Rant of the day: IPOD SUCKS!

[Perfectlap]

I gave away some of my crap-pods including a refurbished one that turned out to be dead on arrival(great work Apple) so now I have to buy the lucky girl a new one, and I had one stolen (why would you steal an Ipod? how does he know he'll like my songs )

I'm going to give this one a shot.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16855125015


Has an FM radio, a replaceable battery and
competition is good for the market. I agree the crap-pods are all made from the same internals but Apple seems to show little interest in taking the mp3 device to the next level of reliability/durability. If everyone and their 12 year old sister is buying from Apple, marketplace competition is hampered.
also it seems for the memory capacity Apple's mp3 players are indeed very over priced.

[eslai]

Apple is more arrogant than Porsche even and it drives me nuts--there are so many simple software features missing from the iPod that amaze me.

But they're still the best out there, design-wise and (now) audio quality-wise. Sucks but it's true.

I've had a mini and now a nano and they've never given me problems, but I hear problems from people all the time so it's no surprise to me that you've had such bad luck.

Try the iRiver products, like the U10, or whatever its most recent incarnation is. Sony's also coming out with some uber-player soon, it's already released overseas.

[Jump]

I've owned a 1G 5GB, 3G 20GB and a 4G 60GB Photo. I've never had a single problem with any of them. I hope I can say the same about my Box 5 years from now

[Brucelee]

"Apple is more arrogant than Porsche"

That is not possible.

[SD987]

Perfectlap, you may want to wait for this...

http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/chi-060705microsoft-ipod-story,1,1492791.story?coll=chi-business-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true

[bigislandboxster]

Never got into the IPod thing, never bought one, probably never will.....If I need 500 songs to listen to, I'll just dwelve into my LP collection at home. To each their own I say.....But its not for me.....

[TMM986]

Perfectlap,

I had a similar experience - in March of this year, barely 1 month out of warranty, my 40GB iPod died of a hard drive failure. The geebs at the local Apple store wouldn't repair or replace it and added insult to injury by offering me a 15% "recycling" discount on a new iPod. Yeah, right.

I have an iPod Nano as well (a holiday gift last year) and I expect it to be dead in January regardless of how much I use it. >:-|

Good luck finding a new MP3 player. I will be interested to find out what you buy because I'll probably need a new one before too long.

[Brucelee]

Originally Posted by bigislandboxster

Never got into the IPod thing, never bought one, probably never will.....If I need 500 songs to listen to, I'll just dwelve into my LP collection at home. To each their own I say.....But its not for me.....

I have my entire CD collection on the IPOD, which is hooked up to my Bose home stereo unit.

Very very convenient.

The collection is also on my PC, which I can play while working.

Good stuff.

[Perfectlap]

Originally Posted by SD987

Perfectlap, you may want to wait for this...

http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/chi-060705microsoft-ipod-story,1,1492791.story?coll=chi-business-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true

the only thing worse than Microsoft taking over the MP3 market from Apple is.....uh...

[asnigro]

The Treo 650 was the answer to my MP3 needs (along with need for cell phone, contact list, scheduler, etc.)

[fab]

I own a IPOD video 30gb for about 2 years with NO PROBLEMS.

[Perfectlap]

Tmm986,

I think I found it:

100 plus hours on a single charge,
FM radio
in 500, 1 gb, 2gb
way less than a crap-pod
comes ready with podcasting software
(good for listening to in the car)

http://reviews.cnet.com/MobiBlu_B153_2GB_black/4505-6490_7-31870947.html

[Jump]

I'm curious about the complaints about battery life. Not once in the years I've owned an iPod (going back to the original 5GB) have I ever come close to running out of battery power in daily usage. When will you ever listen for 100 hours straight?

[eslai]

Originally Posted by Brucelee

"Apple is more arrogant than Porsche"

That is not possible.

All I gotta say is: "Steve Jobs".

[porscheracer]

Originally Posted by eslai

All I gotta say is: "Steve Jobs".

A while ago I read ad in Craigslist - buy Ipod with 4000+ songs for less < $500.

[Brucelee]

Originally Posted by eslai

All I gotta say is: "Steve Jobs".

You have obviously never been in a room full of German engineers!

[eslai]

Originally Posted by Brucelee

You have obviously never been in a room full of German engineers!

But...but... STEVE JOBS!!!!