You'd better believe it. We have all been praying for convergence for what, that last five years? And then Apple dropped that first brick. But now...looks like they've gotten it right.
I only hope they are going to do a standalone wide/touch screen video ipod. I have actually been holding out on getting a video ipod, based on rumors of that being forthcoming. Having to get the phone version as your only option would suck.
I want everything in my pocket. Also, I don't really like the existing video setup with the iPod. I feel that other devices (like the one you used to have- remember the "Do it" button?) imported/recorded content a lot smoother.
I still would find it hard to drop $600 for one.
I also like how Jobs just took the name iPhone when everyone knew it was already owned by Cisco- and then called their lawsuit "silly."
Look, I am probably the world's biggest non-apple-owning Jobs fan. But Cisco has had that trademark since before 2000...before there was an iPod, or anything. This move shows a tad too much arrogance, and the suggestion that everyone should accept that the term "i-anything" is referring to an Apple product...and know to do that before a product has even been designed, let alone shipped.
The device I had with the "do it" button was sweet. It was made by Archos, and their new models are pretty sick. I was just looking at them the other day...this one seems a pretty killer upgrade to the one I had:
It has amazing video capability, not to mention a 160 GB capacity (pfff8 GBApplewhatever) for less than the iPhone.
What I am waiting to see, especially since Cingular doesn't exist in MX, is whether Apple will release a widescreen, touchscreen iPod with all that fancy rotational razzmatazz...but with a bigger drive, and without the phone, and likely without the camera and web browser. Conventional wisdom says they will, and in that case, I will buy one. Especially since Jillian has blown out her Nano.
To clarify on the Jobs’ arrogance- I agree that the move was ridiculous. I should watch my use of the work “like” in posts as the tone is missed. There were many other nouns he could have selected that would have worked for the product.
They probably will release another stand-alone iPod with some of these features, although I would like to see the camera stay. In fact I would prefer a high-quality camera with optical zoom combined with a 30-60 gig widescreen iPod to all the phone stuff I don’t really care about. Make a true iPod Photo. I must say though that portable internet devices are great features.
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Now you know what to get me for my birthday
I would, but the iphone doesn't come out until June- and we just got you a 4gig nano.
This made me wet my pants last night. It looks like they really got this one right.
It's everything I wanted in a device. Did you watch the video at apple.com?
You'd better believe it. We have all been praying for convergence for what, that last five years? And then Apple dropped that first brick. But now...looks like they've gotten it right.
I only hope they are going to do a standalone wide/touch screen video ipod. I have actually been holding out on getting a video ipod, based on rumors of that being forthcoming. Having to get the phone version as your only option would suck.
I want everything in my pocket. Also, I don't really like the existing video setup with the iPod. I feel that other devices (like the one you used to have- remember the "Do it" button?) imported/recorded content a lot smoother.
I still would find it hard to drop $600 for one.
I also like how Jobs just took the name iPhone when everyone knew it was already owned by Cisco- and then called their lawsuit "silly."
That's balls.
Look, I am probably the world's biggest non-apple-owning Jobs fan. But Cisco has had that trademark since before 2000...before there was an iPod, or anything. This move shows a tad too much arrogance, and the suggestion that everyone should accept that the term "i-anything" is referring to an Apple product...and know to do that before a product has even been designed, let alone shipped.
The device I had with the "do it" button was sweet. It was made by Archos, and their new models are pretty sick. I was just looking at them the other day...this one seems a pretty killer upgrade to the one I had:
http://www.archos.com/products/video/archos_504/index.html?country=global&lang=en
It has amazing video capability, not to mention a 160 GB capacity (pfff8 GBApplewhatever) for less than the iPhone.
What I am waiting to see, especially since Cingular doesn't exist in MX, is whether Apple will release a widescreen, touchscreen iPod with all that fancy rotational razzmatazz...but with a bigger drive, and without the phone, and likely without the camera and web browser. Conventional wisdom says they will, and in that case, I will buy one. Especially since Jillian has blown out her Nano.
To clarify on the Jobs’ arrogance- I agree that the move was ridiculous. I should watch my use of the work “like” in posts as the tone is missed. There were many other nouns he could have selected that would have worked for the product.
They probably will release another stand-alone iPod with some of these features, although I would like to see the camera stay. In fact I would prefer a high-quality camera with optical zoom combined with a 30-60 gig widescreen iPod to all the phone stuff I don’t really care about. Make a true iPod Photo. I must say though that portable internet devices are great features.
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