Thanks tommy and -t.
I've checked those out, but it still leaves me with the question of whether songs from iTunes would work on them or if some other download store would work with Mac's OS.
Kaylee: So how many fell madly in love with you and wanted to take you away from all this? Inara: Just the one. I think I'm slipping.
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quester - May 28, 2007 3:56:55 pm PDT #1713 of 25496
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
tommyrot - May 28, 2007 4:00:22 pm PDT #1714 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Songs you bought with iTunes will only work on iPods. Songs you made with iTunes from a CD will work on any mp3 player, but only if you change the iTunes default to make mp3's....
eta: And you can't use iTunes to sync music to a non-iPod. You'll have to use some other way. Either drag-n-drop via usb, or maybe the player comes with its own sync software.
quester - May 28, 2007 4:21:15 pm PDT #1715 of 25496
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
oh. Thanks again, tommy!
§ ita § - May 29, 2007 8:57:00 am PDT #1716 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Damn. That site is hot. Expensive, but very pretty tech stuff.
Jessica - May 29, 2007 9:40:32 am PDT #1717 of 25496
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Ooooh, shiny.
If someone could buy me one of these before I give birth so I can stay online in the hospital, that'd be great. Thanks in advance!
(Of course I'll also be bringing my Treo, but the keyboard isn't really designed for longish-term typing.)
§ ita § - May 29, 2007 9:49:45 am PDT #1718 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
A friend was going to get one, but got distracted by something as yet unreleased that has a bigger screen. He thinks he's excited. I totally can't wait.
Jessica - May 29, 2007 10:32:33 am PDT #1719 of 25496
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I've got an appointment this afternoon to take DH's iPod to the Genius Bar, but I have a feeling it's pretty hopeless. This means he needs a new iPod AND a new iPod recorder accessory to record interviews with (since the iTalk he has isn't compatible with the new iPod models).
The Apple store seems to have three options - anyone have experience/opinions on relative quality?
amych - May 29, 2007 10:48:32 am PDT #1720 of 25496
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
The TuneTalk is very solid and simple, and I've had a lot of success with it. I actually like the MicroMemo even better as far as the sound goes, because the flexible/removable mic pickup doohickey gives you more options for setting things up, but I've seen a number of them break off. Moving parts = not good on a portable device.
I haven't used the current-generation iTalk, but the user reviews I've seen all point to a whole lot of skipping. It's been my impression that this is an issue with all of the mics, and our troubleshooting points to iPods running low on battery rather than the specific mic model: which gets to my last point... all the new iPods can give you a much better-quality recording than the old ones, but the tradeoff is that recording sucks batteries much faster than E is probably used to with the old one. The Belkin allows you to plug in to a computer (or a USB charger, if you have one) to charge while you record, and the MicroMemo doesn't. I don't know about the iTalk. At any rate, since it's something he needs for work, it's definitely worth looking for.
Jessica - May 29, 2007 10:56:30 am PDT #1721 of 25496
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
all the new iPods can give you a much better-quality recording than the old ones, but the tradeoff is that recording sucks batteries much faster than E is probably used to with the old one
That's the impression I get from browsing the reviews, but it seems to be an issue across the board, unfortunately.
Macworld.com prefers the Griffin.
It's too bad Olympus's digital voice recorders aren't Mac-compatible. They seem so much more reliable than any of the iPod accessory versions. [eta: Unless they are now, in which case tell me which ones! The last time I checked, they were Windows-only.]
amych - May 29, 2007 11:08:12 am PDT #1722 of 25496
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
That's the impression I get from browsing the reviews, but it seems to be an issue across the board, unfortunately.
Yep. It's an iPod issue, not a mic issue. If you record on low quality, the battery will last like it used to, but I don't know how much the quality is likely to be an issue for E... (I assume not that much, if he's using it for note-taking and he's been using the old one with no problem - but there's always gotta be a tradeoff, right?)