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plester1 posted:I was under the impression that the video was standard 720p, its just the still camera that crops it down to a 4:3 aspect ratio. I don't know about that... The Apple site is very vague about stating resolution for the 720p video it takes. I would love to have confirmation that it is 16:9, but I'm not getting my hopes up just yet (I ordered the 64gb version on the spot, just FYI, but I'm prepared to be let down if it's some weird resolution).
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Guys, the video recording is 720p. The still shots are cropped. The reason the still shots having a poor resolution is due to the sensor being made for video, not video AND still photos. Recording video and taking still photos are two different things. They simply couldn't fit the sensor and LED flash from the iPhone 4 into the touch. It really does suck, though. I really wanted a touch with the 5MP rear camera so I could ditch my Canon P&S. The other hardware updates just don't interest me that much. The retina display is nice, but I don't spend that much time reading on my iPod. I don't really have any use for Facetime. As for the A4, more RAM, gyroscope, etc -- all of that stuff is great if you play games on your iPod, but I don't. I'm skipping this update.
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An opposing viewpoint: I loving love this update. I don't care at all about the rear camera stuff but as someone who uses it for music, games, late night internet browsing, I'm absolutely getting it. I love my 2nd gen to death and its had daily use for the better part of 18 months now but the retina display and new hardware have me hooked. I also love how its even thinner and lighter.
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Sep 2, 2010 00:11
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toxick posted:Guys, the video recording is 720p. The still shots are cropped. The reason the still shots having a poor resolution is due to the sensor being made for video, not video AND still photos. Recording video and taking still photos are two different things. They simply couldn't fit the sensor and LED flash from the iPhone 4 into the touch. They have not specified this, and the example video on apple's site that says "this video was shot on an iPod touch" is in the iPod touch aspect ratio, not 16:9.
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Sep 2, 2010 00:12
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Too lazy to read any prior pages -- if I preordered, but only requested standard shipping, will my shipping be delayed? i.e., will i get this when it's released?
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Sep 2, 2010 00:23
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JazzFlight posted:What is 720p, according to you? Is it 1280x720 or 960x720? 720p is always recorded at 1280x720. If you look at a video made with the iPhone 4, you'll see that its resolution is 1280x720.
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Sep 2, 2010 00:38
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toxick posted:720p is always recorded at 1280x720. If you look at a video made with the iPhone 4, you'll see that its resolution is 1280x720.
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Sep 2, 2010 01:03
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How long do you guys think it'll take before we see cases for the Touch 4G?
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Sep 2, 2010 01:25
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So I wonder what would be the going rate for a used 3G 32GB iPod Touch? $200? If I could get that much I'd gladly sell it and get a new 4th Gen. I've kept the thing in a soft case and it looks pretty good.
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Sep 2, 2010 01:31
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Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but does this thing seriously not have radio? Because it's not listed on the specs. It's listed for the nano but not the touch.
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Sep 2, 2010 01:32
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Sir Lemming posted:Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but does this thing seriously not have radio? Because it's not listed on the specs. It's listed for the nano but not the touch.
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Sep 2, 2010 01:37
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Karthe posted:The Touch has never had FM radio. Strangely enough, though, a teardown of the 3G a year or so ago revealed a Broadcom chip that would let it receive FM radio - the only limitation appeared to be the OS, which didn't have such a feature enabled (obviously). I thought the rumor was that the reason the feature was being held back was because Apple hasn't been able to fine a way to recognize the songs playing on the radio and have you be able to purchase them from the iTunes store.
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Astro7x posted:I thought the rumor was that the reason the feature was being held back was because Apple hasn't been able to fine a way to recognize the songs playing on the radio and have you be able to purchase them from the iTunes store. 
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Astro7x posted:So I wonder what would be the going rate for a used 3G 32GB iPod Touch? $200? That's what my guess was, but mine is only 9 days old. No takers on SA-Mart yet, so maybe I'm a bit high, but I'm guessing $200 is a good mark.
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spidoman posted:That's what my guess was, but mine is only 9 days old. No takers on SA-Mart yet, so maybe I'm a bit high, but I'm guessing $200 is a good mark. Just Craigslist it, you'll easily get rid of it on there.
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Astro7x posted:So I wonder what would be the going rate for a used 3G 32GB iPod Touch? $200? This is around what I'm trying to get for it in SA-Mart. smug forum asshole fucked around with this message at 02:35 on Sep 2, 2010 |
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Sep 2, 2010 02:33
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Astro7x posted:I thought the rumor was that the reason the feature was being held back was because Apple hasn't been able to fine a way to recognize the songs playing on the radio and have you be able to purchase them from the iTunes store. That still doesn't make sense. You've been able to get that feature in car stereos for years now. My friend's Monte Carlo had it and it blew my mind. -I'd love radio on my ipod touch! I'd be nice to be able to just listen to the radio while cycling instead of trying to change up my music all the time.
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Sep 2, 2010 03:43
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JazzFlight posted:You can't use the iPhone as a case for the ipod having the same resolution. We know that the camera is much lower quality and the only resolution that has been mentioned on the site maxes out at 960... 720p doesn't just mean 720 pixels vertical. It's a specific video standard. You can't just record at 960x720 and call it 720p HD video. Also why would one dimension of the resolution be limited to the retina display's resolution but the other one exceed it? That'd make no sense. toxick posted:Guys, the video recording is 720p. The still shots are cropped. The reason the still shots having a poor resolution is due to the sensor being made for video, not video AND still photos. Recording video and taking still photos are two different things. They simply couldn't fit the sensor and LED flash from the iPhone 4 into the touch. Ice Blue fucked around with this message at 03:56 on Sep 2, 2010 |
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Sep 2, 2010 03:52
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Is it possible to arrange to pick up my pre-ordered Touch 4G at a nearby Apple store? I'm heading out of town for a week during the "Delivered by" date range, and I'd like to try and get mine before I leave.
