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I have one of the new iPod nanos and the sound quality is great. I actually upgraded from a "£30 MP3 player" that sucked balls.Ago Iterum said:
I'm willing to admit that the apple MP3 and MP4 players take the prize almost hands down on the aesthetics prize. Also their functionality is good but if you go for the standard iPod, what's the point apart from the nifty wheel it uses its functionality can be mirrored by any other MP3/MP4 player on the market with better stuff.
Apple considered the success of their little pet as an excuse to charge extortionate prices for something whose novelty wore out around the time humans could talk, about how ordinary it was.
If you posses a burning desire to get an apple product get the iTouch, pretty functional, the touch screen is sensitive, without being so sensitive that when using Google Earth you end up in Japan when you aimed for Norway. The accelerometer is good and works well with most tasks but can be a bit difficult to get used to, or in this case a bit insensitive. Finally due to its ubiquitous nature there will always be people making applications for it.
However I recommend any Sony Walkman as they produce some of the best sound quality on the market, are functional and simple to use without strange features that you will likely never use but still pay for. Also they are reasonably priced as they haven't had Apple's success. As all Apple kit is overpriced.
But whatever you do don't get the iPhone!
Apple considered the success of their little pet as an excuse to charge extortionate prices for something whose novelty wore out around the time humans could talk, about how ordinary it was.
If you posses a burning desire to get an apple product get the iTouch, pretty functional, the touch screen is sensitive, without being so sensitive that when using Google Earth you end up in Japan when you aimed for Norway. The accelerometer is good and works well with most tasks but can be a bit difficult to get used to, or in this case a bit insensitive. Finally due to its ubiquitous nature there will always be people making applications for it.
However I recommend any Sony Walkman as they produce some of the best sound quality on the market, are functional and simple to use without strange features that you will likely never use but still pay for. Also they are reasonably priced as they haven't had Apple's success. As all Apple kit is overpriced.
But whatever you do don't get the iPhone!
Umm, yeah, you can play music, movies etc off them. You can alway play music off an ipod if you have one of them too.Meta Like That said:
Mind if i cut into this argument?Ago Iterum said:
Quality is always an important factor to me. I've had in my time an Iriver H320 which gave astonishingly good sound quality in its time; I then moved onto a Zune, which was ok but the quality didn't have the same wow factor that my H320 had. I then bought a macbook, and as people will know Zunes do not work with them and i was effectively forced into buying an iPod Nano. I have always stayed away from ipods because their sound quality has always been below par in my opinion, but the latest outing surprised me; its not that bad. Its not amazing or anything, but its still pretty good, above average. The quality is better than most Mp3 players on the market that i have listened to, and whilst its not as good as say that of a Creative, its not so far off that its worth disregarding it for the average user. I love it, and its awesome 'shake' feature is something which i love so much about it lol (when you shake the ipod it shuffles the track, how awesome is that! )
A good one that's easy to use and not too expensive in the 4GB Creative ZEN. Not the Stone or Micro or all their spinoffs. Just the ZEN. It's reliable to me and hold a fair amount of songs.
The only thing bad is that the videos are a ***** to compress...
The only thing bad is that the videos are a ***** to compress...
Why Not? Because in this case normal means more money for things other MP3s offer, I mean they're pretty reliable but don't just arbitrarily follow the masses or you'll never find out if there's something better.Glerken said:
Furthermore Microsoft got sued for monopoly of the market, and I agree with the decision, I don't think the punishment was great enough though.
And on the same tone this is why Apple can charge extortionate prices, because everyone buys it. But we need to appreciate that there are other ideas and things outside the iPod, or we might just miss the chance to see a revolutionary idea trampled neath Apple's mighty tread. No competition, no innovation. Necessity is the mother of invention.
I like my iPod. I must have the only iPod and xbox in existence that does what it's meant to. I've got an 8GB iPod Touch, and apart from only have 7GB of storage (fucking firmware), it's a nice reliable little thing. If you're willing to spend the money, I would. If not, the Sensa MP3 players are great things too. I had one and it was fantastic until I dropped it one too many times. Whoops.
The iPod shuffle you know.. the clip on one... its great the only (and i mean only) small down side is that there is no screen BUT i don't find that a problem.
Definitely. I got one right after they stopped making them for 300 bucks, and it was well worth it.pantsoffdanceoff said: