Apple rarely - if ever - praises the products of rival companies, but the recent launch of the new iPod range included an unexpected tribute to the merits of the compact and easy-to-use Flip camcorder.
“That’s a market we want to get into,” said Apple CEO Steve Jobs before confirming that Apple has added a video camera to the …
I though about upgrading my old player to this. It's an amazing piece of electronics.
Issue is that I still don't know if I can pause a track, then switch off the player and after switching on come back to the same place. It's quite essential for audiobooks. Anybody knows which players can do this feat?
"then switch off the player and after switching on come back to the same place. " this is a feature in iTunes rather than the player. Can't see why the nano wouldn't be able to do this
4:3 is the best aspect ratio for small screens and photos. That's why it's been used by film and cine cameras for many decades, as well as tv. Low height (misnamed "widescreen") has been foisted on us by the tv industry which doesn't want to bother scanning old cinema films that no-one watches anyway.
Cowon S9 (iAudio S9, reviewed here on El RegHardware) can do that; you have to turn it on first (resume audio playback). Also has it for videos too. I've taken to using it on mine :)
I regularly pause tracks, listen to something else, power off for a while, then come back to my audiobook and it picks up where I left off. All I need to do is ensure that for all audiobooks in iTunes, I select the 'Remember position' option.
If you encode your audiobooks as .m4a files and then rename them to .m4b, then re-add to iTunes, they will show up as "Audiobooks", which pick up from where you left off. If you're using a Mac this script will do the renaming for you: http://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=makebookmarkable
Zune HD is not coming ANYWHERE! The Zune brand and products are both stillborn. Sorry, but MS couldn't innovate their way out of a wet paper bag. . . .
Almost tempting me to replace my 1st gen nano, which is still working as well (or you might say badly depending on your taste, but I like it) as the first day. Seems like a waste to buy another if this one is still going strong -- ignoring the scratches, of course.
I only listen to radio when I forget my iPod at home, and I couldn't care less for videos, so I'd rather have those in cash discount. But anyway. The pedometer is interesting though, IF it works without requiring the Nike shoes (does it?).
Quote from article: "Apple rarely - if ever - praises the products of rival companies..."
Um, they (Steve Jobs as well) praise other company's products in virtually every keynote they hold. It is actually very rare for them NOT to do so. They also criticise products too, Windows and MS in particular, of course.
The HD part of the ZuneHD will not work in Europe. But otherwise it's a phenomenal feature. Oh, yea, and the cutting edge OLED washes out in any kind of bright light and actually uses more power than an LCD screen but it's good to watch in a dark room. And apparently MS shipped some Zunes without software but you can download it from the internet real soon.
The report mentions "poor" PC owners having to go to a 3rd party ap to edit video. I'm not too hot on video codecs but what about Windows Movie Maker? Free with XP and Vista (not sure about Win 7 - but then is anybody?)
It's free and it's adequate. Yes, you probably won't want to make a blockbuster using it but it'll trim, enable transitions, allow the input of stills (think PowerPoint Slides for example) and manage audio overdubs. Probably everything the man (and woman) in the street needs.
Been thinking about a Flip Mino but may reconsider based on the fact that I'd then only need to carry 1 gizmo with me rather than 2
I'm not sure if the pedometer thing is the Nike+ bit being incorporated as per the Touch, but you don't have to have Nike shoes anyway, i use this little gadget which velcros the Nike transmitter to the laces of your shoes and off you go - works perfectly.
Looking at the video example in the review, the Nano quality seems a stepl below the standard Mino. I've owned that, and now have the Mino HD. Brilliant pieces of kit, especially the HD.
Plug the Mino into a PS3 and the playback quality is frankly amazing for such a miniscule piece of kit.
If Flip (now owned by Cisco) built a credible MP3 player into the Mino HD, it would be a very serious contender.
So long as you set your audiobooks as audiobooks in iTunes, the iPod will keep your place, even if you go and listen to something else in the meantime. At least it does on my old 3rd Gen iPod Nano, so I'd expect it to on the latest.
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Apple rarely - if ever - praises the products of rival companies, but the recent launch of the new iPod range included an unexpected tribute to the merits of the compact and easy-to-use Flip camcorder. “That’s a market we want to get into,” said Apple CEO Steve Jobs before confirming that Apple has added a video camera to the …
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Posted Tuesday 15th September 2009 13:21 GMT
Mr ChriZ
it would be very sweet #
If flip had a high stack of patents to go with their camcorder.
