TheGeek June 14, 2007 Share TheGeek Member June 14, 2007 My friend bought one and he knows nothing about computers and he gave it to me to try and figure out. the software that comes with it rapes you EVERY time you turn it on, either it will delete songs ON ITS OWN, update the track info and tie up your cpu for an hour, have countless errors... the problem I am having now is that I load on a full length movie, and it is on, but from the zune side you cannot see the movie. if you hook it up you can see it on the zune. funny thing is, if you take if off, put it back on, it will work for the day. and then delete itself the day after DONT BUY A ZUNE! nothing but trouble. time of enjoyment = 1 hour time of frustration = 4 days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stutters June 14, 2007 Share stutters GC Alumni June 14, 2007 http://www.apple.com/ipod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VooDooPC June 14, 2007 Share VooDooPC Member June 14, 2007 Ipods would be nice if they were like, 50 dollars cheaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGeek June 14, 2007 Author Share TheGeek Member June 14, 2007 IT ENDS NOW! YAY! http://phaleux.com/?p=8 Now I have to crack it to make it work like a zen M. The one I told him to get Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackieChan June 14, 2007 Share JackieChan GC Alumni June 14, 2007 http://www.apple.com/ipod expensive generic brand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magruter June 14, 2007 Share Magruter Member June 14, 2007 Get a refurb.. Same warranty! http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebO...ecialdeals/ipod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stutters June 14, 2007 Share stutters GC Alumni June 14, 2007 expensive generic brandthat's cute. keep fighting the good fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discom June 14, 2007 Share discom Member June 14, 2007 Sorry, but the only reason to buy an ipod is to be trendy. You must have itunes on your comp to use it, and you cant trade songs with anybody you want. They're terrible. also, the Zune doesn't seem that much different. Required software is lame, lame, lame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stutters June 14, 2007 Share stutters GC Alumni June 14, 2007 disco, i definitely urge you to buy a zune. buy 3. live it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discom June 14, 2007 Share discom Member June 14, 2007 i dislike zunes and ipods... thats why i bought a zen. no software is needed, and i can trade music/movies from any computer i want Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher June 14, 2007 Share Preacher Member June 14, 2007 Flash based MP4 players ftw. No software, no restrictions, just load and play. Screw all the overpriced name brand junk. Get a nice MP4 player for $40 http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=FH...BLK&cat=MP3 My wife has one. Yeah I know it's only a 1gb player, but who can listen to more than 1gb of music in an 8 hour day? Heck if that's your issue but another one to keep in your pocket and still save money. Or you could get this one: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...476#detailspecs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playaa June 14, 2007 Share Playaa Member June 14, 2007 discom...pretty much everything you said about the ipod is false. if you know what you're doing or do a little research the ipod is as open as any other player. I have used quite a few different MP3 players in my time and none of them is as simple or straightforward as my ipod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discom June 14, 2007 Share discom Member June 14, 2007 (edited) discom...pretty much everything you said about the ipod is false.if you know what you're doing or do a little research the ipod is as open as any other player. I have used quite a few different MP3 players in my time and none of them is as simple or straightforward as my ipod. did u change the firmware? Edited June 14, 2007 by discom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playaa June 14, 2007 Share Playaa Member June 14, 2007 nope, I just know that there are other applications you can use instead of iTunes and if you don't purchase songs off of iTunes you can share them with anyone you want. That said, I'm not saying the ipod is the route that everyone must take. To each his own. I gladly pay the extra money for a piece of hardware that "just works" and the support that comes with it. My year old ipod freaked out on me, I took it to the Apple store and walked out with a brand new ipod (possibly a refurb actually but it's been running for about 2 years with no problems) and didn't pay a cent. My friend had a $50 mp3 player that broke on him...when it did he had to go buy another one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimmpp June 15, 2007 Share Chimmpp Member June 15, 2007 I dont have too big of a problem with my zune. The only thing I dont like is how you cant just put videos on it. Something that I was kinda iffy on was that mine sucked every song and picture from my network that it could find. But that turned out to be a plus cause I discover new music everyday I listen to the whole library on shuffle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tookey June 15, 2007 Share tookey Member June 15, 2007 Sorry, but the only reason to buy an ipod is to be trendy. You must have itunes on your comp to use it, and you cant trade songs with anybody you want. They're terrible. also, the Zune doesn't seem that much different. Required software is lame, lame, lame. ipod + rockbox = solves all your problems...and I can play doom on my ipod...can you play doom on your xen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mookie June 15, 2007 Share mookie GC Alumni June 15, 2007 You must have itunes on your comp to use it, and you cant trade songs with anybody you want. http://www.vonnieda.org/vPod/ You can put whatever audio files you want on it, DRM or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metallurgic June 15, 2007 Share Metallurgic Member June 15, 2007 IT ENDS NOW! YAY! http://phaleux.com/?p=8 Now I have to crack it to make it work like a zen M. The one I told him to get I have 2 things to say to that link: 1. LOL 2. If you have to try that hard to get basic functionality out of your portable media device, what's the point? The mp3 players that I have do what everyone wants them to do, and have for years. It seems like companies are taking a step backward rather than forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGeek June 18, 2007 Author Share TheGeek Member June 18, 2007 there's a problem with doing that with an ipod, you cant just go to your friends house and say "could you please load on software so I can get your music?" with a zen its more like "plug this in for me" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playaa June 18, 2007 Share Playaa Member June 18, 2007 most of the good programs for the ipod that allow you to share music run directly off the ipod. no software to install on someone's pc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Soapdish June 19, 2007 Share Nick Soapdish Member June 19, 2007 http://www.apple.com/ipod hippie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher June 19, 2007 Share Preacher Member June 19, 2007 http://www.chinavasion.com/product_info.ph...56835b9639e9/// I have this and it beats em all cuz I just use mine for my car anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boiler June 19, 2007 Share boiler Member June 19, 2007 http://www.chinavasion.com/product_info.ph...56835b9639e9/// I have this and it beats em all cuz I just use mine for my car anyway I'm willing to bet we see this show up on Preach's "Crap-for-sale" list in about 2 months. Any takers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher June 19, 2007 Share Preacher Member June 19, 2007 nah I've had it a while and I wear it as a watch even when not using the mp3 stuff. It broadcasts itself via your FM radio so it doesn't need new tech to use it in the car or even on the clock radio next to my bed lol. I really love this thing. If I did get rid of it, it would be so I could get an mp4 watch lol but so far I haven't seen one of those with an FM transmitter built-in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackieChan June 19, 2007 Share JackieChan GC Alumni June 19, 2007 Sorry, but the only reason to buy an ipod is to be trendy. You must have itunes on your comp to use it, and you cant trade songs with anybody you want. They're terrible. also, the Zune doesn't seem that much different. Required software is lame, lame, lame. ipod + rockbox = solves all your problems...and I can play doom on my ipod...can you play doom on your xen? honestly don't see why you'd want to play doom on an ipod or any kind of mp3 player. computer ftw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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