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gtboys34 09-06-2007 12:01 AM

ipod touch/iphone price reduction
 
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=6126

well..here goes something else im gonna be saving for this yr/next. thing is tight

snipeymagoo 09-06-2007 12:02 AM

Are you going to buy the iPhone or the iPod? I might get a new iPod, only because mine is fucking up.


[quote:824b1]Jobs also announced a deal with Starbucks. When you enter a Starbucks with your iPod touch or iPhone, a Starbucks button pops up that gives you the option to buy music from the featured artist via the wireless connectivity.[/quote:824b1]

Great.....

Milla 09-06-2007 12:07 AM

Wow very innovative, just take the iPhone, take the phone out of it and you have an iPod...way to go Jobs, you fucking twat.

[quote:2f143]IPod Touch will be available by month's end in an eight-gigabyte model priced at 299 dollars and a 16-gigabyte model priced at 399 dollars. The devices are essentially iPhones without the mobile phone capabilities.[/quote:2f143]

Those prices are out of fucking control, that is ridiculous.

gtboys34 09-06-2007 12:36 AM

getting the ipod snipey. never saw the need to combine music and phone capabilities. But music and internet is whats up

snipeymagoo 09-06-2007 12:39 AM

The only back draw about the new iPod is that the screen is glass, which makes it easy to break...but hey it wont scratch! If I can check my e-mail and listen to music on a hand held piece of machinery...life would be good.

gtboys34 09-06-2007 12:59 AM

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Originally Posted by snipeymagoo
The only back draw about the new iPod is that the screen is glass, which makes it easy to break...but hey it wont scratch! If I can check my e-mail and listen to music on a hand held piece of machinery...life would be good.

yeah my current ipod has been dropped several times and is broken...for good. So im willing to take the chances w/ a warranty this time around of course.

geRV 09-06-2007 06:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Milla
Wow very innovative, just take the iPhone, take the phone out of it and you have an iPod...way to go Jobs, you fucking twat.



Those prices are out of fucking control, that is ridiculous.

Oh believe me the apple afficianado's will be singing his praises like its something new and innovative. Doesn't matter what apple do its always innovative and never been done before. Know why? Cause they stick "I" in front of everything. eek:



As for the prices, thats the usual apple premium you pay for something that should cost half of what it does.

[DAS REICH] Blitz 09-06-2007 06:53 AM

iMacintosh ftw

anti 09-06-2007 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by gtboys34
getting the ipod snipey. never saw the need to combine music and phone capabilities. But music and internet is whats up

you're fucking retarded. music and the internet? you mean being able to download songs from starbucks? awesome, i can't wait to hear that hippie trash. let me tell you what you would be listening to, paul mcartney and "chillout tunes vol. 32 1/2". not to mention i'm sure you gotta pay for 3 quarters of the shit you download.

fuck the new ipod. it was once an awesome mp3 player but now it's just shit. so many extra features that no one really gives a shit about yet they are shoved into your face. ooooo, i can use wifi to browse "what's hot", yeah can't wait for that oOo: . the touch screen is a novelty item that will wear off and become an annoyance. prices are bullshit also.

strvs 09-06-2007 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by anti
Quote:

Originally Posted by gtboys34
getting the ipod snipey. never saw the need to combine music and phone capabilities. But music and internet is whats up

you're fucking retarded. music and the internet? you mean being able to download songs from starbucks? awesome, i can't wait to hear that hippie trash. let me tell you what you would be listening to, paul mcartney and "chillout tunes vol. 32 1/2". not to mention i'm sure you gotta pay for 3 quarters of the shit you download.

fuck the new ipod. it was once an awesome mp3 player but now it's just shit. so many extra features that no one really gives a shit about yet they are shoved into your face. ooooo, i can use wifi to browse "what's hot", yeah can't wait for that oOo: . the touch screen is a novelty item that will wear off and become an annoyance. prices are bullshit also.

calmdown:

TGB! 09-06-2007 09:15 AM

How is the price out of control? It's a flash player with a touch screen. If you dont want the flash player or a touch screen, pay 50 dollars less for the HDD based version which gives you 80/160Gigs respectively.

I personally wouldn't mind an iPod with the ability to double as a gimped PDA in case I want to dick around in class or to kill time in an airport or whereever else I can wirelessly connect.

The iPod Touch is for those folks who have been clamoring for a full on touchscreen iPod for years, and for those who wanted a flash based player instead of a HDD based one.

If you like HDD - fine, you still have the option to buy that and JOB's hasn't phased it out.

Really the only people who should be pissed are those who bought an iPhone 15 days ago. I'm personally probably gonna snag a 4Gig iPhone to replace my current phone once iPhoneSIMfree has a working list of its bulk resellers.

Oh and yea, the internet ability of the touch isn't great. You can't wirelessly access iTunes so that whole usefullness is pretty much nonexistant.

