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iPod nano, iTunes 5, iTunes Phone
adpowers writes "Lots of updates today on the Apple front. First we have the iPod nano, which is an iPod photo-esque replacement for the iPod mini. It comes in 2 and 4 gig varieties and is half the thickness of the mini it replaces. A new iTunes is release as well, which looks similar to Mail.app. I'm not sure I like the cosmetic changes. It also touts an improved search bar, but I can't find an explanation of what that means. Finally, Apple, Motorola, and Cingular announced the ROKR E1, which has the iTunes on a cellular phone. (Theorized last week.) It syncs with iTunes just like an iPod." Coverage of the Apple news extravaganza available at The NYT, Forbes, Gizmodo, Mobiledia, and Macworld.
With iTunes 5 also comes Quicktime 7 for Windows.
Yes, its flash. Look here http://www.apple.com/ipodnano/specs.html at the bottom Technical Specifications: iPod nano.
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The new search is kinda snazzy, type a few letters and you get a little bar that lets you narrow it down by all, music, audiobooks,pod casts, videos, booklets, etc etc, certainly helpful for those with large catalogs
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This thing replaces the ipod mini, no doubt, but really it's more the size/weight of a shuffle... very sweet. It's THINNER than the shuffle fer chrissakes!
.78 ounce
Size comparison:
Shuffle: 3.3 x 0.98 x 0.33
Nano: 3.5 x 1.6 x 0.27
iPod: 4.1 x 2.4 x 0.63
Weight comparison:
Shuffle:
Nano: 1.5 ounces
iPod: 5.9 ounces
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Look at the requirements on the tech specs page. Under "connectivity" it does not mention firewire. However, under Power and Battery it says: "Charging via USB or FireWire to computer system or power adapter"
So, who knows.
Quicktime 7 without iTunes can be found here... http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/standalone .html
I wouldn't blame Apple or Motorola. Motorola makes some excellent kit, but then companies like Cingular and Verizon make them strip it to little more than a credit card with an antenna.
The odds are very, very good that an enterprising hacker would be able to unlock full BT functionality on this phone.
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The ROKR will be available in Canada exclusively from Rogers Wireless, according to this Motorola Canada site. Too bad there isn't more detailed information though. Rogers Wireless' site has no information on the phone or its pending availability unfortunately.
Volume adjustment already works in iTunes/iPod. Turn on Sound Check on both iTunes and the iPod. Wait for it to finish scanning your library (it'll say "Determining Song Volume"), then resync with the iPod.
Works great for me.
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Along with everything else in QT 7, iTunes now allows you to encode AAC in VBR mode. FINALLY!
- Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set him on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
I just got one from a local reseller that put them on sale earlier this afternoon. Apple seemed to plan this pretty well as compared to other launches, where the new product wasn't available *anywhere* for weeks. Anyway, yes, it is indeed the exact same interface and the firewire cable from my clickwheel iPod works exactly as it should.
"Why can't you sync iTunes via BlueTooth"
Because it would take a month. BT is handy, but it's sure not fast.
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There is a specification for transfering stereo audio over Bluetooth. I have a Bluewave from Macally, which is a set of Bluetooth headphones with a Bluetooth transmitter for an iPod. With a headphone extension cable the transmitter could be used with anything with a headphone jack. There are several problems with the Bluewave. One is that both the transmitter and the headphones each uses two AAA batteries which isn't enough power, as the set only lasts about four hours, but that is not the fault of the Bluetooth spec. At any rate, the worst thing that happened to me was that the connection was lost and all I heard was loud static. Turning the headset and transmitter off and then back on fixed it though. On the other hand, the headset of the Bluewave has a 1/8" jack so it could be used wirelessly with a cassette adaptor in a car, but why?
Impersonating Tycho from Penny Arcade since before there was a PA.
So far removed that the letters are all jumbled and say "BSD"!
Sigh...
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The iPod mini has never been flash, period, end of story, never will be. The iPod shuffle was the only flash iPod before the iPod nano.
People get confused about this because the microdrive in the mini speaks the CompactFlash protocol, but it is a spinning platter disk all the same.
I have seen the future, and it is inconvenient.