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Summary: What Ingenious Thinking!
Review: Before I got an iPod I carried around my HUGE Sony Walkman in my pocket with one cd, whatver I felt like at the time. Now I have my entire collection stored in this small, comact piece of brilliance. I have just filled up the space on it with well over 50 cd's worth! The menu's are easy to use, any dummy can work his way around, the playlist option is fantastic, and it looks great.The iPod also comes with addons that make it even better, I have got a tape adaptor and a transmitter. There are a few drawbacks to it, it is not 100%. The worst thing is that most firewalls block using the iPod. Also transfering songs to another computer from your iPod doesn't work, so you have to re-do the whole thing. I found one of my cd's (A Perfect Circle) has a copyright that stops any uploading, so you have to burn the cd's onto your computing using a different software, but even then this one album just didn't want to go! But one album album out of 50 is no reason to get angry, the iPod is a genious invention, easy to use, great for any music lover!
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Summary: A Wonderful Product, Worth Every Cent!
Review: I love my iPod! It's an MP3 player, and a hard drive. You can literally put on 25 CDs and get .2 GB full on a 13.8 GB hard drive. The iPod interface is user friendly for all ages and peoples, and the sound quality is excellent. The 15 GB iPods can hold around 2,200 songs! This product is definitely worth every cent, I got mine for my birthday and I love it! There are also many things you can do, for example, if you get a new 3rd generation iPod, you'd be able to play games such as Music Quiz and Solitaire. You can add notes, calendars, to-do lists, even phone numbers of friends and family! You can name your iPod (MBAFY is mine, it's an abbreviation.) and do all kinds of fun things! Highly reccommended, by many people, kids and adults!
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Summary: Economics of Music
Review: I've owned 2 iPods and have read a lot of these reviews and have the following to add: 1. Battery--you will run into battery life issues with all rechargeable batteries. Yes, the iPod battery doesn't last as long as the Dell DJ, and yes, you need to spend ~$100 to get it replaced professionally. I personally have never had a problem where my iPod ran out of juice. How often are you away from a power outlet and listening to music for 5-8 hours? If you need to charge in the car, buy a charger--trust me, it's worth it.
2. Fragility--Drop your notebook computer, I dare you. Then say "for $2,000 it should be indestructible". Don't expect miracles. If you drop your TV it will break, if you drop a glass of water, it will break. The iPod is not a tennis ball, it is a little portable computer, complete with hard drive, battery and LCD screen. Before I bought my first iPod, all my CDs were on a shelf in my living room--I rarely listened to a lot of the music. I don't know why--I guess because I wasn't home very often sitting in front of my stereo and it was a pain to bring CDs with me/switch them out of the changer. A real pain. Now here is the reason why I would buy an iPod again and again (so pay attention). If anyone out there is like me and owns a lot of music that they have collected over the years, they have well over a hundred CDs that translates into thousands of songs, and cost well over a thousand dollars to collect. I didn't get much use out of this music investment until I bought the iPod. For the marginal few hundred dollars, I have much better use of my >$1,000 music collection. Now I have all the music with me at all times, and with the dynamic playlists that iTunes offers, I can keep the songs that I'm listening to fresh. I haven't spent much more money on music, but now I actually listen to what I previously owned--without the hassle of carrying around CDs wherever I go. All my CDs are now in my garage--who needs 'em?
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Summary: Excellant MP3 Player... the one to get
Review:
iPod on a Windows 2000 Professional OS, laptop PC. What I've done and how it has worked: - Thus far, copied about 300 songs from CD's I own to my Windows 2000 PC using iTunes....then loaded the iPod up with these songs.
Has worked great!
- Purchased about 10 songs from online iTunes via a behind-firewall-protected, corporate LAN internet access environment..... then loaded the iPod up with these songs.
Has worked great!
- Created play lists out of my 300 or so songs in iTunes.... transferred lists to the iPod.
Has worked just great! Now on to the iPod use itself....
- Played these tunes, play lists, albums, artists using the various iPod menu options (e.g. equalizer, skip, repeat) while out and about town.
Has worked great!
- Charged/recharged the battery via the a/c adapter and the OPTIONAL (yes I knew to buy it when I bought the iPod) USB/Firewire cable.
Has worked great! - Great sound and a pleasure to use. (BTW- I've found that CDs ripped with AAC format sound "cleaner" than those ripped as MP3). Key things:
- Make sure if you are in a Windows OS environment, you have what you need to work with the iPod... I had to add Windows Service Pack 4 to my OS (I was 2 service packs behind) before I could use the iPod... and I knew that was necessary because the minimum OS requirement is clear in the product specs.
