Author Topic: Ipod or Something Else? (Read 296 times)

XtrmeJ · « **on:** April 29, 2005, 05:11:08 PM »

I've posted about this before, but now I see that many more company's are comming out with new portable MP3 players. I've read a great deal of reviews, but I was hoping to get some opinions from you punks.

Any suggestions? If so, state why to back your suggestion.

Estes · « **Reply #1 on:** April 29, 2005, 06:02:53 PM »

Like I mentioned in an earlier thread.

I owned an Ipod for awhile. And I hated it.

The Itunes software you HAVE to use to load songs onto the damn thing sucks.

It takes forever and a day to transfer any decent amount of songs to it over that.

Are you looking for portablity? Or big hard-drive size Mp3 player?

If it's hard-drive space you are wanting, I would say go for a creative Nomad Jukebox, either 30 gig or 40 gig.

If it's portability, Samsung has a new 5 gig mp3 player out that is pretty small.

RCA and Sandisk make some even smaller ones, however they don't hold as much.

tapakeg · « **Reply #2 on:** April 29, 2005, 06:06:34 PM »

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It takes forever and a day to transfer any decent amount of songs to it over that.

It takes me about a second a song. and that is on the slow USB. It is even faster if your computer has the firewire.

I love my I-Pod.

If you want to just play music, it rules..........if you want GPS, games, cell phone, camera,,,,,,,,tons of other options

Heretik · « **Reply #3 on:** April 29, 2005, 06:26:04 PM »

you don't have to use itunes. i use ephpod and like it a lot. you can also get a plugin to make winamp do it.

Siaf__csf · « **Reply #4 on:** April 29, 2005, 06:46:03 PM »

http://www.archos.com

and you won't look back.

stantond · « **Reply #5 on:** April 29, 2005, 07:36:01 PM »

I recently got a mini-iPod on April 9. It took me about an hour to get it out of the box, load the software, hook up the USB, figure out how the directory and file structure worked, load songs into the software, download songs, and start playing them. Yes, iTunes is the software that it uses. Other than iTunes wanting (quite persistently) to be the default mp3 player, it seems like good software. The version of iTunes I have is 4.7.1.30 (HP) for Windows XP.

This is the only portable MP3 player I have ever owned. I read about a bunch before buying a mini- iPod. There are plenty of reviews (actually a few too many) for the various players. I choose Apple because every Apple product I ever had was simple, reliable, and easy to maintain. The mini-iPod is no different.

Frequently Apple products (computers) are 2-3 times more expensive than their competitors. Not so with the iPod, so it was a pretty easy decision for me. Good luck.

Regards,

Malta

spitfiremkv · « **Reply #6 on:** April 29, 2005, 07:39:39 PM »

stick with the original. it's the best and the most rugged: buy a Rio.

Sikboy · « **Reply #7 on:** April 29, 2005, 07:41:13 PM »

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=73839&item=5771059108

I bought one of these to go running with. I love it, haven't had any problems with it. It cost me 40 bucks. (actually I got the 512 MB one... more than enough songs for me).

-Sik

Vulcan · « **Reply #8 on:** April 29, 2005, 08:05:05 PM »

PLUS

(errm not my playlist though)

= Great MP3 player (plus a whole lotta other crap, including being able to drop movies on the SD card as well).

moose · « **Reply #9 on:** April 29, 2005, 08:41:54 PM »

i have a mini ipod and itunes is easy stuff. i just drag what songs i want from my fileserver into the itunes program and it uploads them to the ipod without needing to convert or anything. for a while i had been just importing my cds using itunes but as soon as i figured out how to get it to work with mp3s it became much much easier

JB73 · « **Reply #10 on:** April 29, 2005, 09:42:39 PM »

creative nomad 30gb

1/2 price/ works better IMHO

hawker238 · « **Reply #11 on:** April 29, 2005, 11:05:12 PM »

I've got the Rio Carbon 5gb. Its great in every aspect except the artist folders aren't browsable how I want them.

Nash · « **Reply #12 on:** April 29, 2005, 11:07:36 PM »

Ipod.

Nilsen · « **Reply #13 on:** April 30, 2005, 01:52:47 AM »

I (we) have an ipod mini and a 512 shuffle. both are great.

Siaf__csf · « **Reply #14 on:** April 30, 2005, 05:07:24 AM »

I have an Archos multimedia 20 (20gb drive) and the Nokia 9300 mini-communicator.

And http://www.nokiaforbusiness.com/emea/9300/

Been extremely happy with both. The archos plays 12 hours of music nonstop with a single reload. You can watch avi / divx videos with it, too.

Keep in mind my MM20 is already 4 or so years old. New models are much cooler.

My Nokia has the GPS navigator apps so I'll never get lost using it. Coolness.