tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9481975.post111317615738678472..comments2010-08-21T19:01:29.631-04:00Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05170143101028077396noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9481975.post-26892963733662112612010-08-21T19:01:29.631-04:002010-08-21T19:01:29.631-04:00

My very first mp3 player was an ipod mini my aunt bought for me for graduating college. It was alright, but it didn&#39;t take long before the battery meter started messing up and it wouldn&#39;t even take much of a charge. It would read half full and just shut off on me.<br /><br />I researched online and bought a Cowon iAudio X5, the audio quality was freaking amazing, it showed up on my

Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07787728496987557886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9481975.post-35548419743109826042009-08-14T11:37:24.381-04:002009-08-14T11:37:24.381-04:00

I understand that the iPod works well, it plays music, and, to some people, the control scheme makes some sort of sense, it is &quot;good enough&quot; for the sort of people who just want to play some music. But the controls could be much better, you shouldn&#39;t need software to move files around, and AAC only thing is just crap. But the iPod&#39;s main selling point is that it is small and

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09625001725207113508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9481975.post-76017981729708633002008-11-29T22:24:00.000-05:002008-11-29T22:24:00.000-05:00

This post was about the Gen 1 iPod. The iPod Gen 3 battery is not designed to be end user replaceable regardless of if people have replaced it and is still a design problem. None of the iPods are drag and drop with Windows Explorer without iTunes - this is my point if you read the post. My criticism remains.

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05170143101028077396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9481975.post-35980890379194578882008-11-29T05:42:00.000-05:002008-11-29T05:42:00.000-05:00

You can replace the battery on an Ipod- I've done that on my gen 3 iPod twice. The battery works fine and on mine started to lose charge only after dropping the iPod on the floor (concrete while it was playing) a few times (accidentally!) However the battery is most definitely replaceable. Frankly after the abuse I've given it in use, I'm amazed my 5 year old battered Ipod is still working!<BR/><

Climate Realisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01229117677558980607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9481975.post-14057219480693849992007-11-19T14:29:00.000-05:002007-11-19T14:29:00.000-05:00

Also Apple has finally replied after a week. In order to get the Starbucks Free Downloads, you must enter your credit card.<BR/><BR/>Guess they aren't free then huh? The cards should say this on the back and they don't.

Sapphirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11248344677998973410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9481975.post-67394978667498064412007-11-18T19:15:00.000-05:002007-11-18T19:15:00.000-05:00

Yes they are overpriced and overrated. My sister's ipod won't load most of its pictures, they come up black no matter how many times she submits them. I have contacted apple three times asking for help on this and they never reply.<BR/><BR/>Half the time my sister puts songs on the Ipod they don't show up. It is difficult to name the songs through Itunes, it gets jumpy and clicks off so it takes

Sapphirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11248344677998973410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9481975.post-1144858042393476352006-04-12T12:07:00.000-04:002006-04-12T12:07:00.000-04:00

Richard Hunter - have most people in your church group been living on Mars for the past few years, iPod is advertised on every billboard, tv station, radio station and internbet site on the planet more or less, next you'll be saying that they've never heard of McDonalds or Coca-Cola.<BR/><BR/>I don't date a minger but at the same time, i don't want to f@*k my MP3 player. A poor ananology and then

Charlie_Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07732223837163859744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9481975.post-1144857567280943992006-04-12T11:59:00.000-04:002006-04-12T11:59:00.000-04:00

Well said. I've only used a friends iPod, but it was never really an option for me, as i wanted drag and drop, and i needed support for other file formats including ogg vorbis and flac. At the end of the day how much money have Apple spent telling people that this is THE MP3 player, and whose paying for this, ultimately the end user. Decide what features you want, then shop around for the player

Charlie_Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07732223837163859744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9481975.post-1144757136919748542006-04-11T08:05:00.000-04:002006-04-11T08:05:00.000-04:00

Did you even read the article? This is not about aesthetics. This is about using your brain when you purchase technology. There are plenty of other players out there that appeal aesthetically to people. Everyone is different and what they prefer in regards to aesthetics will not be what someone else likes.<BR/><BR/>All you proved are that people are ignorant and don't understand technology. They

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05170143101028077396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9481975.post-1144756296787319132006-04-11T07:51:00.000-04:002006-04-11T07:51:00.000-04:00

You guys don't seem to get it. The iPod rocks, not because of Apple's huge marketing prowess, or how much better the iPod is... it rocks because it is quite simply the most stunning design out there.<BR/><BR/>You are right. There are much better players out there... that do much more than the iPod.<BR/><BR/>That isn't the point.<BR/><BR/>The iPod simply is the sleekest, nicest looking MP3

Richard Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17206141037031878732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9481975.post-1143034303992938402006-03-22T08:31:00.000-05:002006-03-22T08:31:00.000-05:00

There are so many Mp3 players that are really better than iPod like Samsung, Joypal, Creative, iRiver, MSI, S1MP3, and many more.<BR/><BR/>These Mp3 players even support more features than the Ipod and they can be used in any Windows platform like any other removable drive without needing any additional applications (excluding drivers)

G3RM@N-$#3P#3RDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10201035331251663509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9481975.post-1120642293117676652005-07-06T05:31:00.000-04:002005-07-06T05:31:00.000-04:00

I think the Ipod is overrated and that this is no problem:<BR/><BR/>In my opinion you need to own *any* mp3 harddisc player/recorder for a few months to find out what you like about it or not.<BR/><BR/>I also learned things the hard way: When I bought a Creative jukebox 4 years ago. To get that hing to run on friends machines, I had to install the software *and* an update of the software. Also,

meinneuerdslproviderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16868669970161568226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9481975.post-1114259206864342482005-04-23T08:26:00.000-04:002005-04-23T08:26:00.000-04:00

One MAJOR reason I would never buy an iPod: no support for Ogg Vorbis. Apple has made it clear they never intend to support Ogg, so I clearly will not support their iPod.<BR/><BR/>I have been encoding to Ogg format nearly as long as the format has existed; using MP3 means I would have to re-encode from Ogg to MP3 (with the resultant loss in quality). And these aren't simple CD rips; I have been

JamesLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08407417356989890210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9481975.post-1113811817799398312005-04-18T04:10:00.000-04:002005-04-18T04:10:00.000-04:00

I hate the iPod Shuffle.<BR/><BR/>no screen!?

