Ipod questions

**Kiltedmusiclover** · 5th February 06, 08:24 AM

Ok guys I need some help. I am going to purchase a MP3 player.
I thought I remembered a thread about this but my search came up empty.
I am looking at spending around $300. I have a gift card of $200 from my brother to Best Buy, so that is where I will be purchasing it.

So here are my questions:

1. Is Apple the best??

2. How about the battery? I recall that it was very expensive to replace the battery if it
dies. Are there any tricks to ensuring battery life?

3. What about an extended warranty?

I normally do not buy these, but my parents have used theirs 4 times on a portable DVD player.($49)
Any insight you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

**646guy** · 5th February 06, 09:14 AM

I didn't give in to the iPod craze. I bought a Samsung Napster MP3 player with a 40G memory card and I've been dumping CDs into it for weeks and haven't come close to filling it up. It's incredibly easy to use and not as expensive as an iPod.

I was able to set up a playlist for a friend's party that went on for several hours and it was easy to hook it up to his stereo and have it play for hours....I did get a few looks for pairing up Carmen McCrae and Ella Fitzgerald against ABBA and Donna Summer but everyone had a blast...

**UmAnOnion** · 5th February 06, 09:49 AM

Originally Posted by 646guy

I didn't give in to the iPod craze. I bought a Samsung Napster MP3 player with a 40G memory card and I've been dumping CDs into it for weeks and haven't come close to filling it up. It's incredibly easy to use and not as expensive as an iPod.

I am with 646 onthis one . i purposely went against teh stream when purchasing an MP3 player - bought one by Creaitve Lags. Mine is 30 goig - was MUCH less expensive than the Ipod & you dont have to deal with the restrictive BS Apple institutes re: saving music to more then one computer ...

serves exactly teh same purpose as the Ipod without all the Ipod hoopla...

Originally Posted by MOWGLI

Question 1. - I like my iPod. By far, the most accessories are for the iPod. I went to MacWorld a few weeks ago and a third of the booths were iPod related. a recent poll at www.macintouch.com found that the newest version of the iPod was the most reliable too.

Most people are out there wearing trousers <shudder> should we follow that same logive and toss our kilts and follow the herd ??? <This is a rhetorical questions before anyone assumes i woudl be foolhardy enough to seriously contemplate something as ridiculous as this!!!>
:razz:

**Raphael** · 5th February 06, 05:33 PM

Nelson, I have to assume that you are a Windows User. But I am not going to hold that against you. I have my iPod for almost 2 years and I absolutely love mine. Since we are a Mac household, iPod is pretty much the only choice I have and it is not a piece of technology that I regrett getting.

With iPod's popularity, there are a lot more aftermarket accessories for them. If you are are planning to use it when driving, you can get one of those FM Transmitter/powercord combo. That is the onething you will need to play music in your car. One Cable. If you don't want to leave on the front seat, there is a little cupholder thing for holding up it.

**chasem** · 6th February 06, 02:08 PM

I too went against the ipod craze. I got a Creative Zen Touch for Christmas (20gb) and I love it. It's fairly straightforward and has a [claimed] battery life of 24 hrs. I haven't seen any problems with it so far.

**Mr. Kilt** · 5th February 06, 10:11 AM

Originally Posted by 646guy

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I did get a few looks for pairing up Carmen McCrae and Ella Fitzgerald against ABBA and Donna Summer but everyone had a blast...

Ahhhhh, somebody else who thinks like me musically! Wonderful!
I've been know to burn a disc that contains everything from Patsy Cline, Frank Zappa, Bee Gees, Stompin' Tom Connors, The Glenn Miller Orchestra, The Irish Rovers, Cab Calloway and No Doubt to old 70's era AM rock.

**pdcorlis** · 5th February 06, 10:38 AM

I got my wife an iPod for Christmas last year. It's audio quality is simply stunning. The interface is typically Apple simple and the form factor is well thought out. I think their popularity is due to their functionality more than their buzz.

**646guy** · 5th February 06, 10:53 AM

Originally Posted by Al G. Sporrano

Ahhhhh, somebody else who thinks like me musically! Wonderful!
I've been know to burn a disc that contains everything from Patsy Cline, Frank Zappa, Bee Gees, Stompin' Tom Connors, The Glenn Miller Orchestra, The Irish Rovers, Cab Calloway and No Doubt to old 70's era AM rock.

I used to work for a music department in a Barnes and NOble store so I have a mix of everything from showtunes to country to death metal to opera to you name it...vocal jazz though is my favorite and Ella is my diva...Diana Krall is a very close runner up but nothing matches Ella singing Gershwin in my book....

**bubba** · 5th February 06, 11:48 AM

Originally Posted by 646guy

Ella is my diva...Diana Krall is a very close runner up but nothing matches Ella singing Gershwin in my book....

Cleo Laine singing damned near anything

**646guy** · 5th February 06, 12:23 PM

Originally Posted by bubba

Cleo Laine singing damned near anything

I had a bad Cleo Laine experience so I'm not that enthralled with her. She was singing at the Jacksonville Jazz Festival in the 90s and she was just OFF to the point that we were so annoyed that we named the proverbial "last nerve" after her and from henceforth we have called it the "Cleo Nerve."

Some of those who were there saw her perform at a smaller venue and said she was MUCH better there so they chalked it up to a potential sound problem...