iBrator? (marital aid for the boudoir?and plays music)
iLator? (universal translator from Martian to Venusian and vice verse?and plays music)
iLidder? (automatically puts the toilet seat down?and plays music)
iSitter? (intravenously administers apple juice and Ritalin to kids?and plays music)
iCork (attaches to spouse during sleep to prevent snoring?and plays music)
iBanker (WiFii online banking device that caps shopping spree spending?and plays music)
iBlinder (causes temporary blindness initiated by souse's wandering eye?and plays music)
iStrator (the iBlinder but in Spinal Tap-eese, "goes to 11" and enables male spouse to sing soprano?and plays music)
iBelt (similar to iBlinder but for wife and comes with auto Midol dispenser, wings for added security, and digital lock only accessible by husband?and plays music)
Why do you need GPRS or anything else? So it takes about 30 secs longer to get a fix. Any mobile radio hardware in the touch would make it much more expensive, bigger and defeat the purpose.
You don't, hence my parentheses around GPRS, but the cost to value may be worthwhile so i included it as a possibility. My standalone GPS units can take several minutes to get an initial fix so I don't know about the 30 second difference. In poor weather conditions GPRS would be far more reliable and faster than GPS.
You don't, hence my parentheses around GPRS, but the cost to value may be worthwhile so i included it as a possibility. My standalone GPS units can take several minutes to get an initial fix so I don't know about the 30 second difference. In poor weather conditions GPRS would be far more reliable and faster than GPS.
GPRS is a pretty poor way of getting a position, and I think you mean GSM since GPRS is the IP data protocol. Anyway the point of the touch is for people who don't want a phone.
GPRS is a pretty poor way of getting a position, and I think you mean GSM since GPRS is the IP data protocol. Anyway the point of the touch is for people who don't want a phone.
It's very slow compared to EDGE compared to UMTS compared to HSDPA, but it's faster than GPS data retrievable and more reliable in bad weather. I;m not suggesting a phone in the Touch, but what Kindle has done. I'm not even suggesting it as likely, just speculation what could happen based on other products (read: Kindle) offering an extra added value.
Well since the one thing that seems a given is that the new nano screen will be taller than it is wide, it pretty much has to have a motion sensor so that when you turn the then on its side the video will also rotate to allow you to watch in wide screen - just like the touch.
I seriously dobut it will do anything other than that at all. Maybe as pointed out it will reorient the click wheel too but unless the click wheel now has some sort of back light set of icons (OLED anyone - okay sorry now I'm doing it) I'm not sure how well that is going to work.
Shaking it to activate shuffle? Blah - dumb considering that many people use nanos for working out.
Oh - how about this - an Etch-a-sketch function. Shake the iPod and it erases your library - oh wait my gen two had that - it was called a hard drive......
Well, I was wrong - shake to shuffle - he actually just said it! Colour me surprised.
Shuffles when you shake? Sorry, AI, but I'm calling your bluff on this one. If you're jogging without the hold button on, you'll shuffle your songs whether you want to or not.
It will contain a sensor to detect what direction the iPod is being held - naturally - for watching movies in landscape orientation.
Shuffles when you shake, get real...
I stand corrected. Shake-to-Shuffle is in... I am not too pleased about that. Will annoy many exercisers...
They needed an event for this? Was there one thing earth shattering here? Did I miss it? It's beginning to look like the boy who cried "Wolf"!
The whole was lackluster, and the pushing of Genius was excessive. Not one one HW change that sets the iPod farther apart from the competition than it already is, and the Nano changes seem more of a game of catchup with some of it's features.
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iBrator? (marital aid for the boudoir?and plays music)
iLator? (universal translator from Martian to Venusian and vice verse?and plays music)
iLidder? (automatically puts the toilet seat down?and plays music)
iSitter? (intravenously administers apple juice and Ritalin to kids?and plays music)
iCork (attaches to spouse during sleep to prevent snoring?and plays music)
iBanker (WiFii online banking device that caps shopping spree spending?and plays music)
iBlinder (causes temporary blindness initiated by souse's wandering eye?and plays music)
iStrator (the iBlinder but in Spinal Tap-eese, "goes to 11" and enables male spouse to sing soprano?and plays music)
iBelt (similar to iBlinder but for wife and comes with auto Midol dispenser, wings for added security, and digital lock only accessible by husband?and plays music)
I hope they're all touch screen!
Why do you need GPRS or anything else? So it takes about 30 secs longer to get a fix. Any mobile radio hardware in the touch would make it much more expensive, bigger and defeat the purpose.
