double post.

I don't think the Nano was targeted at photographers as much as they would like to think. The Nano was attempt to recreate the success of the iPod Mini and hopefully the sales. Th…

Differentiated product line. It's the same reason you can't get a 12" Powerbook with Firewire 800.

SpaceMonkey is right. The nano targets a different consumer than the full-sized iPod. The full-sized iPods are targeted for users who want access to features such as camera downlo…

Not to mention, if they enabled photo dump functionality, the first thing you'd complain about would be "dang battery is too short lived" or "why did they only make it 4GB?" or "th…

Quote: Originally Posted by torifile Yeah! Let's leave features out so people buy MORE of them! WTH kind of business decision was that if it wouldn't make some sort of differenc…

Quote: Originally Posted by reemas are you joking? in the tech industry this happens very often. most recently a 100 song cap on the ROKR. Read my post again: it would make…

What business decision? What does Apple stand to profit by arbitrarily restricting the functionality of the Nano? Your argument is specious. The logical conclusion is that the…

With the size of the screen and the amount of space, I elected not to have photos on my 4GB Nano, preferring to leave that to the 60GB iPod where I can hook it up to a TV for slide…

I usually like my devices specialized. I don't expect my cellphone to take great camera pictures. I leave that to my digital camera. I leave video recording to my MiniDV camera. He…

Quote: Originally Posted by Helmling What business decision? What does Apple stand to profit by arbitrarily restricting the functionality of the Nano? Your argument is speci…

You all have very reasonable explanations and conclusions. Many of which I really can't argue with. But it doesn't matter. Why you ask ? Because it's not just this one issue... …

Don't buy one then.

Don't plan to. I thought that was established already. Was it not ?

I think it has more to do with the product differentiation. Personally, I never really got the hubbub over the mini; (compared to the 4G iPod) it held a fraction of the songs, ha…

Quote: Originally Posted by wilsonng I usually like my devices specialized. I don't expect my cellphone to take great camera pictures. I leave that to my digital camera. I leave…

Quote: Originally Posted by trip BS. It was a business decision. I'm so glad that Jon Rubinstein decided to grace the presence of the forums in the guise of trip. Perhaps he…

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++ kitcho when you finally realize the nano isn't the ultimate digital device and acually just a very small mp3 player th…

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++ I'm so glad that Jon Rubinstein decided to grace the presence of the forums in the guise of trip. Perhaps he can enli…

Quote: Originally Posted by hakstooy I'm sure Apple looked at this and figured, "Hell, it seems that more than extra features or capacity, most people just want something small …

"You don't know that they purposely "broke" features in the nano. " Correct. I should rephrase without using "broke", but u know what i am saying. "You can have your opinion and …

Quote: Originally Posted by trip "You don't know that they purposely "broke" features in the nano. " Correct. I should rephrase without using "broke", but u know what i am sayi…

This is probably the most stupid thread in the entire existing universe... So I intend to post incase it goes down in history as such. Output to the TV, and input aka camera requi…

Quote: Originally Posted by inkhead This is probably the most stupid thread in the entire existing universe... So I intend to post incase it goes down in history as such. No,…

Quote: Originally Posted by Helmling What business decision? What does Apple stand to profit by arbitrarily restricting the functionality of the Nano? Your argument is speci…