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12-26-2003, 06:32 PM
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US$99 iPod coming in January 2004
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12-26-2003, 08:50 PM
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woohoooo I can finally afford one. Big question is how's the internal amp? If it's worse than my discman I'll have to stick with CDs.
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12-27-2003, 12:33 AM
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I will definitely buy one if this rumor turns out to be true.
As for the amp section, most everything out there is quite bad. That's why there are portable headphone amps available....such as the Headsave Mint. |
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12-27-2003, 10:16 AM
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Save your money folks.
You can already buy MP3 players for $49. Plus, they will play MP4 and WMA while the Ipod can not and never will because of Apple.
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12-27-2003, 12:02 PM
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I actually did have a loaded Headsave Transit at one point but didn't notice a big difference between my discman and the META-42 based Transit. I did however try out an mp3-playing iRiver SlimX which had the worst internal amp I've ever heard. I returned it the next day even though I had gotten a deal on it.
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12-28-2003, 02:15 PM
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I know the current 3rd generation iPods are pricey. However since getting the 20GB model, I find it to be indispensable. It's great for having certain non-mp3 files to help in upgrading/fixing a friends computer, not to mention the mp3 collection, calendar, alarm clock, contacts list, or just plain use it as a firewire/USB 2.0 hard-drive. It can even be used as a boot disc, one of many secrets I didn't know about till recently and I can't wait to discover the rest of them. I even hear that the new Lexus car models are coming with an option to have an iPod port, being able to put it in like a cassette and access all your mp3's is simply killer.
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12-28-2003, 07:55 PM
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You can already buy MP3 players for $49. Plus, they will play MP4 and WMA while the Ipod can not and never will because of Apple.
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Isn't AAC also known as mp4? If so, that is the format of choice for Apple. And WMA is a proprietary format of Microsoft - why would Apple support it?
Sure, you can buy mp3 players for $49 but they are not iPods. Design, interface, speed, iTunes, and the iTunes Music Store are clear differentiating factors.
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12-28-2003, 09:38 PM
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$99..Ha! More likely a $199 unit. Why? Apple makes all their iTunes profit from the $299 unit and still manage to sell-out. they wont butcher their own cash-cow until sales suffer. And they didnt suffer this Xmas.
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12-29-2003, 11:05 AM
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I hate to burst your FUD bubble Jeff, but Apple's AAC IS MP4. So basically the only format it doesn't play is Microsoft's proprietary WMA. Have you ever even used an iPod?  |
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12-29-2003, 12:30 PM
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No have you ever even used Napster? Oh that's right you can't.
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