You don't, hence my parentheses around GPRS, but the cost to value may be worthwhile so i included it as a possibility. My standalone GPS units can take several minutes to get an initial fix so I don't know about the 30 second difference. In poor weather conditions GPRS would be far more reliable and faster than GPS.
- iTunes 8: more ways for Apple to flog stuff to you.
- Apple boasts that it has an MP3 player monopoly.
- iPod classic is semi-cancelled.
- iPod nano, no suprises.
- Shake to shuffle! Who's idea was that again? The epileptics among us will be hearing a lot of half-songs.
- iPod touch: no GPS, bit of a price drop.
- Phil Schiller is a bit fat.
- iPhone 2.1 software to squish bugs.
Shh, Mass is about to begin. We should all genuflect and say Steve's prayer:
Steve, who art at Apple, hallowed by thyne design sensibilities.
Give us today our new product and
deliver us from temptation to buy another brand,
for yours is the look, the feature and the price,
for ever and ever.
Amen.
I pray to Cupertino 5x a day.
You don't, hence my parentheses around GPRS, but the cost to value may be worthwhile so i included it as a possibility. My standalone GPS units can take several minutes to get an initial fix so I don't know about the 30 second difference. In poor weather conditions GPRS would be far more reliable and faster than GPS.
GPRS is a pretty poor way of getting a position, and I think you mean GSM since GPRS is the IP data protocol. Anyway the point of the touch is for people who don't want a phone.
Does anyone else think they might launch the Beatles catalogue on iTunes today as well? Haven't they been sitting on the rights for quite some time?
By their CDs, import to iTunes, enjoy them at a bit rate that does them justice, no need to worry about DRM?problem solved ;-)
By their CDs, import to iTunes, enjoy them at a bit rate that does them justice, no need to worry about DRM?problem solved ;-)
Way ahead of you
However, I just thought it was a theory I could throw out there...
GPRS is a pretty poor way of getting a position, and I think you mean GSM since GPRS is the IP data protocol. Anyway the point of the touch is for people who don't want a phone.
It's very slow compared to EDGE compared to UMTS compared to HSDPA, but it's faster than GPS data retrievable and more reliable in bad weather. I;m not suggesting a phone in the Touch, but what Kindle has done. I'm not even suggesting it as likely, just speculation what could happen based on other products (read: Kindle) offering an extra added value.
Well since the one thing that seems a given is that the new nano screen will be taller than it is wide, it pretty much has to have a motion sensor so that when you turn the then on its side the video will also rotate to allow you to watch in wide screen - just like the touch.
I seriously dobut it will do anything other than that at all. Maybe as pointed out it will reorient the click wheel too but unless the click wheel now has some sort of back light set of icons (OLED anyone - okay sorry now I'm doing it) I'm not sure how well that is going to work.
Shaking it to activate shuffle? Blah - dumb considering that many people use nanos for working out.
Oh - how about this - an Etch-a-sketch function. Shake the iPod and it erases your library - oh wait my gen two had that - it was called a hard drive......
Well, I was wrong - shake to shuffle - he actually just said it! Colour me surprised.
Shuffles when you shake? Sorry, AI, but I'm calling your bluff on this one. If you're jogging without the hold button on, you'll shuffle your songs whether you want to or not.
It will contain a sensor to detect what direction the iPod is being held - naturally - for watching movies in landscape orientation.
I stand corrected. Shake-to-Shuffle is in... I am not too pleased about that. Will annoy many exercisers...
-Clive
iBrator? (marital aid for the boudoir?and plays music)
it's called an OhMyBod....
*coughs*
They need an event for this? Was there one thing earth shattering? It's beginning to look like the boy who cried "Wolf"!
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They need an event for this? Was there one thing earth shattering here? Did I miss it? It's beginning to look like the boy who cried "Wolf"!
I don't think Apple claimed it was earth shattering.
I stand corrected. Shake-to-Shuffle is in... I am not too pleased about that. Will annoy many exercisers...
-Clive
I don't think so. You have to do a vigorous shake.
I don't think so. You have to do a vigorous shake.
Some people exercise vigourously.
They needed an event for this? Was there one thing earth shattering here? Did I miss it? It's beginning to look like the boy who cried "Wolf"!
It's not supposed to be. It's a press event showing off new, or updated products. What do you expect these things to be?
If people weren't interested, the press wouldn't show up.
They needed an event for this? Was there one thing earth shattering here? Did I miss it? It's beginning to look like the boy who cried "Wolf"!
The whole was lackluster, and the pushing of Genius was excessive. Not one one HW change that sets the iPod farther apart from the competition than it already is, and the Nano changes seem more of a game of catchup with some of it's features.