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Apple confirms iPod "Special Event" on September 5th

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mrkgoo said:
Anyway, I bought an 8GB nano as a gift, and it arrived this morning (Wow, it arrived in about 24 hours to NZ - THAT's Service.)

This thing is gorgeous. I like the proportions a lot better than the older nanos, because it seems more and more like it's just a screen and controls - that is, the battery, and other things are basically 'invisible'. I think that's what Apple was going for -here is a multimedia device that plays allsorts of stuff, videos, music, photos - and all it is is a screen with controls. It's like it doesn't even have a battery or storage, it's so damned small.

The screen is gorgeous, and the new interface is pretty snazzy. Don't know if I'll upgrade my own iPod 30G, since all I'd get is coverflow and the new UI (ALTHOUGH, I could sym-link directories on to the storage part...hmmm...can you sym-link the iPod photo cache onto the drive portion of an iPod? I'm short on HD space on my computer...).

The aesthetics is really nice. I'm a fan of the metal finish (I don't mind the stainless steel back), and the small curvy nature gives the nano a bit more of a 'girly' appeal (c'mon, real tech geeks get a man-sized iPod).

The new nano is a great device - if you don't like the design over the old one, it's at least a lot more versatile a machine with video playback, and slightly more useable photo viewing.
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WickedAngel said:
...the response to this question could make for a very interesting thread come billing time.
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The iPhone requires an unlimited data plan. They don't offer it any other way.
 
Vic said:
pics pics pics
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I was going to! But the giftee has rushed off with it.

I was given the opportunity to take pics over the weekend, but what kind of gifter would I have been had I denied her use of it over the weekend?

Hang on a moment, I may have images from a nosey worker nearby...
 
mrkgoo said:
I was going to! But the giftee has rushed off with it.

I was given the opportunity to take pics over the weekend, but what kind of gifter would I have been had I denied her use of it over the weekend?

Hang on a moment, I may have images from a nosey worker nearby...
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I want to see how slim it is!
 
Ok, these don't really show how thin it is, though...

Still, you can look up images of it on the interwebs (I don't really get the whole unboxing pics, except to say, "hey I got one!").

Anyway, hey, I got one!

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mrkgoo said:
Ok, these don't really show how thin it is, though...

Still, you can look up images of it on the interwebs (I don't really get the whole unboxing pics, except to say, "hey I got one!").

Anyway, hey, I got one!

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Forget the ipod, what's the cool looking Id holder thing?
 
quadriplegicjon said:
what the hell is going on with the keyboard on your macbook?


the nano is really nice. wow. i like it.
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Not my MacBook - it has a silicon cover over it. It looks bad at an angle, but perfectly readable when sitting over it. I wouldn't use one, since it feels weird ( I can't type very fast with it), but it does keep it from getting gummed up with stuff.
 
Cauliflower of Love said:
Forget the ipod, what's the cool looking Id holder thing?
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Wait, I'm not good at sarcasm. Are you serious?

Just in case, it's just a plastic ID holder. You can attach a lanyard. Or a key ring. In fac,t it even has a slot for another card on back. Typically, people around here use a proximity card in that slot.
 
mrkgoo said:
Wait, I'm not good at sarcasm. Are you serious?

Just in case, it's just a plastic ID holder. You can attach a lanyard. Or a key ring. In fac,t it even has a slot for another card on back. Typically, people around here use a proximity card in that slot.
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Oh, I thought it was compact credit card/ids/money holder. =(
 
Cauliflower of Love said:
Oh, I thought it was compact credit card/ids/money holder. =(
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I guess you could put a credit card in it. I think I know what you're talking about though. I used to have a thin metal card holder. But I'm not as trendy as I used to be, so I had to get rid of it. Wait...I wasn't trendy then, either.
 
eudaemonic said:
Let me have the first girlie squeel here: It's sooooo cute!!! :D
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You know, while on the topic of attention-grabbing unboxing pics, surely REAL pics from the main site are better? They show you how thin it is.

