The iPod does need hardware expansion in the form of an FM / AM (for sports) tuner. An add-on that would plug into the firewire / headphone jack on the top of the unit and replicate the ports on top. I would think that this is a great opportunity for a developer. I would pay $50 for this add-on feature and get rid of my walkman.
I just want a blue display and a 10gig HD. If Apple includes these two things in the next revision I will immediately buy an iPod. No matter what price.
The iPod will never have more than a 5 gigabyte HD. Who needs more than 1000 songs? The price would go up if they did that, we all want the price to go down.
<strong>The iPod will never have more than a 5 gigabyte HD. Who needs more than 1000 songs? The price would go up if they did that, we all want the price to go down.</strong><hr></blockquote>
sure it will. cost of components goes down overtime. 5GB HD will get cheaper. a 10GB will become available for the old price, etc.
<strong>The iPod will never have more than a 5 gigabyte HD. Who needs more than 1000 songs? The price would go up if they did that, we all want the price to go down.</strong><hr></blockquote>
You're right, probably no one would need more than 1000 songs. But still, once Apple can they'll give it a bigger HD. Even if it only makes them look better.
I have more than a thousand songs in my MP3 library. Then again, they occupy 3 day's worth of music, and the iPod's 10 hr battery canot hope to hold out for that long. Blah////
The portalplayer chipset (arm based) that runs the ipod supports mp3 encoding at up to 320b/s. I think this is an obvious in for the next version of ipod. I hope apple implements it with an external mic plug with an adjustable recording level. This guy would be great for recording live in small spaces.
<strong>An on wire remote control like those included with MD players would be awesome.</strong><hr></blockquote>
rumor is that they exist now, or soon will. there are contacts around the headphone jack just like portable MD players. people have also reported there is a space in the packaging (anyone have a pict of the packing? picts of the contacts are on mosr.com ) that was empty and approx the size of an inline romote device. the picts of the contacts dont look nearly as obvious as any of the portable MD players i have owned or played with, but they do seem to be there for something. because those contacts are attached to the analog output, i dont see much else they are for. any digital connections would go through firewire port.
My software idea: Pong! It's already got the control wheel to play it with, and imagine how long the battery would last if you were just playing Pong, no MP3s.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Actually there is a game on the iPod. Brickels! (sorta-like Pong) It's an easter egg in the menu. (Sorry I forgot the activation code. It's something like hold down the center button and select "About" in the menu.)
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<strong>The iPod will never have more than a 5 gigabyte HD. Who needs more than 1000 songs? The price would go up if they did that, we all want the price to go down.</strong><hr></blockquote>
sure it will. cost of components goes down overtime. 5GB HD will get cheaper. a 10GB will become available for the old price, etc.
<strong>The iPod will never have more than a 5 gigabyte HD. Who needs more than 1000 songs? The price would go up if they did that, we all want the price to go down.</strong><hr></blockquote>
You're right, probably no one would need more than 1000 songs. But still, once Apple can they'll give it a bigger HD. Even if it only makes them look better.
check out the chipset specs at
<a href="http://www.portalplayer.com"; target="_blank">web page</a>
pretty cool stuff.
<strong>An on wire remote control like those included with MD players would be awesome.</strong><hr></blockquote>
rumor is that they exist now, or soon will. there are contacts around the headphone jack just like portable MD players. people have also reported there is a space in the packaging (anyone have a pict of the packing? picts of the contacts are on mosr.com ) that was empty and approx the size of an inline romote device. the picts of the contacts dont look nearly as obvious as any of the portable MD players i have owned or played with, but they do seem to be there for something. because those contacts are attached to the analog output, i dont see much else they are for. any digital connections would go through firewire port.
<strong>There already is a speaker jack.
My software idea: Pong! It's already got the control wheel to play it with, and imagine how long the battery would last if you were just playing Pong, no MP3s.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Actually there is a game on the iPod. Brickels! (sorta-like Pong) It's an easter egg in the menu. (Sorry I forgot the activation code. It's something like hold down the center button and select "About" in the menu.)
[ 11-28-2001: Message edited by: Ebby ]
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