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So i have got some christmas cash left over, and i am think of getting a 40GB ipod, but i have heard rumors that they are, unreliable.
I have also been looking at the Creatve zen touch, which seems good, but the ipod has a certain desire, that makes me want to get one.
Has any one had any problems with them?
Does the battery mess up after a year or so?
does the chip inside go after a while?
Any advice is a help! thanks
I have also been looking at the Creatve zen touch, which seems good, but the ipod has a certain desire, that makes me want to get one.
Has any one had any problems with them?
Does the battery mess up after a year or so?
does the chip inside go after a while?
Any advice is a help! thanks
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I have an iPod, but I'd trade it any day for the one that WookieMonster suggested.
As for my experience. I wouldn't have bought the iPod in the first place. Its battery is awful. I really cant stress this. I have the 4G improved version. It is improved from the 3G, but the battery life is still dreadful.
The sound isn't as bad as some people say. I mean for me, it's smooth un-interferred and reasonably loud.
Haven't seen anything about the Zen Touch, but I don't like how it looks.
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Finally I'd mention that unless you're sure you need the 40gig, only get the 20gig. (Personally I have a huge music collection, got the 20 and now need the 40, but I doubt you have enough to fill a 20)
Having said this, only 5 or 6 times a week do I need the full 20gb worth of songs on my iPod, but there is still music that I haven't got on there and I don't want to get bored of my favorite music.
As for my experience. I wouldn't have bought the iPod in the first place. Its battery is awful. I really cant stress this. I have the 4G improved version. It is improved from the 3G, but the battery life is still dreadful.
The sound isn't as bad as some people say. I mean for me, it's smooth un-interferred and reasonably loud.
Haven't seen anything about the Zen Touch, but I don't like how it looks.
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Finally I'd mention that unless you're sure you need the 40gig, only get the 20gig. (Personally I have a huge music collection, got the 20 and now need the 40, but I doubt you have enough to fill a 20)
Having said this, only 5 or 6 times a week do I need the full 20gb worth of songs on my iPod, but there is still music that I haven't got on there and I don't want to get bored of my favorite music.
phi11ip wrote:
> The differences are even bigger when you see the iPod mini specs and
> compare them to the ZEN Micro. For £20 less you get 2hrs extra
> battery life, and extra battery (24 hours life in total!) FM radio +
> recording, voice recording, 1GB more, store LOADS more songs and for
> the shallow people out there, it's smaller too!
Have to say, the iPod mini blows.
> The differences are even bigger when you see the iPod mini specs and
> compare them to the ZEN Micro. For £20 less you get 2hrs extra
> battery life, and extra battery (24 hours life in total!) FM radio +
> recording, voice recording, 1GB more, store LOADS more songs and for
> the shallow people out there, it's smaller too!
Have to say, the iPod mini blows.
i puchased a zen touch, haven't had a regret. i don't know why you would want an ipod, it's nothing to do with being victimised in fashion...? at the moment, i'm backing up the pc onto the zen, as it's having a hard time and i'm gonna reboot the pc.
my advise, go for the cheaper one, the zen. although i have to admit i did buy some nice headphones too, sony £25 from amazon, not a bad buy. makes it sound lots better plus you can't hear anything but the music, perfect!
my advise, go for the cheaper one, the zen. although i have to admit i did buy some nice headphones too, sony £25 from amazon, not a bad buy. makes it sound lots better plus you can't hear anything but the music, perfect!
Coin wrote:
> Don't let them fool you, they're just jealouse they don't have one.
Ha. Ha. Ha.
> Sure, the lifespan is short, but there are battery packs for that,
> and the new (fourth gen.) have a better one, but even so, it's not a
> big deal - buy a car-adapter? I mean, where are you going to need
> over 10 hours of battery life - and, if you do, just get the battery
> pack, with replaceable AAs. Even trains have plugs now...
So you've gotta buy extra stuff to make them as good as other products?
The differences are even bigger when you see the iPod mini specs and compare them to the ZEN Micro. For £20 less you get 2hrs extra battery life, and extra battery (24 hours life in total!) FM radio + recording, voice recording, 1GB more, store LOADS more songs and for the shallow people out there, it's smaller too!
Plus it's far better and more convenient to have a longer battery life. Sure you won't be needing it for 24hrs at a time but for long car trips and times when you won't have a charger near you it's so much better to have longer battery life! Holidays and long flights for example are times when you'll need it. Ever been on a coach trip to Spain before? If I had an iPod on that trip I would have been bored stiff for most of it!
> Don't let them fool you, they're just jealouse they don't have one.
Ha. Ha. Ha.
> Sure, the lifespan is short, but there are battery packs for that,
> and the new (fourth gen.) have a better one, but even so, it's not a
> big deal - buy a car-adapter? I mean, where are you going to need
> over 10 hours of battery life - and, if you do, just get the battery
> pack, with replaceable AAs. Even trains have plugs now...
So you've gotta buy extra stuff to make them as good as other products?
The differences are even bigger when you see the iPod mini specs and compare them to the ZEN Micro. For £20 less you get 2hrs extra battery life, and extra battery (24 hours life in total!) FM radio + recording, voice recording, 1GB more, store LOADS more songs and for the shallow people out there, it's smaller too!
Plus it's far better and more convenient to have a longer battery life. Sure you won't be needing it for 24hrs at a time but for long car trips and times when you won't have a charger near you it's so much better to have longer battery life! Holidays and long flights for example are times when you'll need it. Ever been on a coach trip to Spain before? If I had an iPod on that trip I would have been bored stiff for most of it!
Don't get an ipod. You can better better mp3 players for less money.
Don't let them fool you, they're just jealouse they don't have one.
I do, and I wuv it.
Not sure about the 40GB one, but my third generation 20GB one works great, even a year after I bought it.
Sure, the lifespan is short, but there are battery packs for that, and the new (fourth gen.) have a better one, but even so, it's not a big deal - buy a car-adapter? I mean, where are you going to need over 10 hours of battery life - and, if you do, just get the battery pack, with replaceable AAs. Even trains have plugs now...
And as for sound, it's not actually the iPod at fault, it's those crummy headphones. I have a nice pair of £35 SONY EX-whathaveyou in-ear headphones, and I only need it at around 1/2 - 3/4 volume...
Meh. Maybe you all just have bad hearing.
I do, and I wuv it.
Not sure about the 40GB one, but my third generation 20GB one works great, even a year after I bought it.
Sure, the lifespan is short, but there are battery packs for that, and the new (fourth gen.) have a better one, but even so, it's not a big deal - buy a car-adapter? I mean, where are you going to need over 10 hours of battery life - and, if you do, just get the battery pack, with replaceable AAs. Even trains have plugs now...
And as for sound, it's not actually the iPod at fault, it's those crummy headphones. I have a nice pair of £35 SONY EX-whathaveyou in-ear headphones, and I only need it at around 1/2 - 3/4 volume...
Meh. Maybe you all just have bad hearing.
Avoid iPods like the plague.
They've got great marketing, but that's about it...
They're overpriced and unreliable as you can't replce batteries once they die, plus the battery life is terrible compared to others. Go for a Zen, or that Sony one.
They've got great marketing, but that's about it...
They're overpriced and unreliable as you can't replce batteries once they die, plus the battery life is terrible compared to others. Go for a Zen, or that Sony one.
WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:
> Info on the iPod?
>
> Dodgy batteries, tinny sound.
o ok
> Info on the iPod?
>
> Dodgy batteries, tinny sound.
o ok
Info on the iPod?
Dodgy batteries, tinny sound.
Dodgy batteries, tinny sound.
na i want info on the IPOD please!
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