i have thought and thought andcan't really think of a good about ipods

break easily
inconvenient/incompatible-can only put music from itunes
expensive-plus itunes music is expensive

what are some good mp3s you think are better than ipods?

2/19/2008 12:29:37 AM

wow

2/19/2008 12:33:53 AM

^

2/19/2008 12:39:09 AM

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"break easily inconvenient/incompatible-can only put music from itunes expensive-plus itunes music is expensive"

wrong,
wrong,
exactly.

iPods are ridiculously tough. The only part that "breaks" would be the hard drive, which is the same with any non-flash mp3 player. Maybe you are talking about the glass-screened touch and iPhone, but even then, you can shatter the screen and the thing will keep on ticking.

inconvienent? The iPod+iTunes introduced the notion of simplicity to digital music. Incompatible? it supports MP3, how much more compatible can you get? It took me 5 minutes to put my entire mp3 collection on my iPod when I got it.

expensive? You pay the premium for good design, a great experience and great support. Apparently a hundred million or so people would agree. You want cheap? Go get a Sansa.


Better than an iPod, not much. Cheaper and decent? The zune, Sansa line, Creative's players, several iRiver models are all decent.

2/19/2008 12:40:25 AM

there are some great mp3s around the same price that BLOW. IPOD. AWAY. hell, theres a phone better than iphone. its just all about marketing. apple is a marketing machine. marketing is the most important thing in consumer prodcuts.

you can be a moron and deal with the theatrics of exporting music into itunes that has to be in a seperate folder or just drag and drop or something easier all for free. 2000 songs =2000 dollars HAHA SUCKERS

2/19/2008 12:49:18 AM

you do realize you dont have to buy from itunes to get legal music on your ipod? I've never purchased a single song from iTunes.

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"there are some great mp3s around the same price that BLOW. IPOD. AWAY."

If you already KNOW this, why the fuck did you even start the thread? And, like it or not, there isn't any mp3 player as good as the iPod as a total package. The whole is more than the parts.

And this thread isn't about phones either, so why even bring it up?

2/19/2008 12:57:58 AM

This thread reminds me of Earl-threads for some reason ... can't quite put my finger on it ...

2/19/2008 1:08:09 AM

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"If you already KNOW this, why the fuck did you even start the thread?"

sorry for the theatricks

but i needed to reel somebody in

2/19/2008 1:23:40 AM

fwiw, i own 3 mp3 players, this is how i rank 'em

1. Microsoft Zune 30GB
2. Sandisk Sansa e260
3. Apple iPod nano (1Gen)

2/19/2008 1:56:13 AM

a nano isn't exactly relative to the other two... i wouldn't compare it to the full size ipods either.

and

Quote :

"wow"

did you come here with a serious question or just to aimlessly fire on iPods and Apple?

[Edited on February 19, 2008 at 2:47 AM. Reason : ]

2/19/2008 2:45:51 AM

What's a "consumer prodcuts."? Is that beef?

2/19/2008 6:32:43 AM

I have had 3 archos mp3 players ( one did video too )
the first one was one of the first hd based mp3 players all of them were awesome until i somehow broke them. The first two each survived 2 years at the golf course and were run over by lawn mowers multiple times. I also like how they connect to a pc just like an external hd and just show up as a disk drive.

2/19/2008 8:05:41 AM

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"I also like how they connect to a pc just like an external hd and just show up as a disk drive."

which, of course, you can do with an iPod also.

i swear, 95% of iPod bashing is just Apple-hate or ignorance about what the product actually does or can do. I rarely hear a legitimate reason why people don't like ipods

2/19/2008 8:13:54 AM

I'm not bashing i didn't say anything negative about the ipod... my newest archos can have songs loaded via wifi and has a touch screen... of course now so does the ipod (2 years later)

2/19/2008 8:15:36 AM

i really love the ipod classic.

2/19/2008 8:16:27 AM

I'm going to assume this is a trolling thread.

2/19/2008 8:42:16 AM