Please elaborate, I always feel hampered by the scrollwheel trying to find a specific song, for example.
I have 19,000 songs on my Classic, and I don't have a problem with the scroll wheel.
But mainly what bothers me about the Touch is that there's no way to change tracks without looking at the device, unless you use the crappy Apple headphones with remote. Hell, you can't even pause the song without looking at the device. And if you pause the song, you can't continue playing again without quitting whatever other app you might be in. Also, you can't play music videos continuously when you output to TV, so you can't use the Touch as a music video jukebox (it works just fine with the Classic).
Generally what I do on a commute is listen to music on the Classic while I use apps on the Touch. Works great.
I have 19,000 songs on my Classic, and I don't have a problem with the scroll wheel.
But mainly what bothers me about the Touch is that there's no way to change tracks without looking at the device, unless you use the crappy Apple headphones with remote.
Okay, yeah, that's a valid use issue I hadn't thought about.
I would advocate that CDMA needs to die. The rest of the world uses GSM. The ability to buy and pop in a local sim in a different country is priceless. If Apple builds a phone for Verizon, it better be dual CDMA/GSM.
Iphone USERS, HELP BRING AT&T'S NETWORK TO ITS KNEES THIS FRIDAY AT 12:00pm PST... IF YOU HAVE AN iPhone RUN THE MOST DATA INTENSIVE APP YOU HAVE OVER THE 3G NETWORK FOR AS LONG AS YOU CAN... REMEMBER, ITS THIS FRIDAY AT 12:00pm PST, 3:00pm EASTERN
HELP SPREAD THE WORD!
( I am not a troll, I am just trying to spread the word)
No! Why would you do this? What will this accomplish?
I have 19,000 songs on my Classic, and I don't have a problem with the scroll wheel.
But mainly what bothers me about the Touch is that there's no way to change tracks without looking at the device, unless you use the crappy Apple headphones with remote. Hell, you can't even pause the song without looking at the device. And if you pause the song, you can't continue playing again without quitting whatever other app you might be in. Also, you can't play music videos continuously when you output to TV, so you can't use the Touch as a music video jukebox (it works just fine with the Classic).
Generally what I do on a commute is listen to music on the Classic while I use apps on the Touch. Works great.
You can hit the home button twice to bring up the iPod controls. Works when the phone is locked and in most apps. In time you wont need to look at the screen to hit the next track button.
The lack of physical iPod controls was one of the biggest worries I had, thus far it hasn't been a big deal. I'd still like to have physical iPod controls somewhere though.
Edit: You can get non-apple headphones with a remote, and you can even get an adapter with a remote that will let you use any headphones you want now, so the point is largely moot now anyway.
It's not problem with the iPhone. It's AT&T's network.
No Network, despite their claims, would have been able to handle the bandwidth demand from iPhone users; the number of users is just staggering.
Apple has changed the way people use their phones and AT&T was clearly not prepared for the iPhone's success, but no network really is. I guarantee you that if the iPhone some how switches to Verizon, it will cripple their network because a) existing iPhone users will switch because they are unhappy with AT&T; b) those that won't get the iPhone because they have heard bad things from AT&T and are Sprint or T-Mobile costumers will switch and c) existing Verizon customers will switch because the iPhone is now on their networks. Do the math; Verizon can?t handle all this demand.
I'm an iPhone user who lives in NYC, my service isn?t great as it is, I don't need anyone else to make it worse. I've travel to other cities in the US, and the service has been exceptional. AT&T needs to improve its network in markets where demand is the highest (NYC and San Francisco), but crippling the network will screw those iPhone users who get really good service.
You can hit the home button twice to bring up the iPod controls.
Yes I know that. But read my post. If you pause the track, and go back into your app, you no longer have this option to resume playback. That's dumb, and it's simply something that works better with the Classic/Nano.
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Edit: You can get non-apple headphones with a remote, and you can even get an adapter with a remote that will let you use any headphones you want now, so the point is largely moot now anyway.
Can I get any headphones with remote that have a short cord (that's a deal killer for me if only a long cord is available)? And I have headphones i love already. Why should I buy yet another pair?
And I cannot buy the only adapter available (Scosche) here, and I can't currently buy anything on the internet.
