mini i-pod

[**jebus**]

Well im not the best at computers/technical stuff, so forgive me for any stupidity!
Basically im thinking of buying a mini ipod and just wanted to know if anybody had any advice about it, any bad things i should know eg. crap battery life and such like things!
also does i-tunes work with microsoft ME edition?
and if not, theres no point in getting ipod as i wont be able to load music onto it..correct?!?


Any other suggestions of good mp3players for under 250euro?
thanks!

[Aisling]

Dont get an ipod!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
get a creative zen micro (and then give it to me!)

[soda]

oooh, zen micro = ugly.
I also have been looking at getting an i-pod mini, they are lovely. I read that they improved the battery life. Here in holland they cost 180 euro in the stores.
But, the i-river hd10 has a color screen, 1 gig more (compared to the 4gig mini) and the ability to record (good for gigs!!)

[shane_b]

forget the i-pod way too over rated cos of the popularity, get the i-river hp 120 or 140 http://www.advancedmp3players.co.uk/...products_id=69 (sorry for linking) but it's such a good mp3 player read no bad reviews cos i was going to buy one, but needed the cash for other stuff

[Cali]

no no no, get an iaudio 5, it's very small but that little thing is awsome. you don't need to install any software, just plug it and copy paste, also the sound is amazing, did i say that little thing is tiny. oh and it also reads ogg vorbis which is similar to mp3's but the ogg files are smaller and sound better than mp3's. i've ripped many of my cds on ogg and love it, and you can use many free softwares to rip your cds, but you get a software with the unit. you can also record from its mic or fm radio (included) or line-in



http://www.iaudiophile.net/content.php?review.18

http://www.cowonamerica.com/products/iaudio/5/



at amazon you can get a 1G iaudio5 for £149.99 which is about 220 euros and they deliver to ireland

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...715706-0015007

or for more money you can get an 20 or even 40g iaudio m3. i have both the iaudio 5 and the m3 and i love them. the only downside is the iaudio products don't read protected wma's, but i don't buy mp3's from itunes so i don't care about that. the iaudio u2 looks pretty good too

ps i don't work for iaudio

[The Pink Girly]

get a 40 GB i pod theyre the best and u dont have to worry about putting too many songs on coz they hold 10000! they are a tad more expensive tho!

[Livo]

on average how many songs would a mini ipod hold? i'm kind of relenting, i wouldn't mind getting one..

[**jebus**]

I was considering the 6GB which is about 1,500 songs which is 250euro
or theres a 4GB 1,000 210 euro ... both cheeper than i originally thought

Thanks for all your suggestions, ive been lookin at all the different sites, still not sure what im gna get tho!

livo, i suggest you look at some of the links above before you purchase!
some of them are way beter than ipod, supse depends on what your lookin for tho

[soda]

210??? here in stores the mini is 180!!!!! and also on the apple webstore (if ya buy with student discount)

[Angela]

Originally Posted by shane_b

forget the i-pod way too over rated cos of the popularity, get the i-river hp 120 or 140 http://www.advancedmp3players.co.uk/...products_id=69 (sorry for linking) but it's such a good mp3 player read no bad reviews cos i was going to buy one, but needed the cash for other stuff

That's what I got. Though it is no longer manufactured and was pulled off the shelves in the US at Christmas.

Anyway, it records to *.wav (the new iRiver only records to MP3) and has an optical line-in and lin-out. It supports *.wav, *.mp3, *.ogg and *.wma, has a great radio and the sound, like all iRiver products, is fantastic. Drag and drop support under XP.