Shoutbox

Hey, havn't been round here for a while..

A few months back I bought an MP3 player, 512MB iAudio CW300, its a great little player. I would have got an iPod but I was turned away by the battery life, 8 hours?! pft! The cw300 lasts 3 days on one AA battery!

Anyway, now I'd like to be able to carry all my albums around with me.. not just a couple of them so I'm thinking of getting an iPod 20, or 40GB. Although the battery life REALLY does let it down, the size is a bit hefty too..

Can anyone who has one list the good and bad points of it, and does anyone know if they're 'jog proof', the cw300 is supposedly 'jog proff' but when its knocked, the battery comes loose and disconnects- turning the player off.

......? Thanks

Why don't yoou buy the mini one? I'm not sure of its battery life, but at least it's not that chunky.

Hmm... Mini's are 8 hours too, but only 4GB :\

I think there are up to 15Gib or so (I can't remember)...

i love mine. i'll start with the bad.

bad:
1. Only 8 hrs of battery life, compared to 20+ on others.
2. if used poorly, the battery might only last 18 months.
3. the 15,20,40GB ones scratche easily (the minis don't)

thats it.

solutions:
1. u can get a bunch of different battery packs, one of which can power the iPod for 70+ hrs!
2. any lithium ion battery will degrade over time, and it ususally takes about 500 recharge/empty cycles. but if u charge it before the batery runns out, it won't degrade much over time. and a battery pack can be purchased once it does run out, or u can replace the battery rather easily(http://ipodbattery.com/)
3. one of a number of cases

goods:
Style
Simple user interface,
works as external harddrive,
the extras
-Games
-Calendar/appointments
-Clock
-Contacts
-Notes
works seamlessly with iTunes
iTMS

i miss anything?

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Originally posted by KeyStorm
I think there are up to 15Gib or so (I can't remember)...

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nope. mimis are just 4gb, and an extremely long waiting list to get them.

and the 15/20/40GB arn't big at all. and they fit nicely in ur pocket

Yeah, right, I probably read to fast last time

I would buy the 20Gib one. Or wait until there is a better one.
(at least with more battery duration )

Oh yeah, how could I forget you and your ipod bach

i've just done a bit of research and the only reason why im thinking of not getting one is the battery life, it really is total let-down..

my current mp3 player is on from when i go out, to when i come in.. proper on when im using it, or on quiently when im walking round or with friends, talking etc.. the ipod wouldnt even last half of that length.. is it 8 hours MAX? (ie, if you have it loud does it go down even quicker?)

the battery packs ive seen take at least 4 AA batteries and last a max of 16 hours.. thats BIG, and not long for the amount of batteries... i suppose the only thing that would compensate it would be if you could buy 2 batteries and swap them over when one dies, although i dont think its that simple is it?

oh and about the scratches, dw ill be using ipod armor.. (www.ipodarmor.com)

oh, and what about the job proof thing i mentioned?

well, as with any hard drive based player (any of the high capacity ones), they try to minimize the ammount of time when the hard drive is moving. the iPod has 32MB of flash ram, giving it at most about 30 minutes of skip protection. if u are running in the breif (5-10 seconds) time when it is spiining, u might get a little pause in the music, but prolly nothing major. and if you do, u have the 1yr warranty

theres revies of most of the iPod products available at http://ipodlounge.com/gearguide.php

iPodlounge.com is a great site for everythiong

ok thanks, ill take a look..

oh btw, do you know if Apple are planning to release one with a longer batttery life anytime soon?

longer battery life? i don't know. but http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/ look at the length of time between updates and guesses when to buy or not. the 15/20/40GB were released april '03, so i guess its best to maybe wait a bit if it isn't necessary. the last update was the release of the iPod mini and the bump of base model from 10GB to 15GB (not major), so it might do you well to wait a few months. there might be a price drop, or a new version released. its all up to u and what you want. theres a rumor of a new iPod Ad in productions, and have long been rumors of iPods with color screens for pictures from the card readers, but no real specifics. and Toshiba accidently let it slip that apple will be using its 60GB 1.8'' drive.....

essentially, its up in the air, but its really up to you

edit: 1 more thing.

they're releasing updated iMacs in september, and it isn't unlike apple to release two consumer grade products at once.......