Awesome iPod..!! My second!!
599501
I own an iPod 3G and bought this as a gift, expecting a lot from this 4G.. and it sure has surpassed all my expectations..
3564167
I recently bought an iPod Touch 3G, 8 Meg. I've never had an Apple product, other than buying
M4Ps from iTunes and converting them to MP3s, so this was totally new. I absolutely love it!
My only annoyance is that iTunes tends to crash on my computer, but that's what I get for
having Windows Vista (ugh). Other than that, this unit is great; there are tons of free and
low priced apps available through iTunes as well as music, podcasts, etc. I was thrilled
that my collection of 900+ MP3s were easily imported from my computer and sound great
via earbuds. I may regret not having gotten more memory though; I wish there was a 16 meg
version. But overall, I am extremely pleased and highly recommend the iPod Touch.
339786
Purchased this iPod Nano 3rd gen used in good condition. I got it from cornellian33 a seller here in amazon, which by the way is a great seller, highly recomended it. So about this iPod. I love it great portability, very light weight. Plays WAV, MP3 and AAC. I am very happy I got it now I take my music, and forgot to mentione also my photos and videos in this super compact device !
21689
Love it !! So much better then my tired 1st gen 8 gb iPod. I can load more songs & photos without having to delete any.
1797869
Great deal and it is my second one.  This is so much better then the Ipod I used to have.
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iPod mini was the hottest gadget last year & the best mp3 player around. Looks like this will be true even in 2005. There is absolutely no competition for the iPod's, no other player is even half as good as iPod.

Pro's,

1. Very good audio quality. Support for normal mp3's (unlike Sony).

2. Small size (smaller than most cell phones like much-talked-about-Motorola-Razr)

3. Extremely well desgined (let's hope Apple makes a cell phone and PDA in near future)

4. Very intuitive interface (award winning touch wheel and minimal buttons)

5. 4GB hard drive (enough space for about 800 mp3 songs)

6. Available in many colors (hopefully Apple will come up with Nokia style faceplates for future Mini's)

7. iTunes is one of the best music software around (rate songs, keep playcount, easy-sync with the iPod)

8. Excellent screen for such small size

9. Recharges from a standard USB port with the same cable as used for the upload of songs. No need to carry around a charger now.

10. Tons of innovative accessories in the market (from Bose speakers to colorful socks!)

11. Good battery life, about 10-14 hrs depneding on how much you surf around on it. ofcourse we all want more and there is no end to that demand :)

12. Everything about the iPod Mini is designed to perfection (no other company has put this much time & effort into their mp3 players even in 4 yrs since iPod hit the streets)

Con's,

1. The battery is internal with no easy replacement chances

2. Colors on the new Mini, except Silver, IMHO, are all gaudy. Last generation of Mini's had much pleasing colors. Check out for yourself at a local store before buying.

3. Gold version has been dropped now, its become a collector's item? Instead of adding more colors they have dropped one!

4. Doesn't come with a wall charger any more and takes longer to charge from USB port. You always need to be around a computer or pay extra for the charger.

