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Are you going to buy the new ipod?

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Originally posted by: 50

I would get one its just the wheel is so damn uncomfortable. After using an ipod wheel nothing compares.
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Hmmm...no offense, but it seems like nitpicking. In fairness, I haven't used the Ipod's wheel, but the sansa works fine for me. Even if the ipod wheel is better, I'd think the extra features of the Sansa would make up for that...but that's just me. Also, I have no interest in using any of these subscription services, especially not the propietary Itunes, so the Sansa made sense to me.

I just got back from a trip to New Orleans, and I really enjoyed using it. In fact, it was so discrete I never turned it off during my whole day of travelling, and not once did any of the flight attendants notice. 😉
 
Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Originally posted by: keeleysam
That "article" is shens. Apple does NOT ship new product by boat. It goes by air. Some HUGE shipments (to Best Buy and the like) go by sea, but this "They are being built now and will be here in a month" is complete BS. Apple does not give that kind of opportunity for leaks.
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Haha, except that intermodal transport is THE most secure means of transportation available. Dozens of people handle product moving by air, and it's in smaller, easier-to-tamper-with containers. Intermodal containers are virtually tamperproof. The only people walking around near them are customs agents and dock workers strapping them onto a truck chassis or railroad car for overland transport. Everyone else is operating heavy machinery. The dockworkers are completely uninterested in opening containers, nevermind knowing where each one came from and where it's going.

And if you're really paranoid about your cargo security, there are tamperproofing devices that can be put on containers, which only you and customs can open. Air transport is RIDICULOUSLY expensive, and ridiculously insecure if you're looking to prevent "leaks".
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Seeing as how every single Apple product I have ever bought (well over 50, spanning a loooooooong time) has shipped via FedEx Overnight from Shanghai, I'd say: No!
 
Originally posted by: keeleysam
Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Originally posted by: keeleysam
That "article" is shens. Apple does NOT ship new product by boat. It goes by air. Some HUGE shipments (to Best Buy and the like) go by sea, but this "They are being built now and will be here in a month" is complete BS. Apple does not give that kind of opportunity for leaks.
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Haha, except that intermodal transport is THE most secure means of transportation available. Dozens of people handle product moving by air, and it's in smaller, easier-to-tamper-with containers. Intermodal containers are virtually tamperproof. The only people walking around near them are customs agents and dock workers strapping them onto a truck chassis or railroad car for overland transport. Everyone else is operating heavy machinery. The dockworkers are completely uninterested in opening containers, nevermind knowing where each one came from and where it's going.

And if you're really paranoid about your cargo security, there are tamperproofing devices that can be put on containers, which only you and customs can open. Air transport is RIDICULOUSLY expensive, and ridiculously insecure if you're looking to prevent "leaks".
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Seeing as how every single Apple product I have ever bought (well over 50, spanning a loooooooong time) has shipped via FedEx Overnight from Shanghai, I'd say: No!
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Those are custom one-off orders. NOT the stuff that goes to retail.

And none of the items going onto these trucks would be one-off orders, because they aren't available for sale until Apple actually has them sitting in retail. Trust me, they don't ship a MILLION iPods through FedEx Overnight.

There mere fact that a manufacturer direct single unit order comes from China via FedEx overnight has no bearing on the rest of the distribution and supply chain. Trust me, those iPods sitting on Best Buy were sitting just a little ways above sea level, not 35000 feet above it.
 
Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Originally posted by: keeleysam
Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Originally posted by: keeleysam
That "article" is shens. Apple does NOT ship new product by boat. It goes by air. Some HUGE shipments (to Best Buy and the like) go by sea, but this "They are being built now and will be here in a month" is complete BS. Apple does not give that kind of opportunity for leaks.
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Haha, except that intermodal transport is THE most secure means of transportation available. Dozens of people handle product moving by air, and it's in smaller, easier-to-tamper-with containers. Intermodal containers are virtually tamperproof. The only people walking around near them are customs agents and dock workers strapping them onto a truck chassis or railroad car for overland transport. Everyone else is operating heavy machinery. The dockworkers are completely uninterested in opening containers, nevermind knowing where each one came from and where it's going.

And if you're really paranoid about your cargo security, there are tamperproofing devices that can be put on containers, which only you and customs can open. Air transport is RIDICULOUSLY expensive, and ridiculously insecure if you're looking to prevent "leaks".
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Seeing as how every single Apple product I have ever bought (well over 50, spanning a loooooooong time) has shipped via FedEx Overnight from Shanghai, I'd say: No!
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Those are custom one-off orders. NOT the stuff that goes to retail.

And none of the items going onto these trucks would be one-off orders, because they aren't available for sale until Apple actually has them sitting in retail. Trust me, they don't ship a MILLION iPods through FedEx Overnight.
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Let me elaborate further.

I have worked at an Apple Retail Store.

The shipment of a couple hundred 5G iPods, and the iPod nano orders, came through an air shipment.

Same thing for the iMacs, Mac Pros, etc.

The inital shipments go via air. Yes, it's really fvcking expensive, but if it gets a product out the door three weeks earlier, it's all worth it.
 
Originally posted by: Insane3D
Originally posted by: RossMAN
Originally posted by: episodic
When they get a nano that does video nice without hacks. . .
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add a built-in FM tuner and I'm in.
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That's why I got the Sansa. It does video, voice recording, FM tuner, and you can even record FM radio...dunno why you would want to though.

🙂
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yea its got fm, but its also got some of the worst sound quality ever!
 
Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
Originally posted by: Insane3D
Originally posted by: RossMAN
Originally posted by: episodic
When they get a nano that does video nice without hacks. . .
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add a built-in FM tuner and I'm in.
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That's why I got the Sansa. It does video, voice recording, FM tuner, and you can even record FM radio...dunno why you would want to though.

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yea its got fm, but its also got some of the worst sound quality ever!
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So, are you just talking out your ass again? Just curious. I haven't seen one comment on the Sansa having bad sound quality in all the research I did....of course, I didn't ask you, the resident expert.

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