Rant of the day: IPOD SUCKS!

[porscheracer]

Originally Posted by 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?

Apple admitted they had battery problems with Ipods.
I would like to get a different MP3 player but I'm stock with my Ipod because of Itunes. I have over 2500 songs on my Itunes and you cannot transfer it from Ipod to another MP3 player.

Yes, I'm addicted to Itunes.

[Perfectlap]

those bastards are sneaky.
My PC crashed and wiped out my Itunes. Most of the songs were from CD's so I didn't freak out. I'm wondering what would have happened if they were in fact all I-tunes. Could I ask for them back or would I have to repurchase?

p.s.
The 150 hour mobiblu would also be cool for the Boxster because it could be used for long trips without needing its own power source. I already have the cigarette lighter dedicated to the V1 (hardwiring produced alternator whine) and my Sirius unit. One of my frequent passengers HAS to hear a certain mp3 playlist or else she gets mad.

[Brucelee]

I have my Itunes backed up on an external hard drive.

Also, I have all my songs on the IPOD. So, if my PC buys it, I have two sources to go to.

Having said that, I believe ITUNES has enough info stored to allow you to download all of your purchased tunes again.

Never tried it though.

Love the ITUNES store.

[mtch]

Originally Posted by porscheracer

- I have over 2500 songs on my Itunes and you cannot transfer it from Ipod to another MP3 player.

Yes, I'm addicted to Itunes.

It requires a little effort and more storage, but it can be done. I burn the music from itunes into CDA format then re-rip it into a "non-itunes" mp3 so I can use it on my older Rio. Ikeep it abound because it is more durable and expendible than my IPOD.

[Uncle Bob]

I have used a Rio Carbon almost daily for over 4 years and it's flawless. Having only 512 MB memory has never seemed to be a disadvantage. It is lightweight, has long batterylife and since it's a sold state memory device, it has no moving parts.

I've had several other larger players that use notebook hard drives that, although they are great for large storage, the inability to take shocks, imho, make them prone to failure. Also? They have a rudimentary OS which can and does crash, making them unbootable!

[porscheracer]

Originally Posted by mtch

It requires a little effort and more storage, but it can be done. I burn the music from itunes into CDA format then re-rip it into a "non-itunes" mp3 so I can use it on my older Rio. Ikeep it abound because it is more durable and expendible than my IPOD.

thanks for the info... so much to do and so little time.

Here is a good article about the iPod:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/red-072406-ipod-main,1,159780.story?coll=chi-news-hed