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There are other, superior options that don't saddle you with iTunes in the player-only department.
One if the primary things a new iPod would do is detatch itself from iTunes.
There are other, superior options that don't saddle you with iTunes in the player-only department.
It's only 16GB and the apps use most of it. I only have like 2GB left for music.
Apple Music killed the iPod.
It's only 16GB and the apps use most of it. I only have like 2GB left for music.
I think if you were going to make something like this today it would need to look like a tie clip. I can imagine anyone wants a smartphone and another smartphone-like device.
There are other, superior options that don't saddle you with iTunes in the player-only department.
Spend a little more next time. I have a 256 GB iPhone 7+. I could store 20,000 songs if I want to.
Buy a new iPhone with a larger capacity. Problem solved.
I have 256gb in my 7+ and it's fantastic. You never have to worry about space.
I miss the click wheel.
Sill rocking a 160gb classic (7th gen)
I like the design of iPods. There just nice and small.Buy a new iPhone with a larger capacity. Problem solved.
I have 256gb in my 7+ and it's fantastic. You never have to worry about space.
Buy a new iPhone with a larger capacity. Problem solved.
I have 256gb in my 7+ and it's fantastic. You never have to worry about space.
I like the design of iPods. There just nice and small.
Yup, good stuff.
I keep it in the car all the time, ripped my CD collection years ago when I went digital. It's great to have everything in one place.
That still doesn't solve my main problem. Running down my phone's battery. I'd like to be able to play music whenever I want without taking my phone's battery into consideration.
Unfortunately I haven't seen any digital music jukebox software out there that does fringe cases like this well. The biggest gaping hole in functionality with iTunes or any other player I've tried remains classical music, where composer nomenclature is all over the map. If I had more time I'd break out a lot more AppleScript to try and wrangle it, but then that breaks links with my purchased music.
same. how about an ipod classic with an ssd
Playing music is one of the least strenuous things you can do to your phone's battery.
Either your phone is old or you're running something else that's jacking up your battery.
I use an iPod Touch and an Android phone so there's at least one person in that marketI think if you were going to make something like this today it would need to look like a tie clip. I can imagine anyone wants a smartphone and another smartphone-like device.
I would absolutely love an updated iPod Classic. With a 256 GB SSD, or something similar. I have a 128 GB iPod Touch in my car and I've already run out of room.
If you're willing to do the work of replacing the drive in a current iPod (or pay someone to do it for you) there are several options on this front.
a 4th gen iPod can have an SSD in it but it has to be a strange form factor and costs kind of a lot and the features are... well, that of a 4th gen iPod, unless you use RockBox.
If you have an iPod Classic, an iFlash adapter can get you up to 1TB of SD card space in your iPod.
https://www.iflash.xyz/
The stock firmware of course can't handle 1TB of music; the internal database craps out once the iPod hits its RAM limit from too many songs being in the database but if you use RockBox you can access the full 1TB of music (if you even have that much, lol)
People still buy them.
Only apple knows exactly. They keep making them so it's a good sign.Do we know the sales numbers?
Quick scan of their 10-K doesn't distinguish iPod sales/revenue as a separate category.Do we know the sales numbers?
But clearly not enough for a major update.Only apple knows exactly. They keep making them so it's a good sign.
I still have an iPod nano:
I got it in 2007 for $170, and aside from the odd freeze/reboot maybe twice a year, it runs perfectly. That's despite being used all the time, since I take it to the gym, going running, doing dishes, etc. It gets a lot of use when I don't want to lug a big phone with me, which is often. Since it's so old I'm really flippant with it at this point, touching it with wet hands, throwing it around, etc, so to me this really shows solid build quality.
What some of you said about getting a watch is exactly right. That'd be a perfect replacement whenever my iPod dies. However, I mainly listen to podcasts. From what I've read syncing new podcasts to an Apple Watch (or whatever) is still kind of a pain. That shit should just happen over bluetooth/wifi while I'm sleeping, without having to manage playlists. I hope they get there by the time I need to buy one.
Last I read, you still have to manually select which podcasts you want to sync to the Apple Watch, one at a time for each mp3. There's no way to automatically sync new podcasts as they become available.But clearly not enough for a major update.
If you have an iPhone or iTouch the podcast app works fine. I used to download the podcast onto my iPod.