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"20GB iPod "Photo" (minus photo) will be sure to please still at $299" on by longofest
Pros: Sweet-spot capacity, price remains the same, color display, photo viewing and importing, podcast support, small as ever, 15 hour rated battery life
Cons: slightly more expensive than competition, no movie playback (yet), surface scratches really easily
Summary: I have owned a 30GB iPod "photo" for a little over a month now, and absolutely love it. I am pleased that Apple is now offering the benefits of a color screen and 15 hour battery life to the standard line, and doing away with the separate iPod and iPod "Photo" designations.
Here is what I looked at when I bought my iPod. Look at the current size of your music collection (mp3 or aac. wma can be converted by iTunes, but it is a lenghy and lossy process). Double that number, and get the capacity iPod that fits the doubled number the best. For most people, it will be the 20GB model. The reason for doubling is to take into account the lost room due to format of the drive, and also to the accumulation of more songs over the lifespan of the product (figure in 3 years you will either want another latest and greatest gadget, or you will think its not worth it to replace the battery for the second time). If you have a lot of photos, you may also want to account for those as well.
General comments: battery life was pretty darn good. Try to actually follow Apple's guidelines and let the battery fully charge up, and then fully discharge it for each cycle. That way it will stay healthy longer. The color screen is best viewed with the backlight on, but is definitely viewable without the backlight. Sound quality is phenominal.
8/10, with marks down because no product can be perfect, and because it got scratched too easily. Also, Apple, will you update the software to support movies for gosh sakes? Screw what Jobs said!!! -
"Great, but a little chubbier than the colorless" on by Iceslip
Pros: Bright color screen; Improved battery life
Cons: Slightly thicker and heavier than the colorless version
Summary: My cousin recently bought the new color 20GB ipod and we did a side-by-side comparison with my colorless 20GB version. Although an increase of 0.2-0.3 in. in thickness on the new color ipod might not seem like much on paper, it is a noticeable increase when visibly compared with the colorless version. The weight is only marginally more, but taken together with the increased depth, the color Ipod is just slightly snugger in the pocket.
On the plus side, however, the color screen is great to look at and easier on the eyes (particularly if you're into playing solitaire or the other games included on the ipod). The battery life is slightly better, but not noticetably if you make sure to keep your colorless ipod adequately charged before long trips.
All in all, I would recommend the color ipod if you plan on utilizing the picture viewing feature and really value the color screen. Otherwise, search online for the colorless version since it is a bit smaller and will now be sold for a cheaper price. -
"Must be some type of joke?" on by xpose
Pros: Only thing new. . is available by new software/firmware
Cons: No new hardware!
Summary: What is the Preview editor thinking? "Much improved"? How is that? How is an itunes update and a firmware update (to add podcasts) much improved for the same price? They desperately need a real hardware update with new features.
Apple refreshed its iPod lineup to include (now this is the exciting part) all color screen ipods except for their mini's. Added Podcasts to iTunes. Talk about a feature update. Big news huh? Didn't think so. And they dropped a 30gig mp3 player. So either buy the overpriced $300 20 gig, or the overpriced $400 60gig. And I say overpriced, because there are players out there that will do what iPod does and 4X as much. Search for "X5" at Cnet. Clearly a win-win situation for the consumer? HMMM =P
Apple is LONG overdue with their entry player to support video/fm tuner/voice recorder. This announcement is almost as bad as the introduction of the iPod Shuffle. Seriously, give us something to talk about =\ -
"Outstanding... PLEASE READ!" on by alx1507
Pros: Same simple, beautiful ipod but w/ A ton more features
Cons: no more b/w ipod for cheaper price... and no video support...
Summary: OK, first off, i'd like to say, don't let the 6.5 average user rating fool you, half the comments on here are by people who hate how popular the ipod (or apple) has gotten, and want to see it die out. Its absurd to think somone who actually has used one/ or once owned one would give it a 1.
Back to the review. This ipod is spectacular, The vivid lcd and extended batterlife even with a color screen. Yet the ipod still keeps its elegence (sp?) even with the additional features.
I would love to see video support, or even FM radio tho I could care less.
This is for the audio enthusiests, somone who wants a perfectly simple mp3 player to play their music, nothing more. I don't think the mass is ready for video's on the go, especially with a small screen like this like the rest of the harddrive based mp3/ video players.
If you want video, i suggest a psp. -
"Apple buying itself 4 months" on by jsrush
Pros: United iPod and iPod photo
Cons: Nothing really new
Summary: Ok, whats going on here?
Simple, we all know that the iPod havent really changed that much in around almoust 2 years. So they changed to a click wheel. Wow! What an improvement, I personally like the 3G better. Anyway, Apple is just trying to get theese new color iPods out for the back to school season. Also you might notice we are al iTunes version 4.9 ... when iTunes 5.0 comes... guess what? iPod 5G will come out, that should be out near november.. You think Apple is going to go into Hollyday season on this old iPods? Hah!!! Yeah right.
Bottom line, Apple is setting the course for the 5th genertion on its players.
taking iPod Photo out of the picture was an important move for the 5G release.
If i were any of you out there I would hold out till november. Im draining my 3G ipod till the 5G comes out.
If your new to iPods get this one, you will enjoy it, its the single most used gadget i have.
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