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Just need to understand how Westeners buy things
halfelite:
--- Quote from: Natheria on April 12, 2010, 09:27:54 PM ---
--- Quote from: halfelite on April 12, 2010, 07:07:22 PM ---Some people buy the hype cause you need it sometimes. Almost every car radio, home theater is ipod ready. controls the ipod through your radio controls displays the track name and lets you use playlists already there. Even hands free now with the sync and other options offer speak to ipod controls. I have not seen that for any other mp3 player.
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Actually they do have that for other mp3 players. It's called an audio jack/USB port for your car. You don't need to have an ipod to listen to your own music in the car and programing playlists into the radio wouldn't be any harder to do for any other mp3 player. I don't want the rest of society shoving something i don't want down my throat when there are perfectly feasible alternatives that work just as well and might even be better (which often times they are).
@Kostya they actually have good electronics selections in cities? What city is that?
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using an audiojack is old, it defeats the purpose of going hands free. might as well use the old tapedeck to headphone jack, ipod is the only mp3 player i know that totally links in with a system. as in for like the ford sync or the pioneer line of radios. you click a button on the streering wheel and say play artist so so, play track whatever. the radio shows the track you are playing and the artist even displays the album cover. not having to reach for your mp3 player to change songs.
I mean full integration not you can play music over the speakers by some 3.5mm jack. the usb can charge any mp3 player. but only has built in controls for ipods. so mos people charge any mp3 player with the usb port and use the aux port for hooking it up. but you still have to control it from the mp3 player.
Ixarku:
--- Quote from: Proin Drakenzol on April 12, 2010, 11:05:00 PM ---I used to work at a Fry's Electronics before I joined the Navy. It was pretty cool, our "employee discount" was that we only paid 10% above wholesale (which meant no discount on some things and over a hundred dollars on others).
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Not that anyone cares, but coincidentally, Fry's (technically, F.E.B., who handles Fry's financing) was a client of the company I work for. I tested a few projects for them, maybe 4 years ago, though I don't remember much about their code these days.
NaRu:
I live in the united states and I shop online ONLY. Its cheaper, shipping is normally free for me, and dont get charge with tax (unless the store is located in Conn). I normally have 3 to 5 packages a months at my house since my whole family shops online
Natheria:
--- Quote from: halfelite on April 13, 2010, 01:48:12 AM ---using an audiojack is old, it defeats the purpose of going hands free. might as well use the old tapedeck to headphone jack, ipod is the only mp3 player i know that totally links in with a system. as in for like the ford sync or the pioneer line of radios. you click a button on the streering wheel and say play artist so so, play track whatever. the radio shows the track you are playing and the artist even displays the album cover. not having to reach for your mp3 player to change songs.
I mean full integration not you can play music over the speakers by some 3.5mm jack. the usb can charge any mp3 player. but only has built in controls for ipods. so mos people charge any mp3 player with the usb port and use the aux port for hooking it up. but you still have to control it from the mp3 player.
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Actually the newer cars have been able to use the USB ports for other mp3 storage devices for a while now, not just ipods...
And i wouldn't be so quick to label using an audiojack for mp3 players as old.
halfelite:
--- Quote from: Natheria on April 13, 2010, 03:13:21 AM ---
--- Quote from: halfelite on April 13, 2010, 01:48:12 AM ---using an audiojack is old, it defeats the purpose of going hands free. might as well use the old tapedeck to headphone jack, ipod is the only mp3 player i know that totally links in with a system. as in for like the ford sync or the pioneer line of radios. you click a button on the streering wheel and say play artist so so, play track whatever. the radio shows the track you are playing and the artist even displays the album cover. not having to reach for your mp3 player to change songs.
I mean full integration not you can play music over the speakers by some 3.5mm jack. the usb can charge any mp3 player. but only has built in controls for ipods. so mos people charge any mp3 player with the usb port and use the aux port for hooking it up. but you still have to control it from the mp3 player.
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Actually the newer cars have been able to use the USB ports for other mp3 storage devices for a while now, not just ipods...
And i wouldn't be so quick to label using an audiojack for mp3 players as old.
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Which ones. I know there are a few that can use them as a mass storage device. but still dont get the voice control i dont think.
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