I don't have a problem carrying two devices. If I lost my Classic or it broke, and my only other option were to use my Touch for playback, I'd be severely disappointed, regardless of the capacity.
But as I said before, a high capacity (128GB or more) Nano would be awesome.
Um... some people actually like to have the option of receiving calls while they watch videos, without the call interrupting playback.
That doesn?t make any sense. Unless you are watching a silent film then any phone call is going to interrupt playback. Having both the audio from the video and the audio from the phone call being pumped at the same time or having the audio of the video cut out so you can watch the video without sound while on a call aren?t normal activities the average consumer would want.
I'd expect these to show up in the Apple Tablet first.
Most likely four at a time. 256GB would be a minimal requirement for some in a tablet. The other thing is lower cost secondary storage devices. That means SSD devices, USB dongles and the like.
In any event if Apple makes a tablet with four sites on the PC board for flash then that tablet could come with multiple storage capacity sizes. Well they better offer up models with lots of storage, as I don't buy into the idea of cloud storage. The cloud might have some reason to exist in the future but it won't be accessable everywhere. Since a tablet can go any where it can't rely on the cloud or a network connection.
Frankly based on my experience with iPhone or cell phones in general you absolutely need local storage. Lots of storage actually as I'm often having to trim what is stored on my iPhone.
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Please elaborate, I always feel hampered by the scrollwheel trying to find a specific song, for example.
I have 19,000 songs on my Classic, and I don't have a problem with the scroll wheel.
But mainly what bothers me about the Touch is that there's no way to change tracks without looking at the device, unless you use the crappy Apple headphones with remote. Hell, you can't even pause the song without looking at the device. And if you pause the song, you can't continue playing again without quitting whatever other app you might be in. Also, you can't play music videos continuously when you output to TV, so you can't use the Touch as a music video jukebox (it works just fine with the Classic).
Generally what I do on a commute is listen to music on the Classic while I use apps on the Touch. Works great.
I have 19,000 songs on my Classic, and I don't have a problem with the scroll wheel.
But mainly what bothers me about the Touch is that there's no way to change tracks without looking at the device, unless you use the crappy Apple headphones with remote.
Okay, yeah, that's a valid use issue I hadn't thought about.
Thinking maybe touch. I tried to use my phone as a playback device, bought the cables and all. It worked great until I got a call.
Why not put it on Airplane Mode when using it as a playback device?
Alright. 64 gig Verizon iPhone! Bring it on.
I would advocate that CDMA needs to die. The rest of the world uses GSM. The ability to buy and pop in a local sim in a different country is priceless. If Apple builds a phone for Verizon, it better be dual CDMA/GSM.
DOWN WITH AT&T!!!!
Iphone USERS, HELP BRING AT&T'S NETWORK TO ITS KNEES THIS FRIDAY AT 12:00pm PST... IF YOU HAVE AN iPhone RUN THE MOST DATA INTENSIVE APP YOU HAVE OVER THE 3G NETWORK FOR AS LONG AS YOU CAN... REMEMBER, ITS THIS FRIDAY AT 12:00pm PST, 3:00pm EASTERN
HELP SPREAD THE WORD!
( I am not a troll, I am just trying to spread the word)
No! Why would you do this? What will this accomplish?
Read this: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/bu...sq=AT&T&st=cse
I have 19,000 songs on my Classic, and I don't have a problem with the scroll wheel.
But mainly what bothers me about the Touch is that there's no way to change tracks without looking at the device, unless you use the crappy Apple headphones with remote. Hell, you can't even pause the song without looking at the device. And if you pause the song, you can't continue playing again without quitting whatever other app you might be in. Also, you can't play music videos continuously when you output to TV, so you can't use the Touch as a music video jukebox (it works just fine with the Classic).
Generally what I do on a commute is listen to music on the Classic while I use apps on the Touch. Works great.
You can hit the home button twice to bring up the iPod controls. Works when the phone is locked and in most apps. In time you wont need to look at the screen to hit the next track button.
The lack of physical iPod controls was one of the biggest worries I had, thus far it hasn't been a big deal. I'd still like to have physical iPod controls somewhere though.
Edit: You can get non-apple headphones with a remote, and you can even get an adapter with a remote that will let you use any headphones you want now, so the point is largely moot now anyway.
