AGAIN: Could those rumors about new iPod docks be true?
i Have to post this again since uninformed (not to say idiotic) user COS screwed up my previous post on this subject.
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I read somwhere(can`t remember where, sorry) that Apple might release new iPod docks at WWDC, that will have wireless remote and some more add ons. That new dock should help iPods to take the central place for music in the house and replace the cd players (that`s what it said in the article) What do u think if this could be true? And should i wait till the WWDC(new ones have 2 much bugs for my taste and 499euros (that`s the price in my country for 15gb) is a lot of money) or should i buy the new one now?
Thanks
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I read somwhere(can`t remember where, sorry) that Apple might release new iPod docks at WWDC, that will have wireless remote and some more add ons. That new dock should help iPods to take the central place for music in the house and replace the cd players (that`s what it said in the article) What do u think if this could be true? And should i wait till the WWDC(new ones have 2 much bugs for my taste and 499euros (that`s the price in my country for 15gb) is a lot of money) or should i buy the new one now?
Thanks
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It would be my request that this thread stick to the DOCK and THAT thread be renamed 'x86 Panther with Target Disk boot from new iPod'.
Thx.
This is coming from me, an owner of the new 15 gig.
PS. I got my new iPod 4 hours ago, its still on charge and I am only handling it with pink silk gloves - so no, I havent taken it apart yet!
I'd pay extra money to have my iPod dock into my stereo.
The bit about wireless makes sense if it's just syncing up through Rondezvous but using the iPod Dock to buy music seems *really* strange. Why would Apple build something that could do that when you're either going to have a PC or Mac that can.
Seems like a good way to increase the cost of the device to add almost no useful functionality.
-Joey
Docks?
Well, the Greeks were known around the mediterranean for their fleets...
OK oK, but seriously now.
Docks? Yes, another dock designed just for your home stero is probably a good idea. iDunno if Apple will do it, or a 3rd party, but the ports of the iPod are finally worked out in a way that makes it possible. USB2/FW400 will be around for a long time, and I don't imagine the iPod's form changing for quite some time. Mebbe wireless syncing, certainly a (wireless) remote for standalone use, line-out, meaty stereo friendly cables. Whatever it is, the iPod itself will not change.
Seriously, even cheap shelf systems now come with toslink if not digital coax.
Toslink would be my choice... no electrical conductor between my home theater system and the iPod. With a network connector, this become more critical. Currently, everything connected to my home theater is on one side of a massive power-conditioning / surge-protection unit.
Originally posted by Jingo
WEll I can see one thing the iPod should have - Bluetooth. Then you could have wireless headsets (maybe the same one you use for your cellphone), wireless connections to car hifis, home hifis etc etc. That would be worth a change in a shorter timeframe than everyone seems to expect, wouldn't it??
Except... then you'll have batteries hanging off of your head simply to listen to music. (unless you're waiting for them to recharge)
Seems less convenient than the hassle of a cord. Wireless headphones have been around for decades. Would bluetooth make them more appealing?
I see some potential for a wireless iPod but not a wireless iPod dock. If you're going to plug the iPod in, why not just plug it in?
Originally posted by dfiler
Except... then you'll have batteries hanging off of your head simply to listen to music. (unless you're waiting for them to recharge)
Seems less convenient than the hassle of a cord. Wireless headphones have been around for decades. Would bluetooth make them more appealing?
I see some potential for a wireless iPod but not a wireless iPod dock. If you're going to plug the iPod in, why not just plug it in?
There's a few answers to this, but one simple one is the attractive ability to link the headset to multiple devices, all of which you can keep in your backpack. And in general people do like the idea of not having to have their headsets linked by a cord to the device they're using them with.
The advantage of bluetooth is that it is much lower power, better quality, more flexible in terms of the devices it can be linked to, and more compact in implementation than traditional wireless headsets. Get with the game, man!!
And clearly there's no benefit to a wireless dock. That's not what I was suggesting.
The only thing i would like iPod to hv (beside longer battery life) is wireless remote, since with w/less remote iPod would be PERFECT (if u forget about song skipping, ticks between songs... )
Originally posted by dfiler
RCA jacks? That's soooo 20th century.
Seriously, even cheap shelf systems now come with toslink if not digital coax.
Olde-fashioned RCA jacks, however, would keep lawyers for the RIAA happier, or at least make them foam at the mouth less than Toslink. (The RIAA won't be totally happy until they figure out how to get people to buy music that they're never allowed to listen to.)