Ipod? Zen? Neither?

[Meysha]

oops. hehe.
I reckon the Off Topic section should be named to "Let's see how long it takes MD to turn this into a 'dirty' thread".

 

[Artemis]

My thread

Well ive looked at what Hobbes suggested http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/337/C1383/ but unless I pay some myself...I only really have £150 - 200...plus Ill wanna take it to school and that would get sooo stolen

 

[Andrea K]

My thread

Well ive looked at what Hobbes suggested http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/337/C1383/ but unless I pay some myself...I only really have £150 - 200...plus Ill wanna take it to school and that would get sooo stolen

yea but that looks really cool :mrgreen:

 

[Hertz van Rental]

My son's iPod works fine - but we have Macs. Apparently you can use it as storage for any files - pics, videos, whatever.
Don't buy the coloured plastic ones though. They are not good value.

 

[MDowdey]

hahaha...the playa aint small

 

[Meysha]

hahaha...the playa aint small

Well I guess compared to other's it isn't, not saying that I've tested out a lot, but I've seen enough to know. It also comes in different colours like a whitish/silver, red and blue even. ;-)

Hertz, why aren't the coloured plastic ones any good? I've got a coloured plastic one and it works fine, I just have to make sure I charge the batteries well. ;-)

Arty I'm really sorry about this thread.

 

[LittleMan]

:lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao:

 

[Hertz van Rental]

Hertz, why aren't the coloured plastic ones any good? I've got a coloured plastic one and it works fine, I just have to make sure I charge the batteries well. ;-)

I didn't say they weren't any good - I said I didn't think they were good value.
In the UK the 4Gig mini is around £180. Another £100 gets you the 20Gig. I just think the 20Gig is better value (and they have a metal case instead of a plastic one)

 

[Meysha]

Ohh good point hertz. And you can put whatever you want on the iPods can't you? Can you have a mix of music and files on at the same time?

 

[Hertz van Rental]

I presume so - but I haven't gone into it. I'll ask my sons when they get in.

 

[Artemis]

My thread...

Thanks Hertz...but Im not sure about Ipods...I really hear a lot about them....you can get the Zen Touch 20gb for £150, but apparently it has to have usb 2.0, but I can easily get an adaptor for that

 

[Artemis]

Im really considering what you sugested Hobbes, thanks again!

 

[mad_malteaser]

I have one of these, a Philips HDD120 - 20gb mp3 and wma player. Never had any problems with it and I got it for less than £200.


That's my 2 cents anyway.

 

[ferny]

Have you got a Richer Sound snear you? Not a huge selection for obvious reasons, but there's a chance you may find something.

www.richersounds.com

 

[treehuggerhikerboy]

I just treated myself to a 60GB Zen Xtra, and I couldn't be happier with it. I researched ALL the different kinds of mp3 players out there for hours, and basically they all have their pros and cons. Quickly, the pros for the Zen..

-replaceable battery (some others (Ipod) don't)
-long lasting battery life
-crisp sound
-tons of space (16,000 songs)...don't think you'll need all that space? just wait...mine is half full already
-best bang for your buck (or pound)
-Normalization...I have mp3's from everywhere, this will normalize the volume on all of them, Ipod doesn't have this feature.

Cons
-bigger than Ipod
-can't run with it
-supposedly clumsy software, but I've had absolutely no problem with it.

I picked mine up for $279 USD and couldn't be happier, I love it. You're adding about 100$ for the Ipod name, truly. But it's alright because I own their stock.

good luck