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With iPhones soon to be available in 128GB, maybe Apple will eventually replace the high-capacity hard disk based iPod with a 128 or 160GB flash memory version of the iPod touch. It would certainly help with battery life.
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Sep 17, 2014 - 3:38 PM
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CinemaScope
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I bought another one about four months ago when Amazon had a really good offer on. It's in a draw waiting its turn. I'm still using the 80GB that I bought about eight years ago. It's a whole entertainment centre, not just music, but dramas, documentaries & comedies (recorded from the radio). I wouldn't like to live without one now.
I know I'm showing my age here, but I come from an age when things (mostly) lasted years, & you weren't expected to upgrade to the next gadget every couple of years. All this is one of my fears about streaming, they can stop it, change it, whatever, & you've just got to go along with it.
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Sep 17, 2014 - 3:44 PM
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mastadge
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I know I'm showing my age here, but I come from an age when things (mostly) lasted years, & you weren't expected to upgrade to the next gadget every couple of years. All this is one of my fears about streaming, they can stop it, change it, whatever, & you've just got to go along with it.
I'm not that old but I feel the same way. I finally "upgraded" my (still functional) 2006 flip-phone for an iPhone that I'm assured will be outdated within months and will stop working within a year or two even if I treat it well. My iPod has been going for 4 or 5 years. I can't fathom the mindset of my friends and siblings who are constantly breaking their stuff and upgrading to new models! But then, I also can't fathom the appeal of the cloud. Its function for back-up purposes, syncing and so forth, yes. But as an on-the-spot source of art and entertainment? It feels so ephemeral, and there's so often when I have, at best, spotty reception on my phone. Not to mention the short battery life of the multipurpose always-connected doo-dads! I'm becoming a curmudgeon!
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Even though Apple have stated that the iPod is now a declining business for them I don't see them fully dropping the lines any time soon as it is a cheaper intro to the iOS operating system than buying the iPhone (of which the crazy price really, really, isn't justified with the hardware spec compared to other phones which have been around for the last few months)
Rumor has it they will give the Touch iPod a storage boost (most likely to 128GB) during the next iPad refresh in October this year...then possibly one more revision of the Touch...
Although they were also supposed to be introducing 24bit iTunes ALAC downloads sometime this year so a beast of an iPod will be required (either that or you will have to kill your WIFI and/or data allowance)
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Sep 18, 2014 - 10:06 AM
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Sirusjr
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I know I'm showing my age here, but I come from an age when things (mostly) lasted years, & you weren't expected to upgrade to the next gadget every couple of years. All this is one of my fears about streaming, they can stop it, change it, whatever, & you've just got to go along with it.
I'm not that old but I feel the same way. I finally "upgraded" my (still functional) 2006 flip-phone for an iPhone that I'm assured will be outdated within months and will stop working within a year or two even if I treat it well. My iPod has been going for 4 or 5 years. I can't fathom the mindset of my friends and siblings who are constantly breaking their stuff and upgrading to new models! But then, I also can't fathom the appeal of the cloud. Its function for back-up purposes, syncing and so forth, yes. But as an on-the-spot source of art and entertainment? It feels so ephemeral, and there's so often when I have, at best, spotty reception on my phone. Not to mention the short battery life of the multipurpose always-connected doo-dads! I'm becoming a curmudgeon!
100% agreed here. It is ridiculous how it became the norm for people to replace things so fast. I had my 30gb zune for quite some time and then replaced it with an 80 gig zune that I used until the rechargable battery was not charging. Eventually my current 80gb zune will have the same issue and I will have to find out some other form of music listening.
Like others have said, simply having the capacity on a touch screen device is not good. You need those buttons so you can change your music while driving without taking your eyes off the road. Though maybe Siri will handle that at some point.
I have slowly been migrating my music into the cloud. Over time I got a good amount of my favorite music up into the cloud on Google Music taking up half of the free space they allow. I still downloaded a number of my favorites to my Android tablet so that when I am on an airplane I can still listen to some music. Plus there are times when traveling where you aren't going to have a good connection but still want your content. I love the cloud but I don't want to rely on streaming all of my music from my own collection constantly. It just isn't going to keep the quality up to the standards I expect.
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Well, this sucks. I love my 160GB iPod. I use it constantly and thankfully is still in good shape. I just hate kmowing that when it dies, I'm pretty well screwed. I have an iPhone 5 which 60GB of space, but...damn it...I'll miss that 100GB and the fact that the iPhone battery sucks ass.
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Well, this sucks. I love my 160GB iPod. I use it constantly and thankfully is still in good shape. I just hate kmowing that when it dies, I'm pretty well screwed. I have an iPhone 5 which 60GB of space, but...damn it...I'll miss that 100GB and the fact that the iPhone battery sucks ass.
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