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msb0014 · Oct 17, 2005, 02:57 PM

Just got email from Apple. 1 week before it was scheduled to ship. Anyone else get notified?

pbarton · Oct 17, 2005, 03:00 PM

Yep. White 60 shipped today 10/17/05. (No engraving)

icruise · Oct 17, 2005, 03:06 PM

I hope we can count on some pictures and/or a review from you lucky few,

Montanan · Oct 17, 2005, 03:06 PM

So when did you guys place your orders? And have you checked to see if your new iPods are shipping from the US, or direct from China?

And congratulations, BTW!

nycdunz · Oct 17, 2005, 03:08 PM

when will these ipod videos hit the stores? this week?

gkorsgard · Oct 17, 2005, 03:30 PM

My 60gb, black ipod shipped today from Shanghai. There is no delivery date on FedEx yet. I did pay for overnight shipping. What does that mean coming from China though? Any hints?

msb0014 · Oct 17, 2005, 05:12 PM

Mine from Shanghai. They estimate the 20th Thurs. and I selected ground.

msb0014 · Oct 17, 2005, 05:13 PM

Also I, like a excited school girl, ordered mine about 3 hours post introduction.

TerryJ · Oct 17, 2005, 05:22 PM

Mine is on the way from Shanghai too! As above, no delivery date showing yet but the Apple email says within 5 days... pacing the floor... pacing the floor........

CharlesS · Oct 17, 2005, 06:30 PM

When you guys get yours, please post whether it supports audio recording at 44.1 KHz stereo with an external microphone out of the box, or whether we'll have to wait for an add-on from Griffin or Belkin.

crooner · Oct 17, 2005, 09:10 PM

Originally Posted by CharlesS

When you guys get yours, please post whether it supports audio recording at 44.1 KHz stereo with an external microphone out of the box, or whether we'll have to wait for an add-on from Griffin or Belkin.

What he said.

gkorsgard · Oct 18, 2005, 09:04 AM

Does anyone have updated shipment info? Mine has shipped, but there is no updated tracking information from FedEx. Anyone else in the same boat?

Randman · Oct 18, 2005, 09:25 AM

Originally Posted by CharlesS

When you guys get yours, please post whether it supports audio recording at 44.1 KHz stereo with an external microphone out of the box, or whether we'll have to wait for an add-on from Griffin or Belkin.

Yes, keen to know that as well. Battery life as well.

LMidnight · Oct 18, 2005, 09:40 AM

Black 60gig no engraving arrived this morning, but I'm at work! What a long day this will be...

http://www.fedex.com/cgi-bin/trackin...s=701860572885

inkhead · Oct 18, 2005, 10:54 AM

well go home! you look sick to me.

Geezus_Aach · Oct 18, 2005, 12:47 PM

wooHoo! mines on the way... a sexy black 60gb

btw, this is my first ipod...glad ive been waiting. cant think of anything else an ipod would need...wonder what the next ipod will do??

CharlesS · Oct 18, 2005, 12:55 PM

Originally Posted by inkhead

well go home! you look sick to me.

Be sure to let us know about the recording ability when you get home.

msb0014 · Oct 18, 2005, 01:41 PM

SHANGHAI CN >> ANCHORAGE, AK >> INDIANAPOLIS, IN >>

It's on its way!

BTW I read that only the 60GB has shipped, well for the recoord mine is a 30GB and FedEx Ground. So 4 days from China to Florida ain't too bad.

jmelrose · Oct 18, 2005, 03:45 PM

Anyone who ordered Sun/Mon get a ship notification yet?

nycdunz · Oct 18, 2005, 04:03 PM

so is it at apple stores yet? looks like a lot of ppl are getting them today... plz post pics!

jlgrandam · Oct 18, 2005, 04:12 PM

Apple store SOHO has Black 60s and white 30s in stock (though selling fast). I picked up a black 60 and just got home. Some initial observations:

1. Buy Apple stock now cause they are going to sell a boatload of these
2. The 30 is truly remarkable how thin it is.
3. Black looks way better than white
4. The screen is very nice and is recessed into the front of the iPod. Basically the front of the iPod is completely smooth except for the scroll wheel. I think there is some kind of clear protective plate over the whole front (except scroll wheel).
5. The software on the demo model was a little slow to load video and pics. Havent tried my own model yet.
6. Movies looked way better than I thought they would on the screen

I'll try to get some pics soon but I have the worlds worst camera and I am the worlds worst photographer.

