I can't live without it!

I bought a 15gb iPod for 300 bucks and its the best money i've spent in a while. i use it for all kinds of things and not just mp3s. when i formatted my pc i just put all the stuff i needed on my iPod instead of burning it on cds. i put an article in notepad and transfered to my iPod and vola... i was reading an article on my iPod.

Anyone else have one?

i've been hearing things about ipod for a while

so, whats an ipod?

Nah but over the last year ive really wanted one. Keep saying to myself when i have the money i will buy one, but i just bought another mobile (my 3rd in 2 years) so it will be awhile before i can.

Maybe for bday and xmas (nov/dec) :)

Originally posted by FF7
i've been hearing things about ipod for a while

so, whats an ipod?

http://www.apple.com/ipod/
http://www.ipodlounge.com/
:)

I've been thinking of getting one, actually. That or I might add some more GB to my harddrive because I'm running out of space for my music.

I saw this thing were you could set you iPod onto this little docking station iPod accessory thing-a-ma-jiggar, and wah-lah, it's a mini stereo.

I want one really bad, but every penny I make at work has to go towards my school bills. :(

VB, is this what you're talking about?

http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/sc/30420025-2-300-overview-1.gif

im so lazy to read all that hehe
can someone in a couple of words explain what is an ipod?

Originally posted by FF7
im so lazy to read all that hehe
can someone in a couple of words explain what is an ipod?

its an mp3 player but harddrive based and can store other things aswel :)

Tempted to get one but apparently the batteries are irreplaceable after 18 months, or something.

that sounds cool

How ca\n anyone not know wat's an i-pod? It's almost everywhere....on the TV, net, ads outside, etc.:crazyboy:

I'm gonna buy one... but first i want to buy the a radio for my car with the adaptor, i've seen it (H), and like Vagegast no more CD for a while.

i love my ipod
my CD collection now in a box under the house

new ipods with double the battery life :o and new click wheel just out, but i dont think they have much elseon the old school ipods

Originally posted by Y2K
How ca\n anyone not know wat's an i-pod? It's almost everywhere....on the TV, net, ads outside, etc.:crazyboy:

Thats what I was thinking.

Maybe he lives in a box.

Originally posted by italianstyle87
my CD collection now in a box under the house


Fred West?

I was first thinking of buying an iPod, could've gotten a 15gb version for something around 350€, but then I decided to invest a bit more and bought an iRiver iHP-120. I got it from mycom.se for 390€ and went to Stockholm to pick it up.

http://navcity.co.uk/catalog/images/iHP-120-4.jpg

I've been very pleased with this so far, just that my music-collection ain't so well organised so it's rather difficult to find a song amongst thousands of others.

yeah.... id prefer the iriver too :\

I might buy a mini-ipod when they come out, does anyone know how much they cost?

About £170, according to those capitalist whores at Argos.

I'd recommend any product from iRiver, their SlimX CD players are superb, their flash-based MP3s are unmatched, and their harddrive-based jukeboxes are very, very good. (Y)

I-pods have shi't batteries, i personally wouldn't go for an I-pod at all. I'd rather an iRiver or one of the many by Creative.

Keep it real, kids. Invest in a Walkman (H)

i think i've still got mine somewhere....... :p

was well worth the fiver!

Originally posted by Frostwolf
I'd recommend any product from iRiver, their SlimX CD players are superb, their flash-based MP3s are unmatched, and their harddrive-based jukeboxes are very, very good. (Y) yeah, iRiver sounds like just one of the korean manufacturers producing crap, but I have only good things to say about their products.

I wouldn't buy a Creative Zen Xtra. They might be rather cheap, but the dimensions of the player are the biggest in the market and the sound quality and loudness is poor compared to iPod and iRiver iHP-series.

Originally posted by Shindig
Tempted to get one but apparently the batteries are irreplaceable after 18 months, or something. Yeah, but you can send it in to Apple and they give you a whole new iPod for $15. The store I bought it at (Best Buy) will do it for free. They'll replace it with any iPod that's the price I bought it ($300 for 15GB, now the 20GB one is $300 so they'll give me that one).

The new iPod's batteries last twice as long as the old ones.

Originally posted by bjmenge
I want one really bad, but every penny I make at work has to go towards my school bills. :(

VB, is this what you're talking about?

http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/sc/30420025-2-300-overview-1.gif

Yep, that's it.

Money is scarce for me, also. My paychecks go to bills or groceries, but that'll change in a month.

I got my tax back and am buying a laptop and Iriver iHP-140. Cannot wait for the Iriver, I'm busy organising my MP3 collection now, it's taking forever. Jason, did you put the files on using the database or file tree method? If it was the file tree method, does it read the ID3 tags or just the file name? Because I've spent forever renaming and putting my MP3s into files, and I don't wanna do my ID3 files too..:(

If you get a program called ID3-TagIT, you can create ID3 tags from the file names automatically.

I've got a 10 gb one that is 3rd gen. I have a 2 year warranty, so hopefully somehow (maybe it will break.... by accident...) and I can get a new replacement, the one with 15 gb.!!

Originally posted by ::Jason::
yeah, iRiver sounds like just one of the korean manufacturers producing crap, but I have only good things to say about their products.

