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Summary: AWSOME!!!
Review: this thing can hold sooo many songs and the sound quality is amazing. apple did it again with the iPod!!!
it is sooo sleak u have to go right now and but one!!!!!!
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Summary: this thing rocks!!
Review: i am amazed at how fast thing downloads and all the little extras!! wow u will luv the iPod!!...
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Summary: quality problems galore
Review: The ipod I got had a rattle on it. If a piece of technology this price makes noises when shaken the day it was bought, I don't want to know what it'd do with time and some work-outs....So be warned: you may get a noisy ipod, and be told by apple that that's the way life is.
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Summary: da bomb
Review: It is great for windows alot of songs and amazing sound quality. It is so sleek and cool and is worth every cent.
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Summary: 10GB or 20GB? They're both good.
Review: For my daughter's 16th birthday, my wife and I bought her the 20GB iPod. She's been using it with an iMac. The setup was very easy and she's happy not to be carrying around a CD player anymore. (Let alone, burning CDs to take with her.) The one thing that I noticed was that the case that comes with this unit is useless, since you can't access the controls while your iPod is in it. She ended up using the case sparingly, and as a result, her iPod is really scratched up. She doesn't use the remote control either. Well, at least the $40 dock is worth the added cost. So when I was looking at buying an iPod for myself, I decided to go with the 10GB model, so I could spend the difference on a better case ($40 by MARWARE) and other accessories. My PC laptop has a firewire port, and I moved over my large iTunes music collection (200 songs) in about 2 minutes. Oh yeah, my setup was just as easy for Windows XP as the Mac. Sorry, but no crashes or anything crazy to report. By the way, I already went the $79 128MB MP3 player route. It was full with only 29 songs. After looking at paying another $110 to increase the player to 640MB, I decided to return it, and get an iPod. I liked Rio's Music Manager software, but iTunes is infinitely better than Rio's software and (the dreaded) MusicMatch. And finally, I don't think any of the other players can match the iPod in accessories. Attachments, like the one to store digital images, aren't found for the other MP3 players. If you want a device that your relatives can buy you accessories for (e.g., a birthday or Christmas present), the Ipod is it. Good Luck!
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Summary: What's with the sound quality on the IPOD
Review: For such a cool new gadget I must say that the sound quality sure is not really that impressive. When transfering CD from the PC to the IPOD it seems like quality is lost, as well as the music playing slower in the Ipod. With the Monster cables that hooks the Ipod up to a stereo, even more sound quality is lost, so I regret even buying those. This is still a great little gadget, but more a toy than a serious quality music machine, so if you are looking for sound to equal youd CD player at home you may be disappointed.
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Summary: Karma and iPod fight to the death. . .
Review: I'm going to put this very simply. Why did I buy the Karma instead of the iPod? Perhaps. . . Apple iPod: 10GB, 8 hours of battery life.
Rio Karma: 20GB, 16 hours of battery life. By the way, when I bought the 20GB Karma it cost less than the 10GB iPod. I will give credit to the iPod because of it's cool factor, however I often feel like too many people have it. Another problem that I had with the iPod is that half of my music collection is in wma format which doesn't work on it.
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Summary: 10GB iPod
Review: This is pretty expensive for an MP3 player, but its worth it! It is small and attractive in design. It's also pretty easy to use - I've had little trouble with mine. I have a PC with Windows XP, so far, so good! The one issue is that it comes with a firewire port, while most PCs these days use USB ports. You can get a converter for like $20, but that part is kind of annoying. It holds a decent amount of songs, 10 GB is quite a lot! I don't even have mine close to 1/4 full! It works well, though I invested in a better pair of headphones because the ones it comes with are kinda crappy! Overall - I think it is overpriced, but it is attractively built, holds lots of songs, is easy to use and works well!
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Summary: Some Issues (Windows iPod)
Review: Yes, it looks cool and has a simple interface.
