Re: OT ipods

Antony Gelberg <antony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

RichardK wrote:
Antony Gelberg wrote:

How about the need to use iTunes, and the search for third-party
software, much of which is shareware or commercial, to deal with basic
tasks such as copying music. Would people put up with that for a
digital camera? No recording. No radio.


Radio headphones option. Recording was definitely optional.

So they're not included then. Apple and options remind me of BMW and
options.

It's a fucking portable audio player. There's no need to supply
everything with it, when 99% of consumers want it as a cassette walkman
replacement.

iTunes is
good software, I don't see the need to use other software. In what
context do you mean 'copying music' - loading the player, or copying
from the player?

Both.

The only area you can really say the iPod / iTunes combi falls down on
is the lack of ability to copy back from the player without downloading
a 3rd party solution.

And as for it sucking for music playback only, you clearly haven't
been paying attention to the technical aspects of the iPod.


Do you have anything to substantiate that? Please tell me all about
the "technical aspects" that passed me by.


Ah. Clearly, as iTunes has proven to be such a problem, Google is too.

http://hifiipod.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2006/03/iPod_5G_video.htm

iTunes wasn't a problem, it just lacked functionality and had an
exorbitantly large system footprint. I am familiar with google but I
have no idea how to interpret those graphs and I certainly don't know
how it makes the iPod any better than an iRiver for music playback.

I'm now desperately trying to think of how much more functionality you
need. iTunes does everything I can think of - rips, uploads, downloads
from the 'net, shares music on my network etc. What exactly is missing?
(other than Ogg Vorbis support, which most people don't give a toss
about anyway)

No comment or interest as I have no idea why anyone would want to
watch video on a screen that size apart from bling factor.


Yeah. But if only they provided some means of plugging it into an
external display device, say, a TV or monitor and audio system...
wouldn't that be great?
Cart about music videos and stuff and plug them
into the TV when you're bored, or into a car AV system, or maybe a
presentation and plug into a projector.

That would be kinda neat. What would be even better is if they made a
remote control to use with it...

...ah... if only.

But wait.

They do.

Great.

Yes, it's a great product. Very good value, too.
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