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Harmon · 01-29-2010, 06:46 PM

[QUOTE=scottjl;761798]why only 16g? don't you think you'll go thru that fast? i have a 32g iphone that is always around 90%. for me i think i'll be grabbing the 64G non-3g. those movies and music files add up. with free wifi most anywhere and my 3g iphone to tether off of when i actually can't find any.[QUOTE]

I won't be doing movies, nor much by way of music. I have a 16 gig iPhone, which is never very close to being filled up. In part, that's because I curate what goes on the iPhone, in part it's because I have a nano for serious listening. I load it up, for instance, with Teaching Company lectures, & it functions as a kind of dedicated device which I use when I know I'll have the time to pay attention. The iPhone music is short attention span stuff.

I might push to the 32 gig iPad, just on the general principle that storage needs always expand.

See, I think of the storage/3G issue as a modification issue. Your basic generic iPad at 16 gig & no 3G is a reading machine addressing all kinds of written material. Your 64 gig with 3G is a lightweight lower end netbook for travelors. Your 64 gig without 3G is a top line audiovisual device. Your 32 gig no 3G is a stay at home secondary computer on a home wireless network.

For me, the iPad is a reading machine, and that doesn't require a whole lot of storage. I'm wavering on the 3G issue, mainly because I seem to be traveling more these days, and might like to take advantage of the 15 dollar offer to do netsurfing & keep my email from getting out of hand. But I have no sense of what 250 gig of download means. Someone needs to make a gig-o-meter app so we don't go over the download limit...

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Harmon King of the Bongo Drums Posts: 1,632 Karma: 5927225 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Excelsior! (Strange...)	[QUOTE=scottjl;761798]why only 16g? don't you think you'll go thru that fast? i have a 32g iphone that is always around 90%. for me i think i'll be grabbing the 64G non-3g. those movies and music files add up. with free wifi most anywhere and my 3g iphone to tether off of when i actually can't find any.[QUOTE] I won't be doing movies, nor much by way of music. I have a 16 gig iPhone, which is never very close to being filled up. In part, that's because I curate what goes on the iPhone, in part it's because I have a nano for serious listening. I load it up, for instance, with Teaching Company lectures, & it functions as a kind of dedicated device which I use when I know I'll have the time to pay attention. The iPhone music is short attention span stuff. I might push to the 32 gig iPad, just on the general principle that storage needs always expand. See, I think of the storage/3G issue as a modification issue. Your basic generic iPad at 16 gig & no 3G is a reading machine addressing all kinds of written material. Your 64 gig with 3G is a lightweight lower end netbook for travelors. Your 64 gig without 3G is a top line audiovisual device. Your 32 gig no 3G is a stay at home secondary computer on a home wireless network. For me, the iPad is a reading machine, and that doesn't require a whole lot of storage. I'm wavering on the 3G issue, mainly because I seem to be traveling more these days, and might like to take advantage of the 15 dollar offer to do netsurfing & keep my email from getting out of hand. But I have no sense of what 250 gig of download means. Someone needs to make a gig-o-meter app so we don't go over the download limit...