New Apple Lust Objects for 2010 and onward

What exactly is the deal with the iPod classic? I mean, Toshiba has been making 320gb hard drives that would fit right in seamlessly for the last year but Apple hasn't adopted them. It hasn't been mentioned or shown in the last two years of Apple events, even though the also-unchanged Shuttle was highlighted today. It's like they're embarrassed they still make them, but must sell enough that they won't discontinue it.

hoping Google releases a 3rd party maps app before i'm forced to iOS 6

even so, fuck

idk whats going in with the classic, and to a large extent I don't care as long as I'm not forced down to a 64 gb *thing* (or off the ecosystem)

xp otm, that new maps thing looks exactly as terrible as its reputation

This maps is beyond awful. No transport routing, can't find half the stations in London, it's a disaster. The 3d view of the city is actually fun, but nowhere near as useful as street view for finding out exactly where to turn.

There is one thing good about iOS 6 -- they've upped the contrast or fiddled with the hinting or something, because the whole thing looks a lot sharper/clearer.

I bet the deal with the Classic is they want everyone moved to iTunes Match and the higher-margin flash devices

iPod touch is bloody expensive now in UK. Starts at £279?

I already have three classics and I'll probably get a fourth next year. such brilliant devices, not even close to being matched by anything else apple produces.

Do Classic buyers want it for the capacity (and low price vs. solid state memory) or the click-wheel interface? I've got to imagine 128gb of flash memory isn't that expensive anymore - either they should lighten it, reduce the price, or make the hard drive much more capacious.

Google just released a Youtube app for iOS yesterday since it won't be included in v6. Hopefully they'll do the same with Maps. I'm fine with the Apple 3D maps if they get it working, but I do frequently use Street View, and not to spy on random people who happened to be walking by

Do Classic buyers want it for the capacity (and low price vs. solid state memory) or the click-wheel interface?

primarily the storage, but being able to skip and ff/rew tracks by feel (without a cable switch thing) is very very important to me

That capability returned to the Nano after a two-year absence, but i'll reserve judgement on how well the new side-mounted buttons work until i get my hands on one. It's hard to beat the click wheel for ease and intuitiveness though

they're embarrassed they still make them, but must sell enough that they won't discontinue it.

― Lee626, Wednesday, September 12, 2012 6:29 PM (42 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm probably

maybe you really don't need several hundred gigabytes of music with you

That capability returned to the Nano after a two-year absence, but i'll reserve judgement on how well the new side-mounted buttons work until i get my hands on one.

the buttons on the new one only control volume and play/pause though (plus 16 gb is pissweak)

maybe you really don't need several hundred gigabytes of music with you

maybe your life is still worth living without having several hundred gigabytes of music with you

i.e. last week, suddenly and without warning, I listened to autechre constantly for four days straight; I would not have had ae on me if my ipod had a pov gb capacity

at no time during those four days did you visit your home where you have that music on your computer?

do you not have spur of the moment obsessions

yeah, but I take prescription medication for that

what is this 'visit your home' fantasy, I'm a busy man

Spotify + iPodTouch/iPhone?

the buttons on the new one only control volume and play/pause though (plus 16 gb is pissweak)

"Buttons let you quickly play, pause, change songs, or adjust the volume" according to Apple's website. Maybe they're including the new "home" button.

Yeah a 32gb version would be nice. I was hoping for a 128gb touch, too

I'm with AA -- there's random points in my day, not every day, when I'm just overtaken by a sudden need to hear [band] - my ipod's got everything on it

if I don't have everything on it then I'm back to walkman days where I have to know that morning what I want to listen to for the whole day and it's SO disappointing when you get overtaken by that OMG I NEED TO HEAR [band] and you don't have it with you

usually while driving or whatever

basically I am not at home to waiting 11 hours to indulge any musical whim, especially as I've been living like this for several blissful years xxxp

"Buttons let you quickly play, pause, change songs, or adjust the volume" according to Apple's website. Maybe they're including the new "home" button.

oh wow! now all they need to do is give me 128 gb storage

although, there's no mention of cue/review afaict

re spotify: we only got it here what four weeks ago and it only works when you're in wireless range iirc and you need a farcebook acct in order to use it here AND I already have all the music I want to listen to on my classic so

i want an mp3 player with 100GB+ of storage that doesn't cost £200

you could get a sansa player and carry around several MicroSDHC cards with you.

do you not have spur of the moment obsessions

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:31 (41 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah, but I take prescription medication for that

― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:32 (40 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^ rad

classics are rad & all but shouldn't the focus be more that you end up having four-in-four-years or w/e; mine is so close to dead, i made it last a while but it sucks that things fail so readily or inevitably now. not even in terms of inevitable slowness, &c, but just the hearing cutting out &c.

I think AA means he carries around 4 of them at all times

you could get a sansa player and carry around several MicroSDHC cards with you.

i do use an 8GB sansa w/ 32GB MicroSDHC card! its ok but any time you add new songs there's this incredibly long library update you have sit through.

xp I have an old white one, a 120 gb for the car and a 160 gb grafted to my hip. all three still work but I use them so often that the batteries in the first two are weak.

My music wouldn't fit on any of those so nyeah

carrying around SD cards is for the birds, yo

OK, maybe the 160GB one, but the point is that I had a few friends who sat around bitching that they'd never have less than a 100GB iPod because they want all their music on them at all times, etc, but it just seems like an attitude I've heard barely voiced since 2008 or so.

probably because we all have 160 gb classics now

hey, I just realised there's no iphone 5 bumper case

I still don't get what yr problem is, I have all the autechre albums on my phone

in lossless, they're the only things on there

i've never had a 100gb ipod - struggling every week to fit enough music and apps on my 32gb as it is - how can you not want more space?

i strongly suspect that apple has internal statistics that say that only like 1% of users actually max out 64s or something, so they can keep rolling that as the premium option

Nah, it'll grow for sure, but I'd rather have a solid state memory device to run around with than a hard drive any day

Oh yeah: HELLO FROM IOS 6

;_; I still have my 80gb and it works great

fuck you guys have waaaaay more music than me #inferioritycomplex

Not that the quality of your music is going to change, but having all music at all times kind of seems like an all-you-can-eat buffet for every meal. Even if you go there for the fried chicken, you're going to end up grabbing all kinds of other stuff for convenience. Limiting selection leads to a greater appreciation.

namaste.

LAME

:)

i guess the iphone fingerprint sensor rumors turned out false

OK, maybe the 160GB one, but the point is that I had a few friends who sat around bitching that they'd never have less than a 100GB iPod because they want all their music on them at all times, etc, but it just seems like an attitude I've heard barely voiced since 2008 or so.

― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Wednesday, September 12, 2012 9:11 PM (46 minutes ago) Bookmark

pretty strange that posters on this board who also frequently post in ILM would voice this particular opinion

having every nickelback album would be an all-you-can-eat buffet. I have a michelin-starred chef in my pocket. enjoy your nickelback feast btw.

who are the frequent ilm posters out of these? :)