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Summary: More than just a music player
Review: I am a Graphic Design student at Central Connecticut State University. I have had my ipod for about a month now and I love it. I don't just use it for music, I use it for storing my design projects as well. It is very easy to use and I can go back and forth between my computer and the computer lab with it comfortably in my pocket. It will connect to any computer as long as it has a firewire port and the system requirements. I also use it to hold digital pictures, this takes the load off my imac. When you connect it to the computer, the ipod icon pops up on the screen. You can store pretty much anything on it all you have to do is drag and drop. This is so much better than using unreliable zip disks. And because it's connected by a firewire port, it's alot faster. I recommend this to any design student or anybody that wants an easy storage solution with a fun musical addition.
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Summary: Believe the hype...
Review: I bought a 20GB Ipod at Apple's new store in Tokyo's Ginza. (another Windows user who forgot to buy the USB adapter, and had to return for it the following day) The CDROM included doesn't include Itune software (instead Audible Manager - which is horrible). Many futile attempts to figure out how to upload my library via Audible Manager, Music Match and Media Player. I searched Google, downloaded Itunes. I almost returned it when I thought I had to subscribe to Itunes and my personal collection wouldn't upload. Well, I'm soooo glad I didn't. Ipod simplicity is elegant; the wheel nav, basic LCD, and overall design. Finger touch is sensitive beyond belief. Itunes complements the Ipod very well. My entire world, life, and memories through music are now with me... hard to put this into words. Apple has welcomed me to the future...
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Summary: Why Not to Buy an iPod
Review: I bought an iPod about two weeks ago. I knew relatively little about it... just that it was small & could fit roughly around 20gb (~5000 songs). Thats small-potatoes compared to what would-be-mp3 customers should know. What I'm really trying to say is you should really do some research before you decide to get something and Amazon's reviews don't really cut it when it comes to electronics (CNET.COM is the perfect site to look for reviews). Pros: The iPod is very sleek, pretty, and easy to handle. It can play a variety of audio files and can be used for storage (You probably see this in comercials all the time) Cons:
1.) Battery life.. 6 hours is pushing it. If you play around with it, you'd be lucky if you got 4 or 5 (in other words, battery life stinks on iPod).
2.) No voice recorder. If I had known that other mp3Players had built-in recorders I would have opted.
3.) Clutter. I haven't heard anyone mention this... but the earbud wires are really long, especially w/ remote and its just bothersome. I returned my iPod the seventh day I owned it.
If you're really interested in getting a TRUE MP3 Player, opt for the iRiver iHP 120 instead. (...) But if you are as smart, look into it's performance as compared to the iPod.
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Summary: Nice Design but Falls Short
Review: I bought an IPod shortly after Thanksgiving and while there are a number of things I like about it, I have to say the battery life is very short. I have never been able to get more than 6 hours out of the battery and seldom even that many. I average about 4 hours per complete charge. Secondly, I don't like all the windows services that get loaded with iTunes. I realize I could use music match but who wants all that spyware loaded. The services can really bring performance on the computer as whole down, not to mention it seems to look up my computer from time to time. iTunes seems conflicts with a number of other software programs I have running like winamp and a CD ripper. The IPod has an elegant design but it is not worth how much it costs.
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Summary: Fabulously designed player...unless you want it to last
Review: I bought my first iPod 5 GB player in Feb. 2002 because i was going away for 5 weeks and didn't want to lug a bunch of CD's around. I loved it immediately, and in the next two years everyone who has come into contact has loved it, both when playing with it at parties where it acted as DJ and in cars where it kept us entertained for hours. So what's the problem? In exactly 2 years since i've owned the iPod, i'm now on my THIRD iPod which yesterday died a death. The first one inexplicably died with a hard disk crash after a mere 8 months. Apparently i didn't qualify for a replacement, but due to company screwups Apple accidentally sent me one anyway. This second one almost immediately started showing battery issues, going from the spec. of 10 hours down to as little as 5 hours of battery life. After 4 months I couldn't take it any more and moved onto my THIRD iPod. In exactly one year, this one has crashed with a hard drive failure and Apple says it will cost me $249 + Shipping to replace it. So the count is 3 iPods in 2 years, with the original costing me $399. I think I think that although the design is genius, nobody at Apple bothered looking at how the thing would work in the real world, for someone who uses it every day. I didn't even drop the thing, i believe it just wore out (well, 2 of them did and the third had the notorious case of the battery hijinks). To summarize, the iPod is a terrific design, and buy it if you plan to use it sparingly. If you actually intend to use it almost every day, you're throwing your money away and will have to replace it fairly quickly. If you don't mind spending $300 or $400 every one to two years, then it's okay. If like me you're outraged at buying a product that fits your needs for 5 years but only lasts barely 2, then go elsewhere.
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Summary: Was skeptical, but I have seen the light!
Review: I bought my iPod a couple weeks ago and really love it. Some people complain about the touch controls, but I love them. They don't take any getting used to at all. I'm a Windows XP Pro user, and had no trouble getting anything hooked up or installed. The thing about it not coming with a USB cable... who cares? If you're anything like me you have thousands of these stupid cables laying around already. They're easy to find, and you can find them cheap. I use iTunes, and would recommend that, as it was obviously made for it. It works flawlessly, and so smoothly. I was up and running in five minutes tops, and I had three gigs of music on my hard drive!
Pros:
*easy to use
*easy to learn
*sound quality is fine, some complain, but I have no problems with it, and I'm a total music buff. If anything, the bass could use a little work.
*I love iTunes!
*organization within the iPod is smart and it's pretty customizable
*buy it from Apple and have your name engraved on the back, that's too cool!
*works great plugged into my home stereo, it sounds just like a CD playing in there
Cons:
*still worried about battery life, though I use it all day at work (8 hours) and it makes it all the way through. If you're real worried, but the AA battery pack and have it in your bag or whatever for long trips, just as a precaution. But for normal daily use you won't need it.
*wish it charged through the USB cable
*heavier than they claim (2 CDs), I think it's morethan that, but it's still light I'm happy with it, and I was worried that I may not be after spending so much money. But I love it,and whe ni dont have it with me i always wish i did. It's a sweet little toy that is one powerful little jukebox!
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Summary: Small, stylish and large capacity
Review: I bought the 15Gb iPod in summer with $385 (which is equivalent to the 20Gb iPod now). Pros: (i)Synchronizing. Songs transfering in the first time might take longer time, but after that synchronizing is amazingly fast (only with iTunes; MusicMatch is pretty slow compared to iTunes). Songs are screened through and only modified songs are synchronized. take bout 2 seconds per song) (ii)Useful Playlist. With iPod and iTunes, u can create a wide range of playlists (songs that u rated 5 stars, songs that u never played before, songs that u've recently played, christmas songs..etc) (iii)Easy navigation. User interface is easy to use. iPod has cascading menus that provide easy navigation. In addition, the touch-sensitive buttons are really 'cool' to use. (iv)Small. Really small and light. and it's really good looking (See others and u will realize :) (v)Songs organization. iTunes organizes my songs pretty well according to artist and albums. I only have to name then once in iTunes and iTunes does it all (creating folders for artists/albums, arranging the songs, deleting them when I delete them in iTunes) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cons: (i) Battery life. One of the reason i chose iPod was it can last for 8 hrs (which is the longest in last summer). However, recently more mp3 players could provide up to 16hrs and some PDA can play mp3 up to 35 hrs too. (ii) File transfering (using iPod as hard drive) is not convenient for Windows user. Calendar, text notes function can only be used with Macs. (iii) No recording & radio. Most mp3 players today has built in mic for recording and Radio functionality. (iv) The ear buds provided has pretty good quality but not excellent. Hardly heard low range notes when commute. Would prefer headphones. (v) Expensive. with the same price u can get another mp3 player for 40Gb or more. (vi) Couldnt play WMA files (but, do u care?) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I would still give 5 stars because this is what I want for a mp3 player : Small, Stylish, user friendly and large capacity. Personally, I don't think I would need recording, radio, WMA.. functionality for my mp3 player. Several other mp3 players like Creative Zen NX is pretty good too (from what I heard), with larger capacity and better price, but if u have the money, go for iPod, u'll definitely LOVE it! P/S:
(i) Don't buy the 10Gb iPod, as it comes without remote, leather case, docking, and docking cover. These things costs about $100 so go for either 20Gb or 40Gb if possible (ii) Apple.com has FREE laser engraving recently, which costs $19 previously and it's not available at amazon.com
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Summary: a little pricey but the best mp3 player ever!!!
