digitimes have never ever been correct

While I can just about see the use of a 2Gb one, a 4Gb one is just too big to work without a screen.

I agree that 2 or 4 Gb is just too much without the ability to organize and find what you want, when you want it.

But they could release a mini with the solid state flash memory that would drastically increase the durability of the unit and the battery life.

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While I can just about see the use of a 2Gb one, a 4Gb one is just too big to work without a screen.

Believe me, I was among the "The new Shuffles are a great gateway into iTunes/iTunes Store/iPod's, but they aren't for me." crowd when they were introduced. I've been an iPod owner since day one when the original spinwheel 5G units arrived at the Apple Store on a Saturday in late October 2001, owned a 2g 20 unit, one of the first mini's (having an ipod with a modern version of the ipodOS was a "rationalization" reason to purchase), and now a pair of 60g Photo iPod's.

Then I discovered podcasts. It occured to me that Shuffles were perfect for listening to podcasts. I currently suscribe to about 80 feeds (I only listen to Radio for the weather (and sometimes traffic reports) now).

What I do is every morning when I wake up, I pop in my "morning" shuffle, erase it, and drag over the most recent 1g of downloaded podcasts, then I go do my morning routine, Shower, shave, fix and eat breakfest, etc. I come back to my machine, check my email, by then the Shuffle's filled, and I can make some last minute adjustments as to what order I'm going to listen to those podcasts. The Shuffle goes onto the lanyard, the earbuds are connected, and I walk out to the car. In the car, I unplug the earbuds, the shuffle senses this and pauses the playback, plug in the cable for the cassette adapter, tap play and I'm right where I left off. At work I plug into a small set of powered speakers and I have background programming for the work day. As I go through my day I switch back and forth to/from headphones/cassette adapter/powered speakers as I move about. About an hour before quitting time I pull out my "afternoon" Shuffle and do the same thing with it as I did with the other iPod in the morning. I listen to that Shuffle on the evening commute and in the evening unless I watch some TV, and even use it as background noise on my bedside bookcase speakers overnight.

I have my shuffles set up for about 900m for mp3 playback, 100m for data, so I can shuffle any work I'm doing back and forth to work easily as well as some tools, a small notepad application and data file. The Morning Shuffle is plugged in and charging when I'm using the Evening Shuffle and vice versa. I love the lightness, extreme portability, ultra convience of having the pod on the neck strap, ready to plug into whatever output (headphones, cassette adapter, powered bookcase speakers) is needed. Another big plus is that I save wear and tear (and have a lessened theft exposure) with the shuffles than I would with one of my bigger iPods. If I lose, break or have a shuffle stolen, it's a pain in the butt, but it's only $150 to replace, as opposed to $450 for a iPhoto.

With 900mb I typically have about 1 to 1.2 or 1.4 days of content available to me. I'd love to have enough capability for a long extended weekend away from the net and/or for more data, as there are days when 100mb isn't enough room. For my usage a 4g unit, I could store over three times as much .mp3 content and a gigabyte of data as opposed to 100meg. For the jogger or Gym maven, it's four times as many songs that shuffle during their workouts. There are some given's in life... You can never be too rich, too beautiful, have too much RAM, Hard Drive or Closet storage space. Same thing is true with a Shuffle. I can see some existing shuffle owners handing down their original sized shuffles to their spouse/kids and moving up to higher capacity units.

On the other hand... Were Apple to offer as a replacement for the 4gig Mini a smaller flatter version with a display and click/scroll wheel, that'd be good too!

At a $200 price point (especially if the bump the 6Gig Mini up to 8-10Gig and keep it's $249 price the same) that product would be as big of a winner as the shuffle has proven to be. And I was initially skeptical about the shuffle without a display, now I own several. Perhaps a "shuffled" line-up would be: 1g Shuffle @ $99, 2g Shuffle @ $149, 4g Flash/Display Shuffle @ $199, 8g-10g Mini @ $249, and up the price point ladder.

I'd be good with that too! And every other mp3 manufacturer gets even smaller in Apple's rearview mirror...

There's nothing to point to Samsung and Apple. Mere specutlation not news!

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It's NOT HARD!

We are all very impressed by the many iPods you have owned. You must be, as well, to have posted a laundry list of your "accomplishments," when it would have been enought o simply say, "I have owned many iPods."

CONGRATULATIONS on owning many Apple products early in the consumer cycle. You are TRULY cooler than those of us who bought iPods later than (snicker) 2002.

I don't think the guest was trying to impress us with how "cool" they are but rather they have found a use for an iPod Shuffle. Sounds like a neat idea/use.

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You must be, as well, to have posted a laundry list of your "accomplishments," when it would have been enought o simply say, "I have owned many iPods."

I learned a couple of new things about how a Shuffle could be used as more than just a "gym device." That's why I come to this page, to learn things I didn't know about these products.

Maybe someday we'll get to the point where every single post here is meaningless, but I'm glad to see a few people still like to share useful information from time to time.

DigiTimes has almost always been wrong about everything.

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It's NOT HARD!

