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The Miracle 
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Joined: May 29 2005 Location: hell Status: Offline Points: 28427 |
 Posted: June 11 2006 at 15:14 |
 At a grand total of $40, leaving an extra 200 for CD's and booze  |
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thellama73
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 29 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 8368 |
Posted: June 11 2006 at 15:12 |
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I'm sorry to hear about that. I have heard similar complaints, but I
have never had a problem with my iPod. I have had it for years and I
have dropped it on occassion, but it still works great. I guess I am
magic.
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Ed_The_Dead
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Joined: April 29 2005 Location: Poland Status: Offline Points: 4928 |
Posted: June 11 2006 at 15:11 |
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GoldenSpiral
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 27 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3839 |
Posted: June 11 2006 at 15:07 |
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I'm seriously considering going back to the CD player, but the problem is I've been spoiled by
a) the small size of the mp3 player b) the convenience of having literally 40GB of music with me at all times accessible at the touch of a button. I'm so ruined by my year and a half of ipod use I'm not sure I could go back to carrying around CDs and actually having to hold the CD player in my hand!  |
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KoS
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Joined: May 17 2005 Location: Los Angeles Status: Offline Points: 16310 |
Posted: June 11 2006 at 15:06 |
too much to carry  |
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The Miracle
Prog Reviewer
Joined: May 29 2005 Location: hell Status: Offline Points: 28427 |
Posted: June 11 2006 at 15:05 |
 
Oliver would be proud  |
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AtLossForWords
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Joined: October 11 2005 Status: Offline Points: 6699 |
Posted: June 11 2006 at 15:00 |
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I will never own an IPod in my entire life. You have to title every track (to my knowledge) while uploading. You have to store music files on your computer for safe keeping. You have to charage batteries.
It's just too much of a hassle, give me the barbaric CD player any day.
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Cygnus X-2
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 24 2004 Location: Bucketheadland Status: Offline Points: 21342 |
Posted: June 11 2006 at 14:54 |
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You could always go with a Creative player. They might be bigger than the Ipod and heavier, but they are cheaper than an ipod and are relatively simple to use. On the downside, they are nowhere as sleek as the ipod and itunes is an easier program to use than the Creative software (but the Creative software is relatively easy to use). I got a 60 gb player for the same price as a (then-priced) 20 GB Ipod.
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KoS
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Joined: May 17 2005 Location: Los Angeles Status: Offline Points: 16310 |
Posted: June 11 2006 at 14:54 |
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the new Toshiba gigabeat looks good
works with Windows media player http://reviews.cnet.com/Toshiba_Gigabeat_S_MES30VW_30GB_white/4505-6499_7-31660763.html?tag=cnetfd.ec about $280  Edited by king of Siam - June 11 2006 at 14:58 |
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Mikerinos
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Joined: August 11 2005 Location: Planet Gong Status: Offline Points: 8890 |
Posted: June 11 2006 at 14:52 |
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That sucks. I have many friends who have had similar problems with iPods.
I bought a Creative Zen Micro from my friend for $60 (since he got an iPod and didn't need it) and it ended up breaking after 4-5 months.  I say screw portible music altogether, but that's just me. |
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GoldenSpiral
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 27 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3839 |
Posted: June 11 2006 at 14:49 |
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So, this has been my iPod experience:
I got it for Christmas 2 years ago, and I have loved it and I use it a good bit. However, last October its harddrive died and it had to be replaced. Luckily, it was still under warranty so the replacement was free and I didnt lose any music. So I thought nothing of this. about 3 months later the same problem occurred, but luckily it was still under warranty, so I recieved another free replacement and thought nothing of the situation. TODAY: I am driving along rocking out to Deadwing when the song stops, and the damn thing freezes up. So i restart it and all that pops up is this icon:  awww how cute a little ipod with a sad face. this, of course means trouble. this is really ridiculous. I take damn good care of the thing, I keep it indoors, I keep it charged, it has a leather case to keep it protected, but still it fails. I use it just about everyday, but it should really be able to survive being used. I call the support number, after having exhausted all the options on the support website, only to have them inform me that the warranty is only good on the FIRST ipod, so this 3rd ipod is no longer covered and repairs will cost $319!!!! So I say  iPod.Sadly, at this point in my life I don't think i could function properly without a good mp3 player with large capacity. Any suggestions? |
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