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Originally posted by crogs571
The only way you can fit any sort of volume of music on those tiny little flash cards is to use a very low bitrate when converting over your music. So combine the low level of music quality on top of an underpowered headphone amp and circuitry and software that was geared towards a pdaphone first and you get crappy music played out of cheap cans. The only time that is somewhat satisfactory is if i'm working out and I'm not overly concerned with the sound quality. Then again, the last thing I'm putting on my belt as I go for a run is a $700 hunk of a smartphone that is put at an increassed risk of damage.
As I stated above, the original point of convergence was the merging of the PDA and the mobile phone. Not a pda, mobile phone, low quality MP3 player and low quality camera that only feels normal hanging on my belt if I'm 6'7". I only want the frills if they can be done properly without compromise.
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Have you listened to music through an i700? I happen to be an orchestral conductor (hence the JohnTheBaton), and the quality or circuitry is so good that I use the i700 as my main listening device. The secret? I bought a pair of high-quality headphones from
www.etymotic.com and I can honestly tell you I have a very good quality sound system, that is loud enough. Even on a loud bus, I can hear the clicking of the woodwinds' keys in a soft passage, with no hiss.
You are right about the memory issue. I convert my music to WMA at 192. This is my compromise, but I can still fit a few CD's on my 512MB card, which is enough to hold all the music I study for a few weeks. Transferring the music to SD card takes only a few seconds using a USB SD reader.
Sure the i700 is a brick, but the point is, IT"S THE ONLY BRICK I CARRY AROUND. I don't have to carry around my svelt phone, my MP3 player, my PDA, my GameBoy (or my Nintendo), my laptop, my DVD player.... The point is, the brick on my belt is the only electronic device I ever take out of my house (save for the fold-up keyboard), which makes it by far the smallest and cheapest device available. I don't have enough pockets for a non-converged world, no matter how small they are.
As far as carrying around a $600 phone (not $700), I have it insured through Verizon for $5.00/month. My point still holds: 1 $600 insured phone is cheaper that 4-5 smaller devices, each of which would need to be insured. And it's a heck of a lot cheaper than a laptop!