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Daniel wrote:

ScifiterX wrote:

Donkey Butter wrote:

my iTunes library is 17GB. why couldn't they make this 20GB? oh well it's not like I'm going to be buying one any way. does look cool though.

Daniel wrote:

Because 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, etc does not have 20 in it. 

More or Less. Save for the iPod Classic all the iPods & iPhone use Flash Storage which only typically comes in the binary multiples like Daniel listed. Other figures like 5, 10, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, 60, 80, 100, 120, 160, 200, 250, 320, etc are only really practical on a magnetic drive.

I'm not so sure this is really a technical limitation, though, as far as solid-state storage is concerned; if it really were limited to power-of-2 storage sizes, then 16GB would really mean 16GB rather than 16,000,000,000 bytes, which is what Apple uses.

Apple state that (standard) disclaimer to make up for storage space lost to formatting.

Solid state memories adhere to powers-of-two size limits because of the way they are manufactured. Unlike magnetic storage, they are true binary devices.

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This is seriously the coolest thing apple has done in a long time.  I'm totally getting one.

I'd love to get one of these, as soon as they use hard disks.

I am disappointed that it seems there is no "radio" feature on the 'touch'?!

Also, I noticed that "radio" is not visible on the promos for the latest iTunes?  Is is just a hidden feature or has it been disabled?  I am still using 7.1, which has radio.

My point simply being that a WiFi iPod makes for a killer internet radio device.

iThinkIam wrote:

I am disappointed that it seems there is no "radio" feature on the 'touch'?!

Also, I noticed that "radio" is not visible on the promos for the latest iTunes?  Is is just a hidden feature or has it been disabled?  I am still using 7.1, which has radio.

My point simply being that a WiFi iPod makes for a killer internet radio device.

Radio in iTunes is off by default, but you can turn it on in Preferences.

I'm not too bummed about no radio. I haven't listened to radio in years. I find my taste in music surpasses what the record labels think is good music. Besides, with 43GB of music, I'm pretty sure I can find plenty of good stuff I haven't discovered yet on my own...

blackzarg wrote:

Aqua OS X wrote:

Who's stupid idea involved covering the WiFi antenna with a little black nub on the corner? Why didn't they extend that piece horizontally, like the iPhone?

"An accelerometer detects when you rotate iPod touch from portrait to landscape, then automatically changes the contents of the display, so you immediately see the entire width of a web page, your music in Cover Flow, or a photo in its proper aspect ratio. "

... I don't think that really answered the question...

Ok Safari, youtube, calculator, calendar, etc. Finally we have a device for every Uni student who carries a lappy around!

I want one!

Edit: More than anything it's a cheap testbed for multitouch applications...

Last edited by reece_james (2007-09-05 7:59 pm)

As for the iPod Touch, I think it's a good idea that could be made better by the addition of a hard drive and a small flash-based swap disk.

3rd party app support would've been a nice extra.

if you set an alarm (in iCal) on an iPod touch... how does it go off? how does it notify you?

but the iPhone has a speaker. whereas the ipod... probably just has that little clicking speaker thing. this is literally doing to decide whether or not i get one.  it will be my PDA.

SamGuy wrote:

but the iPhone has a speaker. whereas the ipod... probably just has that little clicking speaker thing. this is literally doing to decide whether or not i get one.  it will be my PDA.

I imagine it just does whatever the hell other iPods do.

Last edited by Aqua OS X (2007-09-05 10:54 pm)

Edited my post :-/

blackzarg wrote:

Edited my post :-/