Simo Häyhä 09-06-2007 09:16 AM

quit spending your money on stupid shit

jujumantb 09-06-2007 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by snipeymagoo
The only back draw about the new iPod is that the screen is glass, which makes it easy to break...

its not your average window glass... that wouldnt make much sense. its optical quality, same as in eyeglasses. i have literally stomped on my old lenses without them breaking. if you manage to break the iphones glass, you have surely fucked it up worse on the inside.

Milla 09-06-2007 11:51 AM

Whats gay is the iPhone cannot be used with Verizon Wireless, AT&T is such a shit company its amazing how they got the rights to it. T-Mobile is no better, there Customer service is top notch, their cell service is terrible unless you live in major cities.

TGB! 09-06-2007 12:56 PM

I'm sure a majority of it has to deal with the network that APPLE wanted to use. With the SIM-Unlock service being offered, I'm sure its a matter of time before DIY SIM-Unlock kits are out there for end-user purchase; sadly that means you still will only be able to use it on AT&T and T-Mobile in the US, but for many that's enough. T-Mobile's prepair service is infinitely better than AT&T so once some lucky guy gets ahold of the unlock software, I'll be grabbing an affordable iPhone to use on T's service.

elstatec 09-06-2007 01:04 PM

the price is ridiculous.


wouldnt want that as a phone as id trash it in 5 seconds with the heavy drinking nights.

my solid sony k750i and my zune do there jobs respectively.

Milla 09-06-2007 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by elstatec
the price is ridiculous.


wouldnt want that as a phone as id trash it in 5 seconds with the heavy drinking nights.

my solid sony k750i and my zune do there jobs respectively.

I took my LG enV and taped my iPod to it...i have an iPhone now.

Forte 09-06-2007 01:29 PM

I would buy the ipod touch if they put a hd in it. 16 gigs to hold music and movies? my music library alone is 20 gigs.

my dad fucking owns.[quote:ff4e1]This iPod is for girls that want a few tunes to listen too. Serious listeners require big GIG's or a butler that can load just what you want to listen to each day on your little touch screen widget. When you get down to it, the touch screen is just an effect. I don't have a problem scrolling if I can get the juice.

Now the Nano Phone makes some sense. I really don't want movies, iTunes, etc on my phone. Unfortunately, I do want web browser and e-mail.

Apple is really getting into the special effects and gimmicks. It will probably serve them well. THey will see millions to the same people that watch Friends reruns and follow Paris Hilton and Britney around. Now if they could add a direct touch screen pipeline to GOD they could get all the people that voted for Bush. That's 51% of the population. Just come up with a Magic 8 Ball kind of deal but with special effects they would believe Apple had a broadband connection to JeeBez himself! They need me on their team.

When they get a phone that lets you make calls on all bands, browse the Internet and get e-mail for a reasonable price I am in. All this other stuff is just a journey to the real product and I don't need to take the trip.[/quote:ff4e1]

elstatec 09-06-2007 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Forte

my dad fucking owns.




oOo:

TGB! 09-06-2007 01:57 PM

The thing with the touch is, that its to satisfy those who DEMAND flash-based "high capacity" device, but also want the snazziness of the iPhone and it's features. Is 8GIG alot. Of course not, but somehow we made do when the limit was 10GIG's on the first gen iPods.

Most peoples complaints is "oh god I have way more music than that" - of course you do. Go buy the cheaper 80 and 160GIG HD based iPod.

Could they have put the functionality of the Touch on the Classic line, sure - but really they are a bidness, there has to be some class distinction between the two models and the touchscreen and wi-fi capability of the Touch is the perfect "break point" for it.

Milla 09-06-2007 02:52 PM

So the HD based ones arent touch screen? lol

gtboys34 09-06-2007 11:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Milla
Quote:

Originally Posted by elstatec
the price is ridiculous.


wouldnt want that as a phone as id trash it in 5 seconds with the heavy drinking nights.

my solid sony k750i and my zune do there jobs respectively.

I took my LG enV and taped my iPod to it...i have an iPhone now.

ROFL! wow

Simo Häyhä 09-07-2007 07:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Milla
Quote:

Originally Posted by elstatec
the price is ridiculous.


wouldnt want that as a phone as id trash it in 5 seconds with the heavy drinking nights.

my solid sony k750i and my zune do there jobs respectively.

I took my LG enV and taped my iPod to it...i have an iPhone now.

I have an enV as well

Forte 09-07-2007 09:03 AM

wow now everyone that bought an iphone after august 22nd is getting $100 to the apple store oOo: help pay for those battery replacements.

Nyck 09-07-2007 10:14 AM

yep

steve jobs "apoligizes" for price cut oOo: oOo:

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/biztech/09 ... index.html

its not like the all had guns to their heads and HAD to buy it the 1st day.

Pyro 09-07-2007 06:02 PM

if it has to be AT & T...i don't know...like...here we got rogers and bell...like....how doe sthis shit work then. is this shit only for the states?

Forte 09-07-2007 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Pyro
if it has to be AT & T...i don't know...like...here we got rogers and bell...like....how doe sthis shit work then. is this shit only for the states?

it can be used in canada if it is hacked, as far as I know. Of course that requires the user to have the intelligence to install the hack, pretty much excluding you.


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