Eh, I use iTunes on the computer for organization, and can't imagine listening to more than a few GB worth between syncs anyway. I used to feel the same way, that it all *had* to be in my pocket, but I'm more flexible now. :) There's only so much music I can listen to in a day, after all.
This thing just looks like a pocketable communications device done right. Finally.
C'mon, June! :D
PS Luckily my wife is tolerant of my technological dalliances, as long as she gets to play too.
Frequent syncing of your Flash device will reduce its lifespan. Not a major concern with a cell phone, which will almost certainly fail in some other way (or be superseded by the Next Bitchin' Thing(tm) ) before you hit your erase-cycle limit, but still something to think about.
I am a poor predictor of what music I will want to hear between syncs, and since I currently _do_ have everything in my backpack, on my Flashtrax, I don't see why I shouldn't have everything in my pocket.
I see devices like this as a hard drive first and a media player second, so I'm very into the $/GB ratio. And bigger is always cheaper in these things. Also, not having room for _one more file_ pisses me off unreasonably, and happens far too often even with my 80GB Flashtrax.
Finally, it saves me $600+tax and accessories to hold a hard line on this topic. :)
I'd point out though, that flash memory being used in the iPod nanos is rated in the range of 100k write cycles. At 10 *complete rewrite syncs a day*, that's still 3 years worth. That isn't anything to be worried about. The days of 10k cycle flash being used in routers and dying unexpectedly are thankfully gone. :)
The worry I have is that there isn't load-balancing across the media, so most of your erase cycles are going to be concentrated in a relatively small area of the memory. Thus you don't need a complete rewrite sync, *any* rewrite sync is going to consume lifetime. (I see the usage scenario of a device of this type as: some % is the static set of files, which you always want on there, and some other % is the volatile, in-and-out files, and it's in this area of the memory where the erase cycles will add up.
It doesn't change the _practical_ longevity of the product much, but if you go into it thinking that you have to erase and rewrite every bit 100,000 times before the unit dies, you're not going to be happy down the road--my (admittedly limited) direct experience with Flash media is that it doesn't degrade like a hard drive, where bad sectors get marked and the system stops using them, thus merely reducing your storage space by the amout of the damage, but instantly and completely.
Besides, I'm inclined by nature and training to see the negatives of a situation, and communicate those negatives clearly. :)
The typical user doesn't need more than 8GB. I have a 20GB MP3 player that I'm currently using 5GB of.
This thing just looks like a pocketable communications device done right. Finally.
I....agree. I feel dirty admitting it but on this one I have to hand it to Apple: this is what a 'smartphone' should be. Amazingly well-designed, brilliant work. I would totally buy one if it was on my cell carrier (as that's up to $600 WITH A TWO YEAR CONTRACT).
I currently have 30GB of MP3s, maybe a bit more, as I've ripped some new CDs since I last checked drive usage. I don't want to screw around with deciding which music I do and don't want to listen to today, and I also don't want to have to boot up the computer every time I want to listen to something different.
My wife has at least twice as many CDs as I do, and is in the process of ripping them to the 80GB iPod I got her for Christmas--I expect her collection to run close to the limit of the device.
I don't much care what the "typical" user needs. And it isn't even a question of what I *need*. I'm talking about my *wants*. :) Yeah, there aren't enough of me to drive product decisions at Apple yet, and a wider range of storage options on the iPhone would drive down the prices of the two units they just announced. But that's why I didn't say "Apple shoulda made an 80GB iPhone", just "I wish Apple had made an 80GB iPhone."
I reckon there's a pretty good chance an 80GB iPhone will appear sometime in the next decade. When it does, I might have to buy it.
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Date: 2007-01-09 07:49 pm (UTC)This thing just looks like a pocketable communications device done right. Finally.
C'mon, June! :D
PS Luckily my wife is tolerant of my technological dalliances, as long as she gets to play too.
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Date: 2007-01-09 08:30 pm (UTC)I am a poor predictor of what music I will want to hear between syncs, and since I currently _do_ have everything in my backpack, on my Flashtrax, I don't see why I shouldn't have everything in my pocket.
I see devices like this as a hard drive first and a media player second, so I'm very into the $/GB ratio. And bigger is always cheaper in these things. Also, not having room for _one more file_ pisses me off unreasonably, and happens far too often even with my 80GB Flashtrax.
Finally, it saves me $600+tax and accessories to hold a hard line on this topic. :)
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Date: 2007-01-10 01:54 am (UTC)I'd point out though, that flash memory being used in the iPod nanos is rated in the range of 100k write cycles. At 10 *complete rewrite syncs a day*, that's still 3 years worth. That isn't anything to be worried about. The days of 10k cycle flash being used in routers and dying unexpectedly are thankfully gone. :)
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Date: 2007-01-10 05:34 pm (UTC)It doesn't change the _practical_ longevity of the product much, but if you go into it thinking that you have to erase and rewrite every bit 100,000 times before the unit dies, you're not going to be happy down the road--my (admittedly limited) direct experience with Flash media is that it doesn't degrade like a hard drive, where bad sectors get marked and the system stops using them, thus merely reducing your storage space by the amout of the damage, but instantly and completely.
Besides, I'm inclined by nature and training to see the negatives of a situation, and communicate those negatives clearly. :)
Apropos...
Date: 2007-01-11 06:22 pm (UTC)Just announced at CES, or so I understand.
With 32GB available now, won't be long before we see real capacities...
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Date: 2007-01-10 01:07 am (UTC)This thing just looks like a pocketable communications device done right. Finally.
I....agree. I feel dirty admitting it but on this one I have to hand it to Apple: this is what a 'smartphone' should be. Amazingly well-designed, brilliant work. I would totally buy one if it was on my cell carrier (as that's up to $600 WITH A TWO YEAR CONTRACT).
I hope more phone companies follow their lead.
And now I need to go sob in the shower.
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Date: 2007-01-10 05:48 pm (UTC)Let alone the things you were planning to do to it once you got it in there.
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Date: 2007-01-10 05:47 pm (UTC)My wife has at least twice as many CDs as I do, and is in the process of ripping them to the 80GB iPod I got her for Christmas--I expect her collection to run close to the limit of the device.
I don't much care what the "typical" user needs. And it isn't even a question of what I *need*. I'm talking about my *wants*. :) Yeah, there aren't enough of me to drive product decisions at Apple yet, and a wider range of storage options on the iPhone would drive down the prices of the two units they just announced. But that's why I didn't say "Apple shoulda made an 80GB iPhone", just "I wish Apple had made an 80GB iPhone."
I reckon there's a pretty good chance an 80GB iPhone will appear sometime in the next decade. When it does, I might have to buy it.