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Apple Quietly Releases New iPods
redletterdave writes "At the company's media event last month, Apple introduced its fifth-generation iPod Touch and seventh-generation iPod Nano, but only mentioned an October timeframe for when it would start filling pre-orders. Without an official word, it looks like the official launch day for the new iPods is today. Apple Stores around the country are currently stocked with the new iPods and customers who pre-ordered are finally receiving email notifications that their orders have shipped, or are 'preparing to ship.' Still, it is interesting to note that Apple didn't make a special announcement or even post a press release to announce the launch of its newest media players, especially as the competition heats up before the holiday season."
Umm, they had a huge event where they unveiled new iphones and ipods. what is quiet about it? the release date I guess? regardless, they're here now. I've got a new ipod touch on order, so I should be getting it soon. the price went up - $299. I wonder how the price of the ipad mini will compare to this?
eh? in media players? what competition?
From the specs on Apples page:
Maximum operating altitude: 10,000 feet (3000 m)
Really? What would cause this. This means it can't be used in places like Leadville, CO for example. Is this some sleazy warranty trick? Granted, this is the same for the 4th generation but I don't understand why any media player would be limited to 10,000 feet.
Apple Quietly Releases New iPods
Not quietly enough, obviously...
(I kid, I kid!)
I guess the difference is whether you want to use the device to listen to music, or if you're ok with just looking at pictures of it.
iTunes doesn't need an overhaul it needs an axe.
Seriously Idevice sync, media player and iTunes Store should be separate apps.
i thought once I was found, but it was only a dream.
I have a friend who has an iPod instead of an iPhone. She is almost always in range of free wifi, and uses two apps that provide free phone (including dial in) and free texting. Cheaper than an iPhone and lighter too.
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Strange - I thought I had that ticked, but I can still see this story.
"The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes" - Winston Churchill
None of what you wrote has any meaning to the vast majority of PC and Apple users.
I want to delete my account but Slashdot doesn't allow it.
Slashdot will pick up anything from Apple, including "quiet release"
Quiet release sounds like what an Apple fanboy does after he finds out his iPod preorder shipped.
If they are using the new port then they will be just like the new Iphones, the built in controls in the car will not be able to control the device...
A number of things with a USB port (like cars) can still control iOS devices with a lightning port, simply using he included cable.
Other devices that had dedicated dock connectors can still work just fine with the new connector if you get the adaptor. The only thing that will not work is playing video or "iPod Out", which was displaying a virtual iPod screen on some other device (since it needs video). That's not much of a loss though as the iPod Out interface was laggy and really low res.
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No, there is actually a story here. IPhones and Galaxies and HTCs are being launched by companies like ATT, Veriozon, Orange, Sprint, etc. But growth of handheld devices is skyrocketing in urban environments around the world. 80% of the Earth population now has electricity, and 47% of households have access to wifi (or soon will). Just as (and this is lost on wealthy audiences) MOST display devices sold in 2006 (by number, not by dollar) had both an SVGA jack and a TV tuner, because most buyers (India, China, Indonesia, Egypt, etc.) could not afford, or have room in the house, for both a TV and a computer, there is a very large market which IPods are aimed at. WIFI. Using Google Voice or Skype to speak on an IPod over Wi-Fi is a frightening trend to the telecommunications firms which promote the IPhone. I would expect this kind of relative silence over a device which does not require $90 per month individual subscription and data fees. Why do almost all the comments on this article treat the Phone-company-Less device as a toy? Because Slashdot readers live in a world where buying a laptop AND a desktop AND a television AND a cell phone AND a pad AND a pod seems just slightly consumptive. See pictures of slums with electricity and wifi, a third to half of the world telecom market, here. http://retroworks.blogspot.com/2012/04/useless-lists-of-jobs-beneath-wealthy.html
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