Question about I-Pod, I-Pod Photo, I-River

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Does anybody have some experience with any of this devices ?
My brother is in dilema what to buy so he asked me to get some
informations (and now I'm asking you). I-River is cheaper but is it
confident enough as I-Pod ? And about I-River PMP-100, did anybody
actually watched some video material on it, how does it looks ?
About I-Pod Photo, is it worth to pay extra money or is better
to buy ordinary I-Pod ? BTW is it easy to copy music/files to any
of this devices ?
 
BOOGIEMAN said:
Does anybody have some experience with any of this devices ?
My brother is in dilema what to buy so he asked me to get some
informations (and now I'm asking you). I-River is cheaper but is it
confident enough as I-Pod ? And about I-River PMP-100, did anybody
actually watched some video material on it, how does it looks ?
About I-Pod Photo, is it worth to pay extra money or is better
to buy ordinary I-Pod ? BTW is it easy to copy music/files to any
of this devices ?
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It's hard to beat the curb appeal of the iPod. From experience, I would
be very happy with one. The iRiver, or posibly one of the Creative
devices, would be the only contenders if I were to purchase.

Here's a good site for reviews on these devices:

http://www17.tomshardware.com/search/search.html?category=all&words=ipod+iriver
 
It's hard to beat the curb appeal of the iPod. From experience, I would
be very happy with one. The iRiver, or posibly one of the Creative
devices, would be the only contenders if I were to purchase.

Here's a good site for reviews on these devices:

http://www17.tomshardware.com/search/search.html?category=all&words=ipod+iriver
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I don't know... I don't like the fact I have to have my music library
mirrored on my computer for the ipod to be able to mirror it. I'd much
rather just have a device that shows up as an external HDD and do
everything with playlists. It's not like I'm an apple music store
shopper or anything, nor do I ever plan to be.
 
I don't know... I don't like the fact I have to have my music library
mirrored on my computer for the ipod to be able to mirror it. I'd much
rather just have a device that shows up as an external HDD and do
everything with playlists. It's not like I'm an apple music store
shopper or anything, nor do I ever plan to be.
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The point is he wants to lisent his music without being connected to PC.
When he travels, goes for a walk etc
 
BOOGIEMAN said:
The point is he wants to lisent his music without being connected to PC.
When he travels, goes for a walk etc
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No MP3 I've ever heard of requires you to be connect to your PC at all
times.

theyak's concern, I think, is that the iPod is tied to a particular
piece of software used to transfer music to it. I'm not sure about the
iRiver or Creative players, but some players simply mount as a hard
drive, so you're not locked into any particular bit of software.

Being locked in can present a problem. My nephew has a nifty Evolution
MP3 player. Unfortunately the company went belly up, and the sync
software does not work on XP SP2, so he's out of luck.

The risk in the iPod's case, I would say, is fairly low. Not only does
Apple have considerable prospects to continue in this field, but there
are a number of 3rd party apps as well. Market share is a many-faceted
blessing.

I have one of those memory stick thingys from Creative -- the Nomad
Muvo. It's not much of a competitor in the MP3 market, but functions
well as a memory stick that *can* play music. It mounts as a hard
drive, but it's not developed enough to handle play lists, so I have no
control over the order in which the songs play. I can't really register
this as a complaint, however, because it's cheap and has other uses.
 
No MP3 I've ever heard of requires you to be connect to your PC at all
times.

theyak's concern, I think, is that the iPod is tied to a particular
piece of software used to transfer music to it. I'm not sure about the
iRiver or Creative players, but some players simply mount as a hard
drive, so you're not locked into any particular bit of software.

Being locked in can present a problem. My nephew has a nifty Evolution
MP3 player. Unfortunately the company went belly up, and the sync
software does not work on XP SP2, so he's out of luck.

The risk in the iPod's case, I would say, is fairly low. Not only does
Apple have considerable prospects to continue in this field, but there
are a number of 3rd party apps as well. Market share is a many-faceted
blessing.

I have one of those memory stick thingys from Creative -- the Nomad
Muvo. It's not much of a competitor in the MP3 market, but functions
well as a memory stick that *can* play music. It mounts as a hard
drive, but it's not developed enough to handle play lists, so I have no
control over the order in which the songs play. I can't really register
this as a complaint, however, because it's cheap and has other uses.
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I just don't want to have 20 gigs of mp3s sitting on my HD when they are
all on dvd somewhere. The ipod only syncs from your itunes library.
 
I just don't want to have 20 gigs of mp3s sitting on my HD when they are
all on dvd somewhere. The ipod only syncs from your itunes library.
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Then don't put them on DVD? ;-)
 
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