:|:| Korean manufacturers producing crap?

Originally posted by ::Jason::
I wouldn't buy a Creative Zen Xtra. They might be rather cheap, but the dimensions of the player are the biggest in the market and the sound quality and loudness is poor compared to iPod and iRiver iHP-series.

Creative's models (Zen for example) have the best sound quality, they have the most powerful headphone amps available. Fidelty is slightly better than the iRiver and ****s on the iPod.

Originally posted by Frostwolf
:|:| Korean manufacturers producing crap?

i know it may be wrong to generalise about it, but they do have bad reputation here in brazil too.

Originally posted by Frostwolf
:|:| Korean manufacturers producing crap?



Creative's models (Zen for example) have the best sound quality, they have the most powerful headphone amps available. Fidelty is slightly better than the iRiver and ****s on the iPod. Im very sorry about the Korea thing. It was just an steretypic example of the cheap asian manufacturers.

In Finland, a highly respected computer magazine tested the players and the results stated that Creative wasn't close to iRiver nor iPod on the matter of sound quality and loudness.

Jason, did you put the files on using the database or file tree method? If it was the file tree method, does it read the ID3 tags or just the file name? Because I've spent forever renaming and putting my MP3s into files, and I don't wanna do my ID3 files too.. I haven't decided how to actually organise the songs yet. The database-thing doesn't really work so well for my purposes, so I just put the newest songs to a different folder and use the file-based thing.
If you have a big collection of records from different bands, I'd use the filename based thing, but if you have many single songs, I'd go for organising their ID3s and using the database-thingy. It might take some time though, but im thinking of doing it when I get the time. It's easy to do with winamp2, for an example.

I have a heap of albums sorted Artist/Album/00 - File Name, but one folder of loose files which is about 7 gig on its own. Could be interesting..;)

And thanks, bj ;)

have a look at iPod's little secret. those of you that have one will be extremely dissapointed and i recommed you dont buy one if you dont have it yet.

http://neistat.com/pages/video_holding/ipod_holding.htm

.... bastards :kader:

What's the secret, I don't feel like downloading the QT video.

when the iPod's battery runs out it is irreplacable. that means you have to buy a new one. the battery only last 18 months too.

Originally posted by kickin_kyle
when the iPod's battery runs out it is irreplacable. that means you have to buy a new one. the battery only last 18 months too. Yeah and they replace it with a 20GB one instead of the 15GB one so what's the problem?

Also depends on iPod-use..

i believe u are wrong because once the battery finishes i THINK they give you a replacement for free (i believe the only problem is that its not easy to physically replace the battery)
that video/audio is VERY old, apple have reacted to it

Yeah, that video's been out for a long time. I think I posted it like 8 or 9 months ago. Apple has fixed that problem.

What the **** is it?

I'm still thinking of getting an ipod for my travel overseas, as i live in Australia, how would i be able to charge it when im in Scotland, Holland and Germany? I mean how do you charge it? Like a mobile phone having to plug it into the wall?

Originally posted by John_Arne_Riise
I'm still thinking of getting an ipod for my travel overseas, as i live in Australia, how would i be able to charge it when im in Scotland, Holland and Germany? I mean how do you charge it? Like a mobile phone having to plug it into the wall? Yup, only you'll have to buy an adapter that modifies the amount of volts (I think its 120 in the U.S., 220 in Europe). Just like with any other electric appliance.

Edit: I just use the plug-in to the firewire in my PC to charge my iPod. It just uses my PC's power to charge the iPod.

Originally posted by Eng4WorldCup
i believe u are wrong because once the battery finishes i THINK they give you a replacement for free (i believe the only problem is that its not easy to physically replace the battery)
that video/audio is VERY old, apple have reacted to it

They don't give you a battery for free, no company like Apple would do that. They're almost as bad as MS. They charge $100 for the re-installantion of the battery. You could just go and get yourself a new iPod Mini with that money.

I bought a laptop solely for the purpose of playing CM and charging/re-arranging files on my MP3 player. Just won an auction and paid for an Iriver H140 off Ebay, so I'm stoked. Got it for about 100 bucks cheaper than I would have here in Australia, too.

iPOD's rock! i have a 20GB one 3rd Gen and i have 1000 songs on it atm but i will fill it up soon :)

I heard a 4th generation one will be out within WEEKS :)


no more 15GB iPODS! :D

seriously, isnt it easier with a discman?

whats the diff?

(Im asking honestly here :$)

a discman needs discs

an ipod holds it all on the hard drive...

..and it looks 10 times better, has more functions, better possibilities to customise playlists, way better looks and so on..

Yeah, it matters so much how it looks.

Originally posted by Gerrard 17
Yeah, it matters so much how it looks.

Kinda. I mean if you were on the train and tere were some hot girls you wanted to impress, and then ur like **** i gotta change cds and u get out your cd wallet and your discman and evverything and it looks abit :$

with i-pod it looks all g like your in control. in the past it might have been nerdy to have one but not now

I-Pod's are probably the best MP3 Players out there right now, but they're too damn expensive. I'm happy with my affordable Moveman Player.

http://www.apexvalue.com/mp3%20players/mp3%20images/ssp80.jpg