iPod. The only
> thing that I really need it for right now is to keep my daughter
> preoccupied on long car trips with videos of Higglytown Heroes,
> Dora, and Tellitubies. Otherwise, my new phone (Treo 800w) seems to
> be able to do everything else my iPod can - or at least that I use
> it for, and a lot more as well. I can listen to Audible files,
> MP3's, stream from my own library at home, or from last.fm, and of
> course get email and do web stuff without having to be at a hotspot
> (although my phone has wifi as well as GPS). Probably I could
> convert the vidoeos to play on the phone as well, but the only issue
> for me is capacity. the Treo only takes a microSD card, and at the
> moment the largest one sold is all of 8GB, whereas my iPod can hold
> 160GB...
Yes, that's what I was going to say. 8 GB is not much.
>
>
> Kirk, I've heard that Apple might want to get rid of their hard
> drive storage for devices. I'm wondering if/when they will do
> this. Seems like they'd have to wait until flash gets cheap enough
> to where they can offer 160GB flash devices, that way people won't
> be complaining that all of a sudden there is no option for someone
> who needs more than 32GB (or 64GB or whatever), wht do you think?
I don't think flash is cheap enough yet for large capacities, though
maybe they'll have just the one big model (160 or bigger) and the rest
in flash with 32 or 64. I know that I finally don't need more
capacity; I check and uncheck music as needed, and my 160 generally
has 20 GB free.
But, again, I can't see much that they could add to the iPod. Unless
it's something very unique, I can't see upgrading, for the first time
in 5 years. Unless that subscription thing goes through and it
requires a new iPod (but I doubt that). I have to admit, $100 a year
is tempting to be able to listen to much more music that I wouldn't
risk buying.
Kirk
Author of: iPod & iTunes Garage
http://www.mcelhearn.com/ipod.html
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