I'm thinking about asking the wife for one of these for christmas...
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I'm thinking about asking the wife for one of these for christmas...
In my opinion it just depends on how much she is going to use it, and how much space does she need.
Which iPod are you considering?
Methinks you may have just skimmed my post :smiley36:Quote:
Originally Posted by labmonkey
I might ask her for one for ME. And I really don't need that much space, just more than I have on the Wal-Mart special MP3 player I currently have.
If Apple could make dog poop out of white plastic, there would be a line to buy it.
This is what I use: LG VX-8100
I've used MP3 players for YEARS before they were considered popular. My first MP3 player connected to the parallel port because USB wasn't really quite an accepted standard yet. I bought an Apex DVD player because it could play MP3s.
I'm sick of lugging phones and PDAs and MP3 players all over, so I jammed them all together in one phone. I also have a problem with charging batteries. I'd toss my MP3 player in my gym bag and forget to recharge the batteries, so when I went to the gym, duh, the batteries are dead.
I've always used flash-based players with a maximum of 256MB of memory. All my friends (who, by the way, didn't have MP3 players) told me that was completely inferior and pointless and that they needed to have their entire music collection on their hip at all times.
I use my MP3 player for background noise while exercising. Therefore, I need enough music on there that I can listen during workouts without getting sick of hearing the same stuff over and over again. I really don't want to thumb through songs in the midst of my workouts and I'm too disorganized to put together playlists, so I'm screwed there, too. :)
I live in the 'burbs, so I drive everywhere. Mirculously, my car contains a stereo of its own (with an MP3 CD player, of course), so I don't need to connect my MP3 player to it. At home I can play MP3s over the network on my 5.1 and I can get to them from my office over the good ole' Internet.
If I lived in a city and used public transportation, I might want something a little more iPod-esque. But for my particular circumstances, I like my little phone. :)
Not worht the hype.
Far superior and less expensive players on the market.
I got my girl one because she wanted an IPOD .It all called good marketing by Apple.
i got one and i love it.
I don't know how they do it...Quote:
Originally Posted by alexgtp
When MP3 players started to emerge on the market, one hard and fast rule was determined early on: for a player to be successful, it must have a display.
Apple releases the Shuffle and everyone buys 2.
I think they are worth it.
Bought both my kids a Nano for Christmas. It beats buying a $15.00 cd that they want and they only like 2 or 3 songs on it. Now they can get the two or three songs for 99cents a song from Itunes.
There are also alot of free sites out there. But as we all know you need to be careful what we download.
I also have the Bose docking station for mine. So as its charging I can listen to it in my home and it sounds great.
You can also burn CDs of the favorites that you download. In the long run its cheaper and better.
There is no better player on the market with better features or a better interface when it comes to moving stuff on to it from your PC. The interface on the iPod itself is also far superior to any other MP3 player interface. Definitely worth it!
And, don't listen to anyone who says, "But mine has a radio..." The whole point of an mp3 player of course is that you never have to listen to morons jabber all day long and never play music.
Finally, if you want to utilize it for your car, no better set of accessories than those that come for the iPod.
Peace
I've got a shuffle and that thing is pretty cool surprisingly. You can plug it in and it fills up automatically with random songs from your collection, then you can play them in random order. Since I got it I've discovered songs I didn't even really know I had on my computer. Got the 1 GB version for under a hundred bucksQuote:
Originally Posted by SuperChuck
I've seen my music collection. I don't want anything randomly choosing songs from it. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by WhiteWidow
Now Playing: Face Down, Ass Up
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I kind of miss my radio... My gym used an FM modulator for television audio, so I could listen to CNN or ESPN.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigMacFU
But now that I'm working on a building home gym, I can watch porn. :smiley20:
I bought an Archos Mp3 FM recorder a couple of years ago because I am a musician, and must record myself many times a week to hear what I really sound like. I would by an Ipod except for the sole reason that it doesn't have a recording device in it. They seem to be durable enough to last a while, but I would rather go to a Nomad 60Gig recorder or a sony recorder. This is not just voice recording, they have a line in to plug microphones in for high quality recording. Besides, my car doesn't have a cd player, and I have genre turrets, so I probably need something that can carry my 30+ Gigs of music on it.
Ipod is still the way to go..... I bought one of the first ones (3rd Gen) 40 GB..... works awesome. You might want to save the disk space for more music instead of getting the one that plays video.... depends on how big your collection is.
Apple did have better marketing.... and now all the other companies are jumping on the "coat tails" of the Ipod craze and coming out with there own MP3 players..... where were they before the Ipod craze.
Isn't it also amazing how alot of the new MP3 players are "white"..... hhmmmm where did they get that idea...... Microsoft's X360 is also white..... could it be that they learned from a better marketing company.... Many more accesories available for the Ipod also.
I also believe that Apple itself is more user friendly.... no drivers to worry about so that means no conflicting drivers....
Another great marketing job by Macintosh. Now if only they could figure out how to sell computers...
I think there are better products on the market myself, but really what it all boils down to is personal opinion.
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Originally Posted by Bkcloud114
I've always like Apple computers better because they were so simple, but eventually you get to a point where you can't practically buy another one. I have to use AutoCAD a lot, so that pretty much forces me to use a crappy windows machine.
What kinds of things do you design on autocad?Quote:
Originally Posted by WhiteWidow
I like my IPod mini (4gb) a lot, shares a place in my heart with my PSP.
