Comments on: Ten iPod Disadvantages

By: Nanofuture

Nanofuture — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 21:42:00 +0000

Yeah… as many have mentioned, numbers 1, 2, and 6 are demonstrably false. In face, number 6 is one of the reasons why the Zune lost to the iPod (it cannot be used as external storage as readily as the iPod can). I haven’t used iTunes in years and it hasn’t affected my ability to manage the songs on my iPod. A quick Google search will reveal the numerous ways you can accomplish this.

The iPod is actually one of the few (if not only) apple products that is actually worth the price as they are surprisingly high quality with nice features.

Yes, I know that I’m posting in a 4 year old thread.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 22:07:38 +0000

#1: there are 3rd party ways to access an ipod for music transfer. but why would you? iTunes is superior in every way to winamp and WMP
#2: fat lie. you can add any mp3 in your private collection to your ipod and listen anywhere
#3: first… again who would use such an outdated and kluge program as winamp or WMP. and if you really are that desperate to, it is really not hard to “clean” the DRM from an MP3. but i have never found it necessary… purchased content plays just fine in any of the media server applications i use.
#4: true, but the 20gig ipod i purchased for my mother 7-8 years ago is still ticking just fine and never has had to have the battery replaced. can’t say that about other mp3 players that last no more then 2-3 years
#5: Radio? hmm… listen to my music library and shuffle an number of my own playlists or listen to commercials and a DJ that sounds like a 70′s porn star. (ok maybe the ladies would like the porn star Dj)
#6: lie… there are several options for using your ipod like a usb flash device. easily googled
#7: true (unless you own an itouch or iphone) but you can a small flash recording device for very cheap and save you from having to buy an inferior ipod wannabe device (jack of all trades master of none).
#8: seriously WMA? no one professionally would ever touch WMA digital music with a 10 foot pole. It is one of the worse codecs for sound quality… yes it makes smaller files then most codecs BUT absolutely HIDEOUS quality. very few companies still produce WMA with DRM because of the cost and it “does not play well with others” your limited on what program you can play back your content, much more so then Itunes DRM even.
#9: true, but again you get what you pay for. that ipod i bought for my mother… in 8 years she would be working on her 3rd if i had gone another way.
#10 i hear ipods eat babies too and will allow aliens to control your brain too!

yes there are cheaper alternative and yes a small % have had to replace their batteries and that is both expensive and unfortunate… but bottom line is you get what you pay for and with an ipod you get a lot. no one else really has come close on easy of use feature and value… my mother is 65 and manages her own cd collection of other 15,000 songs with very little help.

By: ganesh shetty

ganesh shetty — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 06:03:48 +0000

Thanks for the info, wat i feel is wheher its ipod or mp3 , the real effect/clarity of the sound depends on the quality of the head fones you choose . & this is the real fact .so choose good head fones you’ll enjoy..

By: chris

chris — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 07:21:24 +0000

i want to get an ipod touch but im scared of getting on n my battery stuffs up n then im f’d up cause i m gonna spend like $400 on it

By: ip

ip — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:36:23 +0000

i recentlly bought an iPhone and i wanted to know can i use iTunes just for downloading free stuff and does iTunes charge any monthly fee for it (downloading free things) and do i have to pay some fee for uploading those songs which are already present on my computer??????????????????………………. I’ll appreciate any kind advice ..;… please help anybody!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Amelia

Amelia — Wed, 05 May 2010 13:14:19 +0000

i agree but you can get the songs from frost wire and add them to itunes instead of buyin them from itunes

By: mimi ticuloza

mimi ticuloza — Sun, 02 May 2010 03:12:16 +0000

i just got my itouch for free,, BUT The thought of its battery wearing out eventually makes me sad, though. I’m more of a Windows fan,, i just realized the other day that my antivirus was blocking iTunes from accessing the internet. But I choose to stick to copytrans cause it’s simple and not complicated unlike Media Monkey,, I am tempted to use iTunes but I don’t seeany point in using it since I don’t buy music from iTunes. What’s so good about CopyTrans is u can transfer mP3 songs directly from pc folders to your ipod and vice versa . I must admit you have to use earphones to hear the best sound quality when playing songs on your iPod, but I don’t know,, I just love my itouch. Or i just like showing off , i guess, LOL

By: peniasi cibaciba

peniasi cibaciba — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 01:37:52 +0000

this is so bad for the youth cause it affect the student life
its so expensive and i can tell its a time killer
i encourage you not to have a ipod when you are in school
take all your focus on your skool work and have a fun in skool ha!ha!ha!

By: peniasi cibaciba

peniasi cibaciba — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 01:31:26 +0000

this is so bad for the youth cause it affect the student life

By: jess

jess — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:56:15 +0000

you suck