kamil, stick to arguments that are not emotion filled and have facts to back it up. You look like a fool. CynepMeH presented what he had to say and appears smarter because of it.

With sony's hd player you have to convert EVERY song to their playback format which is what really kills it. A lot of people dont want to go through the hassle of that. It could have all the playback in the world, but it is not smooth using. The thing looks great but it's usability is horrible and that's what matters.

The iPod, take it or leave it, is the most user friendly and straight forward player on the market. 400+ accessories on the market for it as well, so to say the features are not there is wrong also. Sure it doesnt come with a recorder or FM tuner or all the other gadgetry but that doesnt mean it is not there for it.

It all comes down to personal preference. If you don't like the iPod, ok, but don't go on a holy rampage against Apple and it's products because you think it is trendy. I've seen this from you on other sites too so... calm down, take a breath and just accept that some people are happy with their product. You can make assumptions, but don't over generalize.


my $.02 and I'm done with this. And thank you to CynepMeH for backing up what you say.

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dogs and I talk like an imbecile! I wander around, "Ooo! You want
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Originally posted by getfoul kamil, stick to arguments that are not emotion filled and have facts to back it up. You look like a fool. CynepMeH presented what he had to say and appears smarter because of it. With sony's hd player you have to convert EVERY song to their playback format which is what really kills it. A lot of people dont want to go through the hassle of that. It could have all the playback in the world, but it is not smooth using. The thing looks great but it's usability is horrible and that's what matters. The iPod, take it or leave it, is the most user friendly and straight forward player on the market. 400+ accessories on the market for it as well, so to say the features are not there is wrong also. Sure it doesnt come with a recorder or FM tuner or all the other gadgetry but that doesnt mean it is not there for it. It all comes down to personal preference. If you don't like the iPod, ok, but don't go on a holy rampage against Apple and it's products because you think it is trendy. I've seen this from you on other sites too so... calm down, take a breath and just accept that some people are happy with their product. You can make assumptions, but don't over generalize. my $.02 and I'm done with this. And thank you to CynepMeH for backing up what you say.

I CLEARLY STATED YOU DO NOT NEED TO CONVERT TO ATRAC WITH THE NEW SONY HD3!!!!

And you want facts? Here are some more that i wrote on e-pinions cuz apple praising shit has got to stop:

My Review:

Battery now lasts 15 minutes. I payed 450 dollars to buy it, and 100 dollars for an additional year of warranty to cover the replacement of the battery. Fair? No. If I were to replace it myself, I'd lose my warranty, so technically, i have to buy the warranty. What a brilliant scam to have the battery die after 18 months.

Apple = THIEVES.

The biggest flaw with the iPod is this:
Anytime you connect it to your computer via firewire, or powersource, it charges. My response: NO! I want to control the charge, and I want to control when to charge! This means that even if the iPod is 90% charged, it still charges! Why?!?! Are Apple engineers lazy or just stupid? Sony Minidiscs charge when the unit is connected to a power source only when you press the "stop" button! Clever, because this saves a lot of battery life in the long run. I take graphic design at school, and I connect my iPod to a mac everyday, and for it to recharge everytime is unnacceptable.

Another flaw is thats its always in standby mode. Even when you press "sleep" its in standby. This means, after a few days or a week (depending how your battery is doing) it will die and need to be recharged even though it hasnt been used at all.

If your given 10Gb or more of space to use on a portable device, should you technically be able to listen to at least 5% of what youve got? I never went through that many songs before the battery died, and trust me, it dies everyday on me.
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Ive had numerous complications with mine:

-Battery problems galore
-unit disconnects for no reason when its plugged in via firewire
-it tells me my battery is low when ive just recharged it!
-it switched back to an older version of firmwire on its own, somehow???
-crashes sometimes

General faults and weak-points:

-using a preset equalizer setting drains the battery more so
-non-removable battery. why cant apple just not follow everyone else's trend and allow users to use an external li-ion battery? The fact is,
-Impedance: 32 ohms = useless. most people, if not, 80% of eveyrone will use low grade, nonstudio headphones. a lower impedence will also significantly increase the battery life. Unless you have 200 dollar sony DJ headphones or something comparable, then you dont need this.
-headphones suck, they fall out of my ears.
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Oh yeah, iTunes has customized EQ settings, why cant ipod have them? Or at least the ability to import a custom EQ from iTunes?

