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Unhappy iPod of death: Lookin' for alts
chaossoldier
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My iPod died on me, and I really don't wanna have to go through the trouble of getting another one just to have it crap out on me like this one (for the record, this is my second iPod. First one I replaced after buying the 1 year service plan for 50 bucks. THis is the replacement one that died)
Considering I'm kinda sick of having to replace my iPod like car oil, I'm looking for alternative MP3 players. I've heard good things about the Toshiba Gigabeat brand, but I also want to see what else out there is good before making a definite decision on what to spend my upcoming refund check on.
Considering I'm kinda sick of having to replace my iPod like car oil, I'm looking for alternative MP3 players. I've heard good things about the Toshiba Gigabeat brand, but I also want to see what else out there is good before making a definite decision on what to spend my upcoming refund check on.
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As someone else mentioned, I've been hearing a lot of good things about Zune.
If that's not your thing, I've also seen a lot of positive feedback on Creative's players. I don't really have any personal experience with any other than my iPod shuffles, my Rio (that broke when it fell out of my pocket onto a hardwood floor), and one other type that was decent but chewed through batteries like a fiend.
The Zen series doesn't look too bad either..The voice recorder thing from the Vision would come in handy for classes.
If I were sick of iPods, I'd probably go for a Zune.
Yeah, the minis last forever. Mine is one of the first batch of the original minis, and it is still going strong.
Unfortunately mine was one of those archaic 20 gigs. LED colorless screen and such. The mini does look pretty cool, but they don't seem to make them in the size I need
It's a really good mp3 player, with good value (250 for 30 gigs), easy navigation (even without a scroll wheel) and a nice screen to watch your videos in.
More people? This is the most Zune-friendly, non-Microsoft site around save for Gizmodo.
So are most name-brand players in the hard drive bracket - see also: Creative, iAudio, iRiver, Toshiba, SanDisk, etc.
If you price that per gigabyte, the 80GB iPod destroys it in terms of value.
It's the same as any other non-clickwheel, non-touchstrip device - a directional pad. Resounding meh.
The screen is not that nice and the resolution is the same as an iPod or Zen Vision - QVGA.
How well is the Zune interface when it comes with transferring music from the PC to said device?
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I'm not sure if they still let you do that since that was a while back, but I found out about it through their customer service line the first time.
It's pretty good. Zune devices come configured to automatically sync everything, but just like iPods you can configure them to be manually managed. I suppose the biggest difference would be that as opposed to iPod/iTunes, you don't drag and drop so much as you add to a sync list and hit the sync button.
Also, the Zune software has built-in support for reverse sync (device -> pc).
Honestly my only complaint with the Zune is the fact that I can't access it like a HD and just drag and drop all my music onto it. But I'm sure someone will eventually find a way. Other than that though I love it, I use it a lot while I'm at work.
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I'm pretty sure it's not out in canada
It's not out anywhere but the United States for now.