No! Why would you do this? What will this accomplish?
Read this: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/bu...sq=AT&T&st=cse
It's not problem with the iPhone. It's AT&T's network.
It's not problem with the iPhone. It's AT&T's network.
No Network, despite their claims, would have been able to handle the bandwidth demand from iPhone users; the number of users is just staggering.
Apple has changed the way people use their phones and AT&T was clearly not prepared for the iPhone's success, but no network really is. I guarantee you that if the iPhone some how switches to Verizon, it will cripple their network because a) existing iPhone users will switch because they are unhappy with AT&T; b) those that won't get the iPhone because they have heard bad things from AT&T and are Sprint or T-Mobile costumers will switch and c) existing Verizon customers will switch because the iPhone is now on their networks. Do the math; Verizon can?t handle all this demand.
I'm an iPhone user who lives in NYC, my service isn?t great as it is, I don't need anyone else to make it worse. I've travel to other cities in the US, and the service has been exceptional. AT&T needs to improve its network in markets where demand is the highest (NYC and San Francisco), but crippling the network will screw those iPhone users who get really good service.
You can hit the home button twice to bring up the iPod controls.
Yes I know that. But read my post. If you pause the track, and go back into your app, you no longer have this option to resume playback. That's dumb, and it's simply something that works better with the Classic/Nano.
Edit: You can get non-apple headphones with a remote, and you can even get an adapter with a remote that will let you use any headphones you want now, so the point is largely moot now anyway.
Can I get any headphones with remote that have a short cord (that's a deal killer for me if only a long cord is available)? And I have headphones i love already. Why should I buy yet another pair?
And I cannot buy the only adapter available (Scosche) here, and I can't currently buy anything on the internet.
I don't have a problem carrying two devices. If I lost my Classic or it broke, and my only other option were to use my Touch for playback, I'd be severely disappointed, regardless of the capacity.
But as I said before, a high capacity (128GB or more) Nano would be awesome.
Thinking maybe touch. I tried to use my phone as a playback device, bought the cables and all. It worked great until I got a call.
Just put your phone in "airplane mode."
Why would it be crazy expensive? Didn't the 32GB iPhone 3GS debut at the same price point as the previous 16GB iPhone 3G?
Same goes for the 64GB iPod touch 3G vs the 32GB iPod touch 2G.
That due to having to stack twice as many chips on the module. That is if the chips use the same tech as last years modules.
Dave
It's not problem with the iPhone. It's AT&T's network.
Correct. The problem is AT&T, not Apple. iPhone users outside of the United States have a markedly better user experience.
Just put your phone in "airplane mode."
Um... some people actually like to have the option of receiving calls while they watch videos, without the call interrupting playback.
Correct. The problem is AT&T, not Apple. iPhone users outside of the United States have a markedly better user experience.
But what will crippling the network accomplish?
Um... some people actually like to have the option of receiving calls while they watch videos, without the call interrupting playback.
That doesn?t make any sense. Unless you are watching a silent film then any phone call is going to interrupt playback. Having both the audio from the video and the audio from the phone call being pumped at the same time or having the audio of the video cut out so you can watch the video without sound while on a call aren?t normal activities the average consumer would want.
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But what will crippling the network accomplish?
I did not suggest to cripple the network. Please do not put words into my mouth. Thank you.
Um... some people actually like to have the option of receiving calls while they watch videos, without the call interrupting playback.
Get an iPod touch and a dumbphone. It works great for me! :-P
I'd expect these to show up in the Apple Tablet first.
Most likely four at a time. 256GB would be a minimal requirement for some in a tablet. The other thing is lower cost secondary storage devices. That means SSD devices, USB dongles and the like.
In any event if Apple makes a tablet with four sites on the PC board for flash then that tablet could come with multiple storage capacity sizes. Well they better offer up models with lots of storage, as I don't buy into the idea of cloud storage. The cloud might have some reason to exist in the future but it won't be accessable everywhere. Since a tablet can go any where it can't rely on the cloud or a network connection.
Frankly based on my experience with iPhone or cell phones in general you absolutely need local storage. Lots of storage actually as I'm often having to trim what is stored on my iPhone.
Dave
Get an iPod touch and a dumbphone. It works great for me! :-P
Yes, that's what I have.