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Sep 2, 2010 06:49
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The thing that sucks about the iPod Touch is that they keep making it thinner, but it needs to get thicker to put a decent sized camera in it that takes pictures. And if they will allow the Touch to do 4:3 cropped photos on the video camera, why not bring that function to last years Nano?
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Crotch Bat posted:An opposing viewpoint: I loving love this update. I don't care at all about the rear camera stuff but as someone who uses it for music, games, late night internet browsing, I'm absolutely getting it. I love my 2nd gen to death and its had daily use for the better part of 18 months now but the retina display and new hardware have me hooked. Yeah, I'm in the exact same boat, the 3G had no appeal to me as a 2G user but this time I'm definitely going to be an earlier adopter. I'm not a game person but I live in a foreign country and my touch is pretty much my lifeline
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Astro7x posted:The thing that sucks about the iPod Touch is that they keep making it thinner, but it needs to get thicker to put a decent sized camera in it that takes pictures. I think at this point it's fairly obvious that Apple has no intention of putting a decent still camera in the touch any time soon. Prototypes of the 3rd gen touch included a low res video camera like last year's nano, and this year we got HD video recording with still shots essentially being cropped freeze frames. The touch's continued lack of a still camera is probably a part of Apple's effort to differentiate it from the iPhone. If not for Facetime, it probably wouldn't have gotten any cameras at all this year.
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toxick posted:I think at this point it's fairly obvious that Apple has no intention of putting a decent still camera in the touch any time soon. Prototypes of the 3rd gen touch included a low res video camera like last year's nano, and this year we got HD video recording with still shots essentially being cropped freeze frames. It's 2 reasons. 1) Cost and 2) Form factor. The 5MP Camera would probably make the $229 touch even more expensive, and it would probably take up more room and thus the touch wouldn't be as thin as it is.
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echobucket posted:It's 2 reasons. 1) Cost and 2) Form factor. The 5MP Camera would probably make the $229 touch even more expensive, and it would probably take up more room and thus the touch wouldn't be as thin as it is.
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Karthe posted:Did the Touch really need to be made thinner? I thought it was thin enough as it was! I wonder if a bigger camera would have fit if Apple had retained the Touch 3G's size. Jobs used the thinness as an excuse for lack of camera with the 3G as well. I don't know though.. in all honesty if I have a iPod Touch it's because I don't have an iPhone, and my cell phone takes better pictures than the iPod Touch 4G. So would I even really use the camera on the Touch if I had it? PRobably not.
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WDIIA posted:Yeah, I'm in the exact same boat, the 3G had no appeal to me as a 2G user but this time I'm definitely going to be an earlier adopter. I'm not a game person but I live in a foreign country and my touch is pretty much my lifeline
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Astro7x posted:I don't know though.. in all honesty if I have a iPod Touch it's because I don't have an iPhone, and my cell phone takes better pictures than the iPod Touch 4G. So would I even really use the camera on the Touch if I had it? PRobably not. I seem to be in the minority when I say that I don't mind that still photos won't get any bigger than that, but I do know that the convenience of having a camera on my Touch means I'll be taking a lot more pictures than I do with my phone's camera v v
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Astro7x posted:Jobs used the thinness as an excuse for lack of camera with the 3G as well. Ice Blue fucked around with this message at 00:13 on Sep 3, 2010 |
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Sep 3, 2010 00:10
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Ice Blue posted:It's not that the iPhone 4 is the best cellphone camera on the market or anything because it's not. You take that back. My 5 megapixels are consistently higher quality than my friend's Evo's 8.
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Anyone know for certain when the new touch will either be available in the apple stores in the uk or reviews will start being posted. I'm so tempted to pull the trigger on the 32gb one, but not with out either seing it in person or a slightly more detailed review.
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I think they're being released around the 10th of September, although you can pre-order it now on places like Play.com and Amazon. The reviews will follow pretty fast, I hope to order mine the weekend after this one.
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Sep 3, 2010 15:50
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I have no idea if engraving adds to the wait time or not, but here's their estimate
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Is anyone getting wifi trouble with iOS4? When I was running 3.1.3 I never had problems, now I keep on getting disconnected from my work network, and although the wifi icon appears I can't load anything. It's so annoying. I read something about problems with WPA2 security but wasn't sure.
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Does anyone know if the Double Speed playback in the current generation of the iPod Touch (and iPhone) made it to any of the other new models?
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Sep 3, 2010 17:23
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Perhaps the camera records in an anamorphic format and specifies a 16:9 aspect ratio in the recorded video?
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I'm just going to wait for a proper review of the new model. I might buy one, but I'm not in any hurry. There's also the chance that the iPhone 4 will be available on Verizon sometime soon, but I doubt it. There was a rumor about Apple releasing a CDMA model in January, but it seems pretty strange that Apple would release a CDMA iPhone with only 6 months till the yearly bump.
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HolePisser1982 posted:I have no idea if engraving adds to the wait time or not, but here's their estimate I pre-ordered mine on Monday night with engraving and it is estimated to be delivered Sep 10 - 14.
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aw man
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I called an Apple rep today to see about getting my shipping changed to a 2-day plan and was informed that everyone's orders (made through apple.com) are being sent out 2-day regardless of whether or not you chose standard shipping. Just thought you guys might like to know.
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