[blessingx]

With all clarifiers in mind (still rumors at this point), seems more and more reports lately of Mini-iPods at Januarys Macworld.

http://www.thinksecret.com/news/mwsf04apple.html

 

[Dweebgal]

that would indeed be most interesting to see if nothing else.

 

[austonia]

good news as long as the new players are cheap. should push down the price of Muvo2, Nitrus, etc even more. Not much reason to buy the flash memory based players anymore...

 

[digitalemperor]

why is there no market for flash players anymore??

the mini ipods will still have hard drives ... mini by "capacity" standards .. not by "actual size" ...

flash players have the size advantage and always will. not to mention they don't have moving parts so things like battery life are much better. storage is more expensive for less space yes .. but you get a player that you can put in a paint shaker and it wont skip. can't say that for the ipods or other hard drive based players. there's going to be a market for flash players for a long time to come.

 

[Hunterboy55]

that's cool. For a 100 buck I would like to get one of those instead of a flash player.

 

[blessingx]

Quote:

Originally posted by digitalemperor flash players have the size advantage and always will.

Looks possibly they may use the new thin .8" wide Toshiba drives. It's hard to get 4 GB (or anything close) of flash memory in smaller space than that at this point. We're on the verge of a 4 GB player being the same size or smaller than most 64 MB flash based ones. Shock and other considerations are still valid, but not sure about the size advantage. Will be interesting if we get to a point when a flash based player (say 128 MB) can hold a decently compressed album and be embedded in everyday items (pen, watch, etc.) and only add a few dollars to the price. Except for the price we're sorta there already, but will be interesting to see what the future brings. Maybe we'll all being carrying around "hearing aids" to listen to our wireless streaming tracks from the home computer and memory won't even be the issue.

 

[zombietycho]

Sounds promising!
Not sure if I'll bite on the non-removable media yet..... hard button to button if you ask me. I had a hard enough time getting used to >one Album discs.

Very exciting too see what these will look like. Maybe a nice rounded disc, like a UFO

 

[djgustashaw]

Just saw this at iPodlounge. I think it's awesome. If the price is right, I may get a new 4 gigger to replace my original 5 gig. Or maybe I'll just get a new one as a beater.

Now I know that the new 1.5gb Rio player is very small, but compare:
$300 for 1.5gb
~$100 for 2gb
Not hard for me to decide, espeically since the iPod syncs with iTunes. And personally, I think the iPod is the perfect size to use as compared to the super-small Rio.

 

[fredpb]

I can't resist......................
I sure hope Apple includes support for WIN98SE and compatibility with USB 1.1.

 

[davidtoc]

yeah, about that win98 thing...i wouldn't hold your breath somehow.

dave

 

[ph0rk]

Quote:

Originally posted by blessingx L Maybe we'll all being carrying around "hearing aids" to listen to our wireless streaming tracks from the home computer and memory won't even be the issue.

Battery battery battery.

By the time we advance battery technology (which we haven't much in the last 30-40 years, we've just made more efficient devices) to power a device to produce music with decent fidelity -and- run off bluetooth (or its replacement, won't be long), we'll have auditory nerve implants anyway. Wireless technology is moving relatively quick (though sucks power like crazy) but batteries are advancing at a crawl.

 

[fredpb]

Quote:

Originally posted by davidtoc yeah, about that win98 thing...i wouldn't hold your breath somehow. dave

LOL. I won't! Just a hope and dream. They make one that does this, though, I will buy,,,,,if it is as cheap as some are reporting. Good for gifts for my bros, who have XP and USB2.0 and firewire.

 

[dj_digital]

Has anyone seen any pics? I really want to know what they look like.

dj_digital

 

[myself, aka me]

Pictures of a rumour? That's kind of hard to do

. Use your imagination.. super thin ipod.. super skinny ipod.. super short ipod.. or s combination of those three!

 

[dj_digital]

Do you think they'll still be white? Do you think that they'll use the same user interface? I wonder...

dj_digital