iPod shuffle (2 Viewers)

[veridis]

it looks shit
normal price, normal size, crap interface. what are apple doing. the advantage ipods had were their massive size and good interface, almost all other HD mp3 players had shit interface. but this is crap. no screen. for flash based i'll stick with creative.

 

[MedNez]

<3 !

I used to have Nomad II from Creative. Well, still do, I just don't use it. Their flash based drives were awesome, then they kind of lost it and made their own demise in the mp3 player market with bad hard drive based players.

However, Apple hold the majority of market share for hard drive based mp3 players, so, I think expanding into flash based is a good thing.. just not their first attempt. Time will tell, anyway.

 

[Slidey]

Script kiddie talk. Gah.

 

[Slidey]

However, Apple hold the majority of market share for hard drive based mp3 players, so, I think expanding into flash based is a good thing.. just not their first attempt. Time will tell, anyway.

Good. Apple cops a lot of flack for no reason but the fact that their computers don't use Windows.

 

[Bone577]

iPod shuffle? Most glorified "random" setting ever.

As for headphones/earphones/canalphones I usually never reccomend Koss products, since quite frankly most of their products are crap, but the KSC-35 is quality. Also Sennheiser MX series ear buds are good and very cheap. I wouldn't bother with standard ear-buds or stock ones, in fact I wouldn't bother with anything sub $50 other than the Senn MX series, most notably the MX400.

The best place for quality headphones and headphones assorted gear is www.headphones.com.au very reputable place, the guy who runs it is a regular at www.head-fi.com and I have done buisness with him before. Good prices too.

 

[McLake]

i wonder what they will have in the next (5g) incarnations of the ipod

im thinking

builtin FM transmitter
lighter weight
voice recording
better hard drive
larger or higher resolution screen and/or revised interface
improved earphones
user upgradable firmware


umm yeah, thats just some things lol

You don't mention a size boost. Rumour is that 5G could come in an 80GB size.

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iPod shuffle is a great idea IMO. It is obvious that Apple needed to get into flash to gain maximum market share, and I agree that the only way to do this was to come up with something very creative. I think that they have hit on the right idea here.

Two silly things: The shuffle dock (it just plugs into your USB, no need to spend US$29 guys) and the fact that the "lanyard" attaches to the cap (or appears to, wont it slip off?)

 

[theone123]

hey wat doe IMO and/or FYI stand for?

does anyone know the official day the iPod shuffle is out in Aus?

 

[jm1234567890]

hey wat doe IMO and/or FYI stand for?

does anyone know the official day the iPod shuffle is out in Aus?

IMO = in my opinion

FYI = For you information

 

[jm1234567890]

it looks shit
normal price, normal size, crap interface. what are apple doing. the advantage ipods had were their massive size and good interface, almost all other HD mp3 players had shit interface. but this is crap. no screen. for flash based i'll stick with creative.

obviously they aren't tageting ipod buyers.

the idea ain't too bad, since it will be the smallest flash based device in the market and if you think about it when have you really used the screen of your flashed based device to choose songs?

you just listen....

 

[McLake]

does anyone know the official day the iPod shuffle is out in Aus?

Shouldn't be too long after the US release date. A week at the most I would guess.

 

[golfstick]

it looks shit
normal price, normal size, crap interface. what are apple doing. the advantage ipods had were their massive size and good interface, almost all other HD mp3 players had shit interface. but this is crap. no screen. for flash based i'll stick with creative.

Yeah but creative can't do 512mb for AU$150 or 1gb for AU$230

That's pretty bloody cheap for a flash player! I'd get one but I already have little creative one and an iPod 4gen 40gb

 

[Bob.J]

hey wat doe IMO and/or FYI stand for?

does anyone know the official day the iPod shuffle is out in Aus?

In My Opinion
For Your Information

IPod Shuffle is another piece of crap to sell to people who are brand loyal to something they think is cool. It's just an overpriced mp3 player, it doesnt even have an LCD screen. Plus they still use the piece of crap headphones.

 

[equiski]

Yeah, blind brand loyalty is a problem.

 

[breaking]

In My Opinion
For Your Information

IPod Shuffle is another piece of crap to sell to people who are brand loyal to something they think is cool. It's just an overpriced mp3 player, it doesnt even have an LCD screen. Plus they still use the piece of crap headphones.

omfgercoaster are you ppl quite over coming to the realisation that it doesn't have a screen yet? that's one of the reasons it's so cheap and light.

 

[jm1234567890]

In My Opinion
For Your Information

IPod Shuffle is another piece of crap to sell to people who are brand loyal to something they think is cool. It's just an overpriced mp3 player, it doesnt even have an LCD screen. Plus they still use the piece of crap headphones.

how it is overpriced?

you pay to the size and build quality of the player.

the only comparable player is the creative muvo (first one), but that is thicker and more expensive.

 

[golfstick]

In terms of comparing flash players with no screens

Creative has a MuVo 128mb player for $100

The iPod Shuffle is $150 for 512mb

No contest. Whoever said they were overpriced is an idiot

 

[z.co]

its good enuf. 150 bucks. 1GB storage. who the hell would need 10000 songs to listen to anyway?

 

[MedNez]

its good enuf. 150 bucks. 1GB storage. who the hell would need 10000 songs to listen to anyway?

I know it may be hard to fathom, but there are people who do listen to a very wide and diverse range of music, always picking something different. Obviously a lot of people like to store "10 000" songs, if you notice how well the Ipod is selling.

 

[breaking]

I know it may be hard to fathom, but there are people who do listen to a very wide and diverse range of music, always picking something different. Obviously a lot of people like to store "10 000" songs, if you notice how well the Ipod is selling.

lol i reckon
and zco........ $150 is for the 512mb model......