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    News - Also last night - a colourful Apple iPod range refresh

    Updates were definitely due after 2 years.
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    Re: News - Also last night - a colourful Apple iPod range refresh

    A very nice upgrade, very much like the iphone now except for the key calling and texting facility, but it does apear they have refocused the ipod to people who maybe dont want an iphone because of whatever reasn, but still want an ios device for ios specific apps and the security and stability of it all
    Another well thought out, well built and potentially top selling device

    The nano is a better shape i think, loosing the big screen before was a bad choise by apple, but this has fixed it, much nicer

    Never liked the shuffle tbh, still dont, its for joggers, not tech people

    The classic is unchanged because why change it, who needs more than 160gb really..

    The earpods are definatly different...no idea what theyll be like til i try em
    Last edited by ionicle; 13-09-2012 at 12:46 PM.

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    Re: News - Also last night - a colourful Apple iPod range refresh

    Is it just me that sees a striking resemblance between the Nano and the Nokia Lumia 920? o.O

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    Re: News - Also last night - a colourful Apple iPod range refresh

    Quote Originally Posted by AlexKitch View Post
    Is it just me that sees a striking resemblance between the Touch and the Nokia Lumia 920? o.O
    Yep!

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    Re: News - Also last night - a colourful Apple iPod range refresh

    looks like the rejects when they were choosing the lumia design

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    Re: News - Also last night - a colourful Apple iPod range refresh

    Quote Originally Posted by AlexKitch View Post
    Is it just me that sees a striking resemblance between the Nano and the Nokia Lumia 920? o.O
    Yes, they have absolutely nothing in common!

    *disclosure for Apple lawyers: My comment was sarcastic (check dictionary) and you CAN NOT use my post as a testimony in the court of law!

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    Re: News - Also last night - a colourful Apple iPod range refresh

    “The audio quality is so superior, they rival high-end headphones that cost hundreds of pounds more.”
    My AKG K601's beg to differ.

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    Re: News - Also last night - a colourful Apple iPod range refresh

    Have they made the new earphones less leaky with noise? Current iEars are so terrible and you can hear everything, and it always seems iFans in my area listen to music that sounds like someone had a drunken argument with a Casio keyboard Then again real music fans buy proper earphones and don't use the supplied ones...

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    Re: News - Also last night - a colourful Apple iPod range refresh

    Though sales of the iPod range are in decline these products are still profitable for Apple and worthy of updates and development
    That I find strange - especially since "iPod" is synonymous with "music player" as much as "Hoover" is for vacuum cleaner. Put it this way, if you go to Currys/Comet/PC World/Argos etc then it's likely to be an iPod that's on offer. Certainly if you want a large capacity device rather than some 2GB gym fodder.
    (iPod Classic) the player operates via Apple’s clickwheel interface. This is the only device that doesn’t come with the new EarPods...
    I thought there were strong rumours that the old Classic was going to be canned this time around - since they weren't selling many of them.
    These "EarPods" can't be THAT good if the "enthusiast" model in the range doesn't come with them.
    Good to see that the old "Classic" form factor is still there - I still maintain that the old clickwheel-driven interface is - by far - the easiest way to get access to a large collection.
    Quote Originally Posted by Jingee View Post
    (“The audio quality is so superior, they rival high-end headphones that cost hundreds of pounds more.”) My AKG K601's beg to differ.
    Shure E535's for me - although to be honest, my old Shure e2c's (which aren't "hundreds of pounds more") consigned the default 'buds to the bin long ago.

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    Re: News - Also last night - a colourful Apple iPod range refresh

    £25 for rigid in ear headphones?!

