I-Pod thingys(non-poker)

[Karabiner]

Could someone give me some guidance with these walkman type things.

I'm ready to buy one and had a look around the Sony shop, where the top of the range jobbie
costs about £180 and would hold my entire CD collection just about.

Is the Apple version any better, and are there any marked differences between the two brands ?

Opinions/advice would be much appreciated.

[RED-DOG]

Apple ipod is the best, there are 2 versions, the more expensive one will hold more music but the cheaper one holds a lot, Argos is the best place to buy, we returned one after 6 months with a small problem and they replaced it straght away

[RED-DOG]

BTW get a case, I like the rubber type one

[snoopy1239]

Have a gander at www.apple.com

user-friendly site.

[Ironside]

i cannot see how these ipods can hold all my music, i only have about 150 albums but my spare pc's 100 gig hard drive is nearly full after i backed up all my albums onto it

[londonpokergirl]

Hi there, i've got an ipod mini which I bought direct from apple have to say its superb

I've got loads of cd's downloaded onto it and two things which i've bought off ebay for it are  mains charger (instead of plugging into laptop)  saves hours  and car charger

Its very touchy though   have to be gentle with it lol

[jammer]

i cannot see how these ipods can hold all my music, i only have about 150 albums but my spare pc's 100 gig hard drive is nearly full after i backed up all my albums onto it

average song size = 5meg, average album size = 12 songs, so about 60 meg for an album.

so 150 albums would take up 9000 meg of space. Thats roughly 9 gigabytes then.

And you've filled up your 100 gig hard drive? You must have a lot of er..., adult entertainment on there iron

I have more stuff on my ipod than i can possibly listen to. you'll have no worries there ralph.

[Robert HM]

i cannot see how these ipods can hold all my music, i only have about 150 albums but my spare pc's 100 gig hard drive is nearly full after i backed up all my albums onto it

 adult entertainment

Art

[Sunday8pm]

Karabiner, I-pods are a must,

the sound quality on them is much better than any other MP3 player or music player i have listened too, also they are very stylish

[BlueWolf]

nooooooooooooo Ipods are evil evil evil, get yourself an Archos Jukebox, they play video and store photos as well loads of other stuff.and boast a range of huge HDD's

They retail high in Uk but can be snapped up on ebay for much less itsw ehrre i got my first one. If your after purely music players Creative do a massive range each with large capacity and much better sound perofmance ( and no problems regarding converting tunes).

[Ironside]

average mp3 is 10 meg average album is 16 songs (alot are double disc and have 40 tracks)

all the porn is on my main machine so that i dont need to hunt for it

jealous?

[Robert HM]

1.          I caught the end of something on Radio 5 today about a new thing being launched by Sony in the next couple of days, plays music, DVD, games. What's that all about?

2.         Can an ipod play MP3s?

[Ironside]

PSP

its a hand held games console that can play video and music as well

[jbsc7769]

I have a 40gb ipod and it has 8284 songs on it, taking up 32.25 gig. You can get a 60gb photo ipod now and they are not much more money so I would suggest one of those if you budget reaches to it. Dixons Tax Free or Dixons online are doing them on special at the moments. I think they are/were on special at Amazon.co.uk as well. Play.com is also worth a search. As a few people have said, there is also the ipod mini which a bit smaller but is only 5gb. Also the ipod shuffle which is minute but doesnt hold too much. If you like much, I would suggest one. It is also very easy to link to your car, no more need for carrying round lots of cd's (or casettes!) as every single song you own is on there.
PSP is ok but is more an games console. YOu can buy the memory stick but even a 1gb (which I have for my K750i phone) can cost over £100.
Ipods can play MP3's and also something called AAC which is even better quality and a much smaller file size. When you import your CD's to your computer (via itunes) you can select to automatcially import as an AAC file.

[jbsc7769]

On Amazon:
1. New Apple iPod 20GB [MA079B/A]
Our Price: £194.99
  2. New Apple iPod mini 4GB - Silver [M9800B/A]
Our Price: £134.98
  3. New Apple iPod mini 4GB - Pink [M9804B/A]
Our Price: £134.98   
  4. Apple iPod shuffle - 512MB [M9724B/A]
Our Price: £66.47
  5. New Apple iPod 60GB [M9830B/A]
Our Price: £279.98

Play.com seems about £5 more but is free delivery. lots of cases available there.

www.dixons.co.uk
£279 for the 60gb.

All seem to be similar price. I think they sell them in Virgin as well as loads of other places.
Simon