screw firewire iPod! Wireless iPod!
With all the Airports installed in a bunch of macs, wouldn't it be cool if you could transfer files wirelessly to your iPod from ANYWHERE near an aiport base. Or you could probably STREAM mp3s instead of downloading them onto a hard drive. That way, you wouldn't need a huge hard drive and by not having a huge hard drive, fitting a special airport card in there! What do you think?
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someday, but firewire is fast and gives it power cheaper.
<strong> You really want to hear it, but you are too darn lazy to get up and walk upstairs to your computer(don't tell me you aren't ever that lazy). .</strong><hr></blockquote>
I think you should be frog marched around the block a few times. Think the exercise might help.
A hard-drive-less, wireless iPod.
How would it work? Easy (kind of). You use Firewire for charging and security for the Mac that holds your MP3s. (Basically your making a one-to-one login from WiFiPod to Mac).
The playlist you see on the iPod is your iTunes library.
You want to play a song? Your Mac streams the selected song to you using Quicktime broadcasting*.
The Pros: Better battery life. Essentially solid state. Slimmer. Cheaper -- Subtract cost of HD, add cost of Wifi card/chipset equals cheaper by a hundred dollars at least!!
The Cons: obviously can't use it as a Firewire hard drive. If you're out of range, you're out of luck. (But remember, the WiFiPod wouldn't have to be in range of your Mac directly as long as you are in range of a WiFi network that can see it -- So if your Mac has a broadband connection you could theoretically be in any WiFi hotspot).
Screed ...Lack of sleep makes me think ...too much.
* Why did they call it "Quicktime Broadcaster" if you can cast to only one recipient without QTSS??
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With all the Airports installed in a bunch of macs, wouldn't it be cool if you could transfer files wirelessly to your iPod from ANYWHERE near an aiport base. Or you could probably STREAM mp3s instead of downloading them onto a hard drive. That way, you wouldn't need a huge hard drive and by not having a huge hard drive, fitting a special airport card in there! What do you think?<hr></blockquote>
Airport range is limiting, so maybe a frequency modulated signal could be used instead. And to drive the cost down, get rid of the hard drive. Those Toshibas are too expensive. For cheap, you can use a replaceable cartridges employing magnetic bands. It would just need a cool name to exemplify its capabilities.
iWalkman
If you're really lazy and don't like walking, then you can use satellite radio frequencies instead, and have:
iSatman
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