tuaw.com — The new chip will give up to 70 percent more listening time according to Wolfson. This means if your current iPod can play music for 14 hours (a statistic for a typical 5G iPod), with the new Wolfson chip and a similar battery the same iPod would be able to play for 23.8 hours.
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mcziggzJan 17, 2006
"dont buy apple, buy creative ;) They are Superior in every way"8/10 people mock you when you walk around with your poser iPod :-PDo you really need one more thing for people to mock you about?
craigb12Jan 17, 2006
Yes well i hear from my inside source at apple (my brain) that they're developing a buckyball battery. Apparently it will have tens of millions of hours of battery life, becuase it will recharge from the power of Steve's ego, which is also the secret to cracking the cold fussion problem. But, this is a secret so everyone keep your traps shut.
macslutJan 17, 2006
"Apple's excuse for not supporting Ogg Vorbis has always been the battery life issue."Care to point to some corporate quotes on that?They've never had an excuse, they've simply never seen it as worth doing."Lots of people have requested support for Vorbis on iPods... but do Apple cares? Of course not."Define "lots". I see no reason for Apple to support it and I hope they don't. It would be one thing if Vorbis offered significantly better quality than what's currently out there, but it does not.But wait, I didn't say anything about bit rates, and that's the issue. Vorbis *may* sound X% better on a quality to bit rate ratio, but it's not like you can say Vorbis at low bit rates 64kbps is better than AAC or MP3 at any bit rate. Thus, what the argument really comes down to is one of capacity and bandwidth versus increased processing and adopting yet another audio format.I want less choice in formats to bring more/easier choice in content.
riddleboxJan 17, 2006
I am not bashing any brand...People buy what the media want them to buy...Some dumb ass earlier was talking about how you will get made fun of with your IPOD look alike..but haha...i think the IPOD was after most mp3 players...so there for IPOD isnt s**t. Just a copy cat who new that the more modern sleek design ...NO I AM NOT SAYING SEXY because again..posted above "Most people who buy IPODs are women, and gay men." So therefore the mother f**ker up there takes it in the brown eye...:D
nuggetJan 17, 2006
jiconJan 17, 2006
Apple would need to pay Vorbis for a license in order to play back OGG.You're talking about a company that notoriously tries to cut corners to help their bottom line, pushing an "open" -aka- free format, AAC, tagged with propietary DRM thru the music store.Until people keep buying other players to play OGG, Apple won't support it. Stick with iPodLinux, and a Quicktime plugin in iTunes.Or stick to WinAmp if you're stuck on Windows.-Been recording and using OGG on Mac/Windows for five years now... because it simply sounded better than MP3 back in the day.I've seen a number of OGG files being used in World of Warcraft. They've been good for supporting DiVX in the early days too. Hopefully if OGG is used to encode the audio in a video, we'll one day see support on the video iPod of the future.
cwcheangJan 17, 2006
nugget,Good point
Closed AccountJan 17, 2006
I don't assume this'll be a DIY project