Possibility: New ipod touch on September 9

[iMav]

Re: Possibility: New ipod touch on septemeber 9

Well, the Surface is meant for a whole different purpose, its purpose is not computing and it definitely isn't meant for home use. It's meant for the places where it is being used. And as far as being shoddier is concerned, that's the Microsoft-hater in you and not Aayush.

Placing your mobile device on it, seeing ripples and it automatically recognizing and syncing it, is simply amazing and by no means "shoddy". Playing with images with fingers of 2 hands on a humongous 30" screen is not shoddy by any means.

As far as reduced-power computer is concerned, the following specs are not generally of an "reduced-powered" computer:

* Intel Core Quad Xeon "WoodCrest" @ 2.66GHz
* 4GB DDR2-1066 RAM
* 1TB 7200RPM Hard Drive

 

[krazzy]

Re: Possibility: New ipod touch on septemeber 9

Surface is indeed a shoddier, crappier big-ass implementation of the Surface

 

[iMav]

Re: Possibility: New ipod touch on septemeber 9

I think he meant:

iPhone is a shoddier, small-ass implementation of the Surface.

 

[apoorva84]

Re: Possibility: New ipod touch on septemeber 9

no ipods or iphones for me...i will stick to cowon anyday...no conversion hassles...

 

[goobimama]

Re: Possibility: New ipod touch on septemeber 9

How well do these cowon things sync might I ask? Honest question.

 

[MetalheadGautham]

Re: Possibility: New ipod touch on septemeber 9

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I just had my dinner, and what do I see here ? A bunch of n00bs doing what they do best...
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How well do these cowon things sync might I ask? Honest question.

Any directory can be synched to another directory. Its a standard thing. So my honest reaction to this question is

 

[aryayush]

In other words, there is no synchronisation whatsoever. Just standard copy and paste. Crap.

 

[iMav]

In other words, there is no synchronisation whatsoever. Just standard copy and paste. Crap.

Can be synced with WMP Just like iTunes.

 

[MetalheadGautham]

In other words, there is no synchronisation whatsoever. Just standard copy and paste. Crap.

Classic ignorant macboyish reaction.

Synchronisation is a feature that does NOT depend on the hardware. It ONLY depends on the presence of folder sync feature in your OS and sometimes the filesystem.

Sometimes firmware may be crazy and might disallow access to files manually copied and pasted. iPod is a classic example, and here people need to take pains to install RockBox to bypass this restriction.

But in STANDARD PMPs, which support plug, transfer files and play, synching is no big issue.

Can be synced with WMP Just like iTunes.

Er... yeah, that too.

But the REAL point is this:

What mainly matters is the QUALITY OF AUDIO. Thats what decides which PMP is better. Close on its heels comes cost vs functionality. Many, including me, argue that ipod is better than creative xifi pmps in terms of support for features and formats, but, XiFi's audio quality often blows other competitors away in terms of aural bliss.

Anyway, its upto the buyer to decide where his/her priorities lie - support for a particular software, support for a particular OS, support for a particular format, support for a particular feature, cost-vs-performance, just the quality of sound or something else. Thats why you see that iPods, iAudios and Zens all perform excellently in the market. Each is for a different person, and there is no one size fits all type PMP available (yet). *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/images/icons/icon9.gif

 

[goobimama]

I'm not talking about 1:1 syncing. Even Small Cat can do that. I'm talking about stuff like if I have 24 episodes of a TV show, I don't want all those on my iPhone. I want 3 of the least recent TV shows on my device. After I'm done watching those, or even one of those, it deletes and replaces it with a newer episode, while keeping track of my playback position.

And I have yet to come across someone with a rockbox installation on his iPod. That is just plain stupid.

 

[iMav]

And I have yet to come across someone with a rockbox installation on his iPod. That is just plain stupid.

I couldn't use the rockbox UI for more than 15 minutes. It's horrendous!

