How the iPod Touch Works 208
starexplorer2001 writes "The iPod Touch isn't in stores yet, but HowStuffWorks has a nice summary of how the 'touch' part of the iPod Touch works. Very similar to how the iPhone works, without those pesky rebates! From the article: 'The iPod touch also has a few other features that iPod enthusiasts had hoped to see on standard iPod models. Some users hoped for a wirelessly enabled iPod so they could synch their music or share files with friends over a Bluetooth or WiFi connection. The iPod touch is the first iPod to have wireless capability, although it doesn't use it to synch with a computer or friends' iPods. Instead, you can use it to browse the Web, watch YouTube videos or download music from a WiFi-specific iTunes Music Store. With its widescreen display and WiFi capability, the iPod touch might sound like a big step up from older iPod models. But the iPod touch isn't for everyone.'"
But does it have Bluetooth or not? (Score:5, Insightful)
Stereo bluetoth headphone support is long overdue for ipods. If hte hardware is there software coudl be round the corner?
But what if it's in my pocket? (Score:5, Insightful)
Storage is the biggest limitation (Score:4, Insightful)
I like to watch video on these portable players (I have a Cowon A2 myself), so there's also seasons of anime or whatever to take up 4-8 gigs each.
In a year or so, when these things will hold 64 Gigs of flash memory, they will be great purchases for someone like myself. Until then, they're not even an option. And that's the single biggest "improvement" I'm looking forward to in future iPods. (Though I'll probably just grab a Q5 when it's available.)
But hey gotta start somewhere.
Deliciously hackable (Score:2, Insightful)
I expect there to be multiple hacks for sharing music wirelessly with friends within a month after it hits stores. And to be honest I'm starting to expect this kind of wink-wink nudge-nudge release from Apple. They can't release a product the way consumers want it so they get the recording industry/telecom industy to agree to "rules" that just make their devices likely targets of benign hacking.
Now, I KNOW what my account name is but you HAVE to admit that Apple's use of the greater software community pwns Microsoft who regularly attracts NEGATIVE hacking.
And just to prove what a fanboy I am: This is the first device since the Newton that I'm wetting my pants over.
Re:CmdrTaco's dream come true! (Score:2, Insightful)
iTunes now runs under windows.
iPods now only work with USB. (I once made the mistake of using a Firewire iPod cable with a 5G iPod. The iPod itself will display an error message. It simply doesn't support Firewire any more.)
It was only AFTER Apple supported Windows and the iPod gained USB support that the iPod took off. Before then it was only a curiosity enjoyed by Apple fanbois.
I'm waiting a bit (Score:5, Insightful)
As a long time Apple fanboy, I'll invoke the don't buy the rev a rule on the iPod Touch. To an extent, the Touch is what I wanted when I saw the iPhone. Unfortunately, the storage space isn't big enough for my music collection. I'd like to have at least 32GB of storage available before I think about buying one.
This should be a short article (Score:4, Insightful)
This Slashvertisment rates a 4.7 out of 5 (Score:5, Insightful)
Excellent opening statement. It stimulates Desire, which we all know is the precursor to in the marketing "AIDA" scheme. (And when you release the product, just submit another article.)
Great introduction of the features, especially the "big step up" part. And you've even given your target audience a reason to click into the submitted link too. (You've suggested there are people this product may not be perfect for, not that anyone reading this on Slashdot would fall into that "un-hip" category.)
Fellow Slashvertisers take note - this format can be applied to your next submission too!
Re:Storage is the biggest limitation (Score:5, Insightful)
The "I MUST have every single song in my collection at all times!!" demand is such a red herring.
Well, these days it's somewhat reasonable to expect a device to exist that will hold the music collections of everyone who isn't a professional DJ. That said, such a device exists: the full-size regular iPod. What's not reasonable is to expect every music player on the market to hold all the music you could possibly own.
Re:utter bs (Score:3, Insightful)
As for saying 1000 gigs of music is impossible to have without piracy or whatever, I encourage you to check out something like ocremix.org or vgmix or whatever. Lots of free-to-download music out there if you like that kind of stuff and know where to look
No-one is talking about life-or-death necessity here. It's not like you can't breathe if your iPod holds less than 40 gigs. It's simply a matter of convenience. At the moment some devices offer the kind of convenience folks with large music libraries are looking for, while others aren't.
Re:Not a PDA replacement... (Score:2, Insightful)
However, his reasons for not doing a PDA were well-justified. He just thinks that cell phones will be the devices to carry this information in the future, not PDAs. And if you look at the PDA market, this seems to be true because, by far, the largest segment of that market are -- wait for it -- smart cell phones.
IOW, Jobs was right in 2003 and if he still thinks the same way, he's right now.
Re:But does it have Bluetooth or not? (Score:2, Insightful)
Easy Explanation (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:really (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:But does it have Bluetooth or not? (Score:1, Insightful)
Which has fuck all to do with an iPod.
So what was your point, apart from showing us you can't read?