New iPod??

Phnom_Penh said:
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errrr... oops? :p
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It was on digg..

An article showing the iPod touch is an iPhone without the phone.. but instead of taking the time to edit out error messages Apple left a glaraingly bad one in. That one.

If you lock your iPod by typing the wrong password it will display the message shown above.


FAIL
 
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Bad Apple: http://www.boingboing.net/2007/09/14/new-ipods-reengineer.html

Boing Boing said:
The latest iPods have a cryptographic "checksum" in their song databases that prevents third-party applications from synching with the portable music players. This means that iPods can no longer be used with operating systems where iTunes doesn't exist -- like Linux, where gtkpod and Amarok are common free tools used by iPod owners to load their players.
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Who does this affect?

This affects Linux users - there's no iTunes for Linux, so popular Linux iPod management tools like gtkpod and Rhythmbox will not work with the new range of iPods.

Windows users who just plain don't like iTunes and perfer an alternative like Winamp, Ephpod or many of the other iPod management applications out there.
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I've held off buying a new 160GB Classic because of the sound quality difference. I use my 80GB 5.5 in the car with my Alpine headunit & high-end ICE and I don't want to lose sound quality for the sake of extra storage :(
 
Durzel said:
I've held off buying a new 160GB Classic because of the sound quality difference. I use my 80GB 5.5 in the car with my Alpine headunit & high-end ICE and I don't want to lose sound quality for the sake of extra storage :(
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Sound quality is better on the Classic isn't it?

At least that's what I've seen so far.. given they're using an inferior dac, but the frequency response is better according to a graph that was posted on here a few days ago.
 
It's been said to be a "bad batch" and I'm hoping it is only localised within those who had bought the iPod Touch from the Stores... *fingers crossed*
I'm here waiting for a few more reviews before I click the check out button for the 16GB Touch...
 
EVH said:
Sound quality is better on the Classic isn't it?

At least that's what I've seen so far.. given they're using an inferior dac, but the frequency response is better according to a graph that was posted on here a few days ago.
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If you call "better sound quality" as artificially raised treble to make it "tinny and metallic", then yes.

The link posted before goes into a lot of detail about how the newer codec performs differently to the older gen. Obviously the older gen will have a "comprimise on performance for price" component too, so sound quality is subjective either way.

Still, I've gotten used to how my iPod sounds in the car and it's close enough to my home hifi for me to like how it is and not want it to change. :p
 
Durzel said:
If you call "better sound quality" as artificially raised treble to make it "tinny and metallic", then yes.

The link posted before goes into a lot of detail about how the newer codec performs differently to the older gen. Obviously the older gen will have a "comprimise on performance for price" component too, so sound quality is subjective either way.

Still, I've gotten used to how my iPod sounds in the car and it's close enough to my home hifi for me to like how it is and not want it to change. :p
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I haven't analysed the sound for myself, so my opinion is somewhat reserved until I test it myself.

As for "tinny and metallic" I can't comment.. only listened to it through the bog standard headphones until I get some longer interconnects for my hi fi.
 
decided to keep the classic vs swapping for a 5.5G .. and it sounds great :)

possibly very very slightly bright- but I'm sure thats 99% placebo after reading forum posts ...

I'd be very surprised if anyone would be disappointed with the sound quality.

never owned a 5G Video IPOD to compare sound quality, but have had about 5 decent mp3 players and this sounds better than all of them
 
ps listening through mid-range Sennheiser PX100s (ok low-mid-range) - won't even bother getting the standard phones out of the box.

the sound is certainly not tinny ! note in the original frequency graphs .. there was a 0.1dB frequency uplift... 0.1dB is not a lot !! 5.5G had both rolled of bass and treble - so the new one is probably slightly over bright, but the old one was quite a bit too warm if that makes sense.

phasing issues a bit more of a concern - but how perceptible they'd be I'm really not sure .. heard one person say you'd get more phasing change from a bit of earwax in the ear canal - so ??

note after viewing on the head-fi forums a bit more - the poster of those "problem" sound tests has posted on quite a few forums, with different user names (not delberate I'm sure) - but could give an opinion of lots of people with the same view if that makes sense..
 
Hmm, went in the apple shop today and saw them for the first time, not impressed really. Both the classic and nano were quite laggy when flicking through albums (even in the non-cover flow way). And the nano isn't as small as I thought it was, much prefer my current 8gb 2nd gen!

Thats saved me a £100+ anyway :)
 
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