Wouldn't it be tight if the new iPod can play/store mp3's as well as data storage?

[Zclyh3]

I think Apple would make a lot of money by doing this. Heck, I would buy one if it had this function.

 

[Lars]

Isn't it supposed to work as an external drive already?

 

[Lucky]

uh what? it already does that.

 

[Instan00dles]

The iPods do work like an external hard drive. I read a new article about people going into apple sotres, attaching the iPods and stealing software and stuff like that,

 

[loup garou]

From here.

Capacity
5GB, 10GB, or 20GB hard disk drive (2)
? Holds over 1,000, 2,000 or 4,000 songs in 160-Kbps MP3 format(3)

? Stores data in FireWire disk mode

 

[Martin]

Originally posted by: Instan00dles
The iPods do work like an external hard drive. I read a new article about people going into apple sotres, attaching the iPods and stealing software and stuff like that,

yeah, a kid did that with Office. lol

 

[Aves]

Originally posted by: Instan00dles
The iPods do work like an external hard drive. I read a new article about people going into apple sotres, attaching the iPods and stealing software and stuff like that,

Link

 

[Lucky]

Originally posted by: MartyTheManiak

Originally posted by: Instan00dles
The iPods do work like an external hard drive. I read a new article about people going into apple sotres, attaching the iPods and stealing software and stuff like that,

yeah, a kid did that with Office. lol

one of the nice things about macs...no DLL's spread across the hard drive.

 

[randomlinh]

heh, looks like Zclyh3 is buying an iPod What i really want is a color LCD screen w/ integrated video player.. or hell, make it a pocket PC... all for the same price it's selling for now, and one hell of a battery.

 

[PowerMac4Ever]

Originally posted by: lnguyen
heh, looks like Zclyh3 is buying an iPod What i really want is a color LCD screen w/ integrated video player.. or hell, make it a pocket PC... all for the same price it's selling for now, and one hell of a battery.

Maybe in a few years... IMHO Apple will turn the iPod into a fully-functional pda.

 

Originally posted by: lnguyen
heh, looks like Zclyh3 is buying an iPod What i really want is a color LCD screen w/ integrated video player.. or hell, make it a pocket PC... all for the same price it's selling for now, and one hell of a battery.

Come on, it's a portable music player. That's the problem with PocketPCs, they try to do everything. I am already annoyed that they put the PDA stuff in the new iPod firmware.

 

[Zclyh3]

But the problem is that no EVERYONE has a firewire port. Now if they made it where it shares USB AND Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports, then that would be the bomb.

 

[Smolek]

 

[Zclyh3]

Damn...$299 MSRP? A bit too much for me.

 

[mchammer187]

Originally posted by: Zclyh3
Damn...$299 MSRP? A bit too much for me.

is this for the 5 GB or 10

if this is the 10 tell me where

 

[Zclyh3]

You can never get the 10GB one for $299.

 

[mchammer187]

Originally posted by: Zclyh3
You can never get the 10GB one for $299.

they had the old mac version on sale somewhere for 299 but they sold out like last week

 

[randomlinh]

Come on, it's a portable music player. That's the problem with PocketPCs, they try to do everything. I am already annoyed that they put the PDA stuff in the new iPod firmware.

i guess what i meant was a more multimedia device. cuase $299-399 for *just* a mp3 player just doesn't seem worth it to me

 

[Chaotic42]

This reminds me of that Dell commercial.

"Yeah, and they could call it 1-800-THEY-ALREADY-DO-THAT.

lol

 

[mpitts]

Originally posted by: Zclyh3
But the problem is that no EVERYONE has a firewire port. Now if they made it where it shares USB AND Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports, then that would be the bomb.

Well, since every Mac for the past 5 years has come with Firewire, that is why it is used. USB 1.1 would way entirely to slow to transfer 5/10/20GB of data.

PC firewire cards are cheap. A lot of motherboard makers are including it nowadays.

 

[pulse8]

Originally posted by: Zclyh3
But the problem is that no EVERYONE has a firewire port. Now if they made it where it shares USB AND Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports, then that would be the bomb.

Everyone should have a firewire port. Could you imagine transferring 5 or 10GB of mp3s via USB. **shudder**

 

[Flashram]

Could you imagine transferring 5 or 10GB of mp3s via USB. **shudder**

Yes, I've done it with my Archos Jukebox. Needless to say I no longer own it. Need the USB 2.0 model if anything...

 

[Gunbuster]

Can you pull MP3's back off the ipod or does it have DRM BS built it?

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: lnguyen
heh, looks like Zclyh3 is buying an iPod What i really want is a color LCD screen w/ integrated video player.. or hell, make it a pocket PC... all for the same price it's selling for now, and one hell of a battery.

i think one of the archos ones will do that.

 

[Zclyh3]

After reading some technical data on the transfer rates of Firewire and USB, we obviously know Firewire is the bomb. They are also making a Firewire upgrade (IEEE 1394b). It transfers up to 800 mbps! It says that if can transfer a whole CD in seconds! =) Me likes.