I bought a dell dj for around 200. Mine holds 30 gig but they have a 1 gig , 15 gig or the 30 gig. Then i pay 15 a month for a service called rhapsody which allows me to transfer as much music legally as i want to my device. It doesn't work with all mp3 players though. rhapsody works great and has every band i have searched for except the beatles and led zepplin... which i barrowed cds from my friends.
I have a Shuffle and I really enjoy it. Got it from the wife for Valentine's Day and it is simple to use and great for when I go running or skiing.
I'd love to get the big Kahuna (60 gig), no need for the video feature as on the latest, but to be able to transfer the majority of my music from vehicle to vehicle without damaging or losing cd's would rule. Thumbs up.
I have a 20 GB from last year that I bought myself for Christmas. I didnt really take care of it so it went out in less than a year, but my warranty gave me a brand new for free. No shipping charges, or anything. I have been please with product and customer service. the customer service was the icing on the cake. If you can get your hands on one, then buy it. I reccommend the 20 gig if you have a nice music library.
My music library is shite, and my cellphone has an mp3 player built into it. Once my 128meg flashcard comes in the mail I'll be set. :smiley14:
Which phone do you have?Quote:
Originally Posted by thepyrofish
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Originally Posted by SuperChuck
Maybe the Rockr, or whatever Motorola calls it. I shelled out 300 for my Razr, when the black one first came out. I love that phone though.
Depends on what you are going to use them for. I love mine. (Mini) Holds about 1800 songs. Supports playlists which you and make easily in the software on your PC. Many handy features and great ergonomiics. I have a Bose docking station in the office. Plug it in and use the remote. Got a kickin Altec Lansing boom box for Christmas. Actually has a lil door like an old cassette player you put the Ipod in. Have a couple of Mp3 players which are great for sports and exercise but the Ipod is a wonderful way to "bring your library" whever you may be.
Apple - you can send ad payments via paypal. :smiley36:
Never met anyone who didn't like them once they had one. Probably the best testimonial you can have for a product.
My wife got me a 4 gb nano for christmas. Personally I never really looked into them or considered buying one but so far it seems pretty cool. I had an mp3 player but I had'nt been able to find it for months. Turns out my 3 year old put my old mp3 player in the microwave and blew it up. Funny, I thought a few months ago my wife just wanted a new microwave so she went and bought one. Now it all makes sense.
I got a Sony Walkman Core player for Xmas. 512 MB/345 songs. The best thing about this sucker is that it's tiny. About as big as my thumb. The whole front of the device is the luminescent display, and it's well protected by the transparent case. For such a small device, the controls are pretty intuitive. I can operate all the basic controls on the thing one handed without looking at it. That makes it pretty handy in the car. The Lithium Ion rechargable gives you 50 hours of play time.
The bad thing is that it only uses it's own file system and you have to use it's proprietary software to store and load music at a 64 kbps compression bitrate. That means if you want to store your songs in true MP3 format as well, you will need to make a second copy. That's kind of a waste of space.
40G and I really like it.
I'm lazy, so i like have a large hard-drive. That way I don't have to make "playlists" and change the music on my iPod. I just use it as a way to hold almost all of my CDs.
Hmm, I forgot about this thread. In case whoever it was still cares I have the Motorola E815 (Rokr is fugly)and my flashcard came a couple days ago. 'Tis da bomb.
I may be changing my mind about iPods though, as I borrowed a friends and have become addicted to it (I have an aux-in in my car so I use it non-stop).
got a 4 Gb Nano in September. Has been missing in action since October; it's so small!!
Found it Sunday in my sock drawer--where it should have been anyway. :smiley5: Love the size; will obviously be more careful. Funny thing, one of my son's friends "misplaced" his nano over the weekend--called all houses and restaurants where they were; found it in his room. Another friend "lost" his in his briefcase for a while. There's a lesson here; they should build in an alarm that responds to a clap of something.
You guys are nuts....:smiley17:
I just can't see myself carrying one around honestly. I burn cds of songs that I don't want to buy the cd of, and if I like the entire cd after downloading it, I buy it in the record store. I've got almost every Dave Matthews Band album, and if I downloaded them, it just wouldn't be the same....
What do you do if the computer crashes and the ipod has a fit and deletes everything? I guess if I put a gig card on my pocket pc I could use that, but I'd rather put porn and clips of chapelle show :smiley16: :smiley20:
You guys pay for music?!??!?! :smiley36: :smiley29: :smiley21:
Fight the system!
I usually buy the music on CD to begin with. It's very hard to beat music club prices (If you keep quitting and rejoining them for the introductory offers). Ideally, you make MP3's and from there it's compatible with just about all devices and you can easily back everything up onto DVDR's. Unfortunately, in reality, this is a fair amount of work for a family man to find time for. If you buy CD's and never actually use them after ripping them once, they last a very long time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kayakinboy
On a side note, make sure you hook your stereo up to your video system. Not only do your movies sound great, if you burn MP3 DVD's, most DVD players make excellent Jukeboxes. Use RCA/headphone jack converters and you can play your digital device through the generally unused phonograph input.
Duh, just store your music collection on a RAID 1+ array!Quote:
Originally Posted by Kayakinboy
Actually, I got the RAID for my gf's photos. Now I don't need to worry about every photo of her niece vanishing into thin air because a head crashed.