i agree. i don't understand why they changed the port to something that requires the dock. before, i could carry a balled-up firewire cable in my bag, and plug in whenever and wherever i wanted. now i have to carry a cable/dock?
Doubt it. I think that is why the rushed to get them out last Friday.
I am sure it will fit into the headphone adapter, but you will have to turn it perpendicular to the iPod because of the firewire plug in on the iTrip. Guess I will have to return mine.
Regardless of which, it's just *another* cable to have to carry/remember/lose...
So much for simplifying life...
What? You had to carry a FW cable before... now the cable you carry will have a different end on it. Pain in the ass to buy it I guess, but it's no more "difficult" than carrying the old FW cable.
They should have had the connector going into the base from the computer the same as the connector going into the iPod... then you'd just take the cable from your dock and go. Guess they wouldn't get another $19 from us that way though.
but firewire cables have finally become commonplace. Nearly everyone I know has at least one, and if I turn up anywhere I can be pretty certain there'll be a cable I can connect my drive with.
So right now I don't have to carry a cable with me.
yeah, apple FINALLY got the new specs up for the ipod (they had the old specs there for a while, which was part of the confusion), so i see that the "dock" is really just a nice right-angle connector between cable and ipod.
thing is, if i should lose my ipod connector, i can go to work and scrounge up a new cable, or order a new cable from eleventeen other suppliers. with this new one, i've got to go through apple. well, at least for now...
i know regular consumers might not give a rat's ass about this, but it bugs me like a picture askew. maybe they had to change it to make the unit even thinner? maybe i am just being too picky. hell, i've been called worse.
Apple stole my idea!!! Well, probably not. The On-theGo playlist creation feature is pretty neat. I suggested this in a thread a few months back...maybe. Steve just gave a great interview on CNN btw. The anchors were all saying they wanted to get an iPod now. Anyway, I think Apple really has their head in the right place. The new iPod looks awesome. I was hesitant at first but once I saw the features (backlit buttons, touch-sensitive, dock, and IT'S SO FRIGGIN THIN!!!) I was in love with it all over again. My 20GB has been locking up a lot lately and holds a short charge. Luckily I have the 2 year warranty from CompUSA so I am gonna go there next week and get the new 30 GB as a replacement.
the tech specs seem to note a change in max volume too.
there were some stories about France recalling the 1st generation iPods because French law wouldn't permit any portable music device to output more than 100dB (and the original models put out 104dB or so), so they actually crippled some of the early units to get them under 100dB for sale in France.
looks like the new models have been limited to 60W output.
your volume may vary. can anyone confirm this drop?
edit: my bad... mixing output Wattage with decibels. carry on
They should have had the connector going into the base from the computer the same as the connector going into the iPod... then you'd just take the cable from your dock and go. Guess they wouldn't get another $19 from us that way though.
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Originally posted by rok
i agree. i don't understand why they changed the port to something that requires the dock. before, i could carry a balled-up firewire cable in my bag, and plug in whenever and wherever i wanted. now i have to carry a cable/dock?
Just keep one of these balled up in your bag.
Originally posted by Proud iBook Owner 2k2
WTF's an iTrip?
Doubt it. I think that is why the rushed to get them out last Friday.
I am sure it will fit into the headphone adapter, but you will have to turn it perpendicular to the iPod because of the firewire plug in on the iTrip. Guess I will have to return mine.
Regardless of which, it's just *another* cable to have to carry/remember/lose...
So much for simplifying life...
You guys need to check the new Accessories Page at Apple.
Originally posted by jasonfj
so you have to buy the cable seperately?
Regardless of which, it's just *another* cable to have to carry/remember/lose...
So much for simplifying life...
What? You had to carry a FW cable before... now the cable you carry will have a different end on it. Pain in the ass to buy it I guess, but it's no more "difficult" than carrying the old FW cable.
They should have had the connector going into the base from the computer the same as the connector going into the iPod... then you'd just take the cable from your dock and go. Guess they wouldn't get another $19 from us that way though.
So right now I don't have to carry a cable with me.
Originally posted by murbot
Just keep one of these balled up in your bag.
yeah, apple FINALLY got the new specs up for the ipod (they had the old specs there for a while, which was part of the confusion), so i see that the "dock" is really just a nice right-angle connector between cable and ipod.
thing is, if i should lose my ipod connector, i can go to work and scrounge up a new cable, or order a new cable from eleventeen other suppliers. with this new one, i've got to go through apple. well, at least for now...
i know regular consumers might not give a rat's ass about this, but it bugs me like a picture askew. maybe they had to change it to make the unit even thinner? maybe i am just being too picky. hell, i've been called worse.
Even got the top ports exactly right:
But they TOTALLy blew it on the buttons.. they have a friggin forward key where the menu key is. Dropped the ball on that one!!!
heh
Originally posted by murbot
But they TOTALLy blew it on the buttons.. they have a friggin forward key where the menu key is. Dropped the ball on that one!!!
heh
i am assuming from the tongue-smiley that you are being, how you say, "sarcastic"?
there were some stories about France recalling the 1st generation iPods because French law wouldn't permit any portable music device to output more than 100dB (and the original models put out 104dB or so), so they actually crippled some of the early units to get them under 100dB for sale in France.
looks like the new models have been limited to 60W output.
your volume may vary. can anyone confirm this drop?
edit: my bad... mixing output Wattage with decibels. carry on
You're mixing up decibels and Watts.
New iPod:
http://www.apple.com/ipod/specs.html
Old iPod:
http://www.google.ca/search?q=cache:...hl=en&ie=UTF-8
so, that changey color plastic???
freaking cool, i know where my next 500 bucks is going!!!
Originally posted by murbot
They should have had the connector going into the base from the computer the same as the connector going into the iPod... then you'd just take the cable from your dock and go. Guess they wouldn't get another $19 from us that way though.
Jesus I'm a tool. They come with this cable.
*smacks head into wall forcefully*
Originally posted by gsfmark
anyone notice the cool backlight thing? it looks like the iPod turns black and the screen and buttons backlight when it gets dark.
so, that changey color plastic???
freaking cool, i know where my next 500 bucks is going!!!
no, that isn't "changey color plastic"
it's an intentionally dark image so you can see the backlight in action.
no color changing, yet...
Anyone know what that might be?