Comments on: That new iPod phone http://www.gavan.ca/gadgeteria/that-new-ipod-phone/ A website proudly muddying the line between my private and public persona. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:25:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gavan http://www.gavan.ca/gadgeteria/that-new-ipod-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-433 Gavan Tue, 09 Jan 2007 22:57:18 +0000 http://www.gavan.ca/?p=112#comment-433 Hey Scotty. As flash memory gets cheaper, I suspect that Apple may just replace the whole Hard Drive with flash (i.e. 30 GB of Flash Memory). As an added bonus, when you remove the spinning platters of a traditional HD, you get better battery performance, which Apple always seem to need. I\'ll bet that Apple, Inc. is waiting for the cost of flash memory to drop before they get rid of iPod proper. Hey Scotty.

As flash memory gets cheaper, I suspect that Apple may just replace the whole Hard Drive with flash (i.e. 30 GB of Flash Memory). As an added bonus, when you remove the spinning platters of a traditional HD, you get better battery performance, which Apple always seem to need.
I\’ll bet that Apple, Inc. is waiting for the cost of flash memory to drop before they get rid of iPod proper.

]]> By: Scott loeb http://www.gavan.ca/gadgeteria/that-new-ipod-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-432 Scott loeb Tue, 09 Jan 2007 22:39:56 +0000 http://www.gavan.ca/?p=112#comment-432 Gavan, The phone looks pretty cool, and I was pretty excited throughout the whole keynote. I do agree - an 8GB capacity is excellent by comparison to other phones, but miniscule in comparison to other media players. I can't imagine that integration is the next step in the Apple media player market. Once they've upped the storage capacities to at least 30/80GB it might be a worthwhile investment, but like you I don't want to have to think about the music I might want to listen to later. Hope all is well with you! Scott Gavan,

The phone looks pretty cool, and I was pretty excited throughout the whole keynote. I do agree – an 8GB capacity is excellent by comparison to other phones, but miniscule in comparison to other media players. I can’t imagine that integration is the next step in the Apple media player market. Once they’ve upped the storage capacities to at least 30/80GB it might be a worthwhile investment, but like you I don’t want to have to think about the music I might want to listen to later.

Hope all is well with you!

Scott

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