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Summary: Great idea, follow through can be lacking
Review: Avid Mac user, never owned anything else, so purchasing this was a no brainer. Ha! from the first day this ipod (purchased at a Mac store) never worked to my satisfaction. Played 10 to 20 songs then skipped, stopped and aggravated me. With three calls to service and plentiful wasted phone time waiting, the loss of all the tunes I placed into it and the anger management that I used it became evident that this was a mistake. The outcome is still to come. My ipod is in for service and was told that I will get a refurbished model to replace my [money] purchase. My confidence has been severely broken. I suggest that you look into this product very carefully before purchasing.
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Summary: A gift for your senses
Review: Having been a portable music fan from the first walkman to this day, I can tell you that the iPod is the perfect culmination of 23 years of evolution. It's a great plane and road companion; it holds all my music organized in smart playlists, the battery lasts for hours and has so far never left me musicless. As if all that and the wonderful sound quality weren't enough, it is a visual and tactile pleasure, especially the sound wheel. Using an iPod is a total feast for the senses, don't deprive yourself of it.
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Summary: Service. What service?
Review: I bought the iPod from Amazon and it was delivered about a week ago. I also bought the Apple Care Protection plan. The product seems to work fine except I am having minor but irksom problems 'navigating' using the buttons and wheel thing. I am using it for an Audible book which is supposed to start where you left off. Well, after 7 hours it decided to start at beginning again. I try fast forward and the thing goes to the next book. I want to just finish the last hour of the one that is being played. So, I call what they call Customer Service and find that they won't give me any advice whatever until I FAX in a copy of my shipping document from Amazon and another sheet with a magic number on it from within the extended service package. They say that Amazon is not an authorized reseller and that they cannot check my order and date of sale from Amazon. I explain that I do not have a FAX machine, and that I will go send the stuff in a few days when I feel like walking that far using my crutches. I think that it is probably a good product, but if you are in any way handicapped and it is not convenient for you to run around to get their service, I recommend not buying it.
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Summary: Wow, this is great
Review: I don't usually write reviews, but I must admit I'm very impressed with the iPod. It is true to the Apple philosophy in all facets. It is well integrated with the iTunes software (which I have running on a G4 laptop). The iPod is really easy to use. The sound quality is great. It holds somewhat less than the advertised 4000 songs, but I could still drive across the country a couple of times and never hear the same song twice. It also upholds Apple's ability to make a really good product that is also really expensive. Still, if you have a few extra bucks, it is definitely worth it.
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Summary: Wow, this is great
Review: I don't usually write reviews, but I must admit I'm very impressed with the iPod. It is true to the Apple philosophy in all facets. It is well integrated with the iTunes software (which I have running on a G4 laptop). The iPod is really easy to use. The sound quality is great. It holds somewhat less than the advertised 4000 songs, but I could still drive across the country a couple of times and never hear the same song twice. It also upholds Apple's ability to make a really good product that is also really expensive. Still, if you have a few extra bucks, it is definitely worth it.
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Summary: Can't compare with anything else
Review: I got this IPod 20 GB. It is a greatest MP 3 player on earth (for now) The size is very small and fits in my purse perfectly. It is even better when I got the Irock. Now I don't have to change the CD while I am driving. I just use my Irock device plug into my IPod and tunes my stereo station to play the songs from my IPod. I am a PC user (right now) but my husband is a Mac guy. You can get an Ipod with the Mac version and Pc version also. I tend to use them with the Mac though because it is very easy, just plug it in and it will tune to the Itunes on your Mac. Great item...
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Summary: Simply the Best
Review: I had been searching for an MP3 player for several months but every one on the market had serious drawbacks in either their enormous size and weight, insignificant capacity and battery life, or painfully slow USB importation of the music into the player. It was almost as if Apple was reading my mind when they finally introduced the iPod. All of my concerns were met with flying colors. The iPod was wonderfully small, had a whopping 5gig capacity (which I thought I'd never fill!), incredibly fast MP3 importation via the supplied firewire cable and 12 hour battery life. I quickly filled the 5gig capacity (my only complaint about the first version) and decided to buy the 20gig version. Now, I've got around 1200 songs in the iPod and I've only scratched the surface of it's enormous capacity by using 6gigs of the available 20. Also, Apple has opened their corporate arms to the millions of Windows users by including Windows software with the iPod giving them a lesson in how Apple has developed one of the best interfaces on the planet in the iPod's wonderfully simple software. So, to my mind it's a no-brainer. The 20gig iPod is simply the best MP3 player you can buy and it doubles as a 20gig hard drive if you want to move some really huge files from one computer to the next.
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Summary: iPod is great
Review: I have had the iPod for a few weeks now, and love it! I have had other MP3 players and though they are smaller, the capacity of the iPod is beyond fantastic! This could be a 5 star product, but I don't like the cover on the fire wire plug in as I have finger nails and it is a pain to open and access. I am also not fond of how easily it can be turned on when I am storing the player. I am in the habit of using the hold button now, but it seems power could have been protected in a more effective manner. The controls and display are big, bright and really user friendly. The battery last a long time when charged using the wall adapter, and fire wire, included. I use this player in my car rather than a CD stereo, and I no longer need to use blank CD's to transport my music collection. It is everything that I need and well worth the investment.
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Summary: the future is now
Review: I have had this ipod for a few months and use it snowboarding and at school and at the track at the dentist and when I go to bed and when I am knitting and when I pet my cat. I use this thing everywhere, and because I have every CD I own on there I never have to swap music. this thing will rock your face into the year 3000.
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Summary: Great for the non-active listener
Review: I have owned an ipod since March of 2002. It is a great mp3 player, easy to use, sounds great, firewire interface, and made by Apple. Couldn't get any better, right? After running four marathons with the ipod I am finidng that is becoming confused with the amont of power it has left. Last week I only got about two hours of play before it quit. The ipod can also get confused about where it is on a particualr playlist, very aggravating. These problems only occur during the boucing and movement that comes from working out. It is a great mp3 player, but a little too sensitive for the active listener.
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