I'm thinking of getting an iPod but i can't decide which one to get. Both have its pros and cons. What I'm most concerned about is its durability. I hear the nano is a lot easier to scratch and I'm disappointed to hear that because thats the one i was leaning toward. Can i get some of your opinons on these ipods.

The nano might scratch more easily, but it's only scratches. Any device you use regularly will get dings, dents, and scratches.

If durability is your concern, then go with the nano. Flash memory-based players will survive far longer than hard drive-based players with moving parts.

It also depends on how much space you'll need. If you only need 2-4GB of space, then the nano is a good choice.

get a case for your nano and it wont get scratched....

I have a 6gb iPod Mini w/ a Pac Rim Magnesium hard case.

Can't be beat. Lightweight, scratch-resistant, solid battery life, 6gb capacity. You won't be sorry.

Ipods are for fags.

I have a 5g Ipod video and they too scratch very easily just like a nano, but if you hate scratches like me I recomend one of these: Invisible Shield They are just like the site says.. bulletproof

honestly all ipod's suck

but thats just my opinion


my friend bought an ipod nano



first thing is its not worth the money

around $200 for 2 gigs
i know it changes the format of the song to fit more, but thats still really not alot of space

itunes sucks more than anything in the world, just for itunes i would never get an ipod

the color screen really isn't all that great, trying to put photos on there ended up deleting every single picture on my computer, that really pissed me off

the thing seemed to scratch more easily than anything else, my friends looked like it went through a tornado

then he dropped it one day and put this dent in the back that completely fucked it up

the battery life didn't last long at all, and the only way to charge it was through a computer, i thought that was gay

the whole thing just pissed me off

this is just my experince with one of these things

if your like a skateboarder or something then this thing is pretty small and shit and easy to skate with but other than that apple is an evil corporation

The 3rd Gen IMHO was the best thing to ever happen to Apple.
The Nano is by far the WORST.

Try and get a 40Gb Photo, even the U2 Version...that was sexy..
The 5th Gen is incredible, but a little over the top.

As for you people that say 'iTunes Sucks', the by far better alternative is EphPod, Completely Free. 100% better than iTunes..you can download news to your notes section and organise your calanders...Recover lost songs, and completely rebuild the iPod after a whipe...

SAVE YOUR MONEY!!!!

thats whaty i did, and got a awsome deal on a ipod 30gb video as a open box!!
mint condection

and you can watch movies

Mind if I ask where you bought it and for how much?

Anyway, back to the question. I personally think the Nano is a rip. Sure, it's tiny, but it holds so few songs. Why either
A)Slap down the $300 for more battery life, many more songs, and a bigger screen
or
B)Get a used one, like a 3G on the cheap.
Almost no one wants old B/W iPods, so they are really on the cheap. You might want to take a look at them on eBay.
Sure, the full size iPod is bigger, but, in my opinion, it's a much better value and much better constructed.

I just got a black Ipod Video 30GB last week. *score*

it's awesome, the video resolution is great, and you gotta love the color.

you can get a $30 discount at apple.com if you are a student: http://store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Images/routingpage.html

plus about $15 in tax
my total was $285 shipped.

I would never buy one on ebay as it seems ebay has become the palace of scams lately.

Agreed. I love my 3rd Gen iPod. Even if it is only 15gb and doesn't play videos or any of that shit.

Unfortunatley, I've only got 500MB free on it, and it's my birthday in a few days, and that space will probably be lost. My only chance is to buy a bigger HD for it and upgrade. It's half the price of buying a new one, and by far much cooler to have a 60-100gb 3rd gen iPod, in my opinion.

My Ipod Nano is small. I like it. Sure I can only listen to music on it and it only hods like 500 songs. But honestly, who needs more then 500 songs at a time? And who the hell is thinking watching movies on a tiny little IPOD is a good idea???

you wouldn't even believe how good the quality of it is. I enjoy while i'm in bed trying to go to sleep, and i can just turn it on and watch it in the comfort of my bed.

