ThoughtVoid

Dec 29 2004, 07:39 AM

I don't have an I-pod, but I did shop for (and buy) and mp3 player recently. Basically I liked the I-pod's storage and looks (not to menchion their popularity), but I had a few problems with what it came with. Instead of including voice recording, radio, radio recording, direct line in recording etc, you could buy adapters to make it do all of this. Now for a few dollars more then the origonal price of the i-pod, I can get myself an I-river (which I did) and get all of what I said included in one, simple to use, and compact unit. Sure both would have probibly worked out for me, but I like convenience.

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Xedos

Dec 29 2004, 09:31 AM

I was thinking of getting an iPod, but I don't listen to that much music. I would also like to know, is it worth getting an iPod if your not going to use it everytime you can. Im not a person who loves music, I just like a song now and then, and im mostly on my computer listening to winamp. Is it still worth thinking about getting an iPod after ive told you that?

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ThoughtVoid

Dec 29 2004, 03:41 PM

Ok, I have evidence for what I last posted now...The apple I pod pricing (40 gig). Now, Here is the thrity dollar more Iriver with the same 40 gigs. But, look at the i-river's features, and compare them to the I-pod. For $30 dollars you get a whole lot more...including color screen.

Now, lets say you want a color screen on your i-pod....ok same i-river for comparison, but this i-pod instead. This one costs an insane $499. Thats $70 dollars more for less features. If you wanted to spen $499 at I-river, Look at what you could buy!

See my point about why I didn't go I-pod?

 

 

 

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vanilla_rent

Dec 29 2004, 04:50 PM

it's not simply an issue of features- there are too many mp3 players to simply consider on that... but it is your personal preference

personally, anything that calls itself the I-river when only Apple uses i's in front of the names of it's products is kind of silly... As Apple originally used it in the iMac when it stood for internet, and has now become their thing, but only for them

I actually do have a 40 gig iPod and it works insanely well- from working with iTunes to wherever I go to really any reason you can possibly come up with- of course, that's my opinion but- take it from the size to the placement of the the buttons to iTunes and in the end no mp3 player has anything at all on the iPod.

...and how is iTunes a rip-off, I ask? ...out of sheer curiosity- as I've had it since version 1.0

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