foronceandforall.com— Can the glossy slim white revolution ever fade? Or will we prefer the iPod over all the others forever. Lets look at the possibilities.
Oct 8, 2006View in Crawl 4
OGG is a good format for players that are limited on storage, since it holds up pretty good at lower bit-rates. Why would you even bother with it, if you have enough space for a lossless format like FLAC? OGG is not a good format for higher bit-rates.The iPod is great, because it can play AIFF (The CD's native audio format), and also offers a lossless format.
As soon as there's some better alternatives to the iPod, people will buy them. Apple is riding on their popularity, and yes, the iPod is a nifty little device. But, they're expensive, and not infallable. Right now, people want an "iPod" not a "portable digital music player."The one thing about the iPod that I like is the bigger versions with s**tloads of disk. I mean, as far as I know, there's no other players with 80GB storage in such a small form factor. 80GB is huge, and what I want. I couldn't do 4GB, I'd have to shuffle my music around too much. (no pun intended) Of course, I won't buy one, because I just wouldn't use it enough to make it worth spending that much money on.
I don't agree about the AA batteries. They are round and take up a lot of space. I'd be okay with some sort of gumpack like my old Minidisc player has. It's okay if it costs a little bit more then then rechargable AA's - as long as I can replace it when it won't take a charge and so I can carry an extra one with me.I understand that apple wants it to be a neat little package without the fuss of lost battery slot covers, but they obviously have some design talent and would be perfectly capable of making a battery compartment without these problems. I also understand that Apple enjoys it's planned obsolesence on these units when the batteries die.Besides the overall cost of an iPod, I wouldn't buy one because of the battery issue and the fact that it won't play ogg. I won't even mention that I dispise the iTunes application and how it's the only way to get all the pertinent metadata into the iPod.
It would be nice if the device included WiFi or Bluetooth, I agree. Heck, even some proprietary wireless dongle you could plug into a USB port would be nice.
gravis86Oct 9, 2006
So very true. And hilarious to boot.
jackaxeOct 9, 2006
OGG is a good format for players that are limited on storage, since it holds up pretty good at lower bit-rates. Why would you even bother with it, if you have enough space for a lossless format like FLAC? OGG is not a good format for higher bit-rates.The iPod is great, because it can play AIFF (The CD's native audio format), and also offers a lossless format.
huwjanusOct 9, 2006
Nothing last 'forever' - The iPod will die just as soon as something else comes along that takes our fancy.
paulkmanOct 9, 2006
No flag564? I am saddened.
kwiterOct 9, 2006
I WAS an iPod fan till mine made a horrible grinding sound during a reboot, now I get the lovely folder with an ! and no music :-)
cbreakerOct 10, 2006
As soon as there's some better alternatives to the iPod, people will buy them. Apple is riding on their popularity, and yes, the iPod is a nifty little device. But, they're expensive, and not infallable. Right now, people want an "iPod" not a "portable digital music player."The one thing about the iPod that I like is the bigger versions with s**tloads of disk. I mean, as far as I know, there's no other players with 80GB storage in such a small form factor. 80GB is huge, and what I want. I couldn't do 4GB, I'd have to shuffle my music around too much. (no pun intended) Of course, I won't buy one, because I just wouldn't use it enough to make it worth spending that much money on.
cbreakerOct 10, 2006
I don't agree about the AA batteries. They are round and take up a lot of space. I'd be okay with some sort of gumpack like my old Minidisc player has. It's okay if it costs a little bit more then then rechargable AA's - as long as I can replace it when it won't take a charge and so I can carry an extra one with me.I understand that apple wants it to be a neat little package without the fuss of lost battery slot covers, but they obviously have some design talent and would be perfectly capable of making a battery compartment without these problems. I also understand that Apple enjoys it's planned obsolesence on these units when the batteries die.Besides the overall cost of an iPod, I wouldn't buy one because of the battery issue and the fact that it won't play ogg. I won't even mention that I dispise the iTunes application and how it's the only way to get all the pertinent metadata into the iPod.
cbreakerOct 10, 2006
It would be nice if the device included WiFi or Bluetooth, I agree. Heck, even some proprietary wireless dongle you could plug into a USB port would be nice.