09-09-2009, 09:27 PM
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Nice write up!
How good is the new Ipod software? Early reports are that it is much improved. If Apple can make it as good as the Zune software, coupled with their new hardware...I'd say Zune has a huge problem.
The 160GB Ipod is going to be a major problem for Zune. It even offers more space than the now defunct 120GB Zune.
If Zune fails to counter these moves...I hope Cowon, Iriver, or Creative does something. Anything but IPOD!
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09-09-2009, 11:19 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SoundMix
How good is the new Ipod software? Early reports are that it is much improved. If Apple can make it as good as the Zune software, coupled with their new hardware...I'd say Zune has a huge problem.
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It's better, but it's still not as fast, fluid, or pretty as the Zune software. Much-improved UI, that's for sure. Let's not forgot though that the Zune 4.0 software is coming soon...
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Originally Posted by SoundMix
The 160GB Ipod is going to be a major problem for Zune. It even offers more space than the now defunct 120GB Zune.
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I don't know what the numbers are, but given the way Apple ignores the Classic (hell, even the name tells you that...) I don't think they're big sellers. It seems like Apple is keeping it around to keep some people happy, but are there a lot of those people? I'm not so sure... |
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09-10-2009, 09:12 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
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Originally Posted by Jason Dunn
I don't know what the numbers are, but given the way Apple ignores the Classic (hell, even the name tells you that...) I don't think they're big sellers. It seems like Apple is keeping it around to keep some people happy, but are there a lot of those people? I'm not so sure...
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Maybe not a lot, but I'm certainly one of them. As much as I like my Touch and my iPhone, my two HD based iPods are my main music machines because I can have my entire iTunes library on them. The 80 GB stays in the car and the 120 GB is my "daily driver." I hate having to pick and choose what I'm going to put on my flash based iPods, so I don't. Neither my iPhone nor my Touch currently have any music on them. I use my HD based iPods for that.
My son, on the other hand, is perfectly content with flash-based stuff, but his iTunes library is only a small fraction of the size of mine.
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09-10-2009, 09:05 PM
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Thinker
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Originally Posted by SoundMix
The 160GB Ipod is going to be a major problem for Zune. It even offers more space than the now defunct 120GB Zune.
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Am I the only one that remembers that the 120 GB classic replaced the 160 GB classic and that Apple is just bringing back something it had previously killed?
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09-10-2009, 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted by crimsonsky
Am I the only one that remembers that the 120 GB classic replaced the 160 GB classic and that Apple is just bringing back something it had previously killed?
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Well, yes and no. The new classic is a thin single platter device for $249 whereas the one from 2 years ago was a double platter device sold for $349. But yeah, they're otherwise pretty similar and nothing much new.
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09-10-2009, 09:27 PM
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I find it interesting that Apple has been getting panned on the blogs for only doubling storage for the same price points on the Touch (plus a faster processor on the mid and high end models) and not adding a camera, etc. But at the same time, the blogs have mostly applauded the new nano which didn't increase storage (let alone double it) but added a camera, FM radio, and pedometer (although they did lower their higher price point by $20).
I too expected a camera on the new Touch.
But I bet the new nanos and Touches sell like hotcakes this holiday. Time will tell.
Not that I really care either way. The only iPod I plan to buy any more is the next gen (2010) iPhone.
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