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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: THX on September 08, 2005, 09:42:12 AM

Title: iPod Nano
Post by: THX on September 08, 2005, 09:42:12 AM: http://www.apple.com/ipodnano/

Available soon, 2 or 4gb of flash storage so you can run, jump, and circle strafe without worry since it has no moving parts.

Pretty neat, but I\'ll wait to see how small they can get the mp3 player/cell phone combos.
Title: iPod Nano
Post by: Viper_Fujax on September 08, 2005, 09:48:25 AM: i cant decide if its worth getting..how much are normal ipods? like $200 er $300? Can buy a little guitar amp or an acoustic that i need with that.

Id just really want one for the hour breaks i have every day between classes.
Title: Re: iPod Nano
Post by: Paul2 on September 08, 2005, 10:38:58 AM: what about.....IPOD flea?:bounce: :bounce: :p
Title: iPod Nano
Post by: Soul Reaver on September 08, 2005, 04:30:30 PM: I\'m getting this because I\'m pretty much just a consumer whore.

(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg87.imageshack.us%2Fimg87%2F199%2F10006243uj.jpg&hash=0880c0cfd4af047c558f846e3f3e1e479c247e0e)
Title: iPod Nano
Post by: Luke on September 08, 2005, 04:44:58 PM: sheesh.

what is that like almost $1000 worth of mp3 player right there?
Title: iPod Nano
Post by: Soul Reaver on September 08, 2005, 04:48:39 PM: Half that.
Title: iPod Nano
Post by: (e) on September 08, 2005, 08:57:39 PM: I thought everyone had an iPod by now?

Luckily I dont.
Title: iPod Nano
Post by: Halberto on September 08, 2005, 09:22:18 PM: I got a Dell Jukebox. You\'re paying for the name with the ipod... once that screen gets fucked up or battery dies... good luck with customer service
Title: iPod Nano
Post by: GmanJoe on September 08, 2005, 09:47:14 PM: Battery problems have been fixed.

My wife got me the shuffle. Man, I want the Nano.
Title: iPod Nano
Post by: Soul Reaver on September 09, 2005, 12:56:15 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Halberto
I got a Dell Jukebox. You\'re paying for the name with the ipod... once that screen gets fucked up or battery dies... good luck with customer service

I also had a 3G 20 gig iPod. I dropped it and it barely worked anymore. I called customer support and now they are sending me a 20 Gig 4G Color Screen iPod for free. I have to send my old broken one as proof, of course.

No hassle here, their customer service seems really nice.
Title: iPod Nano
Post by: Luke on September 09, 2005, 05:37:56 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Soul Reaver
Half that.

No kidding?

I thought iPods were like $300 a piece.
Title: iPod Nano
Post by: Samwise on September 09, 2005, 06:38:19 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Soul Reaver
I also had a 3G 20 gig iPod. I dropped it and it barely worked anymore. I called customer support and now they are sending me a 20 Gig 4G Color Screen iPod for free. I have to send my old broken one as proof, of course.

No hassle here, their customer service seems really nice.
So what did you tell them? "Uh, it suddenly stopped working..."
Title: iPod Nano
Post by: Phil on September 09, 2005, 09:35:25 AM: If you have apple care as long as you don\'t say, "I hit it repeatidly with my hammer", they\'ll replace it. Hell they will even replace bad headphones if you bring them in.
Title: iPod Nano
Post by: Soul Reaver on September 09, 2005, 09:45:53 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Phil
If you have apple care as long as you don\'t say, "I hit it repeatidly with my hammer", they\'ll replace it. Hell they will even replace bad headphones if you bring them in.

Pretty much correct. You can get more than one free headphone if you ask, they give it away like candy. If you had too much trouble replacing your iPod, they give you a dock along with it.

Although there is another way to get those things free without any hassle at all.
Title: iPod Nano
Post by: Samwise on September 09, 2005, 10:04:54 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Soul Reaver
Although there is another way to get those things free without any hassle at all.
Yeah, you could always \'find\' them. :D
Title: iPod Nano
Post by: PS2_-'_'-_PS2 on September 11, 2005, 04:33:28 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Viper_Fujax
i cant decide if its worth getting..how much are normal ipods? like $200 er $300? Can buy a little guitar amp or an acoustic that i need with that.

Id just really want one for the hour breaks i have every day between classes.

Get an acoustic, just got myself one, its so nice.
Title: iPod Nano
Post by: (e) on September 11, 2005, 11:00:13 AM: You can get cooler mp3 players for less.

(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.benchmark.pl%2Fobrazki%2F11_2004%2FZen_Micro_side_black.jpg&hash=a213bea6f48b72673ad6e4f73b94d0858c5c2738)
Title: iPod Nano
Post by: Living-In-Clip on September 11, 2005, 11:46:45 AM: ..I thought about buyin\' an mp3 player for work, but then I decided a TV would be a better investment...

Yes, just thought I\'d add that.
Title: iPod Nano
Post by: videoholic on September 11, 2005, 12:15:08 PM: Just saw a commercial for one during the football game. Look pretty sweet.
Title: iPod Nano
Post by: Soul Reaver on September 11, 2005, 01:18:29 PM: Quote
Originally posted by (e)
You can get cooler mp3 players for less.

