iPod Nano - Page 2

Griff · 09-23-2005, 01:09 PM

Anybody have an opinion on what company has the best competition for the Shuffle? Dell is pushing one with a screen for the same price and claims it compresses music more efficiently for more tunes.

mbpark · 09-26-2005, 07:52 PM

Griff,

Before my fiancee was given a 1GB Shuffle by someone, we were seriously looking at the iRiver because of its external microphone jack and expandability. It also can use Windows Media Player, which isn't bad given the competition

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I would stay far away from any device requiring either MusicMatch Jukebox, Creative Labs, or Sony software to load the mp3s onto the device. I've found those three to be the most horrible out there. I remember when Apple had to bundle MusicMatch with iTunes. I bought XPlay, and so did 3 people I know, due to how bad MusicMatch is. Dell uses MusicMatch, from what I remember. Sony, for all the good walkmans I owned, has put out garbage for software.

Pretty much anything else seems like a pale imitation, especially anything Creative Labs sells.

Mitch

Griff · 09-26-2005, 07:56 PM

thanks, Mitch

superbaton · 09-26-2005, 10:02 PM

my nanooooooo

superbaton · 09-26-2005, 10:04 PM

more

seakdivers · 09-27-2005, 11:39 AM

Dude - you need to clean your mouse!

melidasaur · 09-27-2005, 11:56 AM

All of these new iPods are messing my iPod up... all of the software updates and such... I like to think I made the iPod cool since I got mine a long time ago!

russotto · 09-27-2005, 08:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

$199 for a 2GB flash player? Why? My 40GB Creative Nomad Zen Xtra was that price a YEAR ago. (Better battery life than an iPod, but the user interface is on the side of the unit and not the front.)

The extra cost is justifiable mostly because the iPod nano doesn't HAVE a side (ok, slight exaggeration). And, of course, being a flash player, it's skip-proof.

Undertoad · 09-27-2005, 09:40 PM

Point is you could get a 3GB Archos flash player for $150.

dar512 · 09-28-2005, 08:42 AM

Maybe it is possible to be too thin. Apple to replace cracked screens.

09-23-2005, 01:09 PM	#16
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Anybody have an opinion on what company has the best competition for the Shuffle? Dell is pushing one with a screen for the same price and claims it compresses music more efficiently for more tunes. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

09-26-2005, 07:52 PM	#17
mbpark Lecturer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 761	iRiver Griff, Before my fiancee was given a 1GB Shuffle by someone, we were seriously looking at the iRiver because of its external microphone jack and expandability. It also can use Windows Media Player, which isn't bad given the competition . I would stay far away from any device requiring either MusicMatch Jukebox, Creative Labs, or Sony software to load the mp3s onto the device. I've found those three to be the most horrible out there. I remember when Apple had to bundle MusicMatch with iTunes. I bought XPlay, and so did 3 people I know, due to how bad MusicMatch is. Dell uses MusicMatch, from what I remember. Sony, for all the good walkmans I owned, has put out garbage for software. Pretty much anything else seems like a pale imitation, especially anything Creative Labs sells. Mitch

09-26-2005, 07:56 PM	#18
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	thanks, Mitch __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

09-26-2005, 10:02 PM	#19
superbaton The Cellar team Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: ba, argentina Posts: 196	my nanooooooo __________________ "Think before speaking; Think before acting; Then go ahead, If you feel good about it." Sri Sathya Sai Baba Last edited by superbaton; 08-04-2006 at 02:33 AM.

09-26-2005, 10:04 PM	#20
superbaton The Cellar team Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: ba, argentina Posts: 196	more __________________ "Think before speaking; Think before acting; Then go ahead, If you feel good about it." Sri Sathya Sai Baba Last edited by superbaton; 08-04-2006 at 02:33 AM.

09-27-2005, 11:39 AM	#21
seakdivers Icy Queen Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southeast Alaska Posts: 700	Dude - you need to clean your mouse!

09-27-2005, 11:56 AM	#22
melidasaur Traded your soul for pogs. Join Date: May 2004 Location: Champaign, IL Posts: 646	All of these new iPods are messing my iPod up... all of the software updates and such... I like to think I made the iPod cool since I got mine a long time ago! __________________ I love England, what can I say?

09-27-2005, 09:40 PM	#24
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Point is you could get a 3GB Archos flash player for $150.

09-28-2005, 08:42 AM	#25
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Maybe it is possible to be too thin. Apple to replace cracked screens. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

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