IPOD Nano

[ToddziLLa]

The "who needs 60GB of music" debate will never end...

I know people who have hundreds and hundreds of CDs. It is more of a convenience factor for someone like that to have their entire music collection on one relatively small device.

The point of it is not "I have 10,000 songs -- I'm going to listen to them all", rather "I have 10,000 songs and will never need to listen to a CD again."

With the direct iPod connectors of most car CD players today (versus the sucky FM modulators), one can play their entire music collection in their car at the snap of a finger.

And with software available to transfer music from your iPod to your computer, you could almost throw away your CDs.

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Having said that, I'm quite happy with my SanDisk Cruzer Micro MP3 Companion and my 512MB SanDisk Cruzer Micro USB thumb-drive filled with MP3s! I might pop for a black 4GB Nano soon however (cheaper for us students).

 

[TheMile]

I think the idea of the ipod is great but I don't see spending as much money as people are spending. wait a few years and the price will drop and the durability will be better.

Durability is a problem?

 

[Deety]

I know people who have hundreds and hundreds of CDs. It is more of a convenience factor for someone like that to have their entire music collection on one relatively small device.

Exactly. I just bought an external drive with 120GB for under $100, mainly to back up my music collection. SO much faster to just run a search than to flip through a ton of CD cases looking for something. I'm definitely transferring the collection to one place... just don't want to pay hundreds merely to be able to wear it, too.

 

[iambrutus]

Durability is a problem?

thats one tough little SOB

 

[kenlin]

I could easily fill the 60GB one - actually, several of them - and it would be a hugely useful tool for work. Still, $400 is too steep, and $200 for 1/30 the space seems wasteful. I'll wait.

OK, I have (what I consider to be) a crapload of music on my work machine. 3,000 songs, which is over 9 days of music. This takes up only 17GB. And you are saying you have 120GB+ ?

 

[Deety]

OK, I have (what I consider to be) a crapload of music on my work machine. 3,000 songs, which is over 9 days of music. This takes up only 17GB. And you are saying you have 120GB+ ?

Over 40GB so far, and that's probably 1/3 of my collection. Most of it is for work, though. (And thank goodness for used CD stores...) The stuff I bought purely for my own enjoyment would probably be around 10GB.

 

[BrutusMaximus]

I got my fiance an MP3 player for $20 that uses an SD card

Is it a Phillips Rush by chance? :)

Think I saw that one on sale somewhere for $20.

I am scoping out the Phillips Mini-jukebox right now, think it's 2 gig, but that is enough. I am usually near one of my 2 computers, (home or work), so I can store the vast majority of my music on them, and just use the portable for traveling.

 

[Oh8ch]

I have a second generation iPod and a Shuffle.

Apple sucks. The battery on the iPod is worthless. The Shuffle has been nothing but problems and I really don't care to be told that I must make 'an appointment' to see an 'Apple Genius' to talk about problems with a $100 purchase.

I now have a Cowan iAudio and love it. Only holds about 200 songs, but I rotate them off my hard drive library and it is plenty. If you haven't made the plunge yet stay away from Apple.

 

[LoKyBuckeye]

I've got a 15G IPOD... have had it about a year and a half without problems. I have about 1500 songs (6.5G) on it. It works for me because I have almost all my CD's and then a lot of kids songs for, of course, the kids. Less CD's to keep track of. I think I paid $350 for it... well worth it IMHO.

 

[BuckeyeFlorida]

When I made the plunge into mp3 world last year, reviews are in the IPODs were about 60/40 with many complaints about battery life and cost per size. I picked up the 30 GB Creative Zen xtra for $230. Great so far other than lack of accessories.

 

[Dryden]

Another new iPod debuts, now with video:

http://www.apple.com/ipod/ipod.html

Looks like I'll be selling my 40Gb 4th Gen iPod before Christmas.

 

[Taosman]

Durability will become an issue with the smaller Nano and Shuffle. Is a $100 or $200 device really disposable? They're "cute" . Why waste your money. Get the bigger IPods and have them longer! Also Apple's Lossless system has better sound! That has to be worth something!:hatepc:

 

[OSUsushichic]

Will any other mp3 players accept iTunes (mp4) files? I love iTunes and am thinking of getting an iPod for that reason. I currently have the Dell ripoff, but the music software that comes with it really sucks.

 

[rocketman]

Only the ipod will play iTunes' m4p format. Honestly though, at this point I wouldn't really consider any other MP3 player. My two-year old 10 GB ipod player could be surgically attached to my hip for all I care, that's how often I've used it. Seriously, in 2 years of use, I think there are less than a dozen days it hasn't been used for atleast 10 minutes.

I'll grab this new one the day it's out. $300 is more than worth the many hours of entertainment the other one got me, now triple the storage, more battery life, and video playback. I'm sold.

Personally I think the Nano's are a rip-off. $250 for 4GB's? For $50 more you can get 7 and a half times the storage, PLUS video playback.

 

[Dryden]

Durability will become an issue with the smaller Nano and Shuffle. Is a $100 or $200 device really disposable? They're "cute" . Why waste your money. Get the bigger IPods and have them longer!

I don't know about the Nano, but I use the shuffle more frequently than I do my 4th gen 40Gb iPod. The shuffle is perfect while running, it was the sole reason I bought it. The shuffle is also entirely solid state -- no hard drive -- you can't get any more durable than that.