iPod Touch: transferring music without cable

command

Hi,

Does anyone know if there's a way to transfer music wirelessly to iPod touch without using the USB cable?

Thanks

Marty_J

The only way I know of to get music on you iPod Touch without plugging it in, is to purchase songs in the iTunes Store on the iPod itself.

totalsolutions

funny question asking wirelessly and USB in one breath. Fire wire cable help?

Patrick20

some devices have bluetooth inbuilt but not the ipod. You need the cable to transfer songs. Have you lost the cable? Why do you want to do it wirelessly?

Marty_J

Patrick20 wrote: »

some devices have bluetooth inbuilt but not the ipod. You need the cable to transfer songs. Have you lost the cable? Why do you want to do it wirelessly?

The iPod Touch does have a Bluetooth chip for use with Nike+.

That's all it's used for though.

Patrick20

Marty_J wrote: »

The iPod Touch does have a Bluetooth chip for use with Nike+.

That's all it's used for though.

seems like a waste of a technology that could be used for lots of things.

Marty_J

Yeah, I know. Apple have decided it's for Nike+ though, so that's what it'll be used for, and nothing else.

command

Patrick20 wrote: »

some devices have bluetooth inbuilt but not the ipod. You need the cable to transfer songs. Have you lost the cable? Why do you want to do it wirelessly?

Yes, I lost the cable & then bought the 3-pin ipod charger instead, so was thinking whether I could do without having to buy another cable.

gaming_guy

Marty_J wrote: »

Yeah, I know. Apple have decided it's for Nike+ though, so that's what it'll be used for, and nothing else.

i seem to remember them saying something about unlocking bluetooth with firmware 3.

it will only be on the 2nd gen touches as the 1st gen ones don't have the hardware chips

M4RKM

transferring music via bluetooth would be like watching paint dry.....

bluetooth is about 42 KBp/s
USB is up to 60 MByte/s

there really isn't a feasible way IMO that you could use Bluetooth to transfer 16 Gig of music across...

isofa

markymoo wrote: »

transferring music via bluetooth would be like watching paint dry.....

bluetooth is about 42 KBp/s
USB is up to 60 MByte/s

there really isn't a feasible way IMO that you could use Bluetooth to transfer 16 Gig of music across...

USB 2 hits a max of 480 Mbits, roughly it equates to a max throughput of 48MB a sec after parity checks (but this is a rough and peak value) Macs never achieve this as their use of USB for data transfer is much less efficient than PCs, hence why lots of Mac users use Firewire for external HDs not USB 2.

USB 3 is the one to watch, should be available by the summer, that will peak at around 350MB to 400MB [yes megabytes!] (hence no doubt why Apple has been dropping Firewire from many laptops).