[X4U] iPod Nano & iTunes Phone

[Jon Marett]

According to this article, the amount of memory isn't the only factor  
determining how many songs the phone will play.

<http://playlistmag.com/weblogs/todayatplaylist/>

"The ROKR and 100 Song Limit
Steve Jobs announced that the ROKR would play up to 100 tracks  
(including songs and podcasts), yet that figure doesn’t jibe with the  
size of a standard Flash memory chip. By Apple’s calculations, 100  
songs takes up approximately 400MB of memory. Is someone producing a  
400MB Flash chip now?

Nope. The phone includes a removable 512MB Flash memory chip (found  
under the battery in the back of the phone). This chip will hold up  
to 100 tracks but the number of songs it holds isn’t dependant  
strictly on the size of the chip (though it obviously can’t contain  
more than 512MB of data). Rather, the 100 track limitation is part of  
a DRM scheme that prevents the phone from playing more than 100 tracks.

iTunes 5 keeps track of the number of tracks authorized for playback  
on the phone so even if your 100 tracks have used only 350MB of the  
card’s capacity, you can’t add more. Similarly, although you can swap  
in a new card that contains new tracks, those tracks won’t play until  
they’ve been approved for playback by iTunes."


On Sep 9, 2005, at 8:52 AM, revDAVE wrote:

> Does anyone know how much itunes song flash memory the itunes phone  
> has?