Its simply fabulous and I am running out of superlatives to describe it. Thanks Apple for the new iPod Mini!
41680
Better than the I-Pod?? Well I have yet to find a reason not to make such an outlandish claim!! Well it has an extremely neat user friendly wheel that accesses everything in the menu with one thumb! Sweeeet!!! But so does the IPod. A wonderful screen that is bright colorful as well as a crisp and clean presentation. Yes, I am positive this aspect is better than the IPod. Sound, now I have to say I was almost detered by the fact that a couple of reviews I read said that the sound was poor and had a distinct fuzzy static. To this I say there are too many professional reviewers that get Apple/MAC/I-Pod kick backs for bad mouthing their competitors. I have not found that as a matter a fact I have played this MP3 player, through my Yamaha receiver and bose speakers and DAMNED if my buddies have not asked me if it was direct from a CD and not a compacted music file! So I am very pleased. But here is where I-Pod is equal to Sandisk they both sound really good! Now Price, right off the bat Sandisk is cheaper and has more functions (Very clear FM radio, easily add more memory with a card). Now one of the huge selling points is this is a sturdy product that I have dropped several times on the concrete and it playse like the very first day I bought it. But the fact that you are not tied in to using the Apple backed media "ONLY" as you do on an I-Pod product is a huge win for a rebbel like myself who likes his own freedom of choice. So don't listen to my review or anyone else for that matter this is a damned good product and I dare you to do a side by side comparrison on your own. Don't beleive the hype learn for yourself! I have given my I-Pod Shuffle and Nano to my kids this little puppy replaces them both at a better price and sturdier product. Ohh did I mention you can change batteries yourself just by removing 4 screws?? WIN WIN!!
4578795
I absolutely love this music player! It turns any device into an MP3 player. My very expensive iPod Classic is now just collecting dust. I can play music through my phone at anytime, or my PC, or my iPad - this is exactly what I was looking for. I pay for my music and I had been using iTunes when my PC crashed. I was at least smart enough to back up my music to disk but that was 30 disks of music and it was getting expensive and time consuming doing it. Plus I lost whatever I had purchased since my last backup which I don't even know what songs those were. When I started backing up my music to disk the iTunes website said if you ever have to use the recovery disks just put the first one in and it will automatically start to load your music. Not only did this not happen but even going in to iTunes there was no way to get the music off those darn disks that had over $1000 worth of music on. I messed with it for weeks and never could get it to work when I saw an add while shopping on Amazon for this music player. It saved my life! Ok it didn't do that but it did save me some tears. I don't spend money on many things but I spend a lot of money on my music. I loaded this to my PC and it automatically searches for music files on your device or PC and loads them to a cloud player. It even took the compressed files from my iTunes backup disks!!!!!!! I am sold! It took awhile to get all the music off of those 30 or so disks but that would be the case no matter what with a disk. I never went back to iTunes. I can purchase my music right here and play it instantly on any device. And never another backup disk again! It's all in the cloud and we'll worth the $25 a year to store it all. It's fully searchable, and you can shuffle in a playlist which I couldn't do with my iPod. If you shuffle on an iPod it shuffles the whole thing- so stupid. I download kids books for my daughter and then bring headphones so if we are shopping or driving I get some peace and quiet while she listens to a book. Which is also awesome with this app!  All her audio books I purchased on CD are in one place! But with my iPod the shuffle feature would only shuffle the whole iPod which means it could randomly go from Def lepard to The Ugly Duckling. This app can shuffle inside a playlist which is exactly what I wanted!  On my iPad it shows album covers and also the lyrics as it's singing like karaoke for most of the songs. I can access my playlist at work by streaming on my work PC without having to carry an iPod around and try not to lose it or break it. All of my devices are now music players! We were at a dinner party recently and the private room was really quiet. Whipped out my phone and BAM! Instant music. This app rocks. All my music always at my fingertips. And on my PC it recommends new music based on what I am listening to. I actually use this on my iPad via Bluetooth to my beats pill and have an audio cable running to my stereo system. So I can wirelessly control all of my music to the stereo from my iPad now!!!! I can control volume, skip, pause, song, everything from the lock screen so I don't even have to unlock it to use the controls. My stereo is on the lower level and the Bluetooth works through the floor. With my iPod I had to have it plugged into the stereo so every time I wanted to skip a song or turn down the volume I had to run all the way downstairs. With this app I can play it wirelessly a floor away and have full control! And if I need to I can select songs to download on a device if I can't get cloud access like a road trip or something.  I recommend this ALL THE TIME!,  so far my only complaint is that it will put duplicate music on a playlist without a prompt telling you it's duplicate. Sounds like an easy thing to fix, will probably be something they will change soon as iTunes did this. All my music all the time and always safe in the cloud. Poo poo to iTunes! Get this app!
4364054
Awesome mp3 player!! Absolutely love this. Bought another at this same price that was a huge piece of @#$#! So glad i tried this one  and you will  be too!!
764458
This is the second Ipod we have bought so that child number two could keep up with number one. But this is the 6th Generation Ipod "Classic" with 80 GB. This review will be short and is to be on the record as a satisfied Apple customer. We've had this version since Christmas 2007 and it has operated completely flawlessly. No issues with the selector ring, or anyhthing else.

As always, it is pretty spartan in the accessory department with the usual lousy "earbuds" - c'mon Steve, how about building some earphones like Shure does? Not a real big issue since most folks use other headphones or noise canceling phones when traveling. *This is the reason I still can't give it 5 stars*

Sound quality is good to very good. It sounds good through a large  system via headphone output cable - I have not tried it with a sound dock although I would expect it to be better that way.

The combination of Ipod and Itunes continues to amaze me. It is surprising how all the other music download sites seem cumbersome and lame in comparison!

I can't speak to the video quality since it has not really been used for that. The screen seems nice and bright and in a pinch I guess it would be OK for short videos (YOUTUBE clips?)or pictures.

Of course, the Ipod has lost a little of its luster and WOW! factor after the introduction of the Iphone / Itouch...But if you have a lot of music and videos, you just can't beat the 80 GB capacity (or 160 GB for that matter!) that this version provides.

