Hi E, You are absolutely spot on but the question then becomes, why only the nano, since the t ----- Original Message ----- ouch is also now 4g.
From: "Esther" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 12:35 AM Subject: Re: What's in a Nano that isn't in a Classic Larry, It's not so much what's in a Nano that isn't in a Classic as the fact that both the Nano and the iTouch were the models being refreshed at this time. One difference is that these model iPods are using flash memory instead of disk drives. This has some desirable features for making music and movies skip-resistant (no moving parts in the disk drive). However, what's probably more relevant in the context of current Apple development is the lower power draw, and the overall move to putting a full processor on an iPhone-like system. This is not to say that a talking Classic can't be done, and this is only my guess with no reference to Apple inputs. However, the flash drives are the basis of the MacBook Air, and for a number of ultra-light portable computers coming out from other manufacturers, and prices for flash drives will be coming down. I think that's part of why an increase to a 16 GB Nano was possible. My only comment, and again, this is pure speculation on my part, is that the development of the small flash- based players is progressing closely with the way Apple wants to see the iPhone and other ultra-light mobile devices evolve, so these are the first iPod players that a talking interface will be placed on. I don't usually speculate this openly on a public list, but since you and others have asked . . . Cheers, Esther On Sep 9, 2008, at 6:21 PM, Larry Wanger wrote: > We may or may not be able to answer this but I'm curious what is in > the Nano that isn't in the classic that allows the Nano to do speech > output? It would seem that both have similar processing and ability > as they both play video I believe. Yet, several features in the Nano > aren't on the Classic. I'm mainly interested in why the classic > can't offer the speech option. I have a huge music collection and > the idea of taking what I want down to 16GB just doesn't work for me. > > >
