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- inactive, on 09/04/2008, -2/+223"What do you need a second MP3 player for if you’ve already got a few hundred tunes in your pocket?"
Because I need something to put the other 8,200 songs on... - bbqsalad, on 09/05/2008, -1/+152Well, not everyone has iPhones thats one reason why the iPod will live... I dont wanna pay 70$ a month when I rarely talk on the phone and have no need to unlimted data plan. I have a iPod Touch, a 5g in my car and a shuffle for the gym and hiking. Long live the iPod!
- FallenTurtles, on 09/05/2008, -4/+110I prefer to keep my iPod so I don't have to store my songs in a phone that requires a crappy contract with a crappy cellular provider.
- AhrenBa, on 09/05/2008, -2/+100Does the iPod need to be saved??
- zerhynn, on 09/05/2008, -2/+84Your car was free? Please tell me where you got your car
- pvincent, on 09/05/2008, -5/+61Might be better off asking: why buy an iPhone when you already have a Phone and a MP3 Player?
- astronautje, on 09/05/2008, -5/+56can Steve Jobs save the iPod?
uh, no, but Santa can... - whataboutdave, on 09/05/2008, -0/+44Battery life. Battery life. Battery life.
- DJClo1988, on 09/05/2008, -4/+43i agree, i love to have all my songs at all times, i just do.
- xjonnyx134, on 09/05/2008, -2/+33assuming you actually pay for music in the first place..
- MWeather, on 09/05/2008, -1/+30"Your car was free? Please tell me where you got your car"
There are free cars parked all over the place. The trick is to only drive them for a day, then get a new one. - adairnic, on 09/05/2008, -0/+27maybe 8200 songs purchased for $1. You can however purchase songs on used CDs or other media for far less...
- Moria, on 09/05/2008, -0/+26Umm, he doesn't need to do anything to 'save' it. It's the most popular music player around and will continue to be so because not everyone wants a contract mobile phone and if they do they don't necessarily want to pay for the phone on top of the contract.
- dafragsta, on 09/05/2008, -0/+24I like having a variety of different music. It's nice having your entire music library in your pocket and my music library is ~100GB now. Until there is an iPod touch with 80GB or more, I'll probably stick to my 5.5 gen iPod video, even if I do eventually get an iPhone. It sucks to carry two devices, and I doubt I'll have them both all the time, but it's not that big of a deal to keep a device smaller than a deck of cards even with the contour case in my backpack.
- angelof, on 09/05/2008, -1/+21Does the iPod really need saving? Not everyone is going to buy the iPhone, so the iPod is still relevant. Like it or not, it's by far the most used MP3 player.
- dxgg, on 09/05/2008, -1/+21I don't have an iPhone because I don't need or want an iPhone.
But I do want to keep my iPod. - Thogster, on 09/05/2008, -6/+22Am I the only one who wants to carry as little as possible in my pockets?
- Dumbledorito, on 09/05/2008, -4/+20I figure the iPhone would be better off if (1) its functionality wasn't so dodgy at the moment and (2) someone would develop a battery that could put up with near constant use during the day without going deadder than a doorknob after a few hours calling/listening to music.
So mostly, I think its problems lie in the technological arena. - JEWestbrookJR, on 09/05/2008, -1/+17Exactly, my classic ipod is far from dead to me. I like being able to carry anything that I could ever want to listen to in my pocket at all times.
- MWeather, on 09/05/2008, -1/+168200 songs? That costs more than my car!
- thcobbs, on 09/05/2008, -1/+16Crikey! What an idea... and then you can carry the hard drive around and it could play music from it!
- MasonZombie, on 09/05/2008, -0/+15Thats what I was thinking. I wasn't aware that it was in any trouble. ??
- edwartica, on 09/05/2008, -0/+14And why waste your phone's battery on playing MP3s?
- MindTrigger, on 09/05/2008, -2/+16StevenBullen,
Using it all at the same time isn't the point, genius. Having access to whatever media I feel like at any given moment is. Think back (if you are old enough) and remember what it was like when all we had were CD's. Before getting in my car I would choose what few CD's to grab so I didn't have to worry about my whole collection being stolen out of my car, which happened to me once to the tune of about 100 CD's. This means whatever I grabbed to listen to I was stuck with no matter what my mood turned out to be. By carrying a large collection on my iPod, this is never an issue.
That's one small example, and if you rub your two brain cells together, you might come up with more. I'm not exactly sure why I had to explain that to you, and quite frankly, it was painful. - xDrFunkensteinx, on 09/05/2008, -1/+14This is exactly why I will never buy an iPhone. I need dedicated battery life for both phone calls and listening to music. I don't want to restrain from listening to music because I know I need to make phone calls and vice-versa.
- Wakuko, on 09/05/2008, -0/+13Exactly, the shuffle will never die for its convenience, nothing beats the shuffle for any kind of workout/outdoors activity.
Now, the classic and the nano will die a quick and painless death soon, very soon, and the iPod Touch will reign supreme for, well, a couple more years. - leamanc, on 09/05/2008, -0/+13Does the iPod need saving? Isn't Apple still selling them hand over fist?
In any case, the expected price slashes on the iPod touch should more than do the trick if the iPod does indeed need saving. - inactive, on 09/05/2008, -0/+12"Can Jobs save the iPod?"
Does the author really think the iPod is in any sort jeopardy? Seriously? I was going to go into the reasons why it will be here to stay for a long time coming, but I don't feel like wasting my time - it's so blatantly obvious.
