iPod 50GB in November
'lo all,
I have NO clue how attendible this is, but a friend was in Singapore to pick me up a 30GB iPod (since they're a HELL of a lot cheaper there), and the guy selling them was saying if he wanted to wait until November to buy th iPod because 50GB iPods would be coming out and that 15GB would be dirt cheap (ie prob 299usd).
I dont know why this person would know this but the time frame makes sense, just before Christmas.
Anyway, I want an iPod so I went ahead with the 30... Cant wait to get the thing!!!!
I have NO clue how attendible this is, but a friend was in Singapore to pick me up a 30GB iPod (since they're a HELL of a lot cheaper there), and the guy selling them was saying if he wanted to wait until November to buy th iPod because 50GB iPods would be coming out and that 15GB would be dirt cheap (ie prob 299usd).
I dont know why this person would know this but the time frame makes sense, just before Christmas.
Anyway, I want an iPod so I went ahead with the 30... Cant wait to get the thing!!!!
Comments
thats more hard disc space than my powerbook...
Originally posted by othello
50gb!? this is getting insane...
thats more hard disc space than my powerbook...
then maybe with that much room they could put a video decoder in it so we could rip DVD's to an iPod to watch on the bus!!!!!
Seriously wow 50GB that's a lot of mp3
thats more hard disc space than my PowerMac
Who has that much music anay?
Originally posted by Alpha Mac
50gb!!!!! thats just insane!...
thats more hard disc space than my PowerMac
Who has that much music anay?
I do...
Originally posted by Alpha Mac
50gb!!!!! thats just insane!...
thats more hard disc space than my PowerMac
Who has that much music anay?
i dont but i definitely would not mind
1.) encoding at a much higher bitrate
2.) having a lot more additional storage space in my pocket
Originally posted by applenut
i dont but i definitely would not mind
1.) encoding at a much higher bitrate
2.) having a lot more additional storage space in my pocket
Well, I have 85GB (17,000 songs) so a 50GB iPod isn't going to help me, but it's a start in the right direction. But listening 24/7 would take 50 days to listen to all the songs. Think it will need a bigger battery too...
Originally posted by Alpha Mac
50gb!!!!! thats just insane!...
thats more hard disc space than my PowerMac
Who has that much music anay?
iPods aint just about music...
Plus, Apple could easily justify 50GB by making a REAL revamp by adding Video playback features (MPEG4 would be nice, but would take a hell of a processor).
Would be perfect for, say, an iFilm website where you can download movies, add to your new iPod AV and watch movies on a mini OLED screen and/or attach to a monitor or TV and watch movies.
Hmmm... just made all that up. Scary, it works pretty well too.
iFilm site, an iPod AV...
Originally posted by Alpha Mac
50gb!!!!! thats just insane!...
thats more hard disc space than my PowerMac
is that an echo in here...
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Originally posted by Bigc
Well, I have 85GB (17,000 songs) so a 50GB iPod isn't going to help me, but it's a start in the right direction.
holy smokes! i have 8000 songs and thought that was a lot - but yeah - bigger is better.
Originally posted by othello
is that an echo in here...
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Great minds think alike
Originally posted by Bigc
Well, I have 85GB (17,000 songs) so a 50GB iPod isn't going to help me, but it's a start in the right direction. But listening 24/7 would take 50 days to listen to all the songs. Think it will need a bigger battery too...
Must we have this battle again?
All of your mailboxes so not only can you have the info with you, but a backup in case something gets f'ed.
What other ideas would people have? I know the video one, and that's fine if it ever happens, fine if it doesn't. I just think more could be done with iSync.
Originally posted by bunge
Apple could cross the iPod with some other applications. Not just iApps, but backup, mail, software update and maybe others. I like the thought of going to an Apple store with the iPod and getting updates, going home and having them install automatically. OK, I have DSL, but some people might like the idea. A lot of people have broadband at work but just a modem at home.
All of your mailboxes so not only can you have the info with you, but a backup in case something gets f'ed.
What other ideas would people have? I know the video one, and that's fine if it ever happens, fine if it doesn't. I just think more could be done with iSync.
i think what a lot of you are saying is right. if iPod goes up to 50Gig, you've got to assume Apple is planning on a major advance in what the thing can do:
- full-sized 16:9 screen with video playback
- more PDA-like functionalities
- text input
the possibilites are endless of course. needless to say, by the time Sony gets their "PSP" to market, Apple will have already done it, and better.
that's my 2 cents.
Go to the iSync / iUpdate section of any Apple Store, plug in your iPod, and blammo, get all the latest updates (even some third party shareware, game demos, .Mac freebees, movie trailers, audio sample available on music store, etc).
That would be a KICK ASS service...
But it would blow away the Nomad, even in the eyes of spec whores who don't care if it works well, as long as it works.