I have a Philips Go Gear that plays both WMA and MP3s.
With WMA you can put more songs in it.
It's been great except for some scratches due to my rugged/manly lifestyle. .
I think that all mp3 players are prone to scratches. I think it's all in how you treat them. I've dropped mine a couple of times.
I recommend that as soon as you buy one you should purposes scratch it and just get it out of the way so you don't have to worry about it.
Hopefully soon they'll come out with players that are either diamond plated or covered with rhinoliner
"It's crazy and it's different, but it's really bein' free"
I had nothing but great performance from my 4 GB iPod Mini for over 2 years.
Now I did smash it up myself in a bicycle accident last summer, but if you saw how bad I got MYSELF wiped out...
it's a miracle that it even lit up again
I'm getting a new Nano really soon now...
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Dezdmona wrote:Thinking of getting a MP3 player of some kind for DH for Christmas....
Can I put MP3 files that I already have on my puter on an iPod?
What if they are currently in .wma format?
I hear that Microsoft is coming out with it's own MP3 player soon (Zune?)
In the November 2006 Consumer Reports they say: they have continuing questions about how long iPods batteries might last compared with those of other brands. And iPods are at best undistinguished in tech support and features.
do you know what we call people that buy the newest model of
anything electronic????
I guess I still dont understand because of the vagueness of the product.
I've owned about 8 ipods in the last 5 years. All have been great. I dont hang on to old technology because all things will eventually fail. I cant afford for that to happen with how I use mine. Batteries wear out, just like your cell phone. The more you use it and more recharges, the mosre it will die!!!!
I think they have truly covered all aspects of what people require for their listening enviroments. Starting at $50 and going to $350 with every price point inbetween.
They charge what your willing to pay, and obviously people think it's worth what they are asking since ipod alone is almost 80% of ALL "MP3" players in the market. The other 50 companies get to fight over the other 20% of you.
I guess the iPod is just not up to the standards here .........
No product is perfect...but for some reason you are disregarding the many of us that have perfectly good working iPods, with nary a problem...and telling us we have low standards.
I just find that hard to believe. I wouldn't trust Microsoft much less then Apple...I'll take my chances with an iPod that won't force me to upgrade in a years time.
Sorry .. I am not telling anyone anything .... I just pasted something someone else wrote and thought it was interesting that is what they found out. That is our consumer watchdog and if it does not come up to the Aussie standards - then they write about it - not me telling anyone .... I have never used one - I have an MP3 player - if they had found it about MP3 players - I would have posted that ....
There was also some frozen fish they surveyed - but figured that would not be interesting reading......
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