Sorry, but what a dumb article... - MindTrigger, on 09/05/2008, -4/+16@SkippyDoorknob,
As fast as technology is developing and shrinking, why would you even dream of making a ridiculous comment like that? You remind me of back in the day when the guys at IBM thought we would never need more than 8k of memory in a computer. - SkippyDoorknob, on 09/05/2008, -8/+20120GB of flash memory? Yeah, good luck with that...
- DLicious, on 09/05/2008, -0/+12Personally, I don't want to take my iPod Touch with me when I'm snowboarding or doing other activities that could damage it, but I'll take my $50 shuffle with me.
- johnomaz, on 09/05/2008, -6/+17Whats sad is that people tend to have multiple iPods anyways. My coworker has 5 of them and his wife has 7. The buy the new generation as soon as it comes out then don't use the old ones. I seriously doubt Jobs needs to worry about that. His followers are already dumb as *****, they will keep getting dumber and throwing their money at him.
- portorikan, on 09/05/2008, -0/+11You happen to be one of those people that doesn't listen to a lot of music then. I actually like albums that I purchase. Every song on the album, so I don't cherry pick songs unless it's crap on the radio.
- djgreedo, on 09/05/2008, -0/+11That's probably bought over many years (I have around 6,000 tracks, and it's all legal, and I'm not rich by any stretch of the imagination).
And a lot of music is cheap ($2 CD, etc.) or free (archive.org - search for Zwan). - edwartica, on 09/05/2008, -0/+11There's also the fact that selecting which songs you're going to want takes time. When I had a little 3 GB MP3 player, I would spend an hour or two a week, just trying to figure out what I didn't want on there anymore and what I might want on there. Now I have an 80 GB Ipod with 6000 songs on it - and I've saved myself that time.
- MindTrigger, on 09/05/2008, -0/+11I agree. At any given time on my 80 GB classic I am using between 65 and 75 GB of it, and I'm, only carrying about 1/3 of my MP3 collection. I also have around 1800 podcast episodes, and 40 audiobooks as of today, and growing. I could care less about the iPhone because I don't need my phone to be my MP3 player until they can hold no less than 80GB.
What the iPod classic needs at this point is a deep price discount. These devices have been out long enough now that they have lost their trendy factor and have simply become ubiquitous. The price is still ridiculously high for the level of technology.
Also, AT&T service is garbage for most people, and the average person has no clue what jailbreaking is. - nesagwa, on 09/05/2008, -0/+10LOL.
Yeah, 128kbps is "CD Quality."
Im sure it sounds awesome in your high fidelity earbuds. - scooterbaga, on 09/05/2008, -0/+9It's not the amount you can listen to, it's what you have access to. I have a LOT of music that I actively listen to. I have no idea from one day, hour, minute to the next what I'll want to hear next. So having it all right there on tap is the way to go.
You're arguing a lack of storage, which is a lack of options. The argument is moot.
Oh... and these new fangled devices have video as well. - Wakuko, on 09/05/2008, -4/+13From the zune?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
*gasp*
HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH - robbob, on 09/05/2008, -1/+10because the iPhone wants to backup for hours
- jerryn, on 09/05/2008, -0/+9This is a different market. My commute is 90 minutes each way. I have my entire CD collection digitized at the 320k bit rate. I need an 80GB IPOD, not a mere 8GB IPHONE. When I 'm on the road I don't want to gab on the phone. I want to drive and listen to tunes on my 350W Monsoon stereo!
- inactive, on 09/05/2008, -1/+9I prefer my iPod and my cell phone separate. I abuse the hell out of my phone and go through one every other year. My iPod is still going after almost four years. Besides, iPhones have pathetic hard drive capacity compared to classic iPods. My 30gig model is full as it is.
- inactive, on 09/05/2008, -0/+8I resisted drinking the iPod Koolaide for years. I bought a 160gig version about a year ago. Most used electronic device I have other than the PC. I don't see the iPod needing saving.
But in all fairness I have to say I dislike the bloatware called iTunes, and I've never purchased a single song from iTunes. - ToastPop, on 04/17/2009, -0/+8This is pretty silly... the iPod doesn't need an edge over the iPhone. Buy one or the other and Apple has your money either way. By this logic, any device that can play music AND do something else has made all mp3 players irrelevant, it's just different gadgets for different needs.
- Coffeedemon, on 09/05/2008, -0/+8You still have your old one though. Discontinuing items does not mean they'll come to your house and confiscate it.
- Spytap, on 09/05/2008, -0/+7I disagree. I've got a touch and a nano, and while i love my touch, it's inferior in two situations of my daily life: working out and driving. When I'm driving, I prefer the nano because it has actual buttons, which means I can do things like go to the next song easier without taking my eyes off of the wheel. When working out, I just like having such a small device.
Having two devices doesn't mean carrying them with you at all times. - briguymaine, on 09/05/2008, -0/+7I think meant content
- marike, on 09/05/2008, -0/+7I didn't know it needed saving. I have an iPod that I'm very happy with.
- inactive, on 09/05/2008, -1/+8buried for u as a word.
- NoCt1, on 09/05/2008, -0/+7If they do anything bad to the iPod... Then I will move to the zune. As much as i love the ipod.. The zune isnt that bad.. Its just the interface is poorly designed. They need to release a "blank ipod" and let you design how you want the screen to display items and then upload via itunes to it.
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