Alright, all the people up there who said the iPod/iTunes is bad, they are just retarded. I am a hardcore MS user so I never thought iPods would become my thing. I've owned every iPod generation at one point or another. The current one I'm using is the 30gb video (it's in my pocket incase you wanted to know) and a 15gb third gen. Once you start using the video you feel so bad for everyone that has to live with an 'older' iPod. Now for the Nano vs 5gen situation. As you stated they both have their pros and cons, but ignore the scratching problem. IMO they both get scratched as easily as the other. If you are that concerned get a white one since they are less visible. But the iPod stays in your pocket most of the time. At first I was wary of scratches too, I'd keep this things in cases and polish them every now and then. But now I don't give a damn, scratches are scratches. If anything it makes it look tougher. I'm sure you know the functionality of both. But now I believe you can watches videos on the nano with linux. I haven't updated mine since I only use it at the gym, and videos are useless there. As for the people bashing on the prices, tell me where you can find an MP3 that size with that fuctionality at all. You have nothing to compare the price to, so saying it's expensive won't get you anywhere. Yes, space wise it is expensive, but you are also paying for its impossible size and color screen plus the amazing apple UI. And for the people that say the iPod screen is too small for videos, I personally find it perfect. If it was any bigger I would feel akward watching in public, and if it was too small my arm would get tired holding it up to my face. I can easily rest it on my lap or on a desk during class and watch movies.
OK what are you planning on using the iPod for? If it's for the gym and small stuff liek that, go for a nano. but if you have a large music collection, get bored easily, take long trips, or whatever go for the video. Or just buy both

first buy this...

then buy this to keep it safe from scratches and minor impacts...

i did and couldn't be any happier. i have over 40gb of music and several movies that i love to watch repeatedly so anything smaller would have been dumb for me.. i also have a dock installed in my car so i can pump video out of my ipod into my 7" indash monitor.. absolutely incredible!

get a media center pocket pc. you can do anything you want with those, like a small laptop basically. yeah u have to use SD/CF cards, but hey you can get online, play games, email, MP3, movies, whatever. i use mine to watch movies on when i go on long trips. if you rip a dvd and compress it to the PDA screen you can fit about 3 full length movies on a 512mb card. i guess if you have a whole crap load of stuff it would be annoying to figure out which cards had what on em...but i think there are 4gb SDs out there now so if you have less than that it would be fine. just depends on what you use it for, most people probly dont like PDAs just because they are semi-large, but the video ipod is bigger than the one i carry... so whatever you like better. i have an MP3 player along with my PDA because i screwed up my headphone port and so far am scared to solder a new one on it, tried to send to HP and got fudged over by their support...blah blah long story.

I own a TV.....

i don't have a dvd player in my room...

i have a 6 geg mini and i love it i can store 1500 songs. who wants to watch it in there bed most of us should have a tv in our bed room. i much rather watch my 30"inch plasma than that tiny screen. i dont like the battery life of it though but thats about it.

ZAC

People just hate ipods because its cool to go against the mainstream.

i used to be like nah ipod is shite and had a creative zen thing, it was ok, yer it played music, sorted

i lost it like though and got my moms ipod since she never used it and its so good, its not good its just easy.

plug it in, open itunes and your done like, stick in a cd and in like 2 button presses you have the whole cd on your ipod, its great.

buy an ipod, you'll look cool!

I used to have a 3g ipod that I loved but battery died among other things. Then recently (3 days ago) I went to the skatepark around my house that they just built almost everyone was a skateboarder I am a aggresive skater so I was just skating around till about close were we were pretty much the only people there and out of the blue was a 60 gig video it had some name on the back and there was no one even near the thing so we ended up "taking it" and I just used grip tape to remove the name and grinded it off and the back looks sweet just perfectly smooth. Now I got a 60 gig video and im in love with it .

your a jackass. If I knew you in real life I would punch you in the face. If something valuable has a name on it, in a skatepark where you would know everyone there, why not give it back to the kid instead of raping it on a grinder and calling it your own

Hell even if you dont know the kid im sure someone else would know him there.
Fucking punk kids

Look at me, Look at me, I'm a thief!!!


A decent human would have left a note and phone number. (Hell it could rain and ruin it if you leave it or the next "agressive skater" could steal it. ) This is just another reason to hate anyone who skateboards.

Ummm... This
http://www.creative.com/products/product.a...4&product=14331

Much better product and you don't have to use iTunes. You can use the windows software already on your computer. You don't have to convert audio. You can share files, it isn't locked like with iTunes. You don't have to spend $1 a song like with iTunes. You can use Napster or any other company for unlimited downloads for a small monthly price like $15-20.

Why don't you tell me how any ipoohed is better in any area than any of the equivalent devices from this company. There are more companies also, by the way. I just prefer Creative products.