Posted Tuesday 15th September 2009 13:21 GMT
Anonymous Coward
Nice bit of kit #
I though about upgrading my old player to this. It's an amazing piece of electronics.
Issue is that I still don't know if I can pause a track, then switch off the player and after switching on come back to the same place. It's quite essential for audiobooks. Anybody knows which players can do this feat?
Posted Tuesday 15th September 2009 14:32 GMT
TeeCee
"YouTuber"? #
Is that a site for fanbois of King Edwards, Maris Pipers and other such?
Posted Tuesday 15th September 2009 14:32 GMT
jason 7
Nahh not for me. #
I'll take a ZuneHD thanks.
The Apple stuff looks a little too old hat now.
Posted Tuesday 15th September 2009 14:32 GMT
si 6
audiobooks not a problem #
"then switch off the player and after switching on come back to the same place. " this is a feature in iTunes rather than the player. Can't see why the nano wouldn't be able to do this
Posted Tuesday 15th September 2009 14:32 GMT
Coyote
Of course it will stay paused... #
Every iPod since the 1st generation has been able to do that... "Power off" on an iPod is really just turning off the screen.
Exceptions being the iPhone and the iTouch: if you do the "slide to power off" they have to boot when you power them back on.
In fact, audiobooks on the iPod can hold your place even if you play other tracks.
Posted Tuesday 15th September 2009 14:32 GMT
Richard Porter
What's wrong with 4:3? #
4:3 is the best aspect ratio for small screens and photos. That's why it's been used by film and cine cameras for many decades, as well as tv. Low height (misnamed "widescreen") has been foisted on us by the tv industry which doesn't want to bother scanning old cinema films that no-one watches anyway.
Posted Tuesday 15th September 2009 14:32 GMT
Dave 129
@AC 12:51 #
Cowon S9 (iAudio S9, reviewed here on El RegHardware) can do that; you have to turn it on first (resume audio playback). Also has it for videos too. I've taken to using it on mine :)
Posted Tuesday 15th September 2009 14:32 GMT
Wayne
@Anonymous - this works for me #
I regularly pause tracks, listen to something else, power off for a while, then come back to my audiobook and it picks up where I left off. All I need to do is ensure that for all audiobooks in iTunes, I select the 'Remember position' option.
This is on a second gen nano.
Posted Tuesday 15th September 2009 14:32 GMT
Anonymous Coward
@AC #
If you encode your audiobooks as .m4a files and then rename them to .m4b, then re-add to iTunes, they will show up as "Audiobooks", which pick up from where you left off. If you're using a Mac this script will do the renaming for you: http://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=makebookmarkable
Posted Tuesday 15th September 2009 14:32 GMT
Dale 3
@Nice bit of kit #
iPod Touch can do your trick, especially if you tick the option (on a per-track basis) to play from the previous position in iTunes.
Posted Tuesday 15th September 2009 14:32 GMT
Dale 3
Sepia #
Ok hands up, who EVER uses sepia mode on their digital cameras?
Posted Tuesday 15th September 2009 14:53 GMT
Bilgepipe
@AC @12:51 #
You can tag audio tracks to do this in iTunes. I did this when I downloaded some audiobooks as MP3s.
Posted Tuesday 15th September 2009 14:53 GMT
Anonymous Coward
@Nahh not for me #
Zune HD is not coming to the UK...
Posted Tuesday 15th September 2009 15:35 GMT
B 9
Forget the UK #
Zune HD is not coming ANYWHERE! The Zune brand and products are both stillborn. Sorry, but MS couldn't innovate their way out of a wet paper bag. . . .
Posted Tuesday 15th September 2009 15:35 GMT
Ty
Zune HD #
ROFL
haha sorry. That just cracked me up.
Posted Tuesday 15th September 2009 21:02 GMT
Fred Flintstone
pedometer? #
Does that measure how many paedophiles are in the vicinity? Or is that to measure the sweatshop labour in your Nikes?
Joking aside, the video quality was actually not bad, also considering the light levels at the Underground. And you have a historic video there:
1 - a Tube that actually moves
2 - not being arrested/shot as a forward planning terrorist
3 - not being knifed for the iPod later on.
Things are definitely looking up in London :-)
Posted Tuesday 15th September 2009 21:02 GMT
jason 7
@AC14.40 #
Not a problem - http://www.zunethings.co.uk/
Great piece of kit. Also great to see the envy.
