Why are people complaining?
I've been seeing numerous amounts of negativity about this new iPod. I think it is great. I was planning to buy one even before it came out, but with all the negativity its brought me down. So, is this really a disappointment, or is the negativity coming from anal nerds who will find something wrong with it to complain about??
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Get over it!
Originally posted by Flounder
It seems to mostly be people getting their panties in a bunch about the lack of firewire.
Get over it!
Not to totally derail this thread, but I think the firewire complaint is a valid one.
As a first time Mac user (second gen iMac), I enjoy everything about my Mac and iPods, but where are you supposed to plug all of this stuff in? Everything else is using USB (such as keyboard, printer, camera, Shuffle,or UPS) and that leaves no more ports for now USB only iPods.
Solutions anyone?
Originally posted by pino
Not to totally derail this thread, but I think the firewire complaint is a valid one.
As a first time Mac user (second gen iMac), I enjoy everything about my Mac and iPods, but where are you supposed to plug all of this stuff in? Everything else is using USB (such as keyboard, printer, camera, Shuffle,or UPS) and that leaves no more ports for now USB only iPods.
Solutions anyone?
BUY A HUB...You couldnt figure that out on your own?!?!?!?
Also: I DLed Lost and that is the LAST TV show I will ever buy online...untill they encode them in a good resolution.
Originally posted by a_greer
BUY A HUB...You couldnt figure that out on your own?!?!?!?
Also: I DLed Lost and that is the LAST TV show I will ever buy online...untill they encode them in a good resolution.
Take it easy, oh Great One. Maybe one day I will reach Senior Member status, but I'm still at the beginning of the learning curve. You were there once, don't forget.
Thanks for the suggestion.
Originally posted by pino
Take it easy, oh Great One. Maybe one day I will reach Senior Member status, but I'm still at the beginning of the learning curve. You were there once, don't forget.
Thanks for the suggestion.
Nice level-headed reply, Pino. It's nice to see someone quell flames rather than fan them for once. I agree with you about the iPod and USB, it sucks for Mac users no matter how you look at it. I guess since the iPod is used 95% of the time with windows, they can give us the shaft now and again?
1. Bigger hard drive
2. Lyrics display with the song, like in the nano
3. Wireless headphone capability
I assume the new iPod has #2, since it's already in the lower priced nano, but didn't address #1 or #3.
On top of that, they took away capability to use many current accessories, including my two favorites: Bluetooth wireless headphones (Logitech) and even the basic wired remote, which used to be included with iPods.
Okay, I'm at the gym on a stationary bike, elliptical trainer or treadmill with my iPod in a small bag hanging from the drink holder. Or the iPod is simply in my pocket while at work or walking around.
- I can't use my wired remote
- I can't use my bluetooth headphones, with built in pause, volume, and track buttons
How do I control my iPod's volume, pause or skip songs? This is a must have capability for me.
YEAH!!!
I plan to get me a video capable iPod, though I have a photo iPod.
I would like to see Apple really direct itself toward the photographer, too. Something good sounds like it is coming next week.
Whoever all said that Apple has fans that grump about things, they are correct in observing this behaviour, especially on Mac sites.
I prefer it to the blah blah of the redmond paid or cheerleading staff, which sounds like big brother on the 1984 Macintosh ad, or like the old soviet empire.
a.) The scroll wheel is too big. They could have used the scroll wheel off of the shuffle.
b.) There is no stylus.
V/R,
Aries 1B
iPod is an audio device first and foremost. Everything needed for recording is in place, as evidenced by how people have actually been able to record through the headphones by booting the iPod into Linux. Pretty much all of Apple's competitors have recording. Why doesn't Apple enable this in top end iPods?
A second complaint: they made a device they called iPod Photo but it could not suck pictures from a camera out of the box, pretty much the best possible use for a portable HD such as the iPod in conjunction with photos. (IMO of course.) I hear even the add-on offered for this purpose is unreliable and slow. Put a fast CompactFlash reader inside the basic package, ready to empty CF cards out of the box, and you have something worthy of calling iPod Photo.
A third complaint: WTF are they thinking with 320x240 video? That's useless. Overall, in my view the iPods don't seem much better than they were at the beginning. Not worse, naturally, but not much better either.
A fourth complaint: mini was cut, and nano, while not being bad, does a poor job of replacing it considering the $50 price hike and functionality (again) being largely unchanged.
The iPod Photo could be a real help to people using a camera, but it needs faster reading and recording/storage of photographs, so to speak, out of the box. It is a natural thing for photographers to turn to Macs, and I hope Apple will address itself to this point that you too raise for them. It is a natural part of Apple's constituency.
Originally posted by Gon
My greatest complaint: it cannot record.
iPod is an audio device first and foremost. Everything needed for recording is in place, as evidenced by how people have actually been able to record through the headphones by booting the iPod into Linux. Pretty much all of Apple's competitors have recording. Why doesn't Apple enable this in top end iPods?
A second complaint: they made a device they called iPod Photo but it could not suck pictures from a camera out of the box, pretty much the best possible use for a portable HD such as the iPod in conjunction with photos. (IMO of course.) I hear even the add-on offered for this purpose is unreliable and slow. Put a fast CompactFlash reader inside the basic package, ready to empty CF cards out of the box, and you have something worthy of calling iPod Photo.
A third complaint: WTF are they thinking with 320x240 video? That's useless. Overall, in my view the iPods don't seem much better than they were at the beginning. Not worse, naturally, but not much better either.
A fourth complaint: mini was cut, and nano, while not being bad, does a poor job of replacing it considering the $50
price hike and functionality (again) being largely unchanged.