Review: I checked out many mp3 players before buying this one. I bought the jukebox zen, before i knew about the new generation of the ipod. The zen was okay, the battery life was less than i expected so don't buy that one. I gave away my zen as a birthday present for my 12-year old brother and decided to buy the ipod. If you read the rest of the reviews most of them say that the sofware is not good for pc, but if you have any trouble with that you can download the free sofware, ephpod. the ipod is smalled sized has a great capacity and sound quality, totally worth the money. The dock comes in handy specially when you are recharging via usb because you prevent the ipod from falling and breaking into pieces. I recomend keeping the ipod always inside a protective case because the white part and the screen scratch a lot. The hold button is one of the most used buttons because they are so sensitive that with the minimun touch the ipod will turn on or change current state. The backlight is amazing. The calendar is very useful specially if you are in college and need to organize your time with all the study. I personally download the lyrics of my favorite songs and sync them to the ipod. If you listen to music often I recomend buying the ipod with the adecuate capacity for you:40gb, 10.000 songs, 20gb 5000 songs and so on. But if you ocassionally do so, buy a cheaper mp3 player. READ THE MANUALS, to learn how to use musicmatch. listed below are the pros and cons of the ipod. PROS: good sound quality, nice presentation, small, light wieghted, can be used as a portable hard drive, speed in transfer is amazing, good accesories, includes cool games, big capacity. CONS: scratches easily, does not include usb cable, too sensitive touch buttons, not adecuate carrying case.
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Summary: A work of art that works perfectly
Review: I chose the 20 gig model because the ipod mini is just too small ( for my collection and my hands). Although the price is on the the steep side for my budget I went for the 20 over the 15 simply because the extra space and accessories seemed worth it. This is my first Hard Drive player and after looking around for a year I decided that style means a lot if you have to carry something around all the time..so Apple was the only choice. I am famous for post purchase guilt but this thing was worth every penny. The box it comes in is beautiful and the ipod itself really is something to behold. It is much smaller than you might think from all the pictures and it feels solid. And the looks....well small wonder it is included in the Architectural Digest list of great designs. The interface is really simple..it took maybe 5 minutes to get the hang of it. I have 1400 songs on it ( most in AAC format) and it has tons of room left. It sounds great but if you are just starting to build an iTunes collection I would recommend ripping all your songs in AAC since when I play an AAC song next to an MP3 song the quality difference is noticeable ( this is the format's fault ..not the ipods). I was also happy that this sucker can crank out quite a respectable volume level which surprised me too. If you have been thinking of getting a player don't worry too much about the money... the joy you will get out of an iPod make it worth the cost. If you are trying to choose between the 15gig and the 20gig ..the carrying case, dock and remote control that come with the 20gig make the $100 price difference meaningless ( you will end up buying them separately anyhow..trust me).
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Summary: PC COMPATIBLE!!!!!!
Review: I dun understand how anyone would have problems getting your ipod to work with the PC. I have Windows 2000 professional and it works with it fine. It just seems that there are a lot of haters out there. They hate on how the ipod is not meant for the PC, and the other features that other mp3 players have. First of all why would you want a FM player on your mp3 player when the point of having a mp3 player is to have the music you want to listen to on it and not having to deal with the long commercial breaks, annoying DJs, and whack-a** songs you don't even want to listen to. To point out that the ipod is lacking an FM player is just a weak argument. Obviously, Apple knows that this feature is pretty pointless, when you can store thousands of your favorite songs on your mp3 player.
I recommend to those who have PCs to invest in a firewire card, because the transfer is speed is just awesome.
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