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Summary: Apple IPOD: A Perfect Display of MP3 Player Excellence!
Review: ...The IPOD comes in a very appealing packaging. Small and lightweight, yet with all of the necessities. Immediately, I plugged my IPOD into my computer, knowing that it would both transfer my songs and charge. I already had MusicMatch on my computer so I didn't need to reinstall it. Despite the negative reviews, the MusicMatch software IS helpful and easy to use. A screen will come up giving instructions, but if not, simply choose "Send to Portable Device" under FILE. After installing the IPOD device, MusicMatch instructs you to choose the songs wanted. When completed, the songs will transfer and IPOD will charge. Between fully charging and downloading 450 songs, the transfer took 8 minutes. I disconnected my IPOD and began to customize settings and scroll through my library. The browse feature is very easy to use and helps find songs quickly. While playing a song, you can also use other features in the background. The sound quality of the IPOD was clear and CD quality. The headphones, though not the most comfortable, were still usable. The remote and case also are very handy and stylish.After owning two MP3 players, and putting in much consideration to buying the IPOD, I give it an A+ and 5 stars! The IPOD is the best MP3 by far in its league and worth every penny.
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Summary: The best MP3 player hands down....
Review: After 6 months of owning an ipod, I am just as enamoured with it as I was the first day. I have over 700 songs on it and still have 6 gb free. I have digitized almost every piece of music I own. I regularly hook it up to my Harman Kardon home theatre system and the fidelity is incredible. The interface is intuitive and the touchpad is sleek. I have to give it to apple, they really do well with the details like the audio feedback (little clicking noise) from the touch pad and the equalizer settings. I would however recommend replacing the stock earbuds with some high quality headphones or else you're selling yourself short. I have found only two problems:
1) It tends to get scratched up pretty easily (solution: try using pda screen protectors or contact paper to protect the finish.)
2) Diminishing battery life. I have been experiencing a shortening of the charge life with my ipod. According to apple it is a firmware issue and not a problem with the battery. They have released a firmware update(1.2.6) that supposedly fixes this problem. (Just updated mine so I can't attest to whether it fixes the problem or not) Overall, If you're in the market for a high end portable digital audio player, why even waste your time with any other? Apple has produced an excellent player that outshines the competition on all fronts.
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Summary: What a nightmare ! Don't do it !
Review: After much research - I took the plunge - and plucked down [money] for this thing. What a mistake ! Musicmatch software syncing to IPOD was awful - with dropouts - and transfers in which you had no idea whether the songs were transferring or not. There is no visble indicator of song transfer ! Then I tried Ephpod after reading some reviews - it just caused XP to freeze. Believe me, I put computers together as a hobby - and this thing was a big mistake. Don't spend your money ! Poor software & too expensive - even with the 10GB ! I'm returning mine - last Apple I ever own !
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Summary: The Only mp3 Player
Review: After spending [money] on an mp3 player that virtually had no instructions, complicated to use and downright frustrating, I sent it back and did further research. A friend had just purchased an iPod 10 and gave me a demo. It was easy to set up and download, not to mention the user friendly features and clarity of fidelity. After further research I decided to spend [money] for the iPod 10. Yes it is expensive but well worth the investment considering all other mp3 players I looked at. To me, there is only one mp3 player...the Apple iPod!
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Summary: If you jog/run, don't buy it!
Review: Although Apple advertises the iPod as ideal for strenuous athletic activity, apparently that does not include running or jogging - at least for more than 18 minutes. The touted 20 minutes of skip free play is almost exactly that. At 18-20 minutes into a run (just getting started for many runners) the iPod freezes, and can only be unfrozen by plugging it into its recharger. Amazingly, the arrogant tech at Apple recommended stopping running every 18 minutes and plugging the thing into the recharger for a few minutes...really handy for trail runs. To be fair to Apple, the iPod uses a hard drive to store MP3's, and this performance is not unusual; however the inaccurate advertising is unusual, and not very Apple-like. C'mon Steve Jobs, you can do better than this!!
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Summary: I Loved it Until it Broke
Review: An elegant machine. Truly a pleasure to use. Then... Sort of strange, I guess, to praise the hardware, when it broke, but until it broke, about two weeks, it was da bomb. I've had a couple of solid state MP3 players, and this one blew them away in all catagories, but then it just stopped working. I'm hoping Amazon[.com] will replace it quickly. (On the nit-picky side, it is a little too heavy to hook on your shorts for running and working out. An arm-band or specialized belt might be a good idea. For walking or just hanging out, the case that comes with it is fine, and it will work for light workouts, but you have to keep adjusting it.) The software, Musicmatch Jukebox, while great as a ripper and file converter (I've used it for years for those purposes), is horrible as an interface to synch the Ipod. Other users have recommended other third party software and I will try them as soon as my new Pod gets here. I don't know why it stopped working, but I'm willing to give it another try. I'd guess if I was a Mac user and it hadn't broken, I'd have given it five stars.
