Ipod discussion Free-For-All

[dartworth]

Originally posted by: bdjohnson

Originally posted by: dartworth
nothing...

think of it from a reseller point of view...you will probably want to sell it in the future to upgrade again...so dont do it.

good point. Do you think it is possible to remove the engraving with a buffer or something similar?

no way...it is perm

 

[bdjohnson]

Originally posted by: kreb
I thought the short-life internal battery kills the resale value

you can always get it refurbed. I think there is a site that sells batteries too.

 

[moomoo40moo]

Originally posted by: pulse8
FVCK THE RIAA

 

[iamtrout]

For the love of all that is innovation, get an iRiver or Archos Gmini 400. Does having your iPod engraved make it, or you, unique? Absolutely not. You're just going to be another one of the millions of people who has an iPod, that same damn white music player with the same damn stale styling that hasn't change in years. God damn. I'm sorry, I'm not usually this mean, but I'm just sick of people buying these damn things and showing them off and thinking that they're damn cool for having one of these overpriced, un-innovative, bland pieces of sh!t. I could think of so many things that such a successful mp3 player should have incorporated by now but hasn't because there's no reason to make it better when people are still content to just buy it for the looks and the status and the "Woooo... I'm a sissy listening to music from a fvcking white box god damn mother!@*#$* #$$(# @!(!(# !!(@*# !!!!!!!!BBQ"

 

[hevnsnt]

Engrave: http://www.freeiPods.com/?r=blahblah

 

"gurck"

 

[Mo0o]

"I paid too much for too little"

 

[bdjohnson]

Originally posted by: iamtrout
For the love of all that is innovation, get an iRiver or Archos Gmini 400. Does having your iPod engraved make it, or you, unique? Absolutely not. You're just going to be another one of the millions of people who has an iPod, that same damn white music player with the same damn stale styling that hasn't change in years. God damn. I'm sorry, I'm not usually this mean, but I'm just sick of people buying these damn things and showing them off and thinking that they're damn cool for having one of these overpriced, un-innovative, bland pieces of sh!t. I could think of so many things that such a successful mp3 player should have incorporated by now but hasn't because there's no reason to make it better when people are still content to just buy it for the looks and the status and the "Woooo... I'm a sissy listening to music from a fvcking white box god damn mother!@*#$* #$$(# @!(!(# !!(@*# !!!!!!!!BBQ"

Thats exactly how I felt about it a year ago. I still agree with you that people buy ipods for dumb reasons. I want one because they are small, have great battery life, and have the best damn interface of any player out there. I dont care so much about the style or its popularity or being innovative. I want something simple , compact, and easy to use.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: iamtrout
For the love of all that is innovation, get an iRiver or Archos Gmini 400. Does having your iPod engraved make it, or you, unique? Absolutely not. You're just going to be another one of the millions of people who has an iPod, that same damn white music player with the same damn stale styling that hasn't change in years. God damn. I'm sorry, I'm not usually this mean, but I'm just sick of people buying these damn things and showing them off and thinking that they're damn cool for having one of these overpriced, un-innovative, bland pieces of sh!t. I could think of so many things that such a successful mp3 player should have incorporated by now but hasn't because there's no reason to make it better when people are still content to just buy it for the looks and the status and the "Woooo... I'm a sissy listening to music from a fvcking white box god damn mother!@*#$* #$$(# @!(!(# !!(@*# !!!!!!!!BBQ"

hahahaha

I agree the iPod is DEFINITLY NOT the best mp3 player out there and its actually one of the WORST looking ones as well


and for what you get on it I say SHEEP SHEEP SHEEP
cause thats what you are if you get one

 

[Platypus]