Bob the Angry Flower may know apostrophes, but he sure as hell don't know good graphic design. That is one butt ugly web site, I couldn't stand looking at it. If a flower rants in the forest and there is no grammar student there to hear it, does it still teach a lesson?

But I understand your feelings. I get that way when some left brainer hands me copy with red colored, bold italic, underlined text for emphasis.

Check out the book Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynn Truss. It is one of the best grammar books for artistic types.

LOL you think the next generation of larger shuffles is going to be like the last? Cmon people these arent the lastest 3 tiers of powermacs where the price stays the same for the low, mid, high versions and only newer specs get added.

This is for a 4GB flash drive, that will cost FARRRRR more than $149 (current price of 1GB shuffle) so #@!$ off apple, the shuffle was supposed to be a cheap alternative to an iPod. you fucken assholes,

Look at the mini mac, $500 brand new 1.25Ghz g4 computer that does everything. 60GB hd etc etc

$550 for an iPod photo that has only 60GB of space, can only play music and display photos (very shittily i may add)

WHY ARE PEOPLE BUYING IPOD PHOTOS! YOU FUCKING MORONS ARE GETTING RIPPED THE #@!$ OFF!

"WHY ARE PEOPLE BUYING IPOD PHOTOS! YOU FUCKING MORONS ARE GETTING RIPPED THE #@!$ OFF!"

Because carrying around a Mac Mini plus a monitor plus a solar array or battery to power it plus a keyboard plus a mouse is alittle more ackward than just carrying around an iPod Photo.

Did you just come out from your cave? $550 for 60GB iPod photo. You've been scammed.

Apple has been charging $450 for 60GB since February! Ha Ha Ha Ha.

I bought Quicktime Pro a while ago, and got registration number, etc. For that I PAID MONEY !

Then I bought TIGER. Now my new Quicktime 7 no longer has the Pro features. I tried to install the Serial Number I got when I PAID MONEY for Quicktime Pro, but TIGER will not accept it. Older versions of Quicktime Pro will not work, I am told, with TIGER.

So I called the Apple Store. I got told, TOUGH LUCK! BUY IT AGAIN!

Disgraceful! I feel CHEATED BY APPLE!

Was I ROBBED by APPLE?

Dr. A. N. Feldzamen
3 Arrowood Lane
Ithaca, New York 14850-9793
607-257-8080
alfeld@twcny.rr.com

The key to capturing the flash market is low cost and diversity. So, Apple is likely to release an iPod mini with 2 GBytes flash memory than an iPod shuffle with 2 GBytes. Price point $179 ?

If a new iPod shuffle is to be released, I expect it to look different and at a lower cost. $49 is a good price point. $49-$79-$129

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I bought Quicktime Pro a while ago, and got registration number, etc. For that I PAID MONEY !

Then I bought TIGER. Now my new Quicktime 7 no longer has the Pro features. I tried to install the Serial Number I got when I PAID MONEY for Quicktime Pro, but TIGER will not accept it. Older versions of Quicktime Pro will not work, I am told, with TIGER.

So I called the Apple Store. I got told, TOUGH LUCK! BUY IT AGAIN!

Disgraceful! I feel CHEATED BY APPLE!

Was I ROBBED by APPLE?

Dr. A. N. Feldzamen
3 Arrowood Lane
Ithaca, New York 14850-9793
607-257-8080
alfeld@twcny.rr.com

Old versions of QT do work with Tiger. They even have the installer available online.

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I bought Quicktime Pro a while ago, and got registration number, etc. For that I PAID MONEY !

Then I bought TIGER. Now my new Quicktime 7 no longer has the Pro features. I tried to install the Serial Number I got when I PAID MONEY for Quicktime Pro, but TIGER will not accept it. Older versions of Quicktime Pro will not work, I am told, with TIGER.

So I called the Apple Store. I got told, TOUGH LUCK! BUY IT AGAIN!

Disgraceful! I feel CHEATED BY APPLE!

Was I ROBBED by APPLE?

Dr. A. N. Feldzamen
3 Arrowood Lane
Ithaca, New York 14850-9793
607-257-8080
alfeld@twcny.rr.com

Actually, I just paid the asking price for the QT7 Pro key and while it's always a sharp pain in the hip pocket to throw extra money at technology, I do not feel ripped off by Apple.

Having done some initial encoding tests with the H.264 codec, I look at that technology and appreciate that considerable effort went into its R&D.

I look at Tiger and think that considerable R&D went in to that, too.

I would be happier if Apple had an upgrade offer for owners of QT6 Pro. That would be fairer than forking out full price for 7. But I don't feel ripped off. When H.264 becomes a widely standardised codec for HD DVD, I will have some months of working with that codec under my belt.

That will make my services more marketable. That means I will earn either more money, or I will be able to maintain the status quo of my operations. Either way, the QT Pro 7 key is a small price to pay.

You don't hear too many plumbers complaining about the cost of gasket sealant, right?

You won't hear me complaining about small change for a pro tool.

Only put the songs on it you want to hear - problem solved.
I have thousand and thousands and thousands of files - but the only ones I want to hear number about 450 - these are the ones that I never get tired of hearing.