Q^2http://www.blogger.com/profile/09668824311552856523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9481975.post-1113634087041698582005-04-16T02:48:00.000-04:002005-04-16T02:48:00.000-04:00

iRiver are currently the best all round and most versatile HD MP3 players, especially the H10 as far as minis go. There are quite a few companies making decent Flash players like Creative and their MuVo TX FM series.<BR/><BR/>The Dell DJ requires software to be installed first and I found it lacking in other areas.

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05170143101028077396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9481975.post-1113618717541412312005-04-15T22:31:00.000-04:002005-04-15T22:31:00.000-04:00

So I gathering that iRiver is my best alternative to iPods if I didn't want to purchase an iPod. <BR/><BR/>Any other takers that I should consider for drag and drop rechargables? <BR/><BR/>What do you guys think of Dells?

The Delawareanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14381959168709899030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9481975.post-1113326082061573942005-04-12T13:14:00.000-04:002005-04-12T13:14:00.000-04:00

For the drag and drop feature to work on the iPod you have to have iTunes installed first.

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05170143101028077396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9481975.post-1113323682387515662005-04-12T12:34:00.000-04:002005-04-12T12:34:00.000-04:00

I hate Apple, they overprice everything. Anyways, that's not the point of this post. I wanted to actually defend the iPod here. I recently used my friends iPod mini. I connected it via USB 2.0 and was able to drag and drop music from and onto it without the use of iTunes. I simply opened up My Computer, found the device, and drag/dropped away.<BR/><BR/>Would I buy an iPod? Nope. As I mentioned,

krotchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14887178950958702915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9481975.post-1113314520784178712005-04-12T10:02:00.000-04:002005-04-12T10:02:00.000-04:00

As far as iTunes goes. I work as an on-call computer technician. If you've ever seen how a normal person organizes his music you know that it's usually in his Kazaa shared folder or whatever program he uses. iTunes really does help to organize that music a bit better and makes things easer to find.<BR/><BR/>As for myself. My music collection is larger than 20GB and I didn't have the money to

Taddeuszhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08925225897415033748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9481975.post-1113313640434199862005-04-12T09:47:00.000-04:002005-04-12T09:47:00.000-04:00

<B>"My biggest concern with the iPod is the sound quality when you use some good headphones (like my Grados). The iPod doesn`t have the juice to drive them, so I switched to iRiver, and got rid of that awful iTunes!"</B><BR/><BR/>That depends on where you live. European iPods, for whatever reason, have their maximum volume limited. iPods sold in the US have no such limitation. There are, of

Taddeuszhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08925225897415033748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9481975.post-1113297076154005152005-04-12T05:11:00.000-04:002005-04-12T05:11:00.000-04:00

My biggest concern with the iPod is the sound quality when you use some good headphones (like my Grados). The iPod doesn`t have the juice to drive them, so I switched to iRiver, and got rid of that awful iTunes!

type_a_positivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00148559605117176942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9481975.post-1113291367400635752005-04-12T03:36:00.000-04:002005-04-12T03:36:00.000-04:00

What a great thread.... Just as with every fetisch object out there, there are offenders and defenders. No matter how disputed, the Ipod is an icon, a design object that has inaugurated an new era of portable audio. And that's it. It will remain that status and eventually end up in every design museum... Soon, alongside the progressing fusion of all our portable devices, even an Ipod will be no

alpharichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17115276264341830383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9481975.post-1113286823858570122005-04-12T02:20:00.000-04:002005-04-12T02:20:00.000-04:00

the only thing that seems to be going for the ipod is the ease of use and the aethetics (personally i think it looks like a plastised bar of soap but most people seem to like it)<BR/><BR/>ok true it is easy to use. for most things. but the use of software is the problem that nobody has defended properly. i tried useing itunes ones and it would'nt play music becasue it conflicted with another

dirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01110359876105527014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9481975.post-1113275072808460552005-04-11T23:04:00.000-04:002005-04-11T23:04:00.000-04:00

I have owned an iPod for about 6 months. I did quite a bit of research and thinking before I made my purchase. I do not consider myself a sheep.<BR/><BR/>I had been using an Archos Jukebox with the Rockbox firmware. This made a very nice player. It used very replaceable NiMH AA batteries. A problem cropped up with the charging circuits. It stopped charging. I could opt to use a battery

Taddeuszhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08925225897415033748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9481975.post-1113274849830492342005-04-11T23:00:00.000-04:002005-04-11T23:00:00.000-04:00

To respond to the article, the iPod is overrated. So is alot of what Apple has made. Their industrial designs are typically very nice, but that is just the devices esthetics. Features and usability, while being an 'originator to the masses' is where the iPod was, and is very weak.<BR/><BR/>Apple has the cash and marketing clout to persuade the general public (who really doesn't understand the MP3

MikeShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07463269977593378010noreply@blogger.com