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iPod - tell me why I should buy one
skwire:
Not as far as I know. I use it for my daughter's Nano and I don't have iTunes installed.
4wd:
I had a whip around the local retailers at lunch and while I can buy an iPod anywhere, there is a serious dearth of alternatives.
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Ideally I'm looking for a device that is in no way proprietry, ie one that doesn't require special software or drivers to charge or manage (effectively it would be USB key with a music player built in...)
-Target (November 16, 2010, 10:56 PM)
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You don't have a DSE near you?
Give you a chance to play with the lower end of the scale :)
My friend just buys the cheap $20 2/4GB generic players, when they break he buys another - as Renegade said, they're a throwaway item these days.
Darwin:
Not as far as I know. I use it for my daughter's Nano and I don't have iTunes installed.
-skwire (November 17, 2010, 10:18 PM)
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Yeah, that's the Nano, though. It's only the Touch and the iPhone that lock the user into iTunes...
Target:
You don't have a DSE near you?
Give you a chance to play with the lower end of the scale :)
My friend just buys the cheap $20 2/4GB generic players, when they break he buys another - as Renegade said, they're a throwaway item these days.
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yeah, I canvassed them as well (but not the online store)
I suppose i was kind of avoiding the no-name brands. As you say, they are almost disposable these days, but I would rather spend a bit more and get something that's at least halfway decent and that's likely to last more than a few months.
I'm not hard on gear and they generally seem to last me way longer than they do for others I know so it's worth it to me to spend a bit more - having said that I have to say I'm a bit surprised at how expensive they seem to be given how ubiquitous they are...
Lutz_:
The SanDisk Sansa Fuze works for me just fine, nice soundquality, long battery life, small, has a micro SDHC card slot, cheap and it is .... simple. It is just a music player and radio; it does not require any special software. You can also find some accessories for it online.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sansa_Fuze
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