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[noflyingfan]

As a reward for getting a new, better-paying job and paying off one of my credit cards (it was just a drop in the bucket compared to the other ones, but still, an important drop), I am buying myself an ipod. I have a no-name MP3 player, but it only holds like 25 songs, so every time I want to listen to something different, I have to switch them out. Not a huge deal, but not the most convenient thing either.

I'm debating now which one to get. It's sort of between the 500 song nano, which costs $199 and the 1,000 song nano which costs $249. But if I'm going to spend $249 on a nano that holds 1,000 songs, why don't I just spend $50 more and get the regular ipod that holds 7,500 songs?

But could I even name 7,500 songs? Do I really need an ipod that holds that many? I have lots of other things I could spend $50 on, so that one is out. But now it's between the 500 song and the 1,000 song nanos.

Who here has ipods? How many songs does one person need on an ipod at a time? 500 songs is 33 hours of music; I doubt I'd get bored with it, but you never know. Should I spend the extra to get 1,000 songs?

[Agne]

I have an mp3 player -no ipod- but I plan to buy a new one. It holds 50-60 songs. The day I bought it, I had to change it because the audio was not working. After one month it stopped working with no reason and was repaired. Now everything works fine except for the song's order: when the shuffle mode is off, it shuffles. When it's on, it shuffles but with a specific order like: song n.5 - n.7 - n.10 - n.23 - n.5 - n.7 - n.10 etc..etc..:confused:
I'm going to buy the nano ipod.

[EyesSkyward]

Who here has ipods? How many songs does one person need on an ipod at a time? 500 songs is 33 hours of music; I doubt I'd get bored with it, but you never know. Should I spend the extra to get 1,000 songs?

Me! Me! I have an iPod! :cool:

I've got the "mini", which they don't make anymore. (Those are the ones with the metal case, that came in all those different colors.)

The Nanos are very, very cool and, yes, "impossibly small". The only reason to get the "big" iPod is if you wanted to view pictures, watch TV shows, etc. on it. (Or if you had a ton of music you wanted to carry around.)

But yeah, get the 1000-song one. You'll be glad you did. In a year, you'll have forgotten all about the extra $50, but you'll have all that extra room for audiobooks and such.

(By the way, if you're a student, or a teacher, or work for a school, or know someone who is any of those three, you can save $20 by getting the educational discount.)

- Jeff

[noflyingfan]

Thanks for the advice. After some careful consideration, I went for the 1,000 song (4GB) nano. The song capacity is based on a four-minute song, so I figure that I'd never get 500 songs on the 500 song (2GB) nano, but I'll get more than 500 on the 1,000 song nano, and I'm quite certain that that is enough to keep my musical tastes satisfied.

Plus Circuit City is selling the 4GB nanos for $20 less than retail. There's a discount on the 2GBs too, but that's only $15. So I figured the 4GB was the way to go.

And I can pick it up today on my way home from work! Yay! :hamster:

[noflyingfan]

My new ipod kicks butt. It's so little and cute!

[noflyingfan]

Now that you're in the cult, the real spending starts... 1000 songs at 99 cents a song...

I don't think so. I loaded a couple hundred on there last night from my itunes, which I had ripped from CDs. I think that will keep me satisfied for awhile. I have friends who are always sending me music. Besides, I'm cheap, so I'd have to really love a song to pay for it.

[EyesSkyward]

That nerdy travel guy on public television, Rick Steves, now has podcasts of his radio show.

Check 'em out. (http://www.ricksteves.com/radio/podcast.htm)

Nothing like listening about travel... while you're travelling!

- Jeff