I had one of those. It\'s a pretty good mp3 player.

Gave it away anyway, once I got my nano.
Title: iPod Nano
Post by: nO-One on September 11, 2005, 03:09:10 PM: Quote
Originally posted by (e)
You can get cooler mp3 players for less.

(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.benchmark.pl%2Fobrazki%2F11_2004%2FZen_Micro_side_black.jpg&hash=a213bea6f48b72673ad6e4f73b94d0858c5c2738)

Even their ads copy the iPod, it\'s not a bad player but their marketing tactics just suck
Title: iPod Nano
Post by: mm on September 11, 2005, 03:47:33 PM: zen micro is what i went with after plenty of research
it\'s rock solid

ipods are for the sheep
Title: iPod Nano
Post by: nO-One on September 11, 2005, 03:59:27 PM: iPods are also for those who prefer a good UI that\'s far superiour navigation wise compared to the competition
Title: iPod Nano
Post by: Phil on September 11, 2005, 04:29:57 PM: Or they got a discount.....
Title: iPod Nano
Post by: Viper_Fujax on September 11, 2005, 04:33:28 PM: yup..i got the student discount.

decided i didnt NEED an acoustic but my hour breaks are too boring not to have one. So i got a mini ipod..run the risk of buying it before the price goes down because of the nano but the guy there had no idea when that would happen so i just bought it.
Title: iPod Nano
Post by: mm on September 11, 2005, 05:13:42 PM: good UI?

you scroll and pick a song
how pretty can it be made?

guess sacrificing sound quality for "cool factor" is important
Title: iPod Nano
Post by: Evi on September 11, 2005, 10:05:16 PM: What do you guys think about this?

http://www.ekitchengadgets.com/sonewadimupl1.html
Title: iPod Nano
Post by: Soul Reaver on September 11, 2005, 10:28:06 PM: Quote
Originally posted by mm
ipods are for the sheep

I\'m not weird and different, you\'re just all the same!

WAAAHH

c wat i did der lol!1
Title: iPod Nano
Post by: THX on September 11, 2005, 10:44:29 PM: EvX- I\'ve had my eye on that for a while now. Possibly the slickest screen ever. If they upped the capacity a tad it would be worth the price imo.
Title: iPod Nano
Post by: Evi on September 11, 2005, 11:07:30 PM: I\'ll probably get it anyway, despite the price. It\'s a gig and that\'s all I really need, and it\'s really small and has a long ass battery life, which is really nice for bringin\' to the gym (which is what I\'ll mainly be getting one for).
Title: iPod Nano
Post by: mm on September 12, 2005, 03:05:56 AM: you need a 1000 songs for the gym?

and it\'s hardly "small"

i have a 128mb sandisk that i strap to my arm when i go biking, that\'s small
Title: iPod Nano
Post by: Living-In-Clip on September 12, 2005, 04:07:43 AM: Mp3 players are the new fanny-pack.
Title: iPod Nano
Post by: nO-One on September 12, 2005, 06:44:30 AM: Quote
Originally posted by mm
good UI?

you scroll and pick a song
how pretty can it be made?

guess sacrificing sound quality for "cool factor" is important

Navigation good buddy, unlike other players you can find and select a song without ever taking your thumb off the scroll wheel with the iPod.
Title: iPod Nano
Post by: mm on September 12, 2005, 07:17:44 AM: omgz, i have to take my thumb of the button!!!11

oh, was cruising the ars-technica review of the nano, and this caught my eye:

Quote
Battery is soldered in

enjoy your brick
Title: iPod Nano
Post by: JBean on September 12, 2005, 07:41:27 AM: I won\'t buy something that I can\'t easily replace the battery in... unless apple is willing to replace these nano\'s when/if the battery does give out?
Title: iPod Nano
Post by: THX on September 12, 2005, 09:26:46 AM: ^ I bet they will. By the time the battery dies (around 2 years time), the cost of making a Nano will have significantly dropped.

Ipods are also a cash cow of theirs so I would assume they\'d provide decent customer service to keep us sheep roaming back. In addition to the stories posted above regarding the Apple store I\'ve heard similar ones from friends.
Title: iPod Nano
Post by: Samwise on September 12, 2005, 09:59:32 AM: Baaaaaah baaaaaaaa-aaah baaah baaaaaah

;)
Title: iPod Nano
Post by: THX on September 12, 2005, 10:03:18 AM: In other news:

http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/05/09/12/1212201.shtml?tid=198&tid=188&tid=126&tid=137
Title: iPod Nano
Post by: Soul Reaver on September 12, 2005, 10:32:25 AM: I got my black Nano and replacement 20 gig color 4g iPod today.

I\'m set for 2-3 years.
Title: iPod Nano
Post by: CHIZZY on September 15, 2005, 01:01:14 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Samwise
Baaaaaah baaaaaaaa-aaah baaah baaaaaah

;)

beat me to it... ;)

Last time I used my ipod was for a dj gig. I brought kyoko\'s too and just crossfaded that shit...and did some coke with some hottiez, yo.