Help me choose an iPod!

I also have an 80gig black iPod. It was a gift, I didn't want an iPod primarily for the fact that I despise itunes, I mean seriously hate it.

After several weeks of extreme annoyance with itunes (putting albums in the wrong order, having multiple listings for some artists, even though it was the same spelling - 11 listings for the same artist in one case! & some songs being on there but impossible to find) I got the hang of how to make it work for me, instead of the other way round. It's time consuming to get my music in a manner that suits me, but it is possible.

As for the iPod itself, no real complaints, other than the heardphones don't last, but you get that with any iPod model.

find the "old school" u2 version...black and white screen, only plays music.

pros.
1. its big........like a cassette player
2. its big........getting your monies worth
3. its big........everyone laughs at you for having a ghetto player.

cons
1. i am not going to list any, that would be like talking shit on your spouse.

seriously....i like mine 20gb u2 black and red....all i use it for is music. i know for a fact that i did not need this much space but i purchased it because of the red wheel to go along with the darth vader ipod cover.

Pegasus wrote:

but can I recommend putting Rockbox on it (whatever the player you have if it's compatible):
http://www.rockbox.org/

what's rockbox ?
What does it do that iTunes doesn't ?
I don't understadn why many people don't like iTunes.. I think it's very friendly and easy to use. I've tried many other music players and there's no other one I prefer to iTunes...

Pick the shuffle thing..you can move with it so freely..and it's nice and small and simple..

know1 wrote:

Don't get an iPod. Get something by Creative.

it all depends on how much memory you want/need whether to get a creative over a ipod, ive had both and think the ipod is better due to more memory (160gb) and itunes is a bit annoying as it freezes when transferring files which stops other programs working when it does it. its not the end of the world though, how bad can it be having to wait 5 or 10 seconds til it unfreezes?

they aint the best selling mp3 player for nothing, despite all the supposed "brainwashing" they do, some people try to make it out that you shouldnt get one because everyone else has got one and try Archos (like carrying a portable tv) iRiver - poor memory or extremely expensive in UK for good memory in comparison to ipod

thats my two penneth anyway for what its worth (probably not much but it gave me a little break in work )

if you want to use it for videos then get as much memory as you can afford

if you dont plan on using it for videos, or trying to build a large library of music
get the new nano, with as much memory as you can afford


also, add a portable hard drive to that list so you can back up all your music
that way you will have it all in one place when you ipod eventually craps out

harmless_little_f*** wrote:

OK, point taken.

no that isn't a point.....in fact, it's pointless.....if the ipod was a piece of shit like these people are saying it wouldn't have sold millions and millions of units!.....ignore the haters mark.....the ipod is a quality item and is easy to use....the only question is how do you listen to music.....do you have a lot of music and want to have it with you all the time? get an 80g....if you don't have much one of the itouch models should do you just fine....:)

harmless_little_f*** wrote:

I said point taken; I didn't say I agreed with it.

It's too one-dimensional to think 'fuck advertising'; everyone advertises every day. The fact is if there's a better product out there, they should be fucking advertising it. If I've got a good thing, I tell people about it. Oh yeah... I forgot. It's really cool to be underground.

or as i say, "too cool for school"...;)