    WTF are they thinking.....
    throw new ArgumentException (String, String, Exception)

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    Re: News - Also last night - a colourful Apple iPod range refresh

    Quote Originally Posted by ionicle View Post
    The classic is unchanged because why change it, who needs more than 160gb really..
    Me. And I do think it's a pity that with lack of competition in the large storage music player segment, the development has completed stunted. I guess it shows that that competition is needed to encourage progress. Well, I acknowledge that I am probably in the minority who would make use of 500GB (or more), but I figured that if we are going with a HD based player, I may as well have enough space to have my entire collection on me.

    It' a pretty good bet that the claim on the earphones is stretched. What would be interesting is how well the earbuds compare to the Koss Porta Pro and Sennheiser PX100. Those two are in the same price range and known to punch above their weight. If the earbuds can come close in it's smaller factor, it would be very impressive (not holding my breath though, I don't think it's really Apple's domain). For the ultimate bang for buck, I am still giving my vote to the Koss KSC-75.

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    Re: News - Also last night - a colourful Apple iPod range refresh

    Quote Originally Posted by ionicle View Post
    A very nice upgrade, very much like the iphone now except for the key calling and texting facility, but it does apear they have refocused the ipod to people who maybe dont want an iphone because of whatever reasn, but still want an ios device for ios specific apps and the security and stability of it all
    Another well thought out, well built and potentially top selling device

    The nano is a better shape i think, loosing the big screen before was a bad choise by apple, but this has fixed it, much nicer

    Never liked the shuffle tbh, still dont, its for joggers, not tech people

    The classic is unchanged because why change it, who needs more than 160gb really..

    The earpods are definatly different...no idea what theyll be like til i try em
    Lol

    Recently your posts seem able to cause me some amusement.

    1. When has the iPod Touch not been very much like the iphone except for calling and texting? (Plus a few other missing features like Calendar)

    2. Are you aware that iOS has been found to be less stable than Android? (All versions vs all versions) - source

    3. Who needs more than 160GB in a media player? Apple have been selling ipods with 160GB since 2007.. five years ago. If there was a need for 160GB back then, there certainly is a need for more than that now - people's music collections haven't stopped increasing, and 1.8" drives double that capacity have been out since at least 2010. It's just limiting a product for the sake of it, and while possibly it doesn't make business sense to release bigger capacities, claiming no-one needs/wants more than 160GB is just plain stupid.

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    Re: News - Also last night - a colourful Apple iPod range refresh

    Quote Originally Posted by miniyazz View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by ionicle View Post
    The classic is unchanged because why change it, who needs more than 160gb really..
    claiming no-one needs/wants more than 160GB is just plain stupid.
    Yea... because "640K ought to be enough for anybody" as it were...

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    Re: News - Also last night - a colourful Apple iPod range refresh

    Quote Originally Posted by miniyazz View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by ionicle View Post
    A very nice upgrade, very much like the iphone now except for the key calling and texting facility, but it does apear they have refocused the ipod to people who maybe dont want an iphone because of whatever reasn, but still want an ios device for ios specific apps and the security and stability of it all
    Another well thought out, well built and potentially top selling device

    The nano is a better shape i think, loosing the big screen before was a bad choise by apple, but this has fixed it, much nicer

    Never liked the shuffle tbh, still dont, its for joggers, not tech people

    The classic is unchanged because why change it, who needs more than 160gb really..

    The earpods are definatly different...no idea what theyll be like til i try em
    Lol

    Recently your posts seem able to cause me some amusement.

    1. When has the iPod Touch not been very much like the iphone except for calling and texting? (Plus a few other missing features like Calendar)

    2. Are you aware that iOS has been found to be less stable than Android? (All versions vs all versions) - source

    3. Who needs more than 160GB in a media player? Apple have been selling ipods with 160GB since 2007.. five years ago. If there was a need for 160GB back then, there certainly is a need for more than that now - people's music collections haven't stopped increasing, and 1.8" drives double that capacity have been out since at least 2010. It's just limiting a product for the sake of it, and while possibly it doesn't make business sense to release bigger capacities, claiming no-one needs/wants more than 160GB is just plain stupid.
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