I-pod touch

[cigar no baka]

Anyone else own one of these? I just got one and it is currently powering up at my PC.

i've never owned a MP3 player before, but the combination of video, music, etc and wi-fi internet access finally sucked me in. Looks like this is gonna change the face of life as I know it, I've never had mobile internet access before.

I have about 9 gigs of music just waiting to be converted into Apple format. i spent the last month taking every CD I've ever bought over the last 20 years and ripping them to my PC. Now I find out I have to convert them to Apple format too. Oh the insanity

[bigwhiteash]

The file conversion, (and price), are the things that turned me away from Apple. I found a microsoft Zune for a good price, and haven't had any trouble with it.

I love the feel and look of Apple products, a friend has an 80Gb chrome with black face iPod that looks absolutely Bitchin'!

That iPod Touch looks Wicked

[spiffykyle]

Dude, before you start converting all of your music...

ipods play MP3's. The only music I have in AAC format on my computer is what I've bought through itunes.

spiffy

[bigwhiteash]

Yeah, I have all my CD's ripped in WMA format, not Apple compatible

[cigar no baka]

Dude, before you start converting all of your music...

ipods play MP3's. The only music I have in AAC format on my computer is what I've bought through itunes.

spiffy

Oh, so I don't have to put them into Itunes before I load them into the Ipod? That's great to know. They don't put any instruction manuals into Ipods so I will go online and look up how to load songs w/o using Itunes. Thanks for the tip. Gonna save me tons of time.

[heftysmokes]

You can keep your mp3 formatted music and still play it in itunes. It should give you the choice after installing itunes whether or not you'd like to convert to the aac format.
One thing to keep in mind: after itunes is installed, when you put a new cd into your computer to import into itunes, it will automatically import it in the aac format. This doesn't seem like a big deal, but if in the future, you ever decide to switch to a different brand of music player, they will more than likely not play when in aac format.

[spiffykyle]

You need them in itunes before you can sync your ipod, however itunes plays more than jus AAC. It plays MP3, WAV, etc. No WMA/WMV since that's a microsoft format.

If you have all of that music on your computer, you can just point itunes to where it is located and it will all show up in your itunes library. Basically just File -> "Add folder to library"

Then itunes will take care of the rest, and everything will stay in MP3 format.

Personally I like itunes for organizing my music and whatnot. I was using it before I got my ipod a few years ago.

spiffy

[cigar no baka]

You can keep your mp3 formatted music and still play it in itunes. It should give you the choice after installing itunes whether or not you'd like to convert to the aac format.
One thing to keep in mind: after itunes is installed, when you put a new cd into your computer to import into itunes, it will automatically import it in the aac format. This doesn't seem like a big deal, but if in the future, you ever decide to switch to a different brand of music player, they will more than likely not play when in aac format.

Well, I have chosen Windows Media Player as my default, and when I insert a CD into my PC, it still comes up with WMP evenafter I installed itunes. I think I chose the right option when installing itunes to make sure it was not the default player.

[cigar no baka]

You need them in itunes before you can sync your ipod, however itunes plays more than jus AAC. It plays MP3, WAV, etc. No WMA/WMV since that's a microsoft format.

If you have all of that music on your computer, you can just point itunes to where it is located and it will all show up in your itunes library. Basically just File -> "Add folder to library"

Then itunes will take care of the rest, and everything will stay in MP3 format.

Personally I like itunes for organizing my music and whatnot. I was using it before I got my ipod a few years ago.

spiffy

Ok so itunes will still play songs in other formats even when add them to your itunes library? That's good to know, thanks.

[rollurown]

Agree with the others. Though the features of the iPod Touch seem to have some "wow", not sure they're worth the steep price the end. The whole proprietary format thing is also pretty unappealing. Interested to hear your experiences, and hope you like it.

[JFellows]

I bought my 30 gig Zune from woot.com brand new for $130 and I've never regretted it. I think Woot now has them for as little as $100.

[str8edg]

I don't have a Touch but I have played with a couple. My students have them and wanted me to import some music into them, the coolest was ripping movies for them. A whole movie was about 450ish MB I could not believe it.

As for importing songs I have used MediaMonkey in the past, it is not compatible with these newest generations of iPods but for the older ones it is great, no conversting at AAC, just drag MP3's.

The fact that Apple forces you to use itunes with the Touch is the reason that I have not bought one yet. I have seen generic MP3 players that look and feel the same as the Touch, they do look great.

[vinnieg24]

i got the ipod touch for xmas...i like it.. i had nano..i like this one a lot more

[cigar no baka]

Yep, only had mine for about one month now and I am loving it. My stepson and my nieces saw me using it on Christmas and they snatched it away; I had to gently remind them to return it as I was leaving my sisters house....

[bigtoys]

I love it, especially when you can find a free wi-fi network to get onto the 'net.

My only regret was that they came out with the 32GB one about a month after I got the 16.

I'm gonna get a Macbookair soon; hopefully I can wait until they come out with a 100 or 120GB model. Now they're 80. The mouse pad does a lot like the i touch.

[Bassfever]

Picked up the IPhone and love it. Just wish it was bigger. It only comes 8G.

[mauied1101]

...snip... i spent the last month taking every CD I've ever bought over the last 20 years and ripping them to my PC...snip...

Now y'all don't forget about the movie/dvd conversions - mp4 format. makes those plane/train/in-law visits that much more bearable...

[bpad68]

Picked up the IPhone and love it. Just wish it was bigger. It only comes 8G.

Comes in 16GB now.

I have an iPod touch and i love it especially with the new app store. I now can store all data I want, read e-mail, surf the web, read my to-do lists, watch a movie or two and pretty much anything any other smartphone/PDA can do minus making phone calls.

Oh yea it has music too.

[drew_goring]

Comes in 16GB now.

I have an iPod touch and i love it especially with the new app store. I now can store all data I want, read e-mail, surf the web, read my to-do lists, watch a movie or two and pretty much anything any other smartphone/PDA can do minus making phone calls.

Oh yea it has music too.

Don't they come in 32gb now? My PSP is pretty sweet. Swap out the relatively cheap memory cards for unlimited storage. The true 16:9 aspect screen is nice as well. The emulators and such that are available for it are amazing as well. I can fit pretty much every game made on NES and SNES on a memory card. I can even pick up WiFi with the PSP.

Granted they are 2 very different machines serving 2 separate purposes.

[mrtr33]

Drew,

I haven't been able to find an emulator for my PSP yet - I actually don't even have it modded yet. I modded my original (black) xbox when that was going on, then the banned mods on LIVE. Ever since I've been a little gun-shy about modding.

But I'd love to be able to play some SNES on the PSP. Any direction would be appreciated.

What I love most about the PSP is the Skype option. That is too sweet!

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