Comments on: Well I never… http://www.third-perspective.co.uk/2004/10/27/well-i-never/ A Diary of Sorts Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:36:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Dean http://www.third-perspective.co.uk/2004/10/27/well-i-never/#comment-296 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0000 http://www.third-perspective.co.uk/2004/10/27/well-i-never/#comment-296 As I write this my 3G 20GB iPod is sitting in its dock flashing the ‘Do not disconnect’ instruction, it’s also playing my selection of choice 90’s Hip-Hop because I’ve just been playing GTA San Andreas for 5 hours and I’m in the mood for some gangsta shit. Introductions aside I’m looking at my machine and I fear that if it had sentient thought it would be one of those Carphone Warehouse phones from the adverts, you know the one where it hangs its head in shame. You see I’m probably going to upgrade my iPod after Apples next keynote – why? Well my music collection has grown to a ridiculous size and I’ll probably have the money for a 80GB version if it’s released proper. I do fear, however, that the iPod is gonna turn into some hybrid storage device. Apple learnt its lesson from the Newton and I think that a Palm/Pocket PC type machine is off of the cards but a PDA in the sense of the word is probably where the iPod is heading. The fact that Apple has released the, rather pointless I must add, Photo iPod kinda makes me think that the iPod could become a repository for your life. It already has a contacts function along with a notes program and RSS readers can be downloaded onto your machine with ease. Much like the, frankly awful, Archos machines and that other thing that looks like an iPod but plays video, I think the future iPod will play movies on top of the functions it currently has but I don’t know if it’s a function that most people will use. Using current technology the iPod could be Bluetooth enabled to allow it to pause music automatically when your Bluetooth mobile starts ringing. Hey I’m going on a bit, I’m gonna start something up in the forum if this topic hasn’t been raised already – oh and Ian keep up the good work with the site, you’re and institution now! As I write this my 3G 20GB iPod is sitting in its dock flashing the ‘Do not disconnect’ instruction, it’s also playing my selection of choice 90’s Hip-Hop because I’ve just been playing GTA San Andreas for 5 hours and I’m in the mood for some gangsta shit. Introductions aside I’m looking at my machine and I fear that if it had sentient thought it would be one of those Carphone Warehouse phones from the adverts, you know the one where it hangs its head in shame. You see I’m probably going to upgrade my iPod after Apples next keynote – why? Well my music collection has grown to a ridiculous size and I’ll probably have the money for a 80GB version if it’s released proper. I do fear, however, that the iPod is gonna turn into some hybrid storage device. Apple learnt its lesson from the Newton and I think that a Palm/Pocket PC type machine is off of the cards but a PDA in the sense of the word is probably where the iPod is heading. The fact that Apple has released the, rather pointless I must add, Photo iPod kinda makes me think that the iPod could become a repository for your life. It already has a contacts function along with a notes program and RSS readers can be downloaded onto your machine with ease. Much like the, frankly awful, Archos machines and that other thing that looks like an iPod but plays video, I think the future iPod will play movies on top of the functions it currently has but I don’t know if it’s a function that most people will use. Using current technology the iPod could be Bluetooth enabled to allow it to pause music automatically when your Bluetooth mobile starts ringing. Hey I’m going on a bit, I’m gonna start something up in the forum if this topic hasn’t been raised already – oh and Ian keep up the good work with the site, you’re and institution now!

]]> by: Ian http://www.third-perspective.co.uk/2004/10/27/well-i-never/#comment-297 Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0000 http://www.third-perspective.co.uk/2004/10/27/well-i-never/#comment-297 Sheesh, that's a lot of music! I have just over 16Gb on mine, that's 3689 songs which is 10.4 days worth. 80Gb would be over 18000 songs and nearly two months of tunes! I already see the iPod as a PDA to be honest, it stores my calendar and contacts and that's all I really need from a PDA. Your point about it being a repository for you life is probably spot on, Apple's range of iThings are aimed firmly at the people who have little or no knowledge of computers and just want it to work. The iMac was even sold as the hub of your digital life, so it follows that the iPod will continue evolving to store and display but not modify data. Sheesh, that’s a lot of music! I have just over 16Gb on mine, that’s 3689 songs which is 10.4 days worth. 80Gb would be over 18000 songs and nearly two months of tunes!

I already see the iPod as a PDA to be honest, it stores my calendar and contacts and that’s all I really need from a PDA. Your point about it being a repository for you life is probably spot on, Apple’s range of iThings are aimed firmly at the people who have little or no knowledge of computers and just want it to work. The iMac was even sold as the hub of your digital life, so it follows that the iPod will continue evolving to store and display but not modify data.

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