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damn, i'm slow. just got mine a year ago and depend on it at night for books to help me sleep or thru sleepless nights. :mad:
http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/107415/the-ipod-is-dead-long-live-the-ipod.html
"I was recently cleaning out a closet and came across an interesting artifact: my first iPod.
It was nearly eight years ago that I was among the very first people in New York City to carry around the first-generation iPod. About the size of a pack of cigarettes, it was advertised with the tagline "A thousand songs in your pocket." I can even remember the song used in the first TV spot: Take California (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWqj6OQQOHA) by The Propellerheads.
Since then, I've upgraded to a 2007 model boasting a 160-gigabyte hard drive that makes holding a mere thousand songs seem quaint. Before long, I will no doubt be waxing nostalgic about this music player as well—one that, at not even half full, holds 5,231 songs, 141 videos, and 228 podcasts.
First Quarterly Drop in iPod Sales
The iPod as many of us have known it is on the wane and giving way to a more feature-rich family of devices that in time will bear little resemblance to the trailblazing digital music players that helped Apple capture 70% of the North American market. Evidence of the iPod's decline came July 21, when Apple disclosed its first quarterly decline in iPods sold. In the three months ended in June, Apple (AAPL (http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=AAPL)) sold 10.2 million iPods, versus 11 million a year earlier."
i went cheapie and got a sansa...but it has a radio too. take that, ipod!
Lewis
07-28-2009, 10:46 PM
I'm waiting for an iPhone like mobile phone that isn't on a poor network. I'm keeping my eye on the Palm Pre buy it looks like it's slow to get developers attention. It looks like Google become into play with some feature-rich phones that do it all next.
I have an iPod nano but rarely use it because it's just one more thing to carry around. My Palm Treo 700wx is my only essential, but it doesn't have very good audio and music features.
In line with the article, I'm surprised they don't create an iPod touch which is everything the iPhone is except, no phone. Makes sense to me.
I'm waiting for an iPhone like mobile phone that isn't on a poor network. I'm keeping my eye on the Palm Pre buy it looks like it's slow to get developers attention. It looks like Google become into play with some feature-rich phones that do it all next.
I have an iPod nano but rarely use it because it's just one more thing to carry around. My Palm Treo 700wx is my only essential, but it doesn't have very good audio and music features.
In line with the article, I'm surprised they don't create an iPod touch which is everything the iPhone is except, no phone. Makes sense to me.
My understanding is that the IPOD Touch is everything that the iPhone is without the phone. What is missing? The only problem I see is that the Touch not being a phone is quite expensive as it is not subsidized by the phone company.
lynnifer
07-29-2009, 08:32 AM
Don't worry Cass ... just got my iPod Nano last year too. 8G worth of bliss. I keep it connected to my stereo in my car (which by the way is an integrated GPS with bluetooth and actually plays movies and has the ability to be subscribed to satellite radio if I wasn't so cheap!) lol ... Pioneer Audio is going under as I understand, so it was inexpensive.
Foolish Old
07-29-2009, 08:49 AM
Which Sansa? I think the 8 GIG "Clip" is a real bargain. A big bang for a little buck. i went cheapie and got a sansa...but it has a radio too. take that, ipod!
Lewis
07-29-2009, 10:43 AM
My understanding is that the IPOD Touch is everything that the iPhone is without the phone. What is missing? The only problem I see is that the Touch not being a phone is quite expensive as it is not subsidized by the phone company.
According to the article it is missing a quality camera, video support, and a GPS chipset to name a few.
Which Sansa? I think the 8 GIG "Clip" is a real bargain. A big bang for a little buck.
i think it has 8 gigs, i think i paid something like $248 for it when the ipods were 300 for that many gigs. it was christmas of '07.
Wise Young
07-30-2009, 11:02 AM
Cass,
My iPod Touch was the best investment that I have made. There are few items that I use as much. I bought my iPod Touch about 6 months ago (to replace a classic iPod that had died when I dropped it into a bath). It does everything that I need on the go, including supplying most of my reading material (Amazon kindle), playing all the music that I listen to, allowing impromptu surfing on available wifi hotspots or at home, data logging such as gas cubby (for recording all my expenses on my car), facebook, news, calendar, and a few select games. I have a cell phone (Blackberry) for talking, texting, and emailing. I am never anywhere without my iPod Touch and use all the time.
Wise.
damn, i'm slow. just got mine a year ago and depend on it at night for books to help me sleep or thru sleepless nights. :mad:
http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/107415/the-ipod-is-dead-long-live-the-ipod.html
"I was recently cleaning out a closet and came across an interesting artifact: my first iPod.
It was nearly eight years ago that I was among the very first people in New York City to carry around the first-generation iPod. About the size of a pack of cigarettes, it was advertised with the tagline "A thousand songs in your pocket." I can even remember the song used in the first TV spot: Take California (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWqj6OQQOHA) by The Propellerheads.
Since then, I've upgraded to a 2007 model boasting a 160-gigabyte hard drive that makes holding a mere thousand songs seem quaint. Before long, I will no doubt be waxing nostalgic about this music player as well—one that, at not even half full, holds 5,231 songs, 141 videos, and 228 podcasts.
First Quarterly Drop in iPod Sales
The iPod as many of us have known it is on the wane and giving way to a more feature-rich family of devices that in time will bear little resemblance to the trailblazing digital music players that helped Apple capture 70% of the North American market. Evidence of the iPod's decline came July 21, when Apple disclosed its first quarterly decline in iPods sold. In the three months ended in June, Apple (AAPL (http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=AAPL)) sold 10.2 million iPods, versus 11 million a year earlier."
Scorpion
07-30-2009, 11:26 AM
Until they can get the flash memory on the iPod touch to be up around the 160gb of the iPod Classic, the iPod isn't dying anytime soon. The iPod Touch seems very cool, but a lot of people still want a ton of storage for their music collection that the hard drive based iPod provides. This article is more hype and speculation, overlooking important points: a lot of people who would have bought the iPod Classic are buying the iPod Touch and the iPhone, and they don't need/want the large storage capacity of the iPod Classic, and they like the bells & whistles of the Touch or iPhone. So the reality is, there were still 10.2 million sold in the most recent quarter -- that's insane and light years beyond the numbers other music/media players numbers -- and the drop from 11 million sold last year can easily be offset by the number of iPhone sales, even if the iPod Touch is included in the 10.2 million iPods sold.
The iPod isn't going anywhere anytime soon, and the iPod people currently have isn't obsolete unless they decide it's obsolete because they have to have the newest and greatest. I think there will be a day when the main iPod sold will be more like the iPod Touch, once they can get flash memory capacity for it up comparable to current iPod Classics. But that won't mean the death of the iPod, simply the evolution of the iPod. And if I'm still using my 80gb iPod Classic at that time, it won't be obsolete to me. :)