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"IPODS are seriously overated!"

Does anyone else thing IPODS and ITunes are just a rip-off? I was recently thinking about getting an IPOD but after careful consideration Ive decided not to waste my money.

I think IPODS are ideal for those on the move, constantly (such as famous people). How many people actually walk down the street listening to their IPODS? I mean theyd get robbed considering how much they are worth. I think its pretty pointless to own one if you dont intend to listen to it on the move. i think their main appeal lies within its style and its "brag-ability" ("oh look Ive got an IPOD, arnt I amazing")

Id much rather own the PSP when it comes out. It plays music, aswel as movies and games. I just think people are just too naive to really expect the moneys worth of £300 plus for an IPOD. Youd have to have a seriously huge CD collection to even slightly fill up the storage on the IPOD, and you need them all in MP3 format. Its too much hassle for me.

Also apple rip-off their UK customers more than any1 else in the world, especially downloading off ITunes.

Does anyone here own an IPOD, and are you happy with it???

Timmargh wrote:
> *yawn* ...

Puddleface wrote:
> What do you expect me to write about?, I wrote this topic so people can discuss about it, so
> maybe Im a bit more convinced ...

Sorry, caught me in a bad mood.

:^$

my ipod is due to arrive in the next 2 days. Brand new and shiny direct from Apple. 20gb and costing £200.93 inc Vat!

BArgain if you ask me. I have a lot of music but can't be bothered with CD discman's and the likes as it is so one dimensional. Using friends they are well easy to get around and store stuff so i am really looking forward to it.

My main reason for getting ipod over say creative was:

A) I had experienced them and liked them

B) Sony proved with the playstation that an inferior device can out do a superior device through popularity alone. Nobody is going to knock ipod of the top spot and as a result all accessories and softwareand the likes developed by third parties will be for it. But at the moment i view iPod as the superior product.

I'm sure you can hook it up to your cars speakers somehow.

i dont need one as i drive everywhere.

Although maybe would have got one back in my college days when i had to take a bus. Although my MD done me fine.

I listen to my iPod every morning on the bus.

that sounds like a great idea. Why didnt i think of stealing in the first place, they will definately be worth it then

Well, put all your favourite songs on them, and all your songs that you like,and any song that is any good, and you've still got plentyof room for more, instead of listening to the radio in the car, with adverts every second song, and a speech about nothing at the end of every other song, you can listen to good music, until you're bored.

Why not?

Plus, because they're all designer and stuff, you cna nick them off of any old fart.

Mine was 280 quid, 40 gig. Still haven't filled it (because it takes a while, not because I don't have enough music)

It's cool, it does stuff my old MP3 player would have a fit trying to do. Just little things like stopping the music if the headphones are pulled out, and keeping your place in a song when you turn it off make it a million times better than my last player.

I had a Zen. It broke.

I got given an iPod. The navigation was good, screen was impressive, capacity alright. Battery life was dire and sond quality so so,so I gave it to someone else.

I got another Zen, warranty job. It's good. I still use it.

Moral: Get a Zen, break it, try the iPod and you'll appreciate having a half decent battery even more :)

gaybys wrote:

> I think you're just bitching about it being crap because you can't
> afford it, and you want to make some idiotic attempt to justify a
> pathetic reason for not buying an iPod or similar.

Whats the point in even saying that?