- Don't leave the store without a case or "skin"... I knew that ahead of time... the elegant silver back of the iPod is pretty, but pointless.
- Again, if you are in a Windows OS environment, make sure you have the USB/Firewire cable in hand! If the store doesn't have one, go somewhere else for your iPod.
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Summary: Reviewers need to get their facts right
Review: So many reviewers here have been saying the iPod battery lasts for 18 months and you will have to buy a new iPod if your battery dies. That is far from the truth. First off, the iPod battery lasting for 18 month was the experience of ONE iPod owner, who made the infamous video. Second, Apple offers battery replacement for $99. Check their site. Third, Apple also offers AppleCare for iPods which extends your warranty to 2 years for $59. Fourth, Apple has offered these services since Nov. 14 2003, before the "video" came out after Nov. 20 2003, so the video basically is based on false information. So please people, a little research goes a long way.
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Summary: Both the device and service are highly overrated
Review: These are incredibly neat little gadgets, and fun to use. But when you're considering buying one, consider their limitations. The main one, especially if you're downloading from Itunes, is how you get to use your own music. If you buy a regular CD, for instance, it's considered "fair use" under copyright law (if I understand correctly) to make a copy of that CD for personal and archive use. That means that if I buy CD, I can make a tape to play in my car, make a backup copy of the cd, rip the CD to my computer's hard drive, use a track from that CD to burn a mix CD, or transfer the music from the CD to ANY portable digital player. I believe, the way the law runs, it's legal to do any of these as long as you're not storing the music in more than two places at once--so you have a LOT of options. With an albun downloaded from a service like itunes (and the others have similar limitations), you're often limited: with itunes, the only portable player you can use is an ipod (so, for instance, if you have a miniature MP3 player like a Sony Music Clip that you like to take jogging, forget using your itunes on it), the number of CD's you burn is limited (so if you're like me and scratch your CD copies beyond repair regularly by shuffling them around in the car, make a backup that never leaves the house), and there are limitations on transferring the songs, say, from your desktop to your laptop computer. The bottom line: I think that I should be able, under current law, to play music I purchase legally on any device I want, without being hassled by electronic security on the files. Consider the alternatives, too: Sony, for instance, has a hardy little MP3 and ATRAC CD player on the market that can be found for as little as $40, which gives one the capability of storing something like 25 albums on a single CD (assuming you have a computer with a CD burner). The unit itself is just a little larger and more awkward than an ipod, and you have to carry some CD's with you; but in a case, the player plus a stack of 5-10 cd's is not that much bigger than an ipod, useful for more music formats, and more durable. It works with rewriteable CD's, too, so you can rearrange your music easily. Not too bad a tradeoff considering the difference in price!!!! If you DO go head and purchase an ipod, do remember that one drop can kill it. The best way to avoid this is to get yourself a little padded case, like a case made for a compact camera, and carry it around in that. In that kind of case, it'll survive most drops.] Happy listening
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Summary: Dell Jukebox is better
Review: I recommend people to take a look at the Dell Jukebox. Which features:
- CHEAP!! $199 -- 15GB
-20hr battery life vs. 8 max with the iPod.
-A 15GB capacity which holds more than the iPod
-Support for Windows Media Files (.wma)
-A jog-wheel like on your mouse vs. a hard to use wheel (iPod)
-A pretty blue backlight You will see that the Dell is a MUCH better deal.
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Summary: Warning: This is a rich person's disposable status symbol
Review: Warning: This is a rich person's disposable status symbol. Battery life= short Battery cost = $99 plus shipping and handling Ease of use= lousy. It is to easy to trip off the wrong buttons. Durability= Yikes. For the price, this thing should be indestructable. If you buy a good case for it, then the buttons are difficult to get to. This is a disposable piece of technology. It costs more than a cd player and yet won't last as long as a year with the original battery with any use at all. Silly waste of money. I don't understand how people can justify this product.
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Summary: Great!
Review: This technology is great!! You can keep sooo many songs on this. Its so small and portable. I don't have one but I've used one before for a month. I borrowed it. I keep wondering.....does an iPod have a removable battery?
I want to know because I want to recharge the battery.
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Summary: Very Nice MP3 Player
Review: Very nice audio and straight forward users controls. Screen display is easy to see in poor lighting. It may seam to be a bit price, but you definitely get what you pay for with this nice item. Presents a very highly refined appearance with its svelte surface. This is the one to get. The other mp3 players on the market feel and look cheap compared to my new iPod. An Absolute Winner.
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