 

[aryayush]

And if a Windows user has a problem with some UI, it must be really bad. Like, filthy, intolerably bad.

 

[MetalheadGautham]

I'm not talking about 1:1 syncing. Even Small Cat can do that. I'm talking about stuff like if I have 24 episodes of a TV show, I don't want all those on my iPhone. I want 3 of the least recent TV shows on my device. After I'm done watching those, or even one of those, it deletes and replaces it with a newer episode, while keeping track of my playback position.

Never, EVER felt the need for such a crazy feature. Sorry.

And I have yet to come across someone with a rockbox installation on his iPod. That is just plain stupid.

I couldn't use the rockbox UI for more than 15 minutes. It's horrendous!

Really ? Well, I have used it on several iPods, mainly iPod 5G, and I must agree that its beautiful. The UI looked average to me, but I liked the fact that you can install themes in it and change them as often as you like. But what I liked the most were the available extra features. Especially the fact that you can play games like Pacman and Doom on it, along with that game boy advance emulator it has. This makes it a multifunctional device.

And if a Windows user has a problem with some UI, it must be really bad. Like, filthy, intolerably bad.

You can't comment on a UI unless you USE it once.

 

[aryayush]

Never, EVER felt the need for such a crazy feature. Sorry.

Yeah, if you haven’t felt the need for it, it must be a “crazy” feature.

You hate the idea that anyone should be so convenient and automatic. You want to keep copy-pasting files manually, deleting them when you’re done and copying new files again. Convenience is just too darn annoying for you. I know the type.

Really ? Well, I have used it on several iPods, mainly iPod 5G, and I must agree that its beautiful. The UI looked average to me, but I liked the fact that you can install themes in it and change them as often as you like. But what I liked the most were the available extra features. Especially the fact that you can play games like Pacman and Doom on it, along with that game boy advance emulator it has. This makes it a multifunctional device.


You can't comment on a UI unless you USE it once.

Well, judging by your description, even looking at a screenshot should be enough. A good UI is not about how beautiful it is. If it were so, no one would say that the iPod has a good UI. It’s basically just bland lists of various items on a plain background. It’s about how usable it is. But yeah, who cares about usability as long as you can play pirated movies without having to convert them and listen to songs in twenty different formats, right?

 

[apoorva84]

saw the screenshots of ipod nano cases on engadget...they are calling it the kevin rose ipod cause he was the one who brought out the information first...

i dont have an ipod, so i'm not sure how this rockbox is..

 

[moshel]

Its official, Apple has announced, Tuesday september 9th. lets see whats in store for the next generation

 

[Psychosocial]

WTF, I open this thread and find some Macboys and Winbois fighting.

Ok I know that Windows/Creative/Copy-Pasting is cr@p and Mac/Linux/Syncing/iTunes/Steve Jobs/His undies/Steve Job's wife/His son pwns all but please spare us now. We give up. Mac rules and Windows sux but I will still use it coz I R NOOB at PCs, happy ?

 

[iMav]

Really ? Well, I have used it on several iPods, mainly iPod 5G, and I must agree that its beautiful. The UI looked average to me, but I liked the fact that you can install themes in it and change them as often as you like. But what I liked the most were the available extra features. Especially the fact that you can play games like Pacman and Doom on it, along with that game boy advance emulator it has. This makes it a multifunctional device.

You might want to leave the iPod customizing talk to people who do it and know about it.

 

[MetalheadGautham]

You might want to leave the iPod customizing talk to people who do it and know about it.

No problem.
But still, doesn't the idea of being able to GAME on an iPod bring any exitement ?

Thats the SINGLE reason why most people install rockbox, the other being format compatibility.

On long train journeys, songs can only entertain you for so long. But a round or two of Mario on the other hand...

And btw, rockbox is actually a dual boot, so you can access both default firmware and rockbox.

 

[aryayush]

You can game on any iPod with a screen even without Rockbox.