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Summary: iPods: It's Plusses and Minuses
Review: Here are the reasons why you should buy an iPod:
1. It is compact, you can take your ENTIRE CD collection with you. The iPod slips very easily in your pocket and is pretty light.
2. It is extremely easy to use. Plug it in and it automaticcally all the songs from your computer (iTunes) to your iPod. Very very fast connection and updating. It only takes about 4 seconds to update an average sized album. Amazing huh?
3. It's very very convenient. One thing I really about the iPod is that you can create playlists so your songs can play in a particular order. You can make as many playlists as you like and it'll take like 10 seconds. If you want to burn the songs into a portable CD player, it'll take a good 20 minutes, AND you get worse music quality. You can change your playlists as many times and you want.
4. It's got a lot of other features on it. The games are really fun. You can also put notes, calendar, and contacts on it.
5. The sound is really good. You get equalizer and you can adjust to maximize the quality of music depending on the genre.
6. The design ROCKS!
Some not so great points about the iPod:
1. It scratches very easily and unless you don't mind that, you're gonna have to buy some kind of case for it, which will make it slightly bigger (but some will make it more fashionable).
2. The battery really doesn't last that well compared to some other mp3 players out there. To get the most out of your iPod battery, do not fully discharge it before you recharge it. (There's no memory effect.)Supposedly it lasts 18 months if you listen to 6 hours of music a day. (Still not that bad!)
3. The price is pretty up there... But say, you use it everyday for the next 1.5 years, the iPod costs 75 cents a day. (Referring to the 20GB version). And chances are you ARE gonna use it for more that 1.5 years.Some final words:
Go for it, you really won't regret the purchase. The iPod is a timeless thing. The iPod really opened my eyes to music. I now listen to a wider variety of music. With iTunes, purchasing songs you like can never be easier. Once again, GO FOR IT!! NO REGRETS!!
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Summary: Best there is.
Review: I can't say enough good things about my iPod. I use my 40gb iPod to store my music collection and as a external HD for my powerbook. This slick setup is more than functional. If you dont want to use the extra space as an external HD you can probably save the money and and get a smaller iPod. Functionally, the iPod is easy to use right out of the box. You wont find anything easier. Add ons finish the case for buying an iPod: Numerous third party products make this the player you have to have. Check out the custom FM players available for an iPod --no dongles anymore! consider the iTunes Music store, 99 cent songs and its legal. Numerous options for cases, boom boxes, home audio, remote controllers, the list goes on. One last thing about using the extra space for a HD. It is easy to setup this extra space as a backup drive to copy critical information and documents.
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Summary: terrific, but 40 gigs??
Review: I love my ipod, no doubt about it. But if I had to do it over again, I wouldn't get the 40 gig model. We put our entire combined cd collection on it, plus some books on tape...and only used 1/2 of the memory. I'm sure we'll find something to fill up the space - isn't that they way things work. But honestly, 20 gigs is fine for the ordinary collection.
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Summary: Warning: This is a rich person's disposable status symbol
Review: The battery replacement is $99 plus shipping. Apple essentially designed this to be a rich person's disposable mp3 player. The batteries have a very short life and cannot survive recharging for very long and don't hold much of a charge. The Apple site is full of advice on how to prolong the life of the battery. To purchase the ipod is to purchase a very fragile pet with a very short lifespan that is very tempermental. Warning: This is a rich person's disposable status symbol and little more. 2nd Problem:
I played with an ipod and became so frustrated with selecting the correct song that I gave up on it. There are constant complaints about how easy it is to hit the buttons and to affect the ipod accidently. There are warnings at the Apple site that it is easily turned on with incidental touching and that is one of the reasons that the battery wears out too soon. Hopefully competition will force Apple to improve this device. It is the highest priced disposable music device that I have ever seen.
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Summary: Just another mp3 player
Review: This has to be one of the most overrated products on the market. Wow, a nasty screen that looks worse than an old game boy, with limited functionality. For around the same money, buy an Archos av340. These things store mp3s, store computer files, (making it a removable hard drive), record and edit video, and much more. Use the Archos, (or similar product) with your Tivo and you have Tivo to go. I have millions of Ren and Stimpy cartoons and movies with my mp3s now. If you think they are too bulky, buy a cheap workout mp3 player to take to the gym. For $500, don't let Apple laugh all the way to the bank. You can't even upload songs off of your Ipod, for $500???? Thats just insane. I am burning dvds to my Archos, and then sending the signal out to tvs and monitors at work and school.
Ipods are all hype. Look at what personal multimedia units offer for LESS money in some cases, and you will switch.
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Summary: Get this 40 gb ipod for 100$!!
Review: Email me at yoshisk8er14@aol.com and i will send you the link. Save money!! Thanks!
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Summary: Had it for a month and still love it.
Review: I would reccomend this to anyone who loves music. I have over 4k songs on it and not half full!
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Summary: I'm Hook'd
Review: I've played around with several ways to handle my music and I'm now sold on Apples 40 GB iPOD. I've loaded over 5,500 songs in 3 weeks that I've owned it and I'm still adding and downloading to the list. I've just included the Sony MDR noise canceling headphones to the hardware(from Amazon.com) and I don't know of anything else that will beat it. Those who complain about the battery life only have another option: carry a laptop everywhere you go! iPod is here to stay!!!!
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Summary: Faulty product, DO NOT BUY
Review: Please BEWARE of purchasing this product. I purchased it for my son for Christmas and the battery indicator was faulty causing him to lose all his songs over and over as his battery died without warning. Battery life is VERY SHORT and the add-on battery pack doesn't add much more. The thing completely DIED after three weeks, Apple cannot locate problem, will not fix. They supplied a refurbished unit, same problems with battery life and battery indicator. A complete waste of $500, will NEVER buy an Apple product again.
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Summary: for travelers and those always going somewhere
Review: THIS THING is great for those that travel but dislike a quiet car and hotel room. Get audible.com content. All those books you meant to read.... from Grisham back to the Iliad. Brush up on your high school french. Whatever. 40 GBs well I am now at 5.5 Gigs after two weeks of having it. I am still filling it with my audible.com library of the past four years.... all that Austen, Tolsoy, Dickens, Henry James as well as the modern day stuff like Robert Ludlum, AS Byatt, Pat Conroy, todays NY Times and Wall St Journal etc. Plus I already put on there every music CD I own - about 260 of those. iTunes permits single song purchase so you can fill in gaps in your music collection more cheaply. I did not find the software that tough to set up and use and I use WINDOWS. iTunes upgraded again in Spring of 04 and that version seems good. Get an action jacket to protect your investment and a car power cord. Long driving distances in the pacific northwest demand SOMETHING to listen to (to stay awake)and IPod 40gig has a BOATLOAD of space. You can customize a number of different playlists. All drag and drop...easy. I made one to travel from Boise to Baltimore (a four day trip with many flights) and back never play the same content twice. I was never bored. Lovely. Once the price point of the 15 gig drops about 60 bucks these iPods will be on lots of christmas lists I think.
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