ipods...

Originally Posted by meth0dical

i never said they were

^Pretty sure thats what "competitive" means.

rhia, i have a cheap shitty little mp3 player. i use it the same way you would. i love mine, cause it has a little thing at the top that i can clip it on a lanyard and wear it around my neck. i hate hate hate arm bands and belt clips so it is perfect for me.

[Billy Shears]

Originally Posted by R Wellbelove

Billy Shears - Moron, maybe as a DJ I already have a crazy system set up with a variety of mediums to play with. I also drive in a car with a cd player. Not to mention all my mp3s on my comp and I work in an environment that requires me to listen and socialize. Can you think of a time when I would ever need an ipod?

Whoa, no need to get all agro.
You said it yourself, there's a lot of situations where you just don't readily have access to music (plane, gym, on vacation, out of town gigs, etc)

Originally Posted by R Wellbelove

And I think you miss understood what I ment by "sociably mandatory". IOW I dont want to be one of those fools who buys something and then finds out that 2 months later its out of date. I dont care what ppl think, but I do fear that the technology I buy wont keep up.

I don't think I did misunderstand.. If you buy an mp3 player, and all you want/need it to do is play mp3s, then its not exactly out of date if all the new mp3 players that come out have video.. not to you at least. Meaning, as long as it does what you want it to do, how can it be out of date? (The only ones to tell you that your player is out of date would be people who care about features you don't need) By your logic, all the people still using non-HD television sets are fools with out-of-date technology...

Originally Posted by R Wellbelove

Thank you to those who understood my concern with NEED and what I would USE. No its not a big extra in price ($80) but like I keep telling you ppl... im not interested in videos and pics... Why would I pay for it when Im not going to use it? Not to mention wouldn't a shuffle be so much more easy to bring around with me? And if I ever lost it or broke like I keep hearing... It wouldnt be such a big replacement cost.

It seems like you already have it all figured out.

If all you need is mp3 playback in the smallest, slickest design around, get a shuffle. If you need a screen and want the best quality player for the money, get a player from another company like the new Sandisk player. If you're bent on getting an Apple product (whether you like their looks or are caving in to social pressure), then get the Nano.

Note that if you're worried about limitations of the technology, I wouldn't be buying an Apple player. Out of all the mp3 players on the market, Apple's have the least features, and are the most expensive.

Originally Posted by Billy Shears

Whoa, no need to get all agro.
You said it yourself, there's a lot of situations where you just don't readily have access to music (plane, gym, on vacation, out of town gigs, etc)



I don't think I did misunderstand.. If you buy an mp3 player, and all you want/need it to do is play mp3s, then its not exactly out of date if all the new mp3 players that come out have video.. not to you at least. Meaning, as long as it does what you want it to do, how can it be out of date? (The only ones to tell you that your player is out of date would be people who care about features you don't need) By your logic, all the people still using non-HD television sets are fools with out-of-date technology...



It seems like you already have it all figured out.

If all you need is mp3 playback in the smallest, slickest design around, get a shuffle. If you need a screen and want the best quality player for the money, get a player from another company like the new Sandisk player. If you're bent on getting an Apple product (whether you like their looks or are caving in to social pressure), then get the Nano.

Note that if you're worried about limitations of the technology, I wouldn't be buying an Apple player. Out of all the mp3 players on the market, Apple's have the least features, and are the most expensive.

Thanks for putting all those words in my mouth. If you stopped doing that I wouldn't have to call you a moron.

[Billy Shears]

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LOL @ the bad karma for my last post

[miss.myra]

Rhia, if you don't want any of the fancy bits you're best getting the refurb nano :) i think it's better than the shuffle because you're probably using your ipod for things like working out, etc. you don't get control over what plays on the shuffle, wheras with the nano you can pick what you play and even make playlists with workout music, chill music, etc. it's also much much easier to manage your podcasts on the nano, you can still put them on your shuffle you just can't control when they play

[M!SKA]

Hey Rhia I totally know what you mean. For the longest time I did not have any desire to own an ipod. Then last year or so I got an old model 1gb shuffle for free from my work, and started using it while commuting. It's great for drowning people out on the skytrain, and I also use it as a flash drive which is handy (I don't think you can do that with the new model ones though).

The shuffle works and all, but I think I'm going to upgrade to a nano because I'm getting sick of having to skip forward a million times to randomly find the song I want to listen to. Also, 1gb is definitely not enough, especially when it's playing songs at random; I've heard the same song twice in one day which is kind of lame. I also definitely don't see the need for having it play videos. Why would I want to watch something on such a tiny screen anyway? Just because I can? No thanks.

As for using it in the car.. I don't drive very much so I don't feel the need for having an ipod in the car, but Rob has a nano + fm transmitter thingie that we've used on long rides before and it's perfect, especially if there's no radio (yes CD's work too, but with an ipod you have all your tunes at your fingertips instead of having to change CD's).

For your needs, I think Myra's got it right. Refurb'd 4gb's nano's are only $105 from the apple store, which is such a steal!

[yoko*]

I own the shuffle. They are light, compact straight-forward and relatively inexpensive. They're really great for using during workouts.

I personally prefer something as simple and basic as the shuffle to anything too fancy. I can't justify spending a huge amount on a music-listening device.

[SEAN!]

Originally Posted by R Wellbelove

I am probably the last person on earth to even THINK about wanting an ipod. The ONLY place I would ever use it is for travel on planes/trains (when not in my car) or working out/running.

Ideally I guess the ipod shuffle makes sense. Im not interested in movies or videos yet... or will this soon be sociably mandatory on all mobile music devices... therefor I should up grade. Anyways I just wanted to ask what those who own or hear about it think?

you should just get whatever suits your needs. there is no sense buying a piece of electronics inorder to make a fashion statement.

i like my ipod but i got it for free. im not sure if i would actually go out and buy one.

^ Thank you ladies!! Thats what I wanted to hear. I dont know if I could ever go refurb though after getting a referb phone that mysteriously decided not to work one day. If I took transit I would totally up grade as I would get a lot more use out of it, however this seems like something I may barely use once a week. Although it does seem annoying having to skip through tons of songs trying to find them.

[meth0dical]

Originally Posted by R Wellbelove

^Pretty sure thats what "competitive" means.

because the zune is direct competition does not automatically make apple worried about it. its just a nice flash media player alternative to the nano.

[t-skywalker]

i dont even have one...holds head in shame. i use my phone it holds enough for my short bus ride as i live downtown. i plan on getting one soon tho

[galaxie]

I have a 6 gb (I think) Nano and an 8gb iPhone. I guess I don't really need the Nano anymore but I use it for running because strapping that small thing to your arm is a lot better than the heavier iPhone. I'm happy with the Nano - I can have music or photos on it, I never used the photo option though because all I wanted it for was music. The plus side to having one with more storage is that you can store all your music on it - essentially back-up in case your computer ever decides to crap out.

IMO go with the Nano, not the shuffle. Like everyone has already said, it's annoying to have to keep pressing skip to find the songs you want to hear!