Originally posted by: iamtrout
For the love of all that is innovation, get an iRiver or Archos Gmini 400. Does having your iPod engraved make it, or you, unique? Absolutely not. You're just going to be another one of the millions of people who has an iPod, that same damn white music player with the same damn stale styling that hasn't change in years. God damn. I'm sorry, I'm not usually this mean, but I'm just sick of people buying these damn things and showing them off and thinking that they're damn cool for having one of these overpriced, un-innovative, bland pieces of sh!t. I could think of so many things that such a successful mp3 player should have incorporated by now but hasn't because there's no reason to make it better when people are still content to just buy it for the looks and the status and the "Woooo... I'm a sissy listening to music from a fvcking white box god damn mother!@*#$* #$$(# @!(!(# !!(@*# !!!!!!!!BBQ"

rage against the machine

 

[bdjohnson]

Originally posted by: Mo0o
"I paid too much for too little"

with the education discount they are only $270 for 20gigs which is not bad.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: bdjohnson

Originally posted by: iamtrout
For the love of all that is innovation, get an iRiver or Archos Gmini 400. Does having your iPod engraved make it, or you, unique? Absolutely not. You're just going to be another one of the millions of people who has an iPod, that same damn white music player with the same damn stale styling that hasn't change in years. God damn. I'm sorry, I'm not usually this mean, but I'm just sick of people buying these damn things and showing them off and thinking that they're damn cool for having one of these overpriced, un-innovative, bland pieces of sh!t. I could think of so many things that such a successful mp3 player should have incorporated by now but hasn't because there's no reason to make it better when people are still content to just buy it for the looks and the status and the "Woooo... I'm a sissy listening to music from a fvcking white box god damn mother!@*#$* #$$(# @!(!(# !!(@*# !!!!!!!!BBQ"

. I want one because they are small, have great battery life, and have the best damn interface of any player out there..

you sure you are talking about the same ipod teh rest of us are think of?

 

[dartworth]

mini iPod:thumbsup:

 

[bdjohnson]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: bdjohnson

Originally posted by: iamtrout
For the love of all that is innovation, get an iRiver or Archos Gmini 400. Does having your iPod engraved make it, or you, unique? Absolutely not. You're just going to be another one of the millions of people who has an iPod, that same damn white music player with the same damn stale styling that hasn't change in years. God damn. I'm sorry, I'm not usually this mean, but I'm just sick of people buying these damn things and showing them off and thinking that they're damn cool for having one of these overpriced, un-innovative, bland pieces of sh!t. I could think of so many things that such a successful mp3 player should have incorporated by now but hasn't because there's no reason to make it better when people are still content to just buy it for the looks and the status and the "Woooo... I'm a sissy listening to music from a fvcking white box god damn mother!@*#$* #$$(# @!(!(# !!(@*# !!!!!!!!BBQ"

. I want one because they are small, have great battery life, and have the best damn interface of any player out there..

you sure you are talking about the same ipod teh rest of us are think of?

um yeah 12 hrs is pretty good. other players have caught with it lately, but ipod is still the smallest one. and dont talk about the "battery wearing out after a year" bs because that happens to ALL rechargeable batteries, its not some evil scam by apple.

 

[murphy55d]

"MIKE"

 

[Attrox]

Does BestBuy have an iRiver open for display as well as the iPod? I went to Frys and the iRiver is in a box I originally plan to buy iRiver but it just looks weird + I need to hold it & play around with it first.

 

[JetBlack69]

Originally posted by: Anubis
hahahaha

I agree the iPod is DEFINITLY NOT the best mp3 player out there and its actually one of the WORST looking ones as well


and for what you get on it I say SHEEP SHEEP SHEEP
cause thats what you are if you get one

:roll:

What do they get for pretending the danger's not real.
Meek and obedient you follow the leader
Down well trodden corridors into the valley of steel.
What a surprise!
A look of terminal shock in your eyes.
Now things are really what they seem.
No, this is no bad dream.

 

[iamtrout]

$270 for a 20 gig? How about an Archos Gmini 220 for $200 with 20gigs and a built in microphone and COMPACT FLASH CARD reader so that you can use it as an image tank?

