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Re: New iPod touch

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Post by crazygringo »

mynameisvlad wrote: post #52
maxerickson wrote: post #51

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The point is to not have to manage it.

The point is flawed. If you aren't going to listen to 90% of your library, why even waste space for it? For that 0.00000001% chance when you remember you loved Fall Out Boy as a teen and want to relive those memories?

To paraphrase what advertisers say...

"I know I don't listen to half my music. The problem is, I don't know which half."

The last thing I want to do is shuffle albums/tracks between lists that keep track of which items I listen to, and which ones I don't. And it changes over time, too. That would probably be several days' worth of work. Far, far, far cheaper just to buy a larger device.

Re: New iPod touch

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Post by Artemis2 »

glhaynes wrote: post #50
mynameisvlad wrote: post #45

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Because it's the same design it's basically always had? Apple is far more conservative with iPod Touch redesigns than iPhone. It's generally just updating the back and colors slightly to match it with current aesthetics.

It's just interesting to me that the iPod touch (which many people think of as "an iPhone minus the cellular chip") follows the design cues of the iPad (which many people think of as "a big iPhone, often minus the cellular chip"). There certainly doesn't seem to be any one right answer so I think it'd be interesting to hear how Apple decided on the rounding they use on the various models.

Well, the iPod Touch really is a smaller iPad when you think of it. These two are a lot closer than they are to the iPhone.

Re: New iPod touch

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Post by glhaynes »

Artemis2 wrote: post #62
glhaynes wrote: post #50

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It's just interesting to me that the iPod touch (which many people think of as "an iPhone minus the cellular chip") follows the design cues of the iPad (which many people think of as "a big iPhone, often minus the cellular chip"). There certainly doesn't seem to be any one right answer so I think it'd be interesting to hear how Apple decided on the rounding they use on the various models.

Well, the iPod Touch really is a smaller iPad when you think of it. These two are a lot closer than they are to the iPhone.

I don't know. An iPad with cellular is hardware-wise arguably more similar to an iPhone than to an iPod touch. Software-wise, it doesn't have Phone.app, of course.

So I suppose that's maybe the key: whereas iPads and iPod touches are always meant to be held at arms length, iPhones are additionally expected to be held against your ear and are shaped slightly differently because of that additional use case.

Or maybe it'd be hard to make a "half-pipe" from aluminum on a device as thin as an iPod touch.

Or maybe it's all just arbitrary and everything in life is random and meaningless.

Re: New iPod touch

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Post by Artemis2 »

glhaynes wrote: post #63
Artemis2 wrote: post #62

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Well, the iPod Touch really is a smaller iPad when you think of it. These two are a lot closer than they are to the iPhone.

I don't know. An iPad with cellular is hardware-wise arguably more similar to an iPhone than to an iPod touch. Software-wise, it doesn't have Phone.app, of course. So I suppose that's maybe the key: whereas iPads and iPod touches are always meant to be held at arms length, iPhones are additionally expected to be held against your ear and are shaped slightly differently because of that additional use case. Or maybe it…

> Or maybe it's all just arbitrary and everything in life is random and meaningless.

The recent evolutions of Apple's design often make me think that.

Re: New iPod touch

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Post by croon »

mynameisvlad wrote: post #42
croon wrote: post #29

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I'm not meaning to sound like a jerk, but comparable Android devices would be actual phones, with sd card slots. Pick one with a camera you like, turn off data/phone, and you can get whatever storage you want for a pittance.

Alright, then do you have examples? Because I don't believe there are many that would be decently powered (comparable to A8), with SD card slots at that price point.

I don't know where you are, but here LG G3, Motorola X2, Sony Xperia Z3 Compact all cost about the same as an iPod Touch, and I'd say all of those are fairly high-end.
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