> -----Original Message----- > From: Michael T. Tangorre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 12:52 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: I need an iPod... desperately > > My wife and I both have the mini iPod and love them. At 4 GB it holds > enough > music for just about anyone! The Nano is experiencing some problems with > the > screen so I'd check into that before considering it (there is a class > action > lawsuit!). The mini is small enough to workout with and take biking or to > work (which is what I do).
Ars-technica.com did a great torture test of the nano and found it very durable (although they did end up destroying it in the process). The current lawsuit is that the screen "scratches too easily" and, after reading about it, seems a bit frivolous to me. But if all you're music is MP3 anyway you could save a LOT of money by going with a non-iPod. Personally I just don't like iTunes and since the iPod won't play my (WMA) music it's not even a consideration. Mp3.com has good reviews of plenty of players. The mini ranks right up there, of course, but is actually beaten in several areas (the Rio Carbon Pearl for example gets nearly twice the battery life, while the Zen micro has an FM tuner). If you can stand iTunes I don't think you'll be at all unhappy with any of the iPods... but there are other, cheaper options which give you more freedom to how you manage and store your music. (That being said if the Nano supported WMA and WMP I'd have bought one by now.) Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:178296 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
