How many???

My mobile phone has a MP3 player, and RDS radio in it, so no. Nothing for me.

Rather have something else. I want something that can record (bootleg) shows and is not advertised by Bunghole.

I have one , but prefer my NetMIniDisc.

Must admit they are cool though

Thinking of getting something better (more space, less money, longer battery life) like one of those Rio Carbon players.

Not high on my "must-have" list, I'll admit, Jeff.

Creative Zen. 40GB for the price of a 20GB iPod, better battery, Linux supported, drag and drop instead of using iSuck

Eh, it's just a tool of the bourgeosis to distract me from the Bush Administration's lies.

I think the fact that everyone seems to have and/or want one turns me off to the idea. If it were less popular, I might go for it

I had one for two and a half years and just recently gave it to my brother in exchange for him lending me money for Coachella :p. IPods lack some features, but they are the most user friendly, are the best looking, are not that expensive now, and iTunes is the best online music store. The past battery issues have been resolved by a class action suit, and honestly the people who had battery problems are complete morons; to keep the battery going with good life you need to charge it and take it immediately off the charger when it is charged. Creative and iRiver make shoddy players, but Rio's are fine, and their top end ones have features that are lacking in the iPods.

Also if you like any Sony music player you should be shot.

Tristan Jayol wrote: I had one for two and a half years and just recently gave it to my brother in exchange for him lending me money for Coachella :p. IPods lack some features, but they are the most user friendly, are the best looking, are not that expensive now, and iTunes is the best online music store. The past battery issues have been resolved by a class action suit, and honestly the people who had battery problems are complete morons; to keep the battery going with good life you need to charge it and take it immediately off the charger when it is charged. Creative and iRiver make shoddy players, but Rio's are fine, and their top end ones have features that are lacking in the iPods.

Also if you like any Sony music player you should be shot.

iRivers and Creatives don't have anywhere -near- the hardware-fail-return rate of the iPod, battery problems nonwithstanding. The iPod chassis can also get damaged a LOT easier, they also use poorer quality hard discs that aren't able to take impact.

I've also never had to format my Zen. I've had to format NINE iPods for other people getting the infamous CRC32 error with iTunes on Windows. They're completely unable to handle stuff thats not exactly 'ordinary', such as one bit of a file being changed in transfer..

Oh, and being format-locked sucks. As does DRM. As does not having support for anything other than Windows 2000 and up/OSX. You can use an iRiver wherever there is USB, and a Zen wherever there is USB and an OS from after about 1998.

I like the iRiver. If I had more money than I knew what to do with i'd probably replace it with the Toshiba Gigabeat though.

Rian wrote: My mobile phone has a MP3 player, and RDS radio in it, so no. Nothing for me.

Same here for now. But gotta buy a 512MB car to make it worthy.

Digital Mike Binoche wrote: I have one , but prefer my NetMIniDisc.

Must admit they are cool though

Have a Sony MZ-N10, the canine's cajones. I don't think I'd use a portable device enough to go shelling out for an iPod or anything similar just yet. The Toshiba Gigabeat looks nice though.

i'd love to get one of those toys, but i have a PDA with an SD card so i can play MP3s on it. since i can't afford an iPod right now, i'll be using my PDA for the time being--once i get it set up, that is! i just got this new computer and i need to get the software downloaded and all.

in the meantime, i've spent the past three days manically downloading music onto my new laptop! everything from NWA to frank sinatra to goldfrapp. oh, and a little band called new order. ;)

MYOB wrote:

Tristan Jayol wrote: I had one for two and a half years and just recently gave it to my brother in exchange for him lending me money for Coachella :p. IPods lack some features, but they are the most user friendly, are the best looking, are not that expensive now, and iTunes is the best online music store. The past battery issues have been resolved by a class action suit, and honestly the people who had battery problems are complete morons; to keep the battery going with good life you need to charge it and take it immediately off the charger when it is charged. Creative and iRiver make shoddy players, but Rio's are fine, and their top end ones have features that are lacking in the iPods.

Also if you like any Sony music player you should be shot.

iRivers and Creatives don't have anywhere -near- the hardware-fail-return rate of the iPod, battery problems nonwithstanding. The iPod chassis can also get damaged a LOT easier, they also use poorer quality hard discs that aren't able to take impact.

I've also never had to format my Zen. I've had to format NINE iPods for other people getting the infamous CRC32 error with iTunes on Windows. They're completely unable to handle stuff thats not exactly 'ordinary', such as one bit of a file being changed in transfer..

Oh, and being format-locked sucks. As does DRM. As does not having support for anything other than Windows 2000 and up/OSX. You can use an iRiver wherever there is USB, and a Zen wherever there is USB and an OS from after about 1998.

