iPods are nice

[pood]

ipod blows, well for me atleast, firewire problems

and the battery life is horrible after less than a year use, i went through 2 of htem so i should know.

im gonna upgrade to the lyra r2780

[The Love Bunny]

Originally posted by pood
ipod blows, well for me atleast, firewire problems

and the battery life is horrible after less than a year use, i went through 2 of htem so i should know.

im gonna upgrade to the lyra r2780

i have none of those problems....my firewire works perfectly

but my battery does drain a bit faster than i had expected....but overall, i love my iPod

[THE SHADOW]

don't get me wrong, I do like the I-pod a lot but it is flawed in quite a big way with the battery (guess beauty does come at a price ) being hard to change. It does run for hours but lets say hmm in 2 years it might be a different story and what then? 10 Gigs worth of music down the drain or an expensive replacement from Apple. The Zen allows you to change which in the long term might make it the better option and it does not look that bad either, even though nobody touches the pod's design, that always was one of it's strong points.

BTW we have an I pod, so I have reason to be worried. I know rechargeable batts only too well

[ksuohio]

Originally posted by THE SHADOW
don't get me wrong, I do like the I-pod a lot but it is flawed in quite a big way with the battery (guess beauty does come at a price ) being hard to change. It does run for hours but lets say hmm in 2 years it might be a different story and what then? 10 Gigs worth of music down the drain or an expensive replacement from Apple. The Zen allows you to change which in the long term might make it the better option and it does not look that bad either, even though nobody touches the pod's design, that always was one of it's strong points.

BTW we have an I pod, so I have reason to be worried. I know rechargeable batts only too well

I agree that the battery in the one major flaw. Not that I care about the life in 2 years, but rather there are times when it would be nice to change the batteries. For example, I have a trip to Hawaii coming up which is 16 hours each way. The batteries will only last halfway and will not charge fully during the layover.

I do figure that in 2 years, a better iPod will be out and I upgrade at that time.

[PaP]

Are there any FM radio attachments out there for the iPods? Not the transmitters to a station but an attachment that lets you receive FM stations.

[freakboy]

i think belkin has an attachment that lets you run the ipod of AAA batteries. the last for like 15 hours i think and you can replace them.

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[Farmer_BOB]

Here's Belkin's list of accessories for the iPod. They have the portable battery charger and the mobile casette adapter. Looks good to me.

Click here to see Belkin's products!

[mystifmagic]

Originally posted by Farmer_BOB
Here's Belkin's list of accessories for the iPod. They have the portable battery charger and the mobile casette adapter. Looks good to me.

Click here to see Belkin's products!

Personally I would buy the FM tuner instead of the casette adapter... seems a bit more practical and it probably sounds better too.

[freakboy]

i've got a sony tape adapter and it works pretty well. the sound isn't fantastic, but it's decent, and my experience with the fm one is that it doesn't work any better.

it's kind of a tossup. if you have a tape player, might as well get the adapter b/c then you don't fight with solar flares.

gk

[The Love Bunny]

Originally posted by mystifmagic
Personally I would buy the FM tuner instead of the casette adapter... seems a bit more practical and it probably sounds better too.

i have the iTrip and it works perfectly (mind you, you have to position it properly within your car, but once you get that sorted out, its awsome)

just noticed this http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProdu...uct_Id=148969#

looks really sweet....but then you cant use the case or put it in your pocket cause it looks fairly thick

[vairox]

i tested the newer Irock on a cd player and it works just fine too, gonna use it for a portable DVD player for a road trip this winter. I wanted to get some inputs for my car stero but its a sony mp3 deck and you need to buy this seperate box for $100 blah blah blah...sucks.