Like I said read before you even attempt to insult me. There was NO ONE near the IPOD it was at the park closing. In my opionion if you LEAVE anything of value like that a phone/mp3 player I don't care what it is you don't deserve to have one. It had an alias/nickname on the back not an actual person's name so in actuallity what proof would that person have to prove that its that particular person's ipod. My friend is the person who really grabbed it and ended up just giving it to me right after we left because I gave him my PS2 awhile back when his broke.

you are a good for nothing peice of fuck and aggresive skating is gay as hell. Its not challenging at all. i used to do it but once i learned to frontflip it was just too easy. Try skateboarding, its way fucking harder and more fun.


thanks lol. although not all skaters are like lpk, i will agree a good amount of them are. i would never steal anything, especially an ipod.

@thread starter-get a video its so sweet to just be able to watch your fav tv show when ever you feel like it. ive got a 30 gig white and i love it. If your worried about scratches and dont care about color, get a white cause even though they scratch just as easily as one another, its harder to tell on a white.

So if you were walking by and seen an IPOD just laying there with nobody around it you wouldn't take it? If you said no you can go fuck yourself I bet 90% of you would in a heartbeat.

So the lesson: If you can't decide between and Ipod Nano, Video, or 5 Gig; steal one of each and then decide which you like best.

I have an iAudio MP3 player. Its 512mb but it does movies, text files, lighter than a nano, color, full display.
Stolen from CES.

And to the fag who stole an iPod saying that 90% of us would steal one, dont try to act smart and use statistics against us, since im 100% sure that atleast 90-99% of people on this earth have MORALS. I even saw 2 ipods laying on the ground in our parking lot coming back from a bombthreat. So I got them to the office and the owners got it back.

You're scum.

What if it was your iPod and you left it somewhere on accident, and someone stole it and said because you left it there, you don't deserve it. Humans aren't perfect, they forget things once in a while, then you scumbags come a profit of them because you cant do it like everyother human and get a job. You just steal theirs.

Sure I would be pissed but I do think that if I do leave something of value out like that then I don't deserve to have one in the first place.

^^^
Judge, Jury, and Executioner.

Well that's wrong.
We all make mistakes.
Misplace something of value and I'm sure your opinion will change.
There's something called "being a good person and doing the right thing." Oh, and Karma as well.

Look every thief or other drain on society has an excuse and justification for their action. This is no different.

thats totally wrong. for starters you can buy a mains adapter to charge the ipod. You can also buy docking stations for the ipod that charges the ipod as well. i should know.... i got one

i have this ipod docking system Ibass

yeah, buy a 5g video. i got a 30 gb (for "free", my u2 4th gen kept breaking so under best buy's lemon policy, 4th it breaks, i get store credit in the amount of the u2 ipod, so i got a 30 gb video and a case with the left over money"
well back to the subject, defiantely get a video, bigger screen, videos, more songs, theyre bigger, but still a hell of alot smaller than some mp3 players

Yeah dont get a nano. They are shit. Get a 30 gig video ipod cause they are better in just about every way. Just my 2 cents.

Fixed.

what the Champo???

YAY! Go iAudio! You have the U3, one of the best flash players on the market. It comes in 512 mb, 1 GB, or 2 GB.

I have an iAudio X5L(35 hour battery life using 128 kbps mp3). Plays xvid movies, has USB-OTG, plays many audio formats, DOESN'T scratch at all(black aluminum), reported to be the audiophile's DAP on many audio sites(hydrogenaudio, headfi, etc.), plug 'n' play (drag 'n drop files to drive, no software requried like iTunes), comes with an AC adaptor, etc,etc,etc,etc. My only complaint is the screen size(2").

All Iaudio players are great. Just look at the cowon A2. 4" screen. Plays many movie formats(xvid, divx, avi, mg, etc.), and has constant firmware updates.

Go to http://www.iaudiophile.net for all your iaudio needs.

my advice ... anything but ipod

a lil small on capacity, but by far the best mp3 player imo



an ipod is good when you install rockbox

I have a nano. It scratches but over time most things will get dings and scratches anyway. Getting a case will get it in better shape than if you didn't have it. I kinda want the 5g though. I need more memory for all my songs.

I like the new iPod Nano Chromatic better than the 5g.
But that's just my opinior.

And there might be a new iPod on September 9th!