Running w/ Mini iPod ???
Today during Steve's Keynote address, he stated you could take the mini iPod running...
I'm curious what apple will do when they have a ton of mini hard drives crashing on them!
The current iPod doesn't stand up to the running test... you jog 5 miles a day and by the end of the month, your iPod has NO "SKIP PROTECTION."
Apple wouldn't even repair the product...
Man I really wish that 4Gb was Flash Memory!!! Especially for that cheap price!
Suggestions??
I'm curious what apple will do when they have a ton of mini hard drives crashing on them!
The current iPod doesn't stand up to the running test... you jog 5 miles a day and by the end of the month, your iPod has NO "SKIP PROTECTION."
Apple wouldn't even repair the product...
Man I really wish that 4Gb was Flash Memory!!! Especially for that cheap price!
Suggestions??
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Originally posted by Dr_Holistic
Today during Steve's Keynote address, he stated you could take the mini iPod running...
I'm curious what apple will do when they have a ton of mini hard drives crashing on them!
The current iPod doesn't stand up to the running test... you jog 5 miles a day and by the end of the month, your iPod has NO "SKIP PROTECTION."
Apple wouldn't even repair the product...
Man I really wish that 4Gb was Flash Memory!!! Especially for that cheap price!
Suggestions??
I'm curious as to where you've been. iPods have always had half an hour of skip protection and the new ones are no different. Everyone who has owned one has dropped it at least once with no problem.
but when they opened the exhibit doors at 11am, Steve was running late on the keynote... and the apple guy who was cool with me totally, molesting the miniPod told me that the miniPod's are harddrive based. tada!
if you have a 3G iPod, or prolly even an older one, you'll be amazed at how that "ClickWheel" feels and works!
I know MANY people that love the iPod, but they are also runners, so they get small CHEAP 32 meg 64 meg mp3 players instead and use those.
I know a few people that have an iPod AND a small cheap flash based player(for running!)
how is apple supposed to be competing with flash based players when the only thing they trump the flashed based players on is capacity, and even that comes at a price(moving parts and less battery life)
I love the new iPod, I think it *looks* GREAT, I think that it's a good concept, but I also feel like this is Cube pt.2
Well, I guess that this iPod will succeed where the cube failed(price) simply because of the *strong* iPod name, certainly a lot of people were waiting for this. And this will probably quell the argument "I have no need for 3000 songs in my pocket"
8)
You won?t believe how small and light the new iPod mini is until you hold it in your hand. And then you won?t believe how much music it holds?1000 songs (4GB) in a package that?s smaller than a cell phone.* You can navigate effortlessly without lifting your thumb. Plus it?s rugged enough for a back pocket and the new anodized aluminum body is also beautifully colorful, with five to choose from. Priced at $249, it?s the perfect choice where size and weight matter most when it?s time to grab the music you love and go. iPod mini will begin shipping on February 16, but you don?t have to wait until then to place your order at the Apple Store.
I guess we will know a few days after then...
I wonder what kind of box they will come in...
edit: oh its from the apple store newsletter that I signed up to...
Anyone how runs more that 25minutes a day will soon find that their iPod start locking up or skipping unless you stop running for a few seconds yet to have it happen again.
But for those of you who just read "skip protection" and assume it 100% legit with out getting of the couch and exercising, are miss informed on how the hard drive functions under these conditions.
Then apple warranty won't replace my iPod once I have this problem!
That's why I really wanted a 2Gb or 4Gb Flash Memory... but to no avail it would be WAY TOO EXPENSIVE !!!!
Oh well...
Nice try mini iPod!
Originally posted by Dr_Holistic
The current iPod doesn't stand up to the running test... you jog 5 miles a day and by the end of the month, your iPod has NO "SKIP PROTECTION."
You're somehow under the impression that you can break an iPod in such a way the the skip protection goes away, but that the iPod will otherwise continue to function, albeit in a more shock-sensitive way?
That makes no sense. If you crash your iPod's hard drive via jogging-induced trauma, the iPod will cease to function completely. No playback of any sort is going to happen after that.
I know, not really the definitive answer, but just my 2 cents.
cuz i'm in the same situation as paul...
i like to run for about an hour...my iPod freezes and at about 20 minutes everytime...i have to stop, reset/reboot and then i can run for about 20 minutes till it freezes again...this happens if i use the belt clip or a waist case,
if i run with it in my hand the whole time it "usually" won't freeze, but then i have sweat all running down my arm and icky stuff like that
i will wait to see from other runners if this smaller iPod doesn't skip when used with an armband...if so, i will likely get one (hopefully the 2 gig model for under 200 bucks...don't need 4 gigs to run...not that good yet!)
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As far as losing skip protection, it doesn't make sense. Data is cached on a chip to be played back without having to read from the hard drive, which is senstive to skipping and has the potential to crash the head (though highly unlikely nowadays). In order to lose skip protection, you owuld have to lose the data chae, and your iPod probably wouldn't work at all, and if it did, its hard drive would be spinning at all times.
The hip/belt placement does jar the iPod more, and I would think/hope that a snug armband would reduce the amount of jarring blows. I wonder if the basic transfer of inertia/momentum would be solved though.
It does freeze if I just let it sit around for a day or two with out using it though.
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Originally posted by 1seaside1
Wow! I wonder what I'm doing right because my (old) 5 gig and (new) 15 gig have never locked up while running. I hold it in my hand.
It does freeze if I just let it sit around for a day or two with out using it though.
yeah, I'd rather not have to hold it in my hand
and you don't have to let it sit around.. next time it freezes hold the menu and play buttons until it restarts (yes even on the touch-sensitive ones...)
I guess the massive bulk of the original iPods is why my upper torso looks like the Hulk's now 8) . Oh wait .
Escher