Some people are into music more than others. If you don't listen to a lot of music, a smaller iPod, or any other mp3 player, will suffice. If you love music, listen to it a lot, and have a lot of it, then I don't see the point of buying a small iPod (or mp3 player). That's the reason they make the bigger ones...to hold more music.
I don't really think it's a scam. I have an 80gig iPod, which due to annoying circumstances I can't add any music onto at the moment. I think there's about 20gigs on it at the moment, but it will take me a few years before it's full and I need to buy a new one, if I even do buy a new one, by which time the technology will have advanced, they will be smaller, and iPods may be completely obsolete anyway.
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I don't wanna think, I wanna feel
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'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'
"Don't be faint-hearted, I have a solution! We shall go and commandeer some small craft, then drift at leisure until we happen upon another ideal place for our waterside supper with riparian entertainments."
Thank you, I almost went one full day without seeing Bono's face....
you're welcome.
"Don't be faint-hearted, I have a solution! We shall go and commandeer some small craft, then drift at leisure until we happen upon another ideal place for our waterside supper with riparian entertainments."
THe only way it's a 'scam' is that the most convenient way of getting music onto itunes (and thus onto the ipod) is through the itunes store, but that's just good marketing sense.
Saying buying a mp3 player encourages you to buy more music is like saying buying a DVD player encourages you to buy more DVDs... of course it does, but it's not a scam.
Why people buy small iPods is beyond me. The difference between a 8Gb and a 80Gb is like £20! Okay, some people may not need that 80Gb but 8Gb severely limits the amount of video you can have as well. Doesn't take much at all to need more than 8Gb. Might as well buy the bigger one, not like it's heavy or gigantic.
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Now all I can think is of people bragging about having Gigantic Bonos in their pockets...
Hey, it ain't bragging if it's true...
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oops i missed it. i hope the original writer isnt too upset that i stole such an original joke.
Ooh! Burn!
'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'
THe only way it's a 'scam' is that the most convenient way of getting music onto itunes (and thus onto the ipod) is through the itunes store, but that's just good marketing sense.
Saying buying a mp3 player encourages you to buy more music is like saying buying a DVD player encourages you to buy more DVDs... of course it does, but it's not a scam.
Why people buy small iPods is beyond me. The difference between a 8Gb and a 80Gb is like £20! Okay, some people may not need that 80Gb but 8Gb severely limits the amount of video you can have as well. Doesn't take much at all to need more than 8Gb. Might as well buy the bigger one, not like it's heavy or gigantic.
agreed!
however, i do think the original post was made in humor. of course, i could be wrong about that too...who knows?
that said, yea...i cannot see getting a nano, but that's me. i DID have a 20gb ipod and was perfectly pleased...but when that finally died, my choices were a nano...or right on up to 80 gb. seemed a no brainer to me. went with the 80 gb, no thought at all! LOVE it!
now, someone like my husband....he simply likes having multiple ipods. :rolleyes: he STILL owns, and uses, his orginal B&W screen 20 gb...he then later bought a nano to use for his 'band stuff'.....and just yesterday in fact received his early birthday present, an 8 gb ipod touch. for him, he likes the smaller size for the commute, doesn't mind loading/changing the music on it - me, i can't be bothered - and he wanted it for internet access at work.
so yea...differing perspectives.
and we have way too many ipods for 2 people.
i also have a shuffle! that i won from work tho, haha. altho even my 80gb - i had won a 30 gb ipod which i sold on ebay - and basically threw in $30 and got my 80! wooohoo!
'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'
I've got an 8gig iPod which fits a fair amount of my favourite stuff on it. But because it's all within my grasp, a fair chunk of my collection, I'm getting bored of the entire lot.. and it's only been a few months.
The scam: Buy iPod. Be entertained for a few months. Get bored of music. Buy more music. Buy new, bigger iPod. It's a never ending cycle. You eventually have an iPod which is the size of a naval submarine.
Would you rather carry around all of your music with you instead of the iPod?
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I don't really think it's a scam. I have an 80gig iPod, which due to annoying circumstances I can't add any music onto at the moment. I think there's about 20gigs on it at the moment, but it will take me a few years before it's full and I need to buy a new one, if I even do buy a new one, by which time the technology will have advanced, they will be smaller, and iPods may be completely obsolete anyway.
I don't wanna think, I wanna feel
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That was hilarious!
And now I'm hungry for tapas.
- the great Sir Leo Harrison
Thank you, I almost went one full day without seeing Bono's face....
you're welcome.
lol...
no no no...Bonos Gigantes
Saying buying a mp3 player encourages you to buy more music is like saying buying a DVD player encourages you to buy more DVDs... of course it does, but it's not a scam.
Why people buy small iPods is beyond me. The difference between a 8Gb and a 80Gb is like £20! Okay, some people may not need that 80Gb but 8Gb severely limits the amount of video you can have as well. Doesn't take much at all to need more than 8Gb. Might as well buy the bigger one, not like it's heavy or gigantic.
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'07 - Katowice, Wembley, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
'09 - London, Manchester, London
'12 - Manchester, Manchester, Berlin, Stockholm, Copenhagen
oops i missed it. i hope the original writer isnt too upset that i stole such an original joke.
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Ooh! Burn!
- the great Sir Leo Harrison
i have to stop with the terrible jokes today.
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I'll leave it up to someone else to make the obvious "Bono's a wanker" joke.:p
agreed!
however, i do think the original post was made in humor.
that said, yea...i cannot see getting a nano, but that's me. i DID have a 20gb ipod and was perfectly pleased...but when that finally died, my choices were a nano...or right on up to 80 gb. seemed a no brainer to me. went with the 80 gb, no thought at all! LOVE it!
now, someone like my husband....he simply likes having multiple ipods. :rolleyes: he STILL owns, and uses, his orginal B&W screen 20 gb...he then later bought a nano to use for his 'band stuff'.....and just yesterday in fact received his early birthday present, an 8 gb ipod touch. for him, he likes the smaller size for the commute, doesn't mind loading/changing the music on it - me, i can't be bothered - and he wanted it for internet access at work.
so yea...differing perspectives.
and we have way too many ipods for 2 people.
i also have a shuffle! that i won from work tho, haha. altho even my 80gb - i had won a 30 gb ipod which i sold on ebay - and basically threw in $30 and got my 80! wooohoo!
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
In the context of this thread...
Not in my thread you don't.
- the great Sir Leo Harrison
yes well, variety is the spice of life eh?
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
I couldn't possibly comment.:p
Would you rather carry around all of your music with you instead of the iPod?