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It's 2017. Should Apple update their iPod? Do you still own one?
- Thread starter ElBoxyBrown
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CeruleanSilver
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Since we're talking about watches replacing iPods, does anyone have an Android Wear watch that lets you automatically sync new podcasts to the device? I really like the features of Apple Watch series 2 (GPS, waterproof, small) but the awful podcast workflow was a deal-killer for me. I need something I can take to the gym/running without my phone nearby, and have new podcasts loaded automatically. If Android Wear can make that easy to do from my Mac, or even pull down new podcasts itself directly over Wifi, I'd certainly consider it.
jts
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It still wouldn't make sense, but if they did update it, it should be to include wifi, Siri, and Apple Music.
But really I don't see how it fits in the current Apple flow. I just can't imagine that class of device as a complement to an iPhone anymore, and make no mistake, Apple wants you to have an iPhone more than anything else. If you want a personal device to carry some songs on you for running or whatever, you have the Apple Watch, which, surprise surprise, it's an iPhone complement and needs it.
But really I don't see how it fits in the current Apple flow. I just can't imagine that class of device as a complement to an iPhone anymore, and make no mistake, Apple wants you to have an iPhone more than anything else. If you want a personal device to carry some songs on you for running or whatever, you have the Apple Watch, which, surprise surprise, it's an iPhone complement and needs it.
CeruleanSilver
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I think this gets to the heart of it. People's lives revolve around their phones these days, so that's the targeted use case / workflow. If I ever do want to get an Apple Watch or other wearable to replace my iPod, I probably just need to accept that I'll have to fiddle with podcast sync using my phone. It still seems silly it's all manual. Why not new podcast => download to iPhone => sync to watch? I know space is tight on the watch, but this seems like something that could be kept in check by having a setting for podcast space usage quota.
Camper Van Beethoven
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The click wheel is garbage.
Zune destroyed that shit.
Zune destroyed that shit.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
You know what the Zune didn't have?
Better marketing
Edit: And support, I think.
Melon Husk
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I still own this old Touch because of the design
The combination of size, weight, shape and materials has not been beaten. Aged battery rendered it unusable years ago.
Refresh the internals and I'll buy one again.
The combination of size, weight, shape and materials has not been beaten. Aged battery rendered it unusable years ago.
Refresh the internals and I'll buy one again.
Heck yeah!! I love the weight and shape of the polished aluminum-iPods.
Mine (5th-gen classic) just came back to life! It's scratching around and sucking up three Stevie Ray Vaughan albums and the new (old (new to me (because I'm a moron))) Frank Ocean!
RumblingRosco
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Never owned an iPod. I had some crappy 128 MB MP3 player (iRiver was the brand) in the early 2000s that held maybe 3-4 albums of low-quality MP3s at the time. Loved it.
Eventually got a Creative ZEN Vision M (30GB? 20GB? I forget) which was amazing. Also had a Zen Stone (1 GB) I used once in a while which was basically Creative's attempt at an iPod Shuffle.
Eventually I stopped using them once I got a feature phone that could store music, and then of course once I got a smart phone that was the last time I ever thought about getting an MP3 player. Probably never will own one ever again.
Eventually got a Creative ZEN Vision M (30GB? 20GB? I forget) which was amazing. Also had a Zen Stone (1 GB) I used once in a while which was basically Creative's attempt at an iPod Shuffle.
Eventually I stopped using them once I got a feature phone that could store music, and then of course once I got a smart phone that was the last time I ever thought about getting an MP3 player. Probably never will own one ever again.
No, because Apple stopped giving a shit about them a while ago and there are better options out there for dedicated music players like Sony's Walkman series.
Well one makes your music sound fantastic, the other makes it sounds like your music is being listened to out a tin garbage can rolling down a hill with tiny rocks constantly hitting it on the way.
Well one makes your music sound fantastic, the other makes it sounds like your music is being listened to out a tin garbage can rolling down a hill with tiny rocks constantly hitting it on the way.
CeruleanSilver
Member
I forgot about batteries going bad eventually. That makes my 2007 iPod even more impressive. I still only have to charge it like once a week, and that's after 10 years of use! Apple products are expensive, but the quality is there... $170 retail price / 10 years = $17 a year = $1.40 a month. Pretty damn good.
Although that doesn't seem to hold for Apple computers and laptops. I mean yeah the build quality is excellent, but the hardware gets outpaced too fast. There's no way you could use a Mac from 10 years ago, it'd be way too slow. Even my Mac Mini was slow as death after like 5 years (from date of purchase) until I threw a SSD and more RAM in there.
CeruleanSilver
Member
Huh? It sounds like something's wrong with your device. The sound quality should the same no matter the source, phone or ipod. Or are you listening using the speakers built into your phone? That's obviously going to sound horrible... get some headphones
Ha!
"Apple Apparently Discontinues iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle"
https://www.macrumors.com/2017/07/27/apple-removes-ipod-nano-ipod-shuffle/
"Apple Apparently Discontinues iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle"
https://www.macrumors.com/2017/07/27/apple-removes-ipod-nano-ipod-shuffle/
Just saw this, thread was impeccable timing.
RIP
My iPod Mini put in work back in the day
CeruleanSilver
Member
Wow, what perfectly coincidental timing for this thread...
ElBoxyBrown
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Whoah just saw this
Makes sense for them to stick to Touch and Watch for their non-phone devices
jts
...hate me...
Worst iPod nano design. Completely threw out the sexiness.
Thankfully they corrected it well soon after with the 4th and especially 5th generations. 5th is for me the GOAT.
Yep, the "candy bar" designs were great but the convex style was probably the best. Definitely the best color lineup of iPods at the time.
Makes sense they'd get cut, at this point I could only imagine if they're only selling 12 million iPods that vast majority were the Touches. RIP iPod era.
choco-fish
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I Was using an iPod classic 160gb up till about a week ago. My phone provider offered everyone 6 months free Apple Music with unlimited data. The lack of storage space and cost of higher capacity iPhones meant I'd always stuck to using my iPod but I guess that's a moot point now.
I'll probably go back to the classic as the battery life is great and I sometimes need my phone for sat nav when driving.
I'll probably go back to the classic as the battery life is great and I sometimes need my phone for sat nav when driving.
CeruleanSilver
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The Sum of Zero
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I have that same iPod, OP. 16gb version and it's pretty much full.
Will probably update to a larger storage Touch eventually.
Will probably update to a larger storage Touch eventually.