Apple has really lost the plot with these iPod updates. iPod is a music player, the color screen is not useful. However, hard disk space is ESSENTIAL. Why on earth would they as…

Quote: Why on earth would they assume that just because you want to store a lot of music (the whole point of the ipod) you would want a useless battery sucking color screen? …

Hey... remember when cellphones were black and white with shitty displays? Do you want to return to those days? It's called progress buddy. Color is better then black and white ful…

Quote: Originally posted by Kajo: Hey... remember when cellphones were black and white with shitty displays? Do you want to return to those days? It's called progress bu…

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 iPod photo 60 GB yesterday with ext…

Quote: Yes, I would rather have a greyscale phone that works well than a crappy phone with a color screen. Too bad the marketers are in charge of product development at most com…

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: Come back when you have a valid argument. That was exactly my reaction to your post, wanker.

Quote: Originally posted by typoon: So then what would you say to all those people who are talking about the other MP3 players on the market that have color screens. Or …

So I don't get it. Where I agree that a color screen is utterly useless on a music player, why are you so opposed to them? My cell phone takes 1mp digital photos and 15 second vi…

Color screens suck up battery life unneccessarily. The fact that the new model has longer battery life is not relevant, without the color screen the battery life would be MUCH lon…

"simpletons" is right Cheetah. Unfortunately, appealing to the lowest common denominator is not supposed to be Apple's way.

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…