Apple Releases New iPods

[Brigitte]

Is anyone else puzzling over why the iPod Touch has such a smaller capacity? I'd love to play with it, but what's the point of getting that when I need so much more space? My 80 gig iPod got stolen last week (left it in the daycare van, unlocked in the driveway, not smart, but something we've done for years with no problem) so I'll be replacing it with the 160 instead.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Brigitte

Is anyone else puzzling over why the iPod Touch has such a smaller capacity? I'd love to play with it, but what's the point of getting that when I need so much more space? My 80 gig iPod got stolen last week (left it in the daycare van, unlocked in the driveway, not smart, but something we've done for years with no problem) so I'll be replacing it with the 160 instead.

The smaller models have flash-based storage instead of hard drives. The hard drives can have much higher capacity, at the cost of size and reliability.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

The smaller models have flash-based storage instead of hard drives. The hard drives can have much higher capacity, at the cost of size and reliability.

One thing I've wondered is why not put multiple flash memory chips in? Is this a possibility (from a technological standpoint)?

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

One thing I've wondered is why not put multiple flash memory chips in? Is this a possibility (from a technological standpoint)?

Sure, but again the tradeoff is physical size.