Posted Tuesday 15th September 2009 21:02 GMT
Mei Lewis
Shooting on the tube #
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/19/greek_photographer/
Posted Tuesday 15th September 2009 21:02 GMT
J 3
Nice... #
Almost tempting me to replace my 1st gen nano, which is still working as well (or you might say badly depending on your taste, but I like it) as the first day. Seems like a waste to buy another if this one is still going strong -- ignoring the scratches, of course.
I only listen to radio when I forget my iPod at home, and I couldn't care less for videos, so I'd rather have those in cash discount. But anyway. The pedometer is interesting though, IF it works without requiring the Nike shoes (does it?).
Posted Tuesday 15th September 2009 21:02 GMT
Cameron Colley
Is it the same otherwise? #
Is the sound quality still as good as it used to be(I hear good reports generally)?
Do you still need to install iTunes to use it at all?
Does it support any more Codecs?
Bollocks to the camera, is it a less restricted personal audio device?
Posted Tuesday 15th September 2009 21:02 GMT
Jonathan 6
Praise #
Quote from article: "Apple rarely - if ever - praises the products of rival companies..."
Um, they (Steve Jobs as well) praise other company's products in virtually every keynote they hold. It is actually very rare for them NOT to do so. They also criticise products too, Windows and MS in particular, of course.
Posted Tuesday 15th September 2009 21:02 GMT
Synthmeister
GeZunedHeit #
The HD part of the ZuneHD will not work in Europe. But otherwise it's a phenomenal feature. Oh, yea, and the cutting edge OLED washes out in any kind of bright light and actually uses more power than an LCD screen but it's good to watch in a dark room. And apparently MS shipped some Zunes without software but you can download it from the internet real soon.
Posted Tuesday 15th September 2009 23:56 GMT
Anonymous Coward
RE: Nahh not for me #
jason 7 wrote: "I'll take a ZuneHD thanks."
That was a "joke" right?
Hope so because it made me laugh.
Why not simply repeatedly bang your head against the wall until it starts to sound like techno? It's a more enjoyable experience.
Posted Tuesday 15th September 2009 23:56 GMT
Anonymous Coward
Lovely little bit of kit #
Very attractive device; hard not to whip the plastic out when you see one in John Lewis.
Posted Wednesday 16th September 2009 10:21 GMT
Anonymous Coward
Video Editing #
The report mentions "poor" PC owners having to go to a 3rd party ap to edit video. I'm not too hot on video codecs but what about Windows Movie Maker? Free with XP and Vista (not sure about Win 7 - but then is anybody?)
It's free and it's adequate. Yes, you probably won't want to make a blockbuster using it but it'll trim, enable transitions, allow the input of stills (think PowerPoint Slides for example) and manage audio overdubs. Probably everything the man (and woman) in the street needs.
Been thinking about a Flip Mino but may reconsider based on the fact that I'd then only need to carry 1 gizmo with me rather than 2
Posted Wednesday 16th September 2009 13:21 GMT
Scott Mckenzie
@J 3 - Nike+ Thing #
I'm not sure if the pedometer thing is the Nike+ bit being incorporated as per the Touch, but you don't have to have Nike shoes anyway, i use this little gadget which velcros the Nike transmitter to the laces of your shoes and off you go - works perfectly.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000ID6DTG?ie=UTF8&tag=spoavetstu-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=B000ID6DTG
Posted Wednesday 16th September 2009 17:59 GMT
George Britton
@ Andy Poulton #
Looking at the video example in the review, the Nano quality seems a stepl below the standard Mino. I've owned that, and now have the Mino HD. Brilliant pieces of kit, especially the HD.
Plug the Mino into a PS3 and the playback quality is frankly amazing for such a miniscule piece of kit.
If Flip (now owned by Cisco) built a credible MP3 player into the Mino HD, it would be a very serious contender.
Posted Thursday 17th September 2009 11:51 GMT
Chris Reynolds
@AC: Audiobooks #
So long as you set your audiobooks as audiobooks in iTunes, the iPod will keep your place, even if you go and listen to something else in the meantime. At least it does on my old 3rd Gen iPod Nano, so I'd expect it to on the latest.
Posted Monday 21st September 2009 06:00 GMT
JB
@teecee #
Funniest thing I've read all day! Nice one!
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