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IPOD vs. MP3 Player |
 Aug 16 2007, 09:29 AM
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Venter  Group: Members Posts: 100 Joined: 14-August 07 From: Akron, OH Member No.: 28  |
Well what do you prefer? I prefer a simple MP3 player, it holds more than some IPODs and mine has a micro SD card to increase its memory capacity.
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Aug 16 2007, 12:55 PM
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 Venter Group: Members Posts: 59 Joined: 8-August 07 Member No.: 3 |
I also prefer the simple mp3 player, that alows the use of memory cards.
Since I'm pretty rough on them, I prefer the cheap ones.  I used to go through 2, or 3 a year, so it makes no sense to buy, expensive. The one I use now (RCA Lyra), has lasted longer than any of the others, so far. 1 year, and 1 month, and still going strong. I'm impressed. But, then again, I haven't stepped on it, dropped it in a canal, or run over it with the lawnmower, yet. I think I gave about $30 for it. . . This post has been edited by goathead: Aug 16 2007, 01:00 PM |
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Aug 16 2007, 05:11 PM
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 Distinguished Venter Group: Members Posts: 582 Joined: 13-August 07 From: Home Sweet Huddleston VA Member No.: 10 |
I use a SonyMD player but i prefer the regular old MP3 player i dont care for the iLife
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Aug 16 2007, 06:40 PM
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 Venter Group: Members Posts: 118 Joined: 14-August 07 From: My Head Member No.: 29 |
How about the option other? I use my Playstation Portable to play my mp3s. Removable storage (in the form of Memory Stick PRO Duo) is a sweet deal!
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Aug 16 2007, 06:42 PM
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Venter Group: Members Posts: 100 Joined: 14-August 07 From: Akron, OH Member No.: 28 |
I was going to put PSP but didnt think anyone used it as much as I do... I have 2Gb
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Aug 16 2007, 06:48 PM
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Venter Group: Members Posts: 118 Joined: 14-August 07 From: My Head Member No.: 29 |
QUOTE (need TOS @ Aug 16 2007, 07:42 PM)  I was going to put PSP but didnt think anyone used it as much as I do... I have 2Gb I bought two 2gig memory sticks...then the 4gig stick went on sale the next week...such is life....  I keep my game music on one stick, and everything else on the other. -------------------- - Avatar graphics courtesy of Shatterheart.net, Celestial Star, and Rauvinne - Sig textures & stamps courtesy of Celestial Star |
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Aug 17 2007, 07:44 PM
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 Mods and Rockers Group: Moderator Posts: 1,288 Joined: 13-August 07 From: West of the Empire State Building Member No.: 16 |
I voted mp3 as I had such a miserable experience with ipod carivoring my music collection. I uninstalled it and will never use it again.
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Aug 18 2007, 05:56 PM
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 Advanced Venter Group: Members Posts: 234 Joined: 17-August 07 From: NYC, USA Member No.: 34 |
I prefer the Zune, microsofts answer to teh iPod. It has a bigger screen than the iPod, same amount of space (30GB) plays .wmv and .wma files as well as other common audio and video formats. It has a FM Radio (which teh iPod does not). It also has wi-fi functionality for downloading songs straight to your zune and for sharing music with other people's zunes (which the iPod can't do). It just has just an overal better functionality than an iPod. Most importantly, it's from microsoft, so you only need the standard windows media player to get songs on. I even think you can use windows explorer, but I'm not sure. It comes in more colors then the iPod as well including a special Halo 3 edition zune and it costs the same as an iPod! Amen to Microsoft.
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Sep 3 2007, 06:40 PM
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 Venter Group: Members Posts: 57 Joined: 15-August 07 Member No.: 32 |
For the smaller flash-based players you can't beat the SanDisk Sansa players. The 8GB models are usually on sale either at Best Buy or at Amazon for $150US, that includes photo/audio/video playback, FM tuner, voice recorder, and the option to expand storage via MicroSD. The most you'll get spending that on an iPod is a refurbished 4GB Nano, and that will pretty much only play music.
For hard drive based players I hear good things about the full iPod, Zune, and the Creative Zen players. --------------------  |
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Sep 9 2007, 04:36 AM
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 Venter Group: Members Posts: 63 Joined: 5-September 07 Member No.: 39 |
I was under the impression that the iPod was an mp3 player. That said I've gone over to haveing a smartphone that does everything I need.
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Sep 20 2007, 03:17 PM
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Venter Group: Members Posts: 100 Joined: 14-August 07 From: Akron, OH Member No.: 28 |
Well techinically the IPOD is an MP3 player with the apple logo on it. It is overpriced in my opinion and just does not function as well as a standard MP3 player. I'll stick to my MP3 player and my PSP.
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Sep 20 2007, 04:59 PM
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Venter Group: Members Posts: 118 Joined: 14-August 07 From: My Head Member No.: 29 |
I don't want an iPod simply because everybody has one!!!! Whenever everybody has some piece of technology, I get an intense urge to buy something else. I like my PSP, because it not an iPod, and it does everything that the iPod does, and then some. Plus, the screen is both widescreen and bigger, and therefore better for watching movies!
 My brother has an iPod, but I was able to convice my mom to get a different MP3 player...she has a 2gb Sansa, and she loves it!
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Sep 21 2007, 10:55 AM
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Venter Group: Members Posts: 100 Joined: 14-August 07 From: Akron, OH Member No.: 28 |
QUOTE (rms4evr @ Sep 20 2007, 05:59 PM) I don't want an iPod simply because everybody has one!!!! Whenever everybody has some piece of technology, I get an intense urge to buy something else. I like my PSP, because it not an iPod, and it does everything that the iPod does, and then some. Plus, the screen is both widescreen and bigger, and therefore better for watching movies! My brother has an iPod, but I was able to convice my mom to get a different MP3 player...she has a 2gb Sansa, and she loves it! I feel the same way about things like that. If people have it I don't want it. -Steve -------------------- |
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Sep 21 2007, 04:44 PM
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 Venter Group: Members Posts: 46 Joined: 21-September 07 From: York, England Member No.: 79 |
I bought my ipod after I went through 2 Sony, 2 Iriver and a Creative mp3 players that all broke. Had my ipod about a year now and love it.
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Sep 22 2007, 12:23 AM
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 Junior Venter Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 22-September 07 From: Rimouski,Quebec Member No.: 85 |
I'm going with evilmonkeyz on this one, I just got my iPod Nano 3rd generation and I am loving it. Compared to the two creatives I have had in the past and the mp3 players I have seen from my friend I love my iPod. I have 2 other friends that went threw about 5 mp3 players each and now got an iPod and haven't replaced yet.
Pros : Good Battery Life Once you get everything typed in right iTunes is great for organising iPod starts up extremely fast, press the button and it's on unlike my creative wich took close to 1 minutes to start up iPod is nice and thin and I love it on an arm band when I go jogging New nanos play video wich is great to listen to the news on a Video Podcast when I go to the gym I have been starting to go the Apple direction, planning on getting a Mac mini around christmas. I love how mac makes everything so simple and automatic, instead of asking me every frigging detail it does it for me knowing exactely what someone would normaly want and does it. |
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