Actually, it is cute. Really adorable in a girly way. This thing will sell loads. I thought I was going to break it when I attached the iPod cable - nearly thicker than than the nano.
 
Hey I just remembered I wanted to ask this for a while... Why does it deter piracy for apple to design itunes/ipod to move music only from itunes to ipod and not vice versa? I don't get it, so you wouldn't sync with a friend's computer and put that music on your PC? he/she can just send you that music, or you can put it on a usb stick.... or even an ipod, enabling disk use or whatever.

Also, it looks like it's pretty easy to do that anyway, so do people here backup their itunes library then? If it can be accessed from the ipod then if something goes wrong on your PC you can just move the library from the ipod itself. Is it too complicated though? A "legal" way could be copying your music twice to a huge ipod, so enabling disk use, you can just see all your music on your ipod and copy it back. would that work?

Whew, that was a lot of stuff. I was just curious so why not ask. :p
 
Chrono said:
Hey I just remembered I wanted to ask this for a while... Why does it deter piracy for apple to design itunes/ipod to move music only from itunes to ipod and not vice versa? I don't get it, so you wouldn't sync with a friend's computer and put that music on your PC? he/she can just send you that music, or you can put it on a usb stick.... or even an ipod, enabling disk use or whatever.
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it doesnt really deter piracy, but it basically makes the recording companies lay off them a bit.


and yeah. there are all sorts of programs that let you download from ipod to computer.

i recommend senuti on OSX: http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/23390
 
Chrono said:
Hey I just remembered I wanted to ask this for a while... Why does it deter piracy for apple to design itunes/ipod to move music only from itunes to ipod and not vice versa? I don't get it, so you wouldn't sync with a friend's computer and put that music on your PC? he/she can just send you that music, or you can put it on a usb stick.... or even an ipod, enabling disk use or whatever.

Also, it looks like it's pretty easy to do that anyway, so do people here backup their itunes library then? If it can be accessed from the ipod then if something goes wrong on your PC you can just move the library from the ipod itself. Is it too complicated though? A "legal" way could be copying your music twice to a huge ipod, so enabling disk use, you can just see all your music on your ipod and copy it back. would that work?

Whew, that was a lot of stuff. I was just curious so why not ask. :p
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It just makes it a little more inconvenient to be just wandering around with your iPod, say, at work, and someone just copying music straight from it. But yeah, as Quad said, it's more a requirement from music companies probably.

You know, I was wondering, could you move your entire iTunes library (as in the folder), to the disk portion of the iPod, and then symbolically link it? (Or for examples, the movies folder in the library), so you can free up hard drive space, yet have it sync fully and properly when it's plugged in? (seeing as the external volume of the iPod is always going to be mounted when I plug it in to sync :p).
 
This is going to be my first iPod purchase, and like others I'm torn between the 80g classic and 16g touch. (If only there was a 32g touch!!!)

Personal dilemmas aside, if my laptop HD is only 160g (with about 30g music right now), is there a point in getting the 160g classic? For example can I store things on the iPod that will not be stored on my laptop? Like say, have 30g of videos on the iPod that are not mirrored on my iTunes. Or does an iPod only ever hold a copy/subset of iTunes and doesn't store anything exclusively?
 
Elixtar said:
This is going to be my first iPod purchase, and like others I'm torn between the 80g classic and 16g touch. (If only there was a 32g touch!!!)

Personal dilemmas aside, if my laptop HD is only 160g (with about 30g music right now), is there a point in getting the 160g classic? For example can I store things on the iPod that will not be stored on my laptop? Like say, have 30g of videos on the iPod that are not mirrored on my iTunes. Or does an iPod only ever hold a copy/subset of iTunes and doesn't store anything exclusively?
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You can use the iPod as if it were a portable mass storage device (a.k.a. external usb HDD). Be aware though that the HDD/USB speeds are a little bit slow.
 
yeah I saw the nano and classic today.

Pictures do not do them justice.

Especially the nano. So thin; it really looks great.
 
are they showing up in apple stores now i guess? it looks like most retailers are expecting them next tuesday
 
Hmm...so as I predicted when these were unveiled a couple of days back, the Nano's do look much nicer in person than they do from shots on the web. I figured that once people actually got them in the their hands they would love them.
 