The CF reader is the type of innovation I'm talking about, not Apple's latest half-assed iPod photo which is a fvcking sorry excuse for an image storage system that no serious photographer would buy! God damn F*cktards up the @$* $(7#( ($($&(&#bizzach hotdog $#*@ cat rocket!!!!

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: bdjohnson

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: bdjohnson

Originally posted by: iamtrout
For the love of all that is innovation, get an iRiver or Archos Gmini 400. Does having your iPod engraved make it, or you, unique? Absolutely not. You're just going to be another one of the millions of people who has an iPod, that same damn white music player with the same damn stale styling that hasn't change in years. God damn. I'm sorry, I'm not usually this mean, but I'm just sick of people buying these damn things and showing them off and thinking that they're damn cool for having one of these overpriced, un-innovative, bland pieces of sh!t. I could think of so many things that such a successful mp3 player should have incorporated by now but hasn't because there's no reason to make it better when people are still content to just buy it for the looks and the status and the "Woooo... I'm a sissy listening to music from a fvcking white box god damn mother!@*#$* #$$(# @!(!(# !!(@*# !!!!!!!!BBQ"

. I want one because they are small, have great battery life, and have the best damn interface of any player out there..

you sure you are talking about the same ipod teh rest of us are think of?

um yeah 12 hrs is pretty good. other players have caught with it lately, but ipod is still the smallest one. and dont talk about the "battery wearing out after a year" bs because that happens to ALL rechargeable batteries, its not some evil scam by apple.

both the sony and creative advertise 24 hours bat life, and i know FOR A FACT that the creative gets at least 20 hours, the iAudio M3L claims 35 hours but gets more like 25

all 3 of thoes destroy the ipod on bat life and useability and looks, the M3 is smaller then the ipod also

 

[BeauJangles]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: iamtrout
For the love of all that is innovation, get an iRiver or Archos Gmini 400. Does having your iPod engraved make it, or you, unique? Absolutely not. You're just going to be another one of the millions of people who has an iPod, that same damn white music player with the same damn stale styling that hasn't change in years. God damn. I'm sorry, I'm not usually this mean, but I'm just sick of people buying these damn things and showing them off and thinking that they're damn cool for having one of these overpriced, un-innovative, bland pieces of sh!t. I could think of so many things that such a successful mp3 player should have incorporated by now but hasn't because there's no reason to make it better when people are still content to just buy it for the looks and the status and the "Woooo... I'm a sissy listening to music from a fvcking white box god damn mother!@*#$* #$$(# @!(!(# !!(@*# !!!!!!!!BBQ"

hahahaha

I agree the iPod is DEFINITLY NOT the best mp3 player out there and its actually one of the WORST looking ones as well


and for what you get on it I say SHEEP SHEEP SHEEP
cause thats what you are if you get one

I must be a sheep too then.:roll: Just because a product is sucessful doesn't mean that it sucks. I'm sorry it doesn't support 30 formats or have a built-in FM tuner or any crap like that. All my music is in .mp3 so the formats don't matter to me. I just wanted an mp3 player. Nothing more.

The click wheel = the best interface on any portable music device IMO. Hands down. On top of that, it cost me $260 through my school so it was considerably cheaper than the other alternatives that have been mentioned. I don't flaunt my ipod. I don't care what everybody else owns. I guess it's to each his own, but you shouldn't rail on something for being popular. Civics are popular and a bet 30% of this forum drives them and doesn't complain. My point is, who gives a $#@* what anybody else thinks. Am I sheep? No. Did I buy it because everyone else had one? No. I bought it because I love my ipod and wouldn't trade it for any other player out there.

