ipods

[dan]

This weekend im going to buy myself an ipod but im not sure what each one does and how many songs they hold.

I dont want a really really expensive one because i wouldnt need it, so i have decided its 1 from 2.

I like the look of the ipod nano they come in 2 or 4 gb or there is the cheaper and more basic looking ipod shuffle in 1gb or 512mg.

What i want to know is how many songs will each mg/gb hold and what does the nano do that the shuffle doesnt?

Any advice?

[whufc65]

Dan

The shuffle will hold approx 250 songs for the 1G and 125 songs for the 512mb

The Nano will hold approx 500 songs for the 2g & 1000 songs for the 4g

Shuffle does not have a screen so you dont know whats playing where the Nano has a colour screen which you can also store photos on and has built in games

Hope this helps


Andy

[byronkincaid]

My 4GB nano box claims 1000 tunes but I have 99 (9.5 hours) on mine and that's using 530MB. The battery seems to run out pretty quick but I have nothing to compare it to, it might be really good for all I know.

[ACE2M]

get the nano mate. I have a shuffle and it's ok but wish i had got the nano.

[dan]

thanks for your help guys, it looks like the nano.

cheers, dan.

[Pokerron]

I only have 40 songs on my shuffle and I like the fact it is so basic.  I was mugged last week and the bloke saw the shuffle and aologised for wasting my time.

[mjrevie]

If your willing to look beyond ipod there are a lot of much better alternatives out there. Yeah the ipod looks great, but if money is an issue, you'd like your mp3 player to last more than a year and hold more than 500-1000 songs, then go for something else. There are lots out there.

Dont buy an ipod before you read and understand this http://www.ipodbatteryfaq.com/

Between me, my girlfriend and my pals who have got Ipods, we have never seen an ipod battery last more than 18 months, and its impossible to change them without sending it back to apple and they charge you a fortune for it. So much that they dont fix your ipod, they just send you a new one!!

[Trace]

My son has a Rio Carbon and it is fantastic!

http://www.rioaudio.com/shop/_templates/item_main_Rio.asp?model=267

[Royal Flush]

tbh you need an ipod, if you go for another brand people just look at you funny!

[Colchester Kev]

. I have a shuffle and it's ok

I admire your honesty

[RED-DOG]

I have a Zen Nanno 1Gb.

Its tiny

It has a screen

It takes two AAA batteries which last 16 hours (or you can use rechargables)

Its easy to use for a computer dinosaur (drag and drop your music from "My music")

It rocks! Hank Williams never sounded so good!

[mjrevie]

tbh you need an ipod, if you go for another brand people just look at you funny!

Didnt know we still had to put up with peer pressure at this age?? I'm reporting the big bad bully to my maw.

But the sad thing is your right. People do look at you strange if you dont have an ipod, even if the software is way easier to use in your non-apple mp3 player, you can hold 5x the amount of songs their ipod can hold, it can double up as a storage device and it lasts longer than a year.

[Claw75]

. I have a shuffle and it's ok

I admire your honesty

 

I've got a Sony MP3 player - i like it - it's pink

[Royal Flush]

tbh you need an ipod, if you go for another brand people just look at you funny!

Didnt know we still had to put up with peer pressure at this age?? I'm reporting the big bad bully to my maw.

But the sad thing is your right. People do look at you strange if you dont have an ipod, even if the software is way easier to use in your non-apple mp3 player, you can hold 5x the amount of songs their ipod can hold, it can double up as a storage device and it lasts longer than a year.

You are just cheap if its not an i-pod, for that reason the i-pod is a must.

[Trace]

tbh you need an ipod, if you go for another brand people just look at you funny!

Didnt know we still had to put up with peer pressure at this age?? I'm reporting the big bad bully to my maw.

But the sad thing is your right. People do look at you strange if you dont have an ipod, even if the software is way easier to use in your non-apple mp3 player, you can hold 5x the amount of songs their ipod can hold, it can double up as a storage device and it lasts longer than a year.

You are just cheap if its not an i-pod, for that reason the i-pod is a must.

snob!