Thread: iPod pricing

Originally Posted by Tombie2

What are you on about? Itunes is Drag and Drop!
Playlists are just a backup (can be done as a txt file) so takes seconds.
No apps required to sort it out.
I think you've been led up the garden path a bit here...

I meant from the point of being able to plug your player into whatever poota you may be using (work, home etc) and do the thing. Unless you have iTunes installed, not going to be as simple as the more generic MP3 players (all others?) such as Samsung etc... I should have qualified by saying no d&d without iTunes which equals 'App Dependant' but I may still be corrected on this as everyone I know with an iPod uses iTunes. My reference is the fella from work who could not restore his iPod setup back into iTunes after having to reinstall iTunes due to a poota crash... he tried everything and a purchased app was the 'fix'. Possible this scenario has changed as this was quite a few months ago now.

Originally Posted by Tombie2

Again incorrect, sorry! If you buy ANY music from online ANYWHERE that has DRM then it is restricted. iTunes will allow you to burn most music to a CD...

My point there is it's a pretty common bugbear with iTunes Store that you can download certain files (DRM) and iTunes simply won't let you burn it UNLESS you buy their app. All music is restricted by copyright. Allowing you to only burn 'most' of your paid for stuff isn't good enough Apple, it should be all. The main point is that yes they will let you do it BUT you must give them more money for the app. That stinks IMO.

Originally Posted by Tombie2

Also, your "legally" owned track on ANY download site has conditions, often restricting use to digital format or limited devices etc....
This is from any legitimate, licensed, online music store. Not just iTunes...

Yes agreed, and again all music has restrictions. Point mainly was towards the fact that you have to purchase more apps 'if' you want to be flexible. Sure most people won't give a rip (pun intended), but for demented people like me with music studios, it can be a royal pain.

Overall, really I believe that iTunes can be great but in all honesty, I haven't yet met an iPod user who really finds it to be an excellent thing. I've spent time with it and personally think it is a royal pain as soon as you want some flexibility. MUCH prefer using the Samsung (and others) and do everything very simply away from that world of grief BUT that is only my opinion.

My personal purchase is going to be based on ease of use and capacity. There is no way that iTunes is the solution for ease of use (in overall terms) but again, my use isn't the generic downloader relying on iTunes to get everything into their MP3 player.

Cheers!

Originally Posted by Captain_Rightfoot

Sorry, those criticisms don't really pan out.

Anyway, Zunes are great as they offer a good foil to protect your iphone from theft - just dress it up like a Zune and it will be as safe as houses!

Haha! Doug's a funny guy, that's great... he must really hate the Zune... maybe he's Bill's cousin or something.

Not sure why my 'criticisms' don't pan out, it was first hand from the people I work with and were based on their experience, they didn't make it up but please refer earlier post as maybe this has changed since.

As for me. I don't give a rip which player people use coz it's all a bit Holden Vs Ford sometimes this stuff. All have good points

Cheers.

Thought I'd post a quick update to this thread. I ended up with the iPod 160G after looking at all options as it is the best bang for buck. If you want to keep your MP3 quality up as best as possible, you can go outside iTunes for your compression (Lame being one).

Ended up paying (new) $260 + P&P....hard to beat at the time.

The world of iTunes hasn't caused pain I have to say (no drama to date) and I don't d/l from it.

Overall, happy times so far.
Cheers.

Where'd you get that price ?

That was off an eBay seller: eBay Feedback Profile for itglobalsale

Mine is in his feedback there somewhere...

Genuine product ?

I heard some ebay sellers were selling genuine (though original) ipods from back when they were having battery issues....

Be careful if you are getting more than 10% off on a new product as that is the markup of most resellers.

When Dick Smith etc have their 10% off Apple sales they make the money on you buying the accessories at the same time... if you want to try your luck see if you can get then to order you a custom one (like a faster HD etc) and order some accessories with the custom computer.. they get a single invoice price from Apple and you will get 10% off the accessories as well (software, etc.. whatever you buy)...