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Planning on buying an ipod touch

DaxonDaxon Registered User regular
edited May 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
So yeah, I'm pretty much going to buy an ipod touch but before I do so I was just wondering if anyone knew about any upcoming apple announcements where they'd announce a new ipod, cause that'd suck if I'd just bought one...

So should I wait a bit or is it alright to go ahead?

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  • blahblah Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Products usually get announced at Macworld. This years was a few months ago, so its unlikely that a new ipod touch will be announced in the coming few months.

    Products will always be advancing, whatever you buy now will become obsolete. Try and think of your requirements, does the ipod fit them? If it does it shouldn't matter what else comes out until the day your requirements change. Make the leap already.

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  • DaxonDaxon Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Yeah alright, that's all I wanted to know. I'm buying a 32 gig one, just wanted to know that they weren't gonna release a new ipod the day after I bought mine...

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  • HakkekageHakkekage Space Whore Academy summa cum laudeRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    They just released the 2nd gen in September, I'm pretty sure they'd give it a shelf-life of at least a year before popping out a new one.

    Especially because it just tweaked some minor issues in the first gen, like volume control on the outside and a speaker

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  • DaxonDaxon Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Oh, well that's nice then :)

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  • RUNN1NGMANRUNN1NGMAN Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    There a rumored new iPhone coming out in June. I wouldn't really be that surprised if a new iPod Touch came out at the same time. Especially because Apple will be releasing a major software update for the Touch/iPhone.

    I would advise waiting until the release of the 3.0 update, because you might miss out on some cool features like an FM tuner.

    Edit: Macrumors specifically warns not to buy an iPod Touch right now. http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#iPod_touch

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  • rockmonkeyrockmonkey Little RockRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    the 3.0 update is just an O/S update. iPhone users get it for free and iPod Touch users have to pay $10 to download it through iTunes.

    I wouldn't hold off buying a touch just because of it. Get it now and just shell out the 10 bucks when the time comes.

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  • LeggraphicsLeggraphics Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    new ipod// iphone coming out within 6 months... hold off and buy the new one...

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  • RUNN1NGMANRUNN1NGMAN Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    rockmonkey wrote: »
    the 3.0 update is just an O/S update. iPhone users get it for free and iPod Touch users have to pay $10 to download it through iTunes.

    I wouldn't hold off buying a touch just because of it. Get it now and just shell out the 10 bucks when the time comes.

    Except the 3.0 software includes features for both the iPhone and Touch that will require new hardware (if rumors are correct), like an FM tuner, video camera, etc. Apple likes to make a big deal of updates; chances are good a major OS update will be accompany a major hardware update. Especially since the new software supports features that are nonexistent in the current hardware.

    I'm not pulling this shit out of thin air; Macrumors says in big red letters not to buy and iPod Touch right now because the chances are very good that there will be an update in June.

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  • Iceman.USAFIceman.USAF Major East CoastRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    RUNN1NGMAN wrote: »
    rockmonkey wrote: »
    the 3.0 update is just an O/S update. iPhone users get it for free and iPod Touch users have to pay $10 to download it through iTunes.

    I wouldn't hold off buying a touch just because of it. Get it now and just shell out the 10 bucks when the time comes.

    Except the 3.0 software includes features for both the iPhone and Touch that will require new hardware (if rumors are correct), like an FM tuner, video camera, etc. Apple likes to make a big deal of updates; chances are good a major OS update will be accompany a major hardware update. Especially since the new software supports features that are nonexistent in the current hardware.

    I'm not pulling this shit out of thin air; Macrumors says in big red letters not to buy and iPod Touch right now because the chances are very good that there will be an update in June.

    True. No Touchy for you right now. Besides they usually have "back to school" specials in a few months if you can wait. Not a WHOLE lot off, but a little anyway.

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  • DaxonDaxon Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    RUNN1NGMAN wrote: »
    rockmonkey wrote: »
    the 3.0 update is just an O/S update. iPhone users get it for free and iPod Touch users have to pay $10 to download it through iTunes.

    I wouldn't hold off buying a touch just because of it. Get it now and just shell out the 10 bucks when the time comes.

    Except the 3.0 software includes features for both the iPhone and Touch that will require new hardware (if rumors are correct), like an FM tuner, video camera, etc. Apple likes to make a big deal of updates; chances are good a major OS update will be accompany a major hardware update. Especially since the new software supports features that are nonexistent in the current hardware.

    I'm not pulling this shit out of thin air; Macrumors says in big red letters not to buy and iPod Touch right now because the chances are very good that there will be an update in June.

    oh well, already ordered and I don't really care about a video camera - in my ipod... I don't ever listen to radio either so...

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  • ImprovoloneImprovolone Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Haha, geezus, you must have really wanted it to not even wait 24hrs.
    Which to me means yea, get it now since you wanted it that bad.

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  • DaxonDaxon Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    yeah... I've basically had the same ipod for about 3 years, I'm real fucking tired of the shitty wheel thing...

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