What one thing would you change about iPod?

I'd vote for battery life also.

Making the Windows iPod equal in every way to the Mac one, with a fully functional version of iTunes, playcounts, clock synchronisation, etc.

Originally posted by Joe
So you guys are saying you'd trade the size of the iPod back to the larger style for extra battery life? I like my iPod the size it is, thank you very much.

If you didn't want anyone to counter your opinions, why did you ask us? :D

Personally, I'd be very shocked if iTunes for Windows is nothing more than a vehicle for the Music Store, and a mere shadow of the product Mac users know and love - a bit like Quicktime for Windows is, in fact. Which is why I posted what I did. Also, all we know is that Apple are searching for a coder for iTunes for Windows. Have they announced playcounts etc as a new firmware update? If they haven't, then there's my wish. And if they have, I've obviously missed something, and apologise accordingly.

Originally posted by mike273
If you didn't want anyone to counter your opinions, why did you ask us? :D

Personally, I'd be very shocked if iTunes for Windows is nothing more than a vehicle for the Music Store, and a mere shadow of the product Mac users know and love - a bit like Quicktime for Windows is, in fact. Which is why I posted what I did. Also, all we know is that Apple are searching for a coder for iTunes for Windows. Have they announced playcounts etc as a new firmware update? If they haven't, then there's my wish. And if they have, I've obviously missed something, and apologise accordingly.
Um... do you mean that you'd be shocked if it was more, and that you expect it to be just a portal for the music store? Your post doesn't really make sense as written.

Apple won't say what may be included in future firmware updates - they just announce it when the firmware is released.

Originally posted by Joe
So you guys are saying you'd trade the size of the iPod back to the larger style for extra battery life? I like my iPod the size it is, thank you very much.

No one said anything about changing it back to the old size:)

Seeing how this is 'fantasy', I'd like a higher capacity battery to be put in the already small iPod unit.

Originally posted by Joe
But this thread is not about what Apple is doing, it's about what YOU would change about the iPod... his response is valid.
I was answering his question (please see his previous post, which I included in my response), and clearly wasn't making any kind of judgement. I'm not sure why you would have gotten that from my post, unless you didn't read all of it.

BTW, there is a whole "Wishlist" forum on these boards for these kinds of posts. Can a moderator move this?

BATTERY!!!!

Apple label on outside of case

Originally posted by RenaissanceGirl
But also make it scratch resistant, with better earbuds that retract. Plus a built-in FM Transmitter.

I'd rather they kept it simple, as it is. That's why I like it so much to begin with.

As for my wish, I agree with the battery and iTunes for Windows. Oh, and Pacman would be a cool game for the iPod. I occasionally get addicted to Pacman for a couple months and that would keep me out of my room and off my desktop when that happens :D

The one thing I would change about the iPod is have it made by an organization that knows more about service than Apple does.

Maybe the TiVo folks?

Apple don't know Winders and they don't know customer service.

Thin. Super thin. Casio Exilim thin. Brushed titanium, solid state, 100gb, color screen (for album cover thumbnails), replaceable battery, and Bluetooth headphones. Oh, and no clicks between tracks.That's not asking too much is it?

-Rob

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Originally posted by MidPack
Same as earlier posts. Love my iPod, but I would like it much more if I had AAC and access to 99? tunes NOW. I can't believe they're going to convert any Win users to Mac by withholding features to us Win folks, but they must have their reasons. If someone else makes a similar, legal music service available to Win users before Apple does, I will be all over it. Wonder if Apple will miss their chance to capture Win users, but they know what they're doing, probably not?

Maybe... but Im really wondering how many people would be happy buying a song encoded at a mere 128kbps (albeit it's AAC).

If Im going to buy a song for a buck, I'd want it as close to CD quality as possible (320kbps at least).

Originally posted by Kenny
Maybe... but Im really wondering how many people would be happy buying a song encoded at a mere 128kbps (albeit it's AAC).

If Im going to buy a song for a buck, I'd want it as close to CD quality as possible (320kbps at least).

The AAC @ 128 kbit is, imho close enough to quality to warrant a purchase, I think it is really not that much different than 320kbit mp3's. I purchased a bit of music already and then I went back and transcoded all of the 320kbit mp3's on my ipod to AAC 128 (there's not really much of a sound loss doing that, try a couple if you don't believe me) Now my battery lasts longer and my (portable) collection of music went from having 3100 songs @ 17GB with no artwork stored down to 11GB (including album artwork for EVERY album)

Sorry this post is getting long...got carried away :eek:

mcdj, that stuff's great. Some of the funniest stuff I've seen in a long time.

Originally posted by SamHain
I consider myself to be more picky than most, but most of my music listening takes place in the car, through a pretty nice set of 5.1 PC speakers with an Extigy card, or my sennheiser's. Perhaps if hooked it up to a more defining, higher quality sound system, the differences would be more noticable.

Exactly my point. For me, if I were to buy a song, it wouldnt be just for my precious iPod. I'd also like the option of burning a bunch of songs onto a CD and playing on my system.

I guess arguing about this is kind of moot. What I want to know, is why Apple chose the 128bit rate (as opposed to a higher one)?

Seems obvious, but I would fix the bugs we've been experiencing. The only bug I have actually experienced (besides my backlight not working and having to send it into Apple) is how the iPod skips tracks 30 seconds into them which is a huge problem!

How about a limited addition iPod that comes with an artist of choice, like.. I dunno.. Britney Spears.. (Yes, the actual person, like a personal slave).. Also I'd be rubber and elastic.. so you can bend it and stuff.. that'd be cool, of course i'd have touch buttons and stuff tho, oh and some sort of uber battery that will give you 9 years of playback @ a 1 hour charge. Also i'd have 1 terabyte of storage.. And the earbuds would be so small u can't see them, and they're super sticky so you would place them in your ear and they'd stick there forever, and they'd be wireless obviously, so you could just carry your wireless iPod around and play a song and you'd just hear it without having to put earbuds in your ears or anything, since they're allready there. Also ofcourse i'd have a full color screen and it'll let you play movies (pr0n) and stuff, all formats would be supported ofcourse. And a built in universal receiver thing that lets you transmit music to any hi fi etc etc equipment and video stuff to any tv!! :D

If I just described the iPod gen4 I'll kill myself..:rolleyes:

Oo I tottaly forgot, it should have this awsome new technology I call 'Suckage v1.0', it will allow you to just hold the iPod above a cd, mini cd, dvd etc and when you select the Suck! option in the main menu it will suck the songs right off of the cd on the fly, in under a second! It'll automaticallyu be tagged right etc! (And obviously it wouldn't REALLY suck the songs off, it'll just make 900kbs mp3 copies, or in the case of video's it'll make perfect quality DivX files..)

(Suckage will also allow you to suck stuff off of other iPods and onto your own, it'll be deleted on the 'host' tho so that it won't be used for illegal copies..)

I think it would be great if apple lowered the price of the ipod more in line with its competitors. Surprised this hasn't been mentioned actually? Or do you guys reckon its justified as it is?

Battery life is fine for me ( mostly used in dock or car charger anywars) I dont see the point in a radio, I mean you do have at least 5gb of music, but npr would be cool on it.

I want:
voice control
wireless headphones
a better remote, like a baby scroll wheel on it. or wireless remote included
album art which would require a color screen. (not to important though)

I'd like to be able to download my photo's from my camera to the iPod (through the almost here USB cable.

Originally posted by Impulse29
If Apple can create an iPod, they can surely create a new material... ??

Your right, creating a new material is the same as making a mp3 player..:rolleyes: