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09/24/2006 10:14:43 PM · #26 |
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09/24/2006 10:33:57 PM · #27 |
I bought an iPod Nano and love it. Battery life is fantastic if you are not constantly lighting up the screen to see what song is playing.
The ear buds that came with it suck, I have since bought a set a Shure ear buds and they have really breathed new life into an already great product. |
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09/24/2006 10:48:41 PM · #28 |
I have a 60 gig. It's pretty sweet action. The only thing I wish I knew about was that they made the screen in the most scratchable materal possible it seems. Get an invisa-shield or something...not JUST a case. And get it when you first buy your ipod or you'll be sorry.
30 gig is the way to go. It's smaller and I have a whole lot of music, movies, pictures and files on mine, and it's only half way full.
Happy iPod shopping. :)
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09/24/2006 11:02:07 PM · #29 |
I have an older IPOD 40 or 80g (I dont remember) - I have loved it. I have used the accessory to directly download photos to the IPOD. On the older IPOD's the battery was strained with my larger cards. The new IPOD's have so much better battery such that battery should not be an issue. Plus the new IPOD's have view screens to see your photos. I have also used my IPOD as an extra hard drive on trips. Easy to access or back up your photo files when away from home.
Itunes is also great - not only are all sorts of PODCASTS available (many are free), but you can arrange your music into an infinite number of Playlists. You can also get great music relatively cheaply at the Itunes store. And, of course, you can load music from your CD's.
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09/24/2006 11:03:58 PM · #30 |
I have the 4GB Nano. Don't get me wrong on my answers...i still love it! but i was just being honest!!!
-Is the battery life decent enough for long trips?
no the battery life is short!
-Is the unit rugged enough to handle traveling without worring about it?
Buy a case for it because it can get scratched pretty easily!
-iTunes: I'm really against putting more software on my computer. It's getting full as it is and I'm not upgrading until Vista is out next year. Can an iPod be used without iTunes (can you just open it as a drive with Windows Explorer and drag and drop files onto it?)
You have to have itunes as far as i know!
-If you do use iTunes, does it function well? Does it eat up lots of disk space (If it stores all the songs on the HD, it must either use a lot, or compress a lot, right?)
I think it's an easy program to learn, I have 1.57 KB loaded and have about 400+ songs and 100+ pictures (saved DPC size).
-I've heard that an iPod can be used as a memory dump for CF cards - is it worth it?
I don't know if i would use it as a memory dump but you could if you got a big enough one!
I'd love to hear what DPCers have to say!
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09/24/2006 11:29:28 PM · #31 |
I've owned 3 iPods. The latest is the 60 GB Video iPod. I love it, use it all the time and take it everywhere. It's great, not only for music, but podcasts are allowing people freedom of speech on all topics. There is even a DP Challenge Podcast out there. DP Challenge Podcast
Now you can download (or rip from DVD) movies and TV shows and play them on your TV with a iPod to TV adapter.
So.. photos, music, movies, TV shows, podcasts, audio books and storage if you like in a simple device that you can carry with you.
One thing that concerns me is that you said your computer is getting full. You will need storage on your computer for the songs, photos and movies, whether you rip them from CD/DVD or purchase them.
My itunes folder is over 45GB, for instance. Hard drives are pretty cheap now. Could you add another hard drive to your computer?
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