whmurray
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You only had <8GB on your 40GB iPod?
I am old and I drink. What can I tell you? More than half of my music is on vinyl. I just bought an appliance to convert those to digital.
You only had <8GB on your 40GB iPod?
True but because we have wifi, we at least know what it would look like if it was 3G."incredibly great internet experience" and EDGE surely do not go together.
ff::rw::stop:lay from your pocket? I just think hard buttons are really good for transport controls personally. I know they only put one button on there for the dumbest among us and for style too I guess, but I would rather they had just used more buttons.why can't you control it in your pocket? that's what the button on the earphones is for, no?
would additional buttons have made you a buyer? hec, if you like buttons, run out and get yourself a Mogul, it has tons of them!
ff::rw::stop:lay from your pocket? I just think hard buttons are really good for transport controls personally. I know they only put one button on there for the dumbest among us and for style too I guess, but I would rather they had just used more buttons.
ff::rw::stop:lay from your pocket? I just think hard buttons are really good for transport controls personally. I know they only put one button on there for the dumbest among us and for style too I guess, but I would rather they had just used more buttons.
i see. you said you would have preferred more buttons but now answer with the 3rd party apps response. so i take it that you would prefer more buttons and 3rd party apps. since the iPhone only has a couple of buttons and no third party apps i suppose it's not for you.
there are many devices out there with "lots of buttons" that allow 3rd party apps. i suspect you own one of those.
No, you don't see (that's not surprising really). You asked if more buttons would have made me a buyer, which isn't my primary reason for not buying an iPhone. 3rd party app support (or the lack of it) was what determined it for me. I was stating that from my perspective it wasn't the greatest iPod Apple ever made, because of the limitations with the UI, specifically lack of buttons. Since I don't buy phones primarily to play music it wouldn't bug me much that it was lacking buttons (for the iPod functionality anyway). But I would prefer more buttons as I think the reasons Apple included only one button were rather silly, ie. for dumb people who get confused easily and for style over functionality.
I'm not looking for something necessarily with 101 buttons but 2 to 4 more would have been handy.
By the way, you are clear on the fact that the button on the headset does pause/play/skip?
3rd party apps would have made me a buyer. I bought a Treo once they announced there would be no sanctioned 3rd party app support. But this is about it being the best iPod ever, and I would say a standard iPod is a better music player because of the buttons and storage, so that isn't really accurate IMO. It is the best mobile phone media player by far though.
That said, my first iPod (rev2) came with transport controls on a dongle that plugged into the headphone jack, with a nice little clip. My wife uses it now and I haven't gotten an iPod replacement (beyond my Palms). Why didn't they just include something like that? Are they still shipping those with new iPods? I would consider that more 'buttons' as it would nicely serve the purpose.
i see. you said you would have preferred more buttons but now answer with the 3rd party apps response. so i take it that you would prefer more buttons and 3rd party apps. since the iPhone only has a couple of buttons and no third party apps i suppose it's not for you.
there are many devices out there with "lots of buttons" that allow 3rd party apps. i suspect you own one of those.
How come you never get the point? Surur restated Jobs' claim on the 3 things the iPhone would bring 1. best cellphone 2. best iPod and 3. best mobile internet...
Braj is obviously disputing statement 2 by showing that previous iPods do the job better with larger storage and more control via buttons/clickwheel..
YOU ask him if he'd have bought the iPhone if it had buttons (completely off-topic from his original post), he says no he wants 3rd party apps first ...and you some how extrapolate that to his saying it's no the best iPod? I'm glad you're rich (as you allude to) because if you ever have to go to court you'll need a lawyer!
ff::rw::stop:lay from your pocket? I just think hard buttons are really good for transport controls personally. I know they only put one button on there for the dumbest among us and for style too I guess, but I would rather they had just used more buttons.
I am old and I drink. What can I tell you?
I just bought an appliance to convert those to digital.
True but because we have wifi, we at least know what it would look like if it was 3G.
I argued here that we did not need Wi-Fi for Treos. 3G is ubiquitous and fast enough. I use Sprint/EVDO for my PC to the exclusion of WiFi (except at home).Ah yes, WiFi. I've used Palms for so long I'd forgotten about Wifi!
I argued here that we did not need Wi-Fi for Treos. 3G is ubiquitous and fast enough. I use Sprint/EVDO for my PC to the exclusion of WiFi (except at home).
As an iPhone/EDGE user I am finding that WiFi is much more widely deployed and useful than I would have expected.