For the price, until flash memory price go down enough to have larger (adequate) capacity players, I will stick with the Ipod classic.
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This little player is awesome!!!  I was looking for an MP3 player for some time and didn't want to join the Ipod cult.  I have friends that have Ipod minis but I didn't want to shell out that much money.  I also didn't need that much space 1GB is more than enough for me.  It is so easy to put music on and off the player!  Also it was importaint for me to be able to replace the battery with little effort.  I've had this player for 2 months and I'm still on the original battery! I love that I can attach a cord to it so it can hang around my neck.
751983
I just recently bought the 40 gig ipod. All I can say is WOW!!! I was upgrading from a Creative Nomad Jukebox 20 gig that was getting buggy. I had narrowed it down to the Creative Jukebox Zen 60 gig or the ipod. I had never had the problems that alot of people have had with Creative... But after reading several different reviews on different sites about the headphone jack going out and the battery cover popping off I dicided to go with the ipod. The software that came with mine was i-tunes, I also am a Windows XP user. I have never had a more flawless sync. In less than 10 minutes it was up and running!! The ease of use and feel are awesome!!! The controls are almost heat activated. The headphones that come with it are Ok but not great. I upgraded to the Shure E3c's and it is a totally different experience. One word of warning when burning your music for the first time. I had thought that there might be a problem with the output, seeing as I had to have the volume turned higher than I felt like I should for a 500.00 product. Well it wasn't until I had burned about a hundred CD's and was changing some track info that I noticed a volume slider. The slider sits by default in the middle of minus 100 - plus 100. I hit select all from edit and went to file and clicked Get info. Moved the slider all the way to plus 100 percent. Burned the CD and checked it out. I could barely turn the volume up it was so loud and full. Nothing in the instructions tell you about this. Needless to say I had to re-burn all of the CD's. Beside that I could not be more happy!!! Just remember to side the volume output up to 100 percent!!
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Dangerously Close to PERFECTION!

Dangerously Close to PERFECTION! I always wanted to buy the original Zune but didn't bother due to the fact it was only 30GB and at that time I was already on my 80GB iPod. When I was on my 80GB I was already on the borderline of a shortage in GB so I was ecstatic when Apple released the 160GB. I have so much videos and that's what takes up all my memory space. After purchasing the 160GB I realized how disappointed I was. I hated the new cheap plastic cover they used; the screen didn't get any bigger, the user interface was spotty and slow (because it takes time to load album art), the scroll wheel was AWFUL and very unresponsive. In short, I was disappointed. The only plus was the memory space. Now the only way I would have enjoyed the iPod was if the 160GB was released in the body of the iPod touch. Instead Apple decided to only utilize 8GB or 16GB as some sort of test drive before the bigger drives get released. I called everywhere in Manhattan yesterday for the Zune & nobody had it. They either had it or their 6 dollar an hour minimum wage employee refused to check if the item was in stock when I called. Anyways I called Circuit City and or course the 18 year old kid that answered said they had tons of Zune's & that he unloaded it off the truck himself the night before the release date but at the same time he refused to put one on hold for me. I go out of my way to go to Brooklyn and of course when I got there they didn't have any. Lucky for me while I was at the store a customer was returning his Zune because he hated the user interface and he thought the device was too big so he exchanged it for an iPod Nano classic. Ok let's get to device. Overall I am very pleased with the device. Like I stated it's dangerously close to perfection, but not quite their yet. I love the design; its very sleek, sexy, futuristic, and very heroine sheik (Wish other colors were available). I've been using iPods for years so I am use to iTunes and the iPod structure menu. So it took a quick second to get use to the Zune interface. The scroll wheel is nicely designed and can be used in 2 ways. Like the original Zune you can hit to select or touch the scroll wheel to browse. The best of both worlds and you get to turn off the touch feature if you want as well. I like the menu setup and I like the fact that you can customize the backgrounds with what's included or with your own pictures unlike the iPod. The pictures look nice & crisp on the 3.2 inch LCD screen. The only thing that was a disappointment was that the album art when a song is being played isn't the clearest image. I guess in order to save memory space the resolution was toned down. I love the fact it has a radio. After having an iPod for so long I realized how many years it was that I didn't get to listen to the radio due to the fact one wasn't built in. Zune also has updated software so that was a nice change even though I didn't see anything wrong with their original design. Last compliant is I wish with all the technology we had that syncing songs would be at faster speeds. I clocked myself last night & it took 3  hours to port all my songs which was about 6500 songs & just a few movies & TV shows onto the Zune. Please note to all teckies out their lets build a better way of syncing songs so it doesn't operate at the speed of a crawling turtle. Bottom line is I am so pleased with my Zune. It really has done what the iPod hasn't been able to do and that's called EVOLVE. Having both devices I really prefer the Zune over the iPod. It's the best of the bunch and with some more advertising people will actually pay attention to this device. Bye Bye iPod Nation, Hello Zune Nation.
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I just got my new (Black) 30 GB iPod a week ago. Looks great. Nice and small, light, and durable. I can see why people complain about scratches on the iPod, but that is the reason why they all come now with a nice cloth case. I keep mine in the case, when I need to put it in my pocket, and in the last week at least, have no scratches on the iPod (knock on wood).

