What Do You Think About Ipod

Blaz05

Mar 13 2006, 06:49 PM

I think it's great. My friend has one. 60 gb hard disc, he has music, movies and all things on it and it's very small.

dark_drgn

Mar 13 2006, 07:58 PM

I personally am not too thrilled with Ipod, i think its a fad where everyones like "My friend has one, i must get on too!" It's way too widespread and everyone just wants one.

amhso

Mar 14 2006, 01:25 AM

it's almost a fashion statement. but anyways, the thing is that sure, it's good quality, but you can get good alternatives for the same price. iRiver is a perfect example, their's is better per dollar, photos and media. Only different is the scren size, like 1/4th inch smaller. we can all try and save a little bit of money.

fffanatics

Mar 14 2006, 04:24 AM

I never was going to buy one but i always wanted one. They were too expensive and not worth the money. So i now ended up getting one for free from an online offer and i use my ipod every day. I am a college student and it makes walking to class much easier along with studying at the library or downstairs in my apartment. I just dont have to worry about disturbing anyone and i can listen to music which makes me work better.

selim

Mar 14 2006, 04:51 AM

It is just a fashion statment. They appeared out of nowhere and suddenly everyone was getting one. Apple knew they were onto a winner and splashed out on marketing and designer newer versions. And all those accessories. There's so much junk you can get for them these days like furry carry cases or sock cases or some sort of camera converter. My god you have a screen on nearly all digi cams anyway that's about the same size as the ipods screen. Why do you need this tool?
I'm not going to go for it. I admit they are pretty good but there are equally as good and some better portable media players out there.
Personally I went for a minidisc player. I don't know why, I just prefer them.

rvalkass

Mar 14 2006, 06:58 AM

I'm not too fond of iPods, as you can get MP3 players with the same storage and functions for a lot less. When you buy an iPod it's like buying an expensive car, some of the money is purely to pay for the fact that it is that make and brand. They also seem to break relatively easily and get scratched too quickly, so your nice new fashion item is ruined after a week in your pocket with keys and a mobile phone.

inyourarms

Mar 14 2006, 07:29 AM

I think it's just a fashion statement too. I really don't like iPods, purely because they break so easily. I feel sorry for the people who need/ed to just change the battery but had to send it back. There are lots of MP3 players out there that you can just change batteries e.g. Creative Zen. I also prefer the microphone & FM radio (you can record the radio) on the Zen... the majority of people I know who have them didn't even bother to research how they're going to spend £150. They just think "my friend's got an iPod, I'll get one too". If they actually thought about it, I'd have more respect. But they don't listen to me either. I've heard so many bad stories about iPods... Anyway. It's their money lol.

Cool_Freaker

Mar 14 2006, 07:45 AM

The old iPods were rather good, I thought. In terms of sound quality, durability, storage capacity etc. Obviously they were expensive, as they were one of the original large capacity portable digital music players.

Once the hype kicked in, iPods became cool, and that's all I'd say they're good for. The Nano's are rather bad and expensive - in terms of sound, and the screen durability. I have to admit they're stylish though. Also I guess, the technology is starting to get old, and the prices haven't dropped since day one, whereas all the other mp3 players have dropped their prices. Not to mention the battery problems with all the iPods and the time and cost involved in replacing them.

Inspiron

Mar 14 2006, 08:00 AM

Ipod is good and is considered one of the high end MP3 players in the market. I like it's sleek interface and the nice feature of viewing album pictures and lyrics while the music is playing.

However comparing Ipod with Creative Zen, I'd prefer the Zen for it's superb sound quality. Somehow I can never get the same sound quality on the Ipod. I've tested sounds of different bitrates, effects, THX and surround sounds on both players and realised that the Zen produced a movie-like sound effect. It really sounds like I'm watching a movie. I just love how the sound transitions in a the effect of a circle or as though something fly passed you.

Besides the sound quality, Ipod has inbuilt battery while the Zen don't use an unbuilt battery. I think that's a major disadvantage of the Ipod when in the case of the battery mulfunctioning. That Ipod owners probably have to carry their whole Ipod for servicing. If worst, there could still be extra charges. The Zen however, if the battery has a fault, simply get a new battery to replace. It saves time and money for servicing.

Interface wise, both Zen and Ipod works pretty good. Each has their own specialty in interface, hence no much comparison. It's still the user's preferability.

T100

Mar 14 2006, 04:15 PM

My comments on iPod are 1) Poor design - a plain white box tailored made for hospital environment 2) Looks really like those products made in China - a low end tech product, like digital watches and solar powered calculators, readily made by any production line in China 3) Too addicted to iTunes. And I don’t think iTunes is a good thing. Why should Apple be selling music? Are they getting out of personal computer business? Can you imagine Microsoft selling condoms? 4) All of the above, plus expensive.

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amc

Jul 22 2006, 07:17 AM

i personally love my iPod Video, but you do NEED conversion software to get vids on there that arent from iTunes sadly

DarkPsycho

Jul 22 2006, 07:06 AM

I love my nano but I really would've rather had a 1 gig nano or shuffle, because I honestly don't know that much music. And now that I've found some good music to add I can't find the damn thing...

So other than my crappy luck it is a good player.

MaverickFang

Jul 22 2006, 05:33 AM

I will give you 2 reason's why I love the iPod.

1. Size of the Hard Drive.
Come on, when your burning at 128k and can fit roughly 10,000 songs on a 40 gig Hard Drive, there is nothing better. Knock it down to 64k lossless and you raging at 20,000 songs. Now this is not for the person who likes just a couple of songs. This is for the person who is out there to enertain, which means any and all music. Especialy the tracks most people dont know, and few that do. And who knows, when you have 8,000 some odd songs, you can find out some songs are preatty cool, when your not listening to the same musician or ban for about an hour before hand. Also you can get some preatty cool mixes going, that you never would have thought of. Which leads into reason number 2.

2. iPod Upgrades.
iPod has the widest range of upgrades you could possibly get for an mp3 player. Going to be on the road for awhile? Why not slap on the iTrip, and now your favorite tunes are blastin' on your car stereo... trippy aint it (ha ha) Going to DJ for a big part? Grab the iDJ, a power amp, and a couple of speakers. Next thing you know, your running a sub-prefessional sound system, and anybody can bring up an iPod, and you have extra music options. Are you into wrapping or some other profession? iDJ V2, now has scratch pads and a few other neat little devices. Along with these upgrades you can also get remotes, and small home systems for your musical pleasure.

These are my two reasons why I love the iPod.

dundun2007

Jul 22 2006, 05:16 AM

Yea i got the 4gb nano when it first came out and that thing scratched up way too easily. So i later got the 60 with the video and everything and it seems to work out well for my so far.

I just really hate the idea of the generations. Right when someone goes out and buys the best ipod they have on the market, you know a better one will be out in less than a week. But i guess apple is doing good from it, its got to make up for there poor computer sales.

HarrisonHopkins

Jul 21 2006, 11:10 PM

The only reason that I got an iPod was because I had heard about ipodlinux, and how you could make the older ones do the same things that the newer ones do, minus the color. I'm sorry about being impatient, but I wish that they would hurry up with getting it modified for the 4g iPod.

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