However, try to use it as an alarm clock and the
alarm beep for about 3 seconds! Useless. Before I go there, let me say that the 10 GB iPod I
have comes with a Firewire cable. Most computers don't
have the Firewire port anymore, they have USB ports. It is
frustrating to see Apple use such cheap tricks, had to go
to the store to get a $20 Firewire-USB cable. I finally have the thing hooked up to my computer, but
the MusicMatch software is non-intuitive. 2 h and I still
haven't been able to download a song to the thing, let alone
organize any music. (and yes, I AM computer savvy). The main reason I got this, alongwith the iTrip (from
Griffin tech), is to use it in my car. I want to tune
the iTrip to my car FM so that I don't have to fiddle
with my CDs in my car. I haven't received the iTrip yet,
so lets see how that (mis)adventure goes.
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Summary: Pretty, but only a ten day return policy. BEWARE!
Review: Okay. Here is a write up, that I did, on the comparisons/contrasts on MP3 players. Mainly, the Harddrive versions (I.E. Rio Riot/Apple IPOD -both of which I own) and the flash memory type... (I.E. Memorex 3642 Mp3 Player, of which I own as well).
What prompted this little jaunt (of which you may send to as many people as you like) My (expensive) Apple IPOD died during a sync last month. Just me copying files over to it, and the battery ran out of juice. I would have not attempted to copy music had I known the battery was low, but the battery read FULL STRENGTH. Anyhoo, I called Apple, they said return it for maintenance.
I did. Sent it back. They returned it, still broke. To my suprise, there is only a TEN DAY return policy. TEN DAYS. I did not realize this at all... and will not ever buy another apple product. So, after a month or so of messing around trying to find another MP3 player... I decided to go with a flash memory MP3 player, the ones that use memory sticks. SO, here are the pro and cons of these devices. Pro's for the Memory Stick Mp3 players -Cheaper. WAY CHEAPER than Hard drive types. -If you go into music match and file convert to MP3 Pro and shrink the size of your MP3 to like, say 3o percent... you can really make a good Kompression. Example. My Memorex MP3 player has 32mbs of memory on board. It is expandable to 256mb. 32 mb will basically let you put one cd's worth of music. It is easy to put music on and off of them, due to your computer reading the USB as just another hard drive, so you drag and drop to put on, delete them to take them off. But, after you shrink your files to MP3 Pro 30 percent, you can put twice as many. So, basically a 256mb chip will allow me to put 208 songs on my little less than palm size MP3 player. And it wieghs like 3 ounces. - More on memory. These little chips are the size of the upper part of your thumb, at least my thumb anyway. They come in 128mb, 256mb, 512mb and even though there aren't any MP3 machines out there to handle them YET, you can even buy a 1.5gig thumb size chip thingy. Considering the size of the chips and the shrinking kompression I told you about earlier, I could shrink my whole KOLLEKTION down to 10 of those 1.5gig chips. At the current shrink rate I am at 5 DVD's, which are way bigger and more fragile than these little chips. - Not as fragile as hard drive type. You can drop one of these chips and not scratch it. I wouldn't stomp on one with my foot, nor get one in water, but they are encased in plastic. Ruggedish. - Batteries last for like two days. There isn't much going on here, no moving parts, no laser or hard drive to put power to. Most of these flash Memory types have a single AA battery. I use a rechargeable type, so we are talking very low cost here.
In comparison to the hard drive types, where you will get a solid 8 hours of playing, this really whupps up. - Size. Small. Very small. Mine is three inches by three inches. A square. But, you can get smaller ones. And the memory chips that go in them are the same ones you use for your camera. And you can put files on them. If you want to put a word doc on your memory chip, you can. Your Mp3 won't recognize it, but it is nifty storage. COMPARISON/CONTRAST - Size does matter. In the case of hard drive Mp3 players... lets face it, you can, if you so chose to, put a library of congress on these monsters. They are the caddilacs of the hand held devices, and guzzle batteries like gasoline. But when it comes down to it, size is the only thing they have going for them. I don't mean to downplay the hard drive types, but don't drop them, don't shake them, and after shelling out $499 to Apple you might consider insurance. Apple doesn't care about you or your apple after 10 days of ownership. - Price/Komparison. IPOD ran me $499 bucks. My memorex MP3 player ran me 45 dollars. The 128 memory chip runs you 50 bucks. Owch. There really isn't a comparison to the two. The memory stick Mp3 players just kick butt on this issue. And, you get MORE than a ten day return policy, since you buy these things at Target/Wal Mart etc... So, that is my review in a nutshell
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