This is my second iPod, and third apple audio player. I had a 2nd Generation iPod (10 GB), that had a Harddrive failure after a few years of heavy usuage. Not a big deal, I got a hell of a lot of use out of it, so i figure it was well worth the money.

I had a 1 GB iShuffle, that someone gave me to replace my broken iPod. But I hated not having a screen, not knowing what I was going to hear next. Not having control over what I heard and when. So when I saw the new Video iPod, I immediately placed an order.

I have to say, the new iPod made my old 2nd Gen one seem like a heavy brick compared. The color display is nice and crisp. The audio sounds really good. I have put my collection of Tick (animated series) videos on it, and watch them daily on my commute to work comfortably.

My only complaint would be how much of a pain it is to properly format videos for use on the video iPod. A lot of the videos I have formated, don't have sound. Most do, some don't. Very annoying. I wish they supported more video file formats, so you don't have to reformat your video collection.

Otherwise I am very happy with it, and would easily recommend it.

**New comments from edit. I was emailed by someone, with a few questions, and I wanted to answer them here. So everyone can see the answers, and hopefully answer a few questions people might have.

"i am in the market for a media player with video capability. do you recomend the ipod video for heavy video use? and what does it take to get your video to work properly on the device?"

I would not recommend the iPod for heavy video use, unless you would be comfortable with the small screen. You will get excellant clarity, and picture with the iPod, but for heavy use, I know for me it gives me a headache to watch for longer then an hour. Plus the battery life for the video is only 2-3 hours depending on the model (30 or 60 GB).

To get video to work propery on your iPod, it needs to be encoded as either an MPEG4 or H.262 file. I use Quicktime Pro to convert the video to play on the iPod. You can use any video conversion program, that supports MPEG4 or H.262.
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I've had this little player for about 2 years now and still loving it! I bought this after buying numerous ipod nanos and shuffles, which all broke within a year. Being a fraction of a cost of Apple's wares, I decided to purchase the 2 gb. And let me tell you: Best decision ever! It has many cool features like recording radio and a SD card slot which can expand the memory easily. It also has an outstanding battery life. When the battery is on "low" it lasts for almost 2-3 more hours before it dies, and charging only takes around an hour. The only reason for the four stars is how easily it can be scratched, for which you can buy a cheap transperant plastic case that does the trick. Also, I would have liked to be able to place songs from the device into a playlist of my choice rather than just the default quicklist. Nonetheless, I highly recommend this product if you want something rock-solid that will last you many years AND has a nice design!
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Wow.  iPod.  How did we listen to music before it?  This 20 gigabyte iPod by Apple Computer allows you to put up to 5000 songs onto it, in a choice of digital formats.  MP3, AAC, etc.  The software with the iPod includes iTunes, which allows you to play the music on your computer, rip CDs onto your computer, and move your music from the computer to the iPod.  iTunes is a great piece of software, and you can also buy songs from the iTunes Store at 99 cents per download.

This new click wheel iPod allows you to navigate through the menus and song via a touch-wheel for scrolling and click-able buttons for selection.  It allows fast and easy navigation.  The backlit screen of the iPod is also easy to read.  The song quality of the iPod is excellent, and the included ear buds are actually more than satisfactory, for most users.

The back of the iPod is in a chrome finish, and this surface is prone to scratches.  It is best to protect the iPod in a case of some kind.  Battery life keeps improving on the iPod, and a new iPod will give you up to twelve hours of play time, per charge.

I use my iPod all the time.  You can also use it as an external hard drive to back-up documents, photographs, etc.

The problem with my iPod.  The first one I received skipped songs randomly.  I had to send it in for repair, and it took six weeks to get a replacement back to me.  I actually had to contact Apple's Vice-president, in order to get the situation resolved.  However, he quickly helped me, and I have been enjoying my replacement 20 gigabyte click-wheel iPod for several months now. Thank you Apple!  You make fabulous products.  The product I rate five stars, but I had to give you four because the service for my brand-new iPod was terribly slow.  However, you should still buy an iPod!  The chances of getting a flawed one is very small indeed.  Plus, if you order from Amazon.com, they will exchange it for you no problem.  I had ordered a customized one from Apple.com, so I couldn't exchange it.

iPod will change the way you enjoy music!
415762
Very happy with my iPod.... I'm still learning how to use all the features on it. But so far everything that I'm looking for it to do has shown its capable of doing. And that is make individual playlist from my libarary and name them separatly. I also can give the playlist its own title & photo or emoji to identify it from the other play list. As I learn more that it has to offers I'll give another review. I'm lovin my iPod :)