I ordered the touch from Amazon and it emailed me a "it's getting shipped sooner!" message for October 3rd =\ how is that sooner? Oh well.
 
Think I'll pick up the IPod touch 8 Gig. I have a 30 Gig 5G Ipod now but I've only used 2.3 Gigs on it so far. Plus the interface looks so slick.
 
Christopher said:
I ordered the touch from Amazon and it emailed me a "it's getting shipped sooner!" message for October 3rd =\ how is that sooner? Oh well.
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I ordered a silver 160 GB from Amazon as well... don't worry about their pre-order ship dates. They're rarely ever right. For example, I ordered a Wii from them last year, and for the longest time it indicated that it would ship in late September (a good 2 months before the actual release date).

Judging from what's on the actual product site, I'd expect units to start shipping somewhere between September 10th-12th as those have both shown up as for sale/first offering dates.
 
OK I seriously need to just buy the Classic before I break down and get the 16g iTouch.

Its more practical for my needs and I can get the upgraded iTouch when it suits my storage needs better.

This is so painful.
 
Three words for all the people who were bitching about the leaked shots of the Nano: Suck it down.

Nano looks awesome, I'm somewhat tempted to get one along with the Nike+ running thingy.

Overall though, I'm somewhat disappointed in the conference due to the Touch only going up to 16GB. I was so ready to order an HDD version of the Touch, but I guess not. My 5G 30GB will have to last another year until Apple bumps the Touch up to 32GB.
 
sypher said:
This is why i am kinda pissed at sony. They have the portable games + PMP in the PSP, now they need to make it touchy and smaller, add 16gb across the board and bam, ipod touch vs PSP and PSPhone vs iphone.
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:lol :lol :lol :lol
 
I want to buy one of the NAND based players I really do, but the capacity is just to low for me to justify. I'll probably get one before the end of the month because my birthday is coming up on the 22nd and the chances of getting an iPXXX upgrade are 0%.
 
for the Nike thing was there a specific shoe you have to buy? I just got awesome new running shoes for the gym and I couldn't find any specific ones that were linked to the iPod.

Krypt you know you want a touch!!
 
Christopher said:
for the Nike thing was there a specific shoe you have to buy? I just got awesome new running shoes for the gym and I couldn't find any specific ones that were linked to the iPod.

Krypt you know you want a touch!!
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No, you just have to attach the sensor somehow to a pair of non-Nike+ shoes. I think there's a little pouch you can buy online to do this.
 
Christopher said:
for the Nike thing was there a specific shoe you have to buy? I just got awesome new running shoes for the gym and I couldn't find any specific ones that were linked to the iPod.

Krypt you know you want a touch!!
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They make a specific shoe, but you don't need it. My sister in law uses it and she bought a little clip case for it that attaches the accelerometer to your laces. Some of her running friends literally cut a hole in there shoes and shove it in there.
 
Christopher said:
for the Nike thing was there a specific shoe you have to buy? I just got awesome new running shoes for the gym and I couldn't find any specific ones that were linked to the iPod.

Krypt you know you want a touch!!
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Hell yes I want one. But it's got to be closer to 40g unfortunately. 32g would be ok so next year's refresh it is! :D
 
I've got the Nike+ iPod kit, and it's awesome for running. I really like it. I have Nike shoes as well, but they don't have the slot for the sensor, so I bought one of those pouches. Works great, no problems, and there are plenty of alternative solutions for attaching the sensor.
 
Question, if i order from the apple store do they charge your credit card right away or when they ship the item?

same question for amazon.


i caved, im getting the 16gb touch:D
 
Darko said:
Question, if i order from the apple store do they charge your credit card right away or when they ship the item?

same question for amazon.


i caved, im getting the 16gb touch:D
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It's been my experience that they charge you when it ships.
 
Is there going to be a firmware update for the current iPods? I'm very happy with my current 5G 30gb and I wont be purchasing a new one until the 32gb touch.
 
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