CharlesS · Oct 18, 2005, 05:29 PM

How about the audio recording feature? Does it use a bi-directional headphone port, or does it require a third-party add-on? Is it mentioned in the manual or in any documentation?

I'm not going to shut up until someone answers this.

jlgrandam · Oct 18, 2005, 06:52 PM

I haven't seen anything about audio recording.

Randman · Oct 18, 2005, 11:00 PM

Extras > Voice memos.

icibaqu · Oct 18, 2005, 11:58 PM

well my black 30gb that i ordered thursday or friday morning regular shipping is still "processing"

grrrr...

Evilrock · Oct 19, 2005, 09:06 AM

Originally Posted by icibaqu

well my black 30gb that i ordered thursday or friday morning regular shipping is still "processing"

grrrr...

mine too but i ordered mine on saturday

Montanan · Oct 19, 2005, 09:10 AM

So has anyone yet received a shipment notice for an iPod with engraving? I'm beginning to regret my desire for personalization ...

msb0014 · Oct 19, 2005, 09:11 AM

I GOT IT!!! I ordered ground delivery too!

Apple has got the golden egg here!!! The FedEx guy knew what it was. He asked me, "Is this the new iPod?" (funny thing is, nowhere on the box does it say Apple or iPod just the part number) I said yes and we talked about how he's got 15 similar boxes on his truck right now and how he's going to sell his 20gb iPod he got in Jan on eBay.

This thing is going to raise the stock up to $75 by Christmas.

I’m going to download all the U2 videos now.

Matt

msb0014 · Oct 19, 2005, 09:18 AM

Quick observations:

Black is beautiful.
The little carry pouch is a nice touch.
Why don’t they make black headphones for black iPods?
Packaging is as good as it’s gets – I’m a graphic designer and I would love to work for this company!

gkorsgard · Oct 19, 2005, 09:24 AM

FedEx just dropped off my black 60gb ipod. Now I have to go to work.

jtwiskowski · Oct 19, 2005, 05:37 PM

I placed two orders... one for an iPod Black 30GB
and the other for the Universal Dock and an Apple Remote.

The Apple Remote had the longest wait time, of November 2nd.
However, today it shipped! lol

Maybe I'll be the first to post pics of that!

Keep you posted.

CharlesS · Oct 19, 2005, 05:58 PM

Do you have audio recording ability? In Extras -> Voice Memos. Is the headphone jack bidirectional?

alligator · Oct 19, 2005, 07:43 PM

Got mine today - it's currently filling. How do you check for the bidirectional headphone jack?

IFLY2HIGH · Oct 19, 2005, 09:34 PM

Originally Posted by Montanan

So has anyone yet received a shipment notice for an iPod with engraving? I'm beginning to regret my desire for personalization ...

Yep mines on it's way and it was engraved... Shipped Yesterday... (Tues)

CharlesS · Oct 19, 2005, 10:57 PM

Originally Posted by alligator

Got mine today - it's currently filling. How do you check for the bidirectional headphone jack?

Just try Extras -> Voice Memo and see if you even have the option. If you do, see if it works with a microphone or something plugged into the headphone port.

blikum · Oct 19, 2005, 11:37 PM

Originally Posted by CharlesS

Just try Extras -> Voice Memo and see if you even have the option. If you do, see if it works with a microphone or something plugged into the headphone port.

Hey Charles, I have the Video 60g. No Voice Memo option in the extras. Maybe it needs a new piece of hardware?

