will this ipod work for me? Could care less about album art. 8GB is cutting it close, 80GB seems like overkill but for an extra $50?
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I bought a 4GB Nano 2 years ago because I only had 3GBs of music. Now I have 16GBs. Getting an iPod may give you the bug to listen to more music. With the ease of switching between songs and creating playlists, any mp3 player will drive you to experiment a little with your music taste. I also could not have cared less about the pictures or video (still don't) - but I got really into podcasts, and those take up space (if you like radio, check out podcasts - better quality, fewer interruptions). Bottom line - you will probably regret not spending the extra $50. The 80GB is a little more delicate than the nano (spinning hard drive vs. flash memory), but if you are just going to keep it at home it should not be an issue.
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Maybe you got too many apps open Boo. My 4G is pretty quick. Not my iPad quick, but fast enough. That said, I only use it for playing music off a dock these days. Even if I trade it in, it's still going to cost me $170. Maybe for people who actually play lots of games it's worth upgrading. Looks like music and movie based users won't find it worthwhile.
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I just bought 30 gb video ipod. I get about 6 hours playing music and maybe 2 hours with video.I was told thats normal. I use it work and all the usb port are disabled here. After reading these posts, looks like instead of buying a AC charger I should just replace it with another one. Still with in return policey time.
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I'm having the same issue. I have an Ipod 80GB classic. I tried to use it, and couldn't get it to work after following the directions. The audio plays, but not the video. I called Philips support and was told that Apple was blocking the video on the Classic. I called Apple and was told there was no issue of which they were aware, but I should try an Apple retail store. In short, everyone wanted to pass the buck. It's a shame because the unit is very nice, but if I can't use the Ipod feature with the Classic, it's not very practical.
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I think you should get the bigger one if you want lotsa movies. I recently put on about 50 songs and it took up .1 GB, but movies take up lots. I have the 8GB also cuz I love the green!! But you are better off getting more GB and paying a little extra than having to buy a new one because of no space left.
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I totally agree with you on this, and if Microsoft ever wants to compete with the iPod they are going to have to do better than this. Don't get me wrong because I hate Apple, but this thing isn't gonna come close to an iPod. The least they could've done was match the storage capacity (60 GB, although now it's 80 GB). I don't expect this thing to do nearly as well as what Microsoft expects.
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Depends on what you really want, yes if this is your first ipod I'd go for it, but since it is Hard drive based it will have skipping issues if your jogging or walking sometimes, otherwise if you sit at your desk and listen to it, it will be fine. Then again if you want something that will go anywhere and handle anything, go for the ipod nano, it does everything the classic does, but it's just smaller in size and storage, if you want a bigger screen that will handle anything also go for the ipod touch. When I say handle anything, I mean jogging running, being dropped, because they are flash based and wont skip.
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500 CD's averaging 15 tracks per CD is a total of 7500 tracks. The iPod Touch 32 gig holds approximately 7,000 songs. A 40GB MP3 player will hold approximately 10,000 songs, but they are hard drive based and aren't designed for rough usage. 40 GB hard drive players are pretty hard to find these days so she might have to sacrifice some songs. She most likely doesn't actually listen to 500 CD's on a regular basis and you can always set iTunes to auto-rotate the songs for for fresh content. An alternative to the iPod Touch is the iPod Classic which packs 160 GB (around 40.000 songs) of storage. They are but around $250. The iPod Touch is also available in 64GB for a higher cost (around $300). An alternative to those two iPods is the Zune HD which packs 16, 32, or 64 gigabytes as well. These are considerably cheaper than the iPod equivilent. They also offered a 120 GB Zune (non-HD) but the price will vary as they are no longer manufactured. Sony also makes highly-regarded MP3 players that are comparable to MS and Apple. Besides These three companies, I can't really recommend buying anything else. I've owned all different types of MP3 players from Creative, Toshiba, Samsung, Sandisk, and the MS Zune but none of them come close to the tight integration that iTunes and iPod have. Every time I hit the sync button I'm confident the iPod will have exactly the songs I want on it. With Windows Media Player or the Zune software, a lot of the time it will end up partially syncing and some songs will duplicate. Album art is also a nightmare on these. As much as I don't like Apple's business model, their software and hardware are pretty hard to beat.
