In article <0001HW.C3050160049A8C5EF0182648@
news.comcast.net>,
George Graves
comcast.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Sep 2007 20:06:26 -0700, ZnU wrote
> (in article
news.individual.net>):
> >> In article <46df6785$0$28878$4c368faf@
roadrunner.com>,
>> Steve de Mena
stevedemena.com> wrote:
>> >>> SMS wrote:
>>>> George Graves wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 5 Sep 2007 13:24:11 -0700, Kurt wrote
>>>>> (in article
news.giganews.com>):
>>>>> >>>>>>> "Tinman" wrote:
>>>>>>>> I am hoping they release a 16 GB model for $499. If so I'd buy it
>>>>>>>> and give my 8 GB to my wife. Actually, I might still buy another 8
>>>>>>>> GB if I can get it cheaper than $399 (refurb).
>>>>>>> Or I might get a left-over 4 GB model for the wife. Seems like they
>>>>>>> are being blown out at $299, or less (the 4 GB iPhone has been
>>>>>>> discontinued).
>>>>>> I chose a 4 gig over an 8 because I already have an 80 gig iPod.
>>>>>> Don't need all the added memory, even for photos.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> If they'd only included a memory card slot....
>>>>
>>>> 8GB is really sufficient
>>>
>>> Says WHO? You say it is sufficient and that's supposed to be
>>> sufficient for anyone but yourself?
>>
>> Given the average sale price of an iPod, it's clear the sales tend to
>> skew toward nanos and shuffles, all of which have 8 GB or less. This
>> suggests that 8 GB is sufficient for most buyers.
>
> Well, it's not sufficient for everybody. How much could it have cost Apple to
> include an SD, Mini SD or Micro SD slot? Other phones in that price ball-park
> have them. I'm sorry, but I just don't see any real justification for such a
> blatant and crippling omission.
What's the use model for the card? Right now, the model is that the
device mirrors all or part of your iTunes library. Would the device
simply treat the card as more internal storage? Would content be
manually managed on it? How does content on the external card show up?
As part of the same unified UI? Or is there a separate section in the UI
for accessing content on the memory card?
It's really easy to list a dozen features features that could be added
to the iPhone or iPod. Actually figuring out how they should work and
what the use case would be is rather more challenging.
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