Quote: Originally posted by Cheetah223: No one needs a cell phone that can take pictures or shoot video, no one needs a color tv, and no one needs an ipod to start. …

if you haven't noticed, Apple emphasizes(sp?) the visual parts of their products. They give all of their products style. Having a color screen is a visual plus, and it is also ea…

Quote: Originally posted by porieux: Color screens suck up battery life unneccessarily. The fact that the new model has longer battery life is not relevant, without the…

Quote: Originally posted by Eug Wanker: iPod B&W: Up to 12 hours of music playback iPod photo: Up to 15 hours of music playback That is because it is thicker y…

Porieux: Your comments are asinine. You are merely stating your opinion of which features are more important and deserve to be maintained, but you have not provided any substanti…

Quote: Originally posted by porieux: "simpletons" is right Cheetah. Unfortunately, appealing to the lowest common denominator is not supposed to be Apple's way. …

So at what point does one decide to progress? Things all have to start somewhere. When did PDA manufacturers decide to add a color screen at the cost of some battery power? Unless …

Quote: Originally posted by typoon: Well you could get the new iPod Mini. It seems to be staying true to what you are looking for. A monochrome screen and extra long b…

Quote: Originally posted by Kajo: So at what point does one decide to progress? Things all have to start somewhere. When did PDA manufacturers decide to add a color scre…

Quote: Originally posted by Kajo: So at what point does one decide to progress? Things all have to start somewhere. When did PDA manufacturers decide to add a color scre…

Quote: Originally posted by dencamp: OK, you are using a tech argument that people are responding to with an aesthetics argument. Different arguments. �It looks better…

Quote: Originally posted by porieux: Music doesn't play back in color. How about adding more hard drive capacity so we can use Apple Lossless format? Now that would be a…

Quote: Originally posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker: That is because it is thicker you dink Very slightly: iPod B&W 20 GB: 4.1" x 2.4" x 0.57" iPod photo 30 …

Quote: Originally posted by porieux: Music doesn't play back in color. How about adding more hard drive capacity so we can use Apple Lossless format? Now that would be a…

Quote: BOTTOM LINE: I am not opposed to people having color screens in their iPods if it makes them happy. My point is that Apple is forcing you to buy features you don'…

Wow, yet another n00b fight. Wanker, what are you doing in there ? -t

I don't know why people thought the Mini would get a colour screen I just rolled my eyes when I saw that rumor. I mean if the mini already has a smaller screen so they have to tak…

Quote: Originally posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker: I don't know why people thought the Mini would get a colour screen I just rolled my eyes when I saw that rumor. I…

Quote: Originally posted by Eug Wanker: It will get a colour screen eventually. It's just a matter of when. I'm sure it will, not because it needs it though, b…

Quote: Originally posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker: I'm sure it will, not because it needs it though, but because the price will drop to the same as a B&W, the ba…

Quote: Originally posted by porieux: Apple has really lost the plot with these iPod updates. iPod is a music player, the color screen is not useful. However, hard disk…

Quote: Originally posted by Eug Wanker: Yeah, but it's cool to see the album art. Again, if there is no room for the album name why would there be room for the cove…

Quote: Originally posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker: Again, if there is no room for the album name why would there be room for the cover? That's why you'd bump th…

Quote: Originally posted by Eug Wanker: That's why you'd bump the screen resolution a bit. However, it doesn't have to look exactly like the iPod photo obviously. Don't…