Shoutbox

alright thanks alot, i'll wait a few months i think

I'd love to have an iPod, but how much do they cost?
So, I bought a Creative discman with mp3 which is much cheaper and works fine (the bad side of Argentina's currency devaluation in 2002).

mini: 249 US
15GB: 299
20GB: 399
40GB: 499

I JUST BOUGHT AN IPOD, ITS THE BEST! I CALLED HIM MARVIN

ok, here an somew things to take into account

as people have said b 4 the battery is a bit of a problem

i got a 20GB because its the best value for money

Mini
only 4Gb ,comes with belt clip, usb 2 and firewire cable, cd, cord etc
it does have a scratch proof case

with respect to the normal ipod, if 20GB is enough space, go for it, or if u want more, get the 40GB

The 15GB one comes with the ipod, cords, cd, firewire cable

The 20 and the 40 come with the ipod, case and clip, dock and remote control, which is worth over $200 (AU) seperatly, so, for me a 15GB was $449 and the 20GB wa $598 cos its better value for money.

Hope this helped

Tandy

quote:

---

Originally posted by bach_m
mini: 249 US
15GB: 299
20GB: 399
40GB: 499

---

Hmm, too expensive, my discman costed me about a fourth of that

I also want one really bad, but the battery is so bad, too bad i think..

its not really, the battery is designed to last the life of the ipod, you just gotta recharge it. Its not that bad

dom. isn't concerned about the battery degrading over time, i don't think, but only being able to power the iPod for about for 8 hrs.

you can get a battery pack, which have performed well. and if theres atime wehn ur sitting at a computer desk, its possible to just plug the iPod into a computer or the AC Adapter.

iRiver is quite good. They do hard disk based players that support mp3, wma,ogg, and asf.
I recommend the H300:

• 20Gb or 40Gb
  
• Voice Recording
  
• FM radio
  
• Colour screen
  
• Supprts viewing off txt, bmp ang jpg files
  
• 16 hours battery life

So all together its quite a good package

The iRiver is a bit too big imo (thickness)... Its probably super expensive too!

I'm gonna wait a few months and HOPEFULLY Apple will release a longer lasting iPod, if not- I have no idea what I'm going to do.

Bach, how are the songs listed? In folders, by filenames? Or by ID3 tags artist etc?

ie. If I have 16 albums from NOFX (each alubm an indevidual folder), are they listed as folders like:

NOFX - The Decline
NOFX - Liberal Animation
NOFX - So Long and Thanks For All The Shoes
(etc)

or can the ipod have a NOFX section, where it has all the songs from every folder in one list? (without having to manually do a play list)...

damn, that sounds confusing, do you understand?