The New Ipods
 

Ugh, I just got a new one a month ago. :cuss:

These new ones look very nice.

http://www.apple.com/ipod/ipod.html

If it makes you feel better they will have even more coming out by the end of ther year. But on the plus side yours probably has a bigger drive then the nano.

I got a 60G a couple of months ago. The new one doesn't seem like much of an upgrade. 10% thinner - oh boy. At least mine works with all the existing stuff.

I must be getting old, but the thought of watching videos and playing games on that tiny screen doesn't thrill me. The black case is kinda cool, though.

Everything being in your cell phone is right around the corner. These things will be extinct in 24 months.

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Olympus 20gig Mp3 player with 3" screen and 1.2 megpixel camera.

For $199 from Circuit City . Good price. Oh, I don't like cellphones. More a pda guy.

http://www.popgadget.net/images/mrobe500.jpg

I ordered a 30 gig black ipod today.

"I'm not getting one until it can hold 300jiggabytes and is small enough to comfortably be stowed in my peehole." -gochiefs per Iowanian

The download and view TV shows the day after they air feature might be kinda cool.

Other than that, meh.

I have an Archos personal video recorder that is able to record live tv from my satellite box for viewing whenever, which is great because I'm on the train commuting a couple hours away. It also serves as a fully functional mp3 player and has an 80GB hard drive so I can have 40+ hours of tv and a shitload of songs on it at the same time. It's quite a bit more expensive than an Ipod, but the tv functionality makes it more than worth the difference.

I love how Apple is taking advantage of dumb consumers by offering a 2GB Nano/Mini for $199 while the 20GB version is $299. I guess people are willing to pay more for less space/functionality just because it's smaller.

Yeah. That said, they could have gone all out and done a whole screen and made the click wheel a touch screen application that can be called up with a button, therefore creating a bigger screen for videos.

I don't understand why everybody gets iPod's when you can get a Creative Labs MP3 player that looks exactly like an iPod for $100 cheaper.

Fashion victims

It's the same for anything Apple. You can get better for cheaper, but they make millions. Nobody wants to pay a few cents for a new stadium but they'll pay $4k for a computer they can get for $2k just because it looks like a bubble.

One of many reasons...

Have you seen all of the add ons for iPods? They are THE music device that is now the standard for hooking your music into anything you want. Try hooking your Creative Labs player into your car stereo and have it controled by the stereo itself... look at all of the cases, FM transmitters, boom boxes, etc... all built specifically for the iPod. I personally think there is huge value in that.

I have no idea about the other brands, but my Ipod holds 60 gigs. I use it for music and as an external HD.