I never had one problem with my own iPod and never had a friend who had a problem. Also in the states, if you ever do have a problem (as long as you are under warranty) you can just step into an Apple store and they fix it right up if you have an issue (the cheap plug headphones that came with the ipod broke and I got new one for free 11 months after i purchased my iPod). I'm not too sure about iRiver's reliability (I just know I don't like how thye look and some of the specs), I know that Creative players are junky from people I know. I have handled quite a few players, and iPods are still the best music players unless you are looking for somehting to play lossless files.

I'd love to have an MP3 player, but have to wait until the end of this year before I can afford it - don't really care what brand it is, as long as it's reliable.

I want one but can't afford it at the moment. :D

i'm thinking of buying one at the end of the month,look's like i'll be going down to Milton Keyens they have a better choice down there..

I don't listen to music when I'm walking around. My car-radio (MD-Player!) is enough for "music on tour".

I randomly got a new 6GB mini (blue) for my college graduation.

Otherwise, I would never be bothered. It is a cool little toy though, too bad I am always within reach of my music on the comp. or in the car, but you never know

I got an Ipod Shuffle for my birthday. Pretty cool little thing. I use it at work everyday and of course, 90% of the music is none other than New Order. I do agree that Itunes needs to be made better. It's pretty slow.

Tristan Jayol wrote:

MYOB wrote:

Tristan Jayol wrote: I had one for two and a half years and just recently gave it to my brother in exchange for him lending me money for Coachella :p. IPods lack some features, but they are the most user friendly, are the best looking, are not that expensive now, and iTunes is the best online music store. The past battery issues have been resolved by a class action suit, and honestly the people who had battery problems are complete morons; to keep the battery going with good life you need to charge it and take it immediately off the charger when it is charged. Creative and iRiver make shoddy players, but Rio's are fine, and their top end ones have features that are lacking in the iPods.

Also if you like any Sony music player you should be shot.

iRivers and Creatives don't have anywhere -near- the hardware-fail-return rate of the iPod, battery problems nonwithstanding. The iPod chassis can also get damaged a LOT easier, they also use poorer quality hard discs that aren't able to take impact.

I've also never had to format my Zen. I've had to format NINE iPods for other people getting the infamous CRC32 error with iTunes on Windows. They're completely unable to handle stuff thats not exactly 'ordinary', such as one bit of a file being changed in transfer..

Oh, and being format-locked sucks. As does DRM. As does not having support for anything other than Windows 2000 and up/OSX. You can use an iRiver wherever there is USB, and a Zen wherever there is USB and an OS from after about 1998.

I never had one problem with my own iPod and never had a friend who had a problem. Also in the states, if you ever do have a problem (as long as you are under warranty) you can just step into an Apple store and they fix it right up if you have an issue (the cheap plug headphones that came with the ipod broke and I got new one for free 11 months after i purchased my iPod). I'm not too sure about iRiver's reliability (I just know I don't like how thye look and some of the specs), I know that Creative players are junky from people I know. I have handled quite a few players, and iPods are still the best music players unless you are looking for somehting to play lossless files.

The first MP3 player I ever owned was a first-generation Creative Nomad Jukebox that my gran got me for graduation and i'm going to have to agree with you on Creatives- pretty crap. Granted this came out one generation before the iPod, but still: Four hour battery life(thing ate through AA lithiums like a rave kid downs E at a Chem. Bros gig), utterly massive, shitty LCD display, shitty software, crap audio quality and not to mention obscenely loud and hot.

The ghastly software that came with the Nomad was one of the main reasons I decided to get the iRiver later on- no frills, all file transfers are utilitarian drag-and-drop(with ALL file types supported, thank god, mobile hard disk!). Hardware wise, i'm going to argue that the thing is actually pretty sound, despite having one of the earlier, cheapo versions that resembles an iPod with its fingerpad ripped out and spraypainted with black enamel. The area where iRiver really suffers is its internal OS. There's no easter eggs like on the Pod, there's no playlist option(you play and organize tracks via file folders) per se, though you can improvise. The two largest problems in my opinion are the inability to edit folders via the player unit itself and no sort of synchronization options.

I bought a 3rd generation 40 GB from Dave Shapiro's son (haha, yeah, really... gotta love LA) I like the 3rd generation better than the new ones, I like how the buttons are on the top instead of on the wheel.

It holds 10,000 songs, but I have to admit that I only have about 4,000 on it now, and that is after going through my boyfriend's CD collection and pulling out the stuff I want... I am sure someday I might fill it up.

I do have to say I don't use it much though. I am always either home, in the car, or at work... so I don't need mobile music. I should run more often!

The reward of an iPod mini was what got me through quitting smoking. But then I didn't really want it anymore once I reached my goal but I bought it anyway because I didn't know what else to do.

Kicks ass. I use it so much and don't have any complaints. The industrial design and sheer space-age factor of it (Look at me, I'm Future Boy!) even challenges Bang & Olufsen. For C$250 that's not bad.

My only complaints are I wish that iTunes would provide all the album artwork like a pdf file when you bought something instead of just the cover.

I have got a PEA POD.....does this count?

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