I know this doesn't pertain to the original ?, but
Voice recorder = Yes
FM Radio = No
The reason I bought my iPod was to listen to the music I wanted when I wanted. I plug it up to my AUX. jack in my sony cd player and hit some trails...not so I can tune into FM radio and listen to all the commercial poop.
I believe it actually has two processors, and I can only imagine that they'll make that one if the power ever exists.
As for features, radio & recording would be great. I used to have a recording walkman and I could record radio shows, on air concerts and anything I could mic. It was convenient.
Radio is fine it just depends on where you are. I wouldn't turn away radio functionality if they could add it without any impact on the form factor. If you don't want to listen to it you simply don't. This of course assumes they add it without increasing the price.
Yet again I will agree the potential to record is my biggest desire even if it requires purchasing something. That and AAC support.
lol... yea not that the 400$ for an iPod is to expensive all ready. Lets just add a color screen and Movie playing abilities. gosh! 64MB internal memory!!!!!! that's all it has!!! lololololol ahahahhahahaahhahaha
add the 20gb drive, the ability to firewire2 shows off a Tivo like recorder or a DVD player and you are ready to rock!!!!</strong><hr></blockquote>
In 5-6 years, we can talk. Right now, while it can be done, can not be sold at an anywhere reasonable price. Just because something's cool doesnt mean people will buy it as we have seen so many times.
We still need battery life for example. Ask pocket pc users what they do with their machines on a daily basis and they'll rattle off a laundry list of features. It sounds impressive, but most of them with the exception of a few freaks don't find half the features to be more than a novelty (buying a 512mb memory card then encoding and uploading short crappy movies via usb? please). Apple is smart enough to see this.
Stan Ng, Product Line Manager for the iPod, gave an interview on Your Mac Life this past week. I haven't listened to it yet, but it's available in the archive. I bet someone asked him about the potential of the current iPod.
FWIW, I'd like to see the iPod add recording functionality (high quality microphone input) which would make it a great alternative to a minidisc recorder as a semipro portable hard disk recorder--wonderful for interviews and music. Add that capability and I'll pay whatever price it goes for.
In 5-6 years, we can talk. Right now, while it can be done, can not be sold at an anywhere reasonable price. Just because something's cool doesnt mean people will buy it as we have seen so many times.
We still need battery life for example. Ask pocket pc users what they do with their machines on a daily basis and they'll rattle off a laundry list of features. It sounds impressive, but most of them with the exception of a few freaks don't find half the features to be more than a novelty (buying a 512mb memory card then encoding and uploading short crappy movies via usb? please). Apple is smart enough to see this.
Okay, the sharp is roughly $500, add in $250 for the hard drive and you are still under the price of a lot of those portable dvd players that are out there. Sony and Panasonic have no problems justifying manufacturing of these devices and selling them for $1200 or so.
He (the radio interviewer) says he isn't allowed to ask anything about future additions so he never asks anything really about the future of the iPod except to get a response that Apple see it primarily right now as a music player with additional abilities although never to say never about any possible feature.
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The iPod is a great device for listening to music, and checking to-do/calender/contacts.
It will remain a great device for these things, and will not evolve into a Newton 2 or anything. That's not to say it can't be improved (FM radio!!!).
Barto
[ 10-26-2002: Message edited by: Matsu ]</p>
:-)
Why won't anyone want that, if it does not result in additional gadgets or weight for the ipod??
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to work with this:
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I'd be a happy camper.
Oh yeah, and drop the price by $150 across the line. And add a damn FM receiver and a mic too.
Edit:
And where is the mp4 support?! And the color screen to watch divx movies?!
Ok. I'm better now.
mika.
[ 10-26-2002: Message edited by: PC^KILLA ]</p>
Voice recorder = Yes
FM Radio = No
The reason I bought my iPod was to listen to the music I wanted when I wanted. I plug it up to my AUX. jack in my sony cd player and hit some trails...not so I can tune into FM radio and listen to all the commercial poop.
As for features, radio & recording would be great. I used to have a recording walkman and I could record radio shows, on air concerts and anything I could mic. It was convenient.
and so would a lot of other musicians...
But a microphone input, that would be cool....I'd use that.
Yet again I will agree the potential to record is my biggest desire even if it requires purchasing something. That and AAC support.
[ 10-28-2002: Message edited by: Telomar ]</p>
<a href="http://www.dynamism.com/av1/index.shtml"; target="_blank">http://www.dynamism.com/av1/index.shtml</a>;
add the 20gb drive, the ability to firewire2 shows off a Tivo like recorder or a DVD player and you are ready to rock!!!!
<strong>I think the future iPod should be a variant of this:
<a href="http://www.dynamism.com/av1/index.shtml"; target="_blank">http://www.dynamism.com/av1/index.shtml</a>;
add the 20gb drive, the ability to firewire2 shows off a Tivo like recorder or a DVD player and you are ready to rock!!!!</strong><hr></blockquote>
In 5-6 years, we can talk. Right now, while it can be done, can not be sold at an anywhere reasonable price. Just because something's cool doesnt mean people will buy it as we have seen so many times.
We still need battery life for example. Ask pocket pc users what they do with their machines on a daily basis and they'll rattle off a laundry list of features. It sounds impressive, but most of them with the exception of a few freaks don't find half the features to be more than a novelty (buying a 512mb memory card then encoding and uploading short crappy movies via usb? please). Apple is smart enough to see this.
[ 10-28-2002: Message edited by: Nebrie ]</p>
<a href="http://www.yourmaclife.com"; target="_blank">yourmaclife.com</a>
FWIW, I'd like to see the iPod add recording functionality (high quality microphone input) which would make it a great alternative to a minidisc recorder as a semipro portable hard disk recorder--wonderful for interviews and music. Add that capability and I'll pay whatever price it goes for.
Alex.
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In 5-6 years, we can talk. Right now, while it can be done, can not be sold at an anywhere reasonable price. Just because something's cool doesnt mean people will buy it as we have seen so many times.
We still need battery life for example. Ask pocket pc users what they do with their machines on a daily basis and they'll rattle off a laundry list of features. It sounds impressive, but most of them with the exception of a few freaks don't find half the features to be more than a novelty (buying a 512mb memory card then encoding and uploading short crappy movies via usb? please). Apple is smart enough to see this.
[ 10-28-2002: Message edited by: Nebrie ]</strong><hr></blockquote>
Okay, the sharp is roughly $500, add in $250 for the hard drive and you are still under the price of a lot of those portable dvd players that are out there. Sony and Panasonic have no problems justifying manufacturing of these devices and selling them for $1200 or so.
Basically gives away nothing.