New iPods

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:06 pm 0

Jimaroid wrote:Bah. That's a shame. Fortunately for me and my preference it's plenty loud enough so far

I find iPod volume fine for music but not so good for audiobooks on the train.

flookster · Post by **flookster** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:14 pm 0

I've installed Tiger and am currently updating to 10.4.10 - is that enough or is there any reason I should update to 10.4.6 this evening? - I wanna play with my touch and this is taking fecking ages.

Jimaroid · Post by **Jimaroid** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:20 pm 0

I am utterly, utterly, fucked. Buying music is stupid easy. Got a new album that I didn't know was out.

I LOVE YOU, STEVE!

Jimaroid · Post by **Jimaroid** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:34 pm 0

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:45 pm 0

HGFB wrote:Using your own wifi is cheating though I went via my phone.

And that is why I can't go for a touch. I want a small but good browser, and it sounds like it is, but if it can't connect to a phone then what is the point?

Anyway I just got an email from a friend in the US saying they have just picked up my iPhone! It will be here in a few days.

If customs doesn't get me (and we're trying the lower value, gift, wrapping it up with a card trick and labelling it as an MP3 player) then we are talking Â£230 to my door...

JQW · Post by **JQW** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:49 pm 0

flookster wrote:I've installed Tiger and am currently updating to 10.4.10 - is that enough or is there any reason I should update to 10.4.6 this evening? - I wanna play with my touch and this is taking fecking ages.

10.4.10 is the latest version, well until 10.4.11 appears shortly.

flookster · Post by **flookster** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:01 pm 0

JQW wrote:
flookster wrote:I've installed Tiger and am currently updating to 10.4.10 - is that enough or is there any reason I should update to 10.4.6 this evening? - I wanna play with my touch and this is taking fecking ages.
10.4.10 is the latest version, well until 10.4.11 appears shortly.

Just discovered that a few seconds ago

I could have sworn I saw something on the Apples site about 10.4.6

thanks

JQW · Post by **JQW** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:08 pm 0

Mac OS X retail boxes were updated to 10.4.6 last year - PPC only of course.

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:11 pm 0

So what is browsing the forums like on the touch?

Much sideways scrolling?

The beauty of devices like the N800 and sites like this is the horizontal resolution. It's great for keeping up to date here but iHope the iPhone and Touch can do an acceptable job.

Al · Post by Al » Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:26 pm 0

Misfit wrote:So what is browsing the forums like on the touch?

Much sideways scrolling?

The beauty of devices like the N800 and sites like this is the horizontal resolution. It's great for keeping up to date here but iHope the iPhone and Touch can do an acceptable job.

Presumably for web browsing the iPod touch is practically identical to the iPhone, which I've found far far nicer than my N770, despite the amazing 800 pixels of horizontal resolution the latter has. The wonderful double-tap zoom-to-fit a column means that most pages are very readable even in portrait orientation. It's funny how much actual internet content is in fairly narrow columns which works beautifully on the iPhone screen - the only bits you tend to miss are adverts that usually clutter up the edges of your browser window.

Even when you do need to scroll sideways it's so much more responsive, tactile, and just gosh darn fun than any other touchscreen device I've previously used.

Jimaroid · Post by **Jimaroid** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:34 pm 0

Misfit wrote:So what is browsing the forums like on the touch?

Much sideways scrolling?

It's not bad at all. The forum is just about readbable in full page width and it's becoming natural to zoom in and out. You only have to zoom in a tiny bit and everything is scaled and readable very clearly.

Edit: That's in ladscape orientation, naturally

And I've just realised that the multitouch seems more natural to me because I use the multitouch trackpad to scroll around in Safari anyway.

matt · Post by **matt** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:35 pm 0

Sickboy wrote:
HGFB wrote:We have nice European community rules that say our ears are too delicate for loud noises so we get lower volumes than the US.
Grr. I'd like the frickin' option to fuck up my ears, though. What with them belonging to me 'n all.

I used goPod to remove the limits on my old iPod/s. It's early days to expect something similar for the Touch.

flookster wrote:
JQW wrote:10.4.10 is the latest version, well until 10.4.11 appears shortly.
Just discovered that a few seconds ago I could have sworn I saw something on the Apples site about 10.4.6

Even still...

10.4.6
10.4.7
10.4.8
10.4.9
10.4.10

...is the order they came in.

matt

Meatpuppet · Post by **Meatpuppet** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:49 pm 0

Jimaroid wrote:I am utterly, utterly, fucked. Buying music is stupid easy. Got a new album that I didn't know was out.

I LOVE YOU, STEVE!

Did the Touch arrive on the estimated delivery date or earlier?? Mine is saying 9th of October - even though ordered on the 6th of Sept..

Jimaroid · Post by **Jimaroid** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:02 pm 0

Meatpuppet wrote: Did the Touch arrive on the estimated delivery date or earlier?? Mine is saying 9th of October - even though ordered on the 6th of Sept..

On the estimated date which was today, 2nd October. Bums.

Think I've found the first problem. Music I've bought on the Touch isn't syncing back to my Mac because I don't use the sync feature and I generally just copy things between lappy and iPod manually. Set that up and now it's saying my lappy isn't authorised, despite them being the same account. I'll figure it out somehow.

Edit: And now it suddenly works. Odd.

flookster · Post by **flookster** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:31 pm 0

matt wrote:
flookster wrote:
JQW wrote:10.4.10 is the latest version, well until 10.4.11 appears shortly.
Just discovered that a few seconds ago I could have sworn I saw something on the Apples site about 10.4.6
Even still...

10.4.6
10.4.7
10.4.8
10.4.9
10.4.10

...is the order they came in.

Aye just realised that earlier too. Never did pay a lot of attention to version numbers.