My point is, don't call him a sheep because he bought one. Give him the benefit of the doubt that he did his research and selected the best mp3 player FOR HIM. It might not be the best one for YOU, but that doesn't matter, now does it? When you buy a new mp3 player, please, feel free to buy an iRiver or Zen or whatever. But you won't see me going into your thread a b*tching because the only reason people buy an iRiver is because it ISN'T an Ipod. I won't call you a sheep, or anything else. Please, try to have some respect for people unless they have done something to warrant a flame (read: said something really stupid).

(PS - If the whiteness bothers you, get it professionally colored for $50 from a place like this: http://www.colorwarepc.com/content.aspx?id=16).

 

[DNvCross]

Why would he start a thread if he didn't want us giving our oppinions on everything about him, including the color socks he's wearing?

I would further like to state that I have no oppinion on his ipod, the engraving he wants to get on it, or anything of the like. I still use minidisk, and i'm still more than content with that.

I'm posting cuz somebody had to go accusing 30% of this board of driving Civics. To you I say "no, go away.. if you bought a civic, then there's obviously something wrong with you.. or you are sheep... just like the yuppies who buy expensive boats and sell them after a year cuz they don't understand how much work they are, or the people who buy iPods." I drive German and am damn proud of it. Ricemobiles can eat the smoke off my tires.

 

[neonerd]

"Stick out your butt"

 

[hevnsnt]

Originally posted by: neonerd
"Stick out your butt"

winnar

 

[PowerMac4Ever]

Originally posted by: BlinderBomber

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: iamtrout
For the love of all that is innovation, get an iRiver or Archos Gmini 400. Does having your iPod engraved make it, or you, unique? Absolutely not. You're just going to be another one of the millions of people who has an iPod, that same damn white music player with the same damn stale styling that hasn't change in years. God damn. I'm sorry, I'm not usually this mean, but I'm just sick of people buying these damn things and showing them off and thinking that they're damn cool for having one of these overpriced, un-innovative, bland pieces of sh!t. I could think of so many things that such a successful mp3 player should have incorporated by now but hasn't because there's no reason to make it better when people are still content to just buy it for the looks and the status and the "Woooo... I'm a sissy listening to music from a fvcking white box god damn mother!@*#$* #$$(# @!(!(# !!(@*# !!!!!!!!BBQ"

hahahaha

I agree the iPod is DEFINITLY NOT the best mp3 player out there and its actually one of the WORST looking ones as well


and for what you get on it I say SHEEP SHEEP SHEEP
cause thats what you are if you get one

I must be a sheep too then.:roll: Just because a product is sucessful doesn't mean that it sucks. I'm sorry it doesn't support 30 formats or have a built-in FM tuner or any crap like that. All my music is in .mp3 so the formats don't matter to me. I just wanted an mp3 player. Nothing more.

The click wheel = the best interface on any portable music device IMO. Hands down. On top of that, it cost me $260 through my school so it was considerably cheaper than the other alternatives that have been mentioned. I don't flaunt my ipod. I don't care what everybody else owns. I guess it's to each his own, but you shouldn't rail on something for being popular. Civics are popular and a bet 30% of this forum drives them and doesn't complain. My point is, who gives a $#@* what anybody else thinks. Am I sheep? No. Did I buy it because everyone else had one? No. I bought it because I love my ipod and wouldn't trade it for any other player out there.

My point is, don't call him a sheep because he bought one. Give him the benefit of the doubt that he did his research and selected the best mp3 player FOR HIM. It might not be the best one for YOU, but that doesn't matter, now does it? When you buy a new mp3 player, please, feel free to buy an iRiver or Zen or whatever. But you won't see me going into your thread a b*tching because the only reason people buy an iRiver is because it ISN'T an Ipod. I won't call you a sheep, or anything else. Please, try to have some respect for people unless they have done something to warrant a flame (read: said something really stupid).

(PS - If the whiteness bothers you, get it professionally colored for $50 from a place like this: http://www.colorwarepc.com/content.aspx?id=16).

Very well said. Also, that web site you linked is awesome! A black powerbook would be badass

 

[HamSupLo]

I'm a metrosexual