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Summary: Lots of bugs and poor battery life
Review: Apple needs to understand that their iPods' designs are flawed. If you want to spend this much money, get a different brand altogether. **BUGS** The Windows version of MusicMatch Jukebox that comes with the iPod is loaded with bugs. In fact, one in particular is really irritating-- the program will actually "chop off" a character from the tag of the mp3 name. In short, your song by "Madonna" will become "Madonn" on the iPod. It will cut off additional characters after you synchronize again, so then it may become "Madon" then "Mado", etc. MANY PEOPLE have this problem-- read the postings on various online sites if you don't believe me. PLUS, it doesn't just send the new songs to the iPod when it synchronizes, but it selectively deletes songs from the iPod and RECOPIES them. What good is having an ultra-fast FireWire connection when it wants to copy 7 or 8 gigabytes to your iPod when all you have is one more song that you want to add to it? The bugs in MusicMatch are intolerable, but MusicMatch has fixed them and posted a free upgrade to their website. BUT, Apple uses some kind of proprietary version of MusicMatch, so if you use the update to fix the bug then it WILL NOT WORK WITH YOUR iPOD, and you have to reinstall all the software that came with the iPod again! **POOR DISPLAY** The iPod's illuminated display makes the text almost impossible to see if it comes on during the day. To turn the light off, you have to go through a bunch of options on the iPod to turn it off and on each time. Plus, if it's cold outside and you use this in your car, then the display is especially difficult to see when the light is on even at night. **BATTERY LIFE** Apple claims 10 hours. If you're lucky, you'll get 5 or 6. And, if you don't use the unit overnight (i.e. leave it in your car), then it loses a lot of charge. I would typically get only 2 hours of use out of it, only because I wasn't using it for 12 hours. I've read postings that it is because of Apple's new firmware upgrade that forces the battery to constantly drain, even when not in use. OH, and by the way, you cannot change the battery, so if the battery goes dead, you'll have to pay Apple a bunch of money to replace it. To sum it all up, the Apple iPod has many design flaws, simple as that. design flaws in their previous versions in an attempt to get people to waste their money on more of their products and hope that they don't wise up and take them back to the store. Admittedly, it would be a great device if the battery life was better, and if Apple actually bothered to test the software before selling it to the unsuspecting consumer.
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Summary: The best MP3 player money can buy
Review: As of this month, this is the third MP3 player I have bought in the last 2 years and this is by far the last one I will buy! I originally had a Creative Nomad Jukebox but was not happy. Slow connection speeds etc etc. But once I bought the Ipod, I have been thrilled. Super fast downloading speeds, great scroll wheel, the size alone is enough to make anyone drool! But one bad note, the battery life, they do claim 10 hours, which it can easily do. But, when you are not using it for more then 2 or 3 days, the battery for some random reason drains, and you must charge it again. Other then that, it is by far the best MP3 money can buy!
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Summary: The Greatest Electronic Item Ever!
Review: As soon as I heard about the incredibly large storage capicity on Apple's iPod series of MP3 players, I wanted one. I needed one. I just had to save up the cash to but one. And when I did, the iPod did not dissapoint. This compact but powerful digital audio player puts all others to shame. This version can hold up to 10 GB's of music, something like 2200 songs, give or take. It organizes, automatically, the songs into albums, genre, and artists. Although you can only use the digital jukebox that comes with the player to arrange your playlists and download songs to the iPod, you can still create dozens of specific playlists for whatever mood you're in. Where other large capacity MP3 players are bulky, the iPod fits easily into a pocket, and the 10GB and 20GB versions come with their own cases with a belt attachment. Also included are a remote for switching songs and a FireWire cord for use in transferring the music and charging the litium-ion battery. That's right-no extra battery's to buy, it's rechargable too. The only problems are that the iPod is only adaptable to Windows 2000 and above. Win 98 users will have to upgrade to use it. Also, the digital jukebox the iPod uses to manage your songs and playlist on your computer is full of flaws if you want to do more than just arrange the playlists and transfer songs. Finally, you need a FireWire card, not a USB 2 port, to transfer the music. All in all though, if you want the highest quality playback and the largest capacity available in the smallest size, the iPod is still the best way to go. It can hook up to your stereo system and eliminate the need to change CD's at a party. Maybe someday it can raise your children. It is easily the greatest consumer electronic product ever. I love my iPod. Go buy one now.
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Summary: Let me just say--WOW!
Review: Being fascinated by the new Technologies I have now purchased 4 mp3 players. I started small with a 64mb Classic which worked very well but 64mb is restricting. I advanced upwards but finally on the advice of a friend got the ipod. Besides the obvious huge memory sizes available, it is so sleek and slick that is just a thrill to hold and look at. It is easy to use, easy to download to, and fast with the firewire. It's 10 hrs of battery time and other features make it the "bomb". Thanks to Apple for such a great product...i love it!
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