iPod mini

[Auronius]

For those of you interested in getting a new music player, Apple announced 4 gigabyte mini iPods today. They carry about 1000 songs, come in 5 colors, and are about 3.5 x 2 inches. The downside is that they're $249. For $50 more, you can get a 15 gig full sized iPod (Also new.)
http://www.apple.com/ipodmini/

Oh well, the 10 gig I got for christmas is enough for me.

[monkeyfist]

but is the 15GB one mini?? my point exactly. o.0

[Firocket1690]

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Rules aside, I think Apple screwed up somewhere along the lines ..When the original iPod came out sometime last year, the 5 GB held 1000 songs
Now, the mini 4GB holdsa 1000 songs as well ?
Loophole somewhere in their calculations.

Anywho ...
I've had a 10 GB iPod of my own since about March of "03 and I'm only 1.3 GB from filling it !! XD

[Aunt_Betty]

How can this be advertising, we are just talking about it. So I supposed if I told everyone when pso 3 comes out and show a preorder link I would get banned?

[Nazo]

Well... nah, can't be ading.

Anyhoo, its great, no problems with the size except as Auronius said, the prices are not greatly diff... so waste of money??

[Rep0]

iPod is nice and all, but I don't like the idea of having to sedn it back to Apple to get the battery replaced

[Auronius]

On 2004-01-08 20:58, Rep0 wrote:
iPod is nice and all, but I don't like the idea of having to sedn it back to Apple to get the battery replaced



I don't think anybody likes it. You just kinda have to put up with it, since ALL Lithium Ion Batteries eventually lose their charge.

[Rotis]

Firocket, just... no.

The minis are neat and all, but considering the huge difference in storage space for only $50 less, they're not terribly worth it. Smaller and lighter, yes, but not by much.

Also:



On 2004-01-08 00:56, Firocket1690 wrote:
..When the original iPod came out sometime last year, the 5 GB held 1000 songs
Now, the mini 4GB holdsa 1000 songs as well ?
Loophole somewhere in their calculations.


The newer figure goes by AAC encoding, not mp3 encoding. The AAC files tend to be smaller, so it could conceivably add up to that.

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[Nazo]

On 2004-01-08 21:21, Auronius wrote:


On 2004-01-08 20:58, Rep0 wrote:
iPod is nice and all, but I don't like the idea of having to sedn it back to Apple to get the battery replaced



I don't think anybody likes it. You just kinda have to put up with it, since ALL Lithium Ion Batteries eventually lose their charge.




Mmhmm... In fact there is a site on this, not sure if y'all know it:

http://www.ipodsdirtysecret.com/


Needs Quicktime. http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_lol.gif have fun!

[Rotis]

I believe that site is what they were referring to.

Apple now offers a $60 extended warranty (http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/70108/wo/4S1WEjKztSRv2ZyZvxg1H7o7e4i/9.0.7.1.0.5.3) for the iPod, which appears to cover the battery as well.


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