CharlesS · Oct 20, 2005, 12:18 AM

Drat. Probably we'll have to wait for a new version of the iTalk or something. Grr...

Oh well, guess I have to delay my purchase a bit. I'm not buying this until I know I can make good recordings with it.

Montanan · Oct 20, 2005, 12:23 AM

Originally Posted by IFLY2HIGH

Yep mines on it's way and it was engraved... Shipped Yesterday... (Tues)

Woo hoo! My order just entered the "preparing shipment" phase ... so I guess there's hope.

IFLY2HIGH · Oct 20, 2005, 12:33 AM

Microphone Guys, ran across "Belkin iPod Microphone Adapter" in the apple strore and says it works with the 5g pods.

icruise · Oct 20, 2005, 12:34 AM

Originally Posted by Montanan

Woo hoo! My order just entered the "preparing shipment" phase ... so I guess there's hope.

Mine too.

CharlesS · Oct 20, 2005, 02:39 AM

Originally Posted by IFLY2HIGH

Microphone Guys, ran across "Belkin iPod Microphone Adapter" in the apple strore and says it works with the 5g pods.

It doesn't work with powered microphones. It's also probably just a mono port, since it was designed for the 4G iPod.

powerbook911 · Oct 21, 2005, 02:23 AM

My 60 gig white, from Amazon.com, is now "shipping soon." I have overnight delivery, so I might get it on Monday.

Amazon has the white 60 gig in stock right now, if you get one, before they run out.

Liquidity X · Oct 21, 2005, 01:26 PM

I was suppose to get mine 2 days ago but Fed Ex sucks balls. Last night I go home on the already late delivery day only to find out they had rescheduled it to today, called them up and told them how they screw up every shipment that I am forced to use with them, they still refused to pay me back for the 3 days extra that it was late so I went off on the guy and said I wish UPS would just buy them out so they could acully do a good job and not hire idiots to run the company yada yada yada

But I just got word it was delivered just now so I'm gonna post some pics on my site once I play with it a bit when I get home from work in an hour, if u wanna see check liquidityx.com in a few hours.

mramaley · Oct 21, 2005, 01:29 PM

I received mine yesterday. Custom engraved. Ordered as soon as the Apple Store came back up after the announcement.

-Michael

Sr Speedy · Oct 21, 2005, 02:47 PM

What has me stunned about these iPods is the removal of firewire to sync only USB. Why not Bluetooth?

icruise · Oct 21, 2005, 03:01 PM

You want to sync via Bluetooth? Now *that* would be slow...

frankbooth · Oct 21, 2005, 04:08 PM

Originally Posted by powerbook911

My 60 gig white, from Amazon.com, is now "shipping soon." I have overnight delivery, so I might get it on Monday.

Amazon has the white 60 gig in stock right now, if you get one, before they run out.

Oops.

Amazon isn't shipping the 5G's yet. They do however have White 60GB iPod Photos in stock.

Sr Speedy · Oct 21, 2005, 07:21 PM

Bluetooth 2.0 isn't that slow is it? I am aware that it isn't as fast as USB 2.0, but being completely wireless and dockless would be *sweet*.

Cadaver · Oct 21, 2005, 07:52 PM

Originally Posted by Sr Speedy

Bluetooth 2.0 isn't that slow is it? I am aware that it isn't as fast as USB 2.0, but being completely wireless and dockless would be *sweet*.

I'm not sure its even as fast as USB 1.1.

icruise · Oct 21, 2005, 08:03 PM

I just did a little quick googling, so I'm not going stand by these numbers 100% (and of course these are theoretical maximums, not what you would actually get in everyday use) but it seems that Bluetooth 2.0 gets around 3 mbps, USB 1.1 gets around 12 mbps, and USB 2.0 gets around 480mbps. So it would be about 1/160th the speed of USB 2.

It would work for streaming audio, but syncing would be a nightmare. Plus the whole "wireless" idea kind of falls down since you still have to plug it in to charge it anyway.