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Re: What's the big deal? I use the nano and really like it, my time on the treadmill goes much faster now so I look at it as an investment in health 
I give Apple credit though, Ipod is such a big name that no one wants to be seen with an off brand, it makes you look cheap by settling for something less then an Ipod. |
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I give Apple credit though, IPod is such a big name that no one wants to be seen with an off brand, it makes you look cheap by settling for something less then an IPod.
Hey not a bad point ..but does that mean we are cheap that prefer to use Mozilla Firefox instead of Micro$oft IE?? ..Food for thought  :p
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join:2000-11-20
Mobile, AL
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said by ADawas :
I give Apple credit though, Ipod is such a big name that no one wants to be seen with an off brand, it makes you look cheap by settling for something less then an Ipod.
That's a very valid point!
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said by ADawas :
I give Apple credit though, Ipod is such a big name that no one wants to be seen with an off brand, it makes you look cheap by settling for something less then an Ipod.
I think the iPod is more of a fad, and that's why everyone must have one. I'm not trying to say it's a bad product, it's a very good MP3 player, but the lack of certain features and a higher price prove that it's a fad rather then the superior product.
I own an iAudio X5L and I can say for the same price of the iPod I got a lot better features and audio quality. The only thing the iPod has an upper had on it is the video playback features, but that was only a luxury rather then a necessity to me |
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join:2002-02-07
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HA! Cheap? Settling? You are one of the easily gullible hoard. I own (by choice) a Rio Karma. It has higher fidelity sound, a 5-band, fully adjustable parametric equalizer, (for those of you that don't understand what a parametric equalizer is, it not only allows you to adjust the bias of the 5 bands, but it also allows you to choose the 5 bands you want to apply equalization to) it cross fades between tracks (that feature alone makes it better than any IPud - gapless playback!), it came with an excellent dock which has stereo RCAs out for easy, standard hookup to any stereo and it's software is easy to use and allows easy loading and offloading of tracks on any PC without concern for any type of DRM. Oh, did I mention that it plays MP3, OGG, APE, FLAC, WAV and WMA? 10+ hour lithium-ion battery (as my mileage indicates). Fits perfectly in your hand and allows for volume and track selection much easier and with less concentration than an IPud. I recently upgraded mine to 30gb and I wouldn't trade it for an IPud if you paid me.
Settling?
»gear.ign.com/articles/458/458401p1.html
»www.extrememhz.com/karma-p1.shtml
»www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=750
Get a grip on your simple, mass-marketed mind sir.
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Richmond, VA | That Rio is ugly as sin. I have a friend with one and he wants my 4g "iPud". |
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| First of all, the Karma is not ugly... but clearly your friend values aesthetics over all else. Wow, looks are really important in a music player. So does that mean that if apple comes out with the prettiest looking piece of tin sounded worthless plastic ever, that I should buy it? who cares about the way it looks? it's a f%*$ing music player, it outperforms the iPud, it sounds better and it's less expensive. Funny thing is that the (adult) people who work at my office who have iPuds like my Rio better because I have no issues transferring tunes to/from it without having to worry about syncing with iPudTunes. They also like the sound better, and the menu system and the crossfade between tracks. With my ugly Karma, I can go from track to track in my car without so much as a glance or second thought. Do that with an iPud... oh, wait, you can't... wow, but it looks great.
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