Previously on alt.cellular.cingular, (PeteCresswell) said:

> >How much media do you have on your iPod? The current iPhone, which is
> >an iPod Touch and cellphone mash-up, comes in 8 and 16GB sizes and I
> >would not be surprised to find the next hardware version to come in
> >32GB (no rumors or data to support it, just a personal guess and wish).
>
> 36 gigs of media, 12 gigs of data.

Then it would take a couple generations of iPhone to match that.

> Having all my media on it is a Nice-To-Have, but not a religious
> issue.

Same here. With the 16GB model, I'd probably put up to 13 or 14GB of
music and photos on it. Maybe some movies in rotation, but probably
not. The rest for phone and PDA stuff and sufficient free space to
ensure I have no space-related issues. If I wind up with a WinMob
device, scratch the music and photos, except for what I'd be using for
ring tones, backgrounds, etc.

> You're the second one to point out to me that hard drives and
> cell phones aren't exactly a marriage made in heaven.
>
> Maybe my cell phones lead an easier life than most.... but I
> don't *think* they get any more abuse than my iPod.

From what I've seen, when in use media players are generally mounted on
or in something, be it a pocket, sleeve, belt case, arm band, whatever.
I have never seen anyone cavort around with one like they do in the
iPod commercials, holding it in their hand (except to use a control).
Cellphones and PDAs, OTOH, do tend to be handheld a lot when in use,
which makes them more susceptible to dropping. And my own personal
experience follows that observation: I have dropped cellphones and
PDAs on occasion, but I cannot recall ever dropping my media player
while in use.

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