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The Ipod Controls are some what lacking, the most frustrating part to me is that if you search by artist it does not asllow you to select individual albums within that artist, if you want to listen to a specific album you have to select it through the albums search folder. This would not be a major problem, but like someone already said, if you have 1000 artist and 2 or 3 even 5 albums per artist, that makes for a long list to go through.
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I have an 80 GB ipod that plays videos. Works fine on that one. Don't know if that's the same as your classic. Definitely important to make sure you're ordering the one for your ipod model. I had to google several times before figuring out which one with what features I have. Installing not a cinch, but with perseverance and some luck was doable. Suggest watching youtube on it if possible. Installation should not be taken lightly.
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I'm waiting for a 128gb flash player that SOUNDS good, and can be loaded with a standard usb cable, and not requiring some proprietary software (read itunes). I test drove a 64gb ipod touch when it first came out, because my 16gb cowon iaudio7 is too small, but it sounded terrible, admittedly it was a stock set of tunes ripped at a low bit rate, but when I wanted to load up my own max bit rate tunes to it, the geniuses at the apple store couldn't fathom why someone would want to listen to tunes they'd ripped themselves, or how to make it happen. Hopefully someone raises the bar on storage space and sound quality, neither of which should be hard at this point. I wish someone would swing for the fences and do a flash 256gb player. I have to admit, I'm anachronistic, in that I don't want internet access, apps, videos, etc. just a gigantic music player that's not disk based (use it on a motorcycle, drop it constantly on the commute), that sounds fantastic and has great battery life. The more things a device does, the performance of each of those things suffers.
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It is great. It has more of a box shape do to the iPods shape witch make it feel sronger. It is way much better than its predecessors. Get it. U will not be sorry
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Hi there,i'd like to buy a new 8GB mp3, but, i'm confused between the new ipod nano and zune. people say that the 3rd gen nano has a great battery life now, but, i'm discouraged from transferring my music files to itunes and changing the format (i've been using windows media. so, they're mostly in .wma)Is it true that Zune's software is crippled?being an experienced useer, would you recommend zune or nano? =)thanks a bunch!!
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I just bought it as well, it came yesterday, I also got the old version, however it is charging my 120GB iPod Classic and I got the 4 plugs in teh back, I got lucky and have the best of both worlds. You can also tell my the serial numbers, take a look at the Harmon Kardon site: http://www.harmankardon.com/product_detail.aspx?cat=MME&sType;=∏=HKGOPLAYBLKOld Version: Serial no. SZBOM-0148776 and belowNew Version: Serial no. SZBOM-0148777 and aboveIt is just as nice as everyone says that it is and the sound is beautiful, crisp, clean, and loud if you want loud. I just bought it as well, it came yesterday, I also got the old version, however it is charging my 120GB iPod Classic and I got the 4 plugs in teh back, I got lucky and have the best of both worlds. You can also tell my the serial numbers, take a look at the Harmon Kardon site: http://www.harmankardon.com/product_detail.aspx?cat=MME&sType;=∏=HKGOPLAYBLKOld Version: Serial no. SZBOM-0148776 and belowNew Version: Serial no. SZBOM-0148777 and aboveIt is just as nice as everyone says that it is and the sound is beautiful, crisp, clean, and loud... » Read More I just bought it as well, it came yesterday, I also got the old version, however it is charging my 120GB iPod Classic and I got the 4 plugs in teh back, I got lucky and have the best of both worlds. You can also tell my the serial numbers, take a look at the Harmon Kardon site: http://www.harmankardon.com/product_detail.aspx?cat=MME&sType;=∏=HKGOPLAYBLKOld Version: Serial no. SZBOM-0148776 and belowNew Version: Serial no. SZBOM-0148777 and aboveIt is just as nice as everyone says that it is and the sound is beautiful, crisp, clean, and loud if you want loud. « Show Less
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I love it because its small and thin. Its completely touch screen. The thing is awesome! Plus its got 16GB of storage for all of my music. Its an awesome iPod. Full functions of a standard size one too. Hope this helps!
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HI Anne, I got the 4g nano for Christmas. My first Ipod. It's pretty cool. Anyway i have fit 7 hours of video(movies), 1 hour of video podcasts and 130 songs all at once and still had 300mb free. I think for 50 bucks more it's well worth it to double the size. I made my own movies from my dvd's so i left off credits to save space. not sure if an itunes movie would take more space. Hope tha helps
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Yes, it works great! I ordered mine back in the summer, and I have been thrilled with it. I also have a 30 GB iPod, so you should have no trouble making it work.