Okay, so now the good stuff:

Well, the scroll wheel. Apple has done a really good job of making navigation extremely fast. Scrolling through allbums and artists is a breeze, since the user defines the speed of which his/her fingers slides around the touch-wheel.

True scrolling within a song is my favourite feature, and this alone is worth 100 dollars. Im into trance music, so a lot of my music is a live recording, uncut, 60+ minutes. Going from the first minute to the 50th minute is immediate. This is simply brilliant.

Extra features are nice, like alarm clock, becuase i actually do use it to wake me up.

Instant play from track to track, theres no 2 second pause when selecting a track to play, the unit is able to pickup a track very quickly. This is also a drain on the battery, if apple slowed down the speed of it, it would gain some life!

Illuminated display is nice, but not a necessity. But works very well.

Contrast settings are very good. Going outside or indoors allows you to set it up easily.

Great sound, great volume. Lots of extra's in the unit, but not a functional portable device. It just wont last.

Look elsewhere.

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Update:

Okay, so after a little over a year, my struggle with this worthless peice of junk have come to an end.
After having the ipod connected to my mac via firewire, i let it charge overnight. The next day i go out for work (30 minute walk) and i try and get the damnn thing to work. What do i get? A caution picture. I reset it, nothing. I gave up. After work i try once more, and still no luck.

The next day i called apple and they said i should be getting it replaced with a new unit, and all of my data from it will not be recovered. I spent 450 dollars, and an extra 100 dollars on warranty, so i could lose 2 months worth of school projects for graphic design?!!?!?

UNACCEPTABLE!!!!

The dispatch for my ipod was supposed to come in on a monday, it came in 4 days later, GEE THANKS APPLE FOR MAKING ME WAIT LONGER WHEN I NEED IT FIXED ASAP, MORONS.

So, now Im playing the waiting game, if i get a new unit (which i damn well deserve one after all the redundant trouble ive had to endure with this expensive crap) im selling it IMMEDIATELY.

It still has warranty until August 2005.

*Second Edit:

I just got my iPod back from service on January 11th, after sending it in on October 25th.








Ive posted these FACTS before getfoul, looks like some people looooove to troll.

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Last edited by kamil on May-05-2014 at 01:02

I remember reading that before, but every time you postit is all emotion filled I HATE APPLE AND I HATE YOU FOR BUYING APPLE type responses from you.

You lost your graphics projects, tough, never put faith in just one thing. DVDs and CD's can get scratched and hard drives can go out, have a few backups any computer tech person will tell you this. Apples warranty is only 42 dollars too. If you have ever tried to update a 3G ipod with windows via USB 2.0 you will see why it charges while updating. The update process drains the ipod BIG time. So go test out your 3g ipod via usb 2.0 and see how much you still hate this feature.

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Maynard James Keenan:
Like hearing my grandmother, talk to her dog that way -- "Ooo
-- puppy!" and I said I'd never do that, ever! And now I have two
dogs and I talk like an imbecile! I wander around, "Ooo! You want
food!" I've turned into a f*cking moron.

Lotta teenage angst in that post kamil, I feel your pain.

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Originally posted by getfoul I remember reading that before, but every time you postit is all emotion filled I HATE APPLE AND I HATE YOU FOR BUYING APPLE type responses from you. You lost your graphics projects, tough, never put faith in just one thing. DVDs and CD's can get scratched and hard drives can go out, have a few backups any computer tech person will tell you this. Apples warranty is only 42 dollars too. If you have ever tried to update a 3G ipod with windows via USB 2.0 you will see why it charges while updating. The update process drains the ipod BIG time. So go test out your 3g ipod via usb 2.0 and see how much you still hate this feature.

apples warranty cost me 100 bucks CAD. And im on a mac, and dont have USB cables (i dont even know if its supported for USB on macs since firewire is the standard)....

Siang: shutup, i make one MASSIVE pwn against ure dumbass and thats the best reply you can give me? Piss off.

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Oh no!, a massive PWN! Grow up. TOOL SHEEP PWN URE, are you new to this nifty internet thing? That shit got old, and tired long, long ago. The new cool thing typing like your a literate, its super-neato!

ps: the ipod gave you one massive pwn when it shitted on all ur school projects, sheep!

^Wow man, your..............a fucking loser.

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