Cian
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Shizuoka Dolphin said:
Reliability - shit. Hard disks fail, batteries fail
Price - f***ing high
Compatibility - bugger all. Old Mac, old Windows machine, or anything else == no chance of using it
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Reliability - shit. Hard disks fail, batteries fail
Price - f***ing high
Compatibility - bugger all. Old Mac, old Windows machine, or anything else == no chance of using it
Shizuoka Dolphin
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That bad? Alternatives then?
Had a play around with the Nano yesterday myself. Pretty FUNKY.
Had a play around with the Nano yesterday myself. Pretty FUNKY.
Cian
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Alternavites - iRiver or Creative, basically. iRiver is probably as expensive as the iPod though for the same features.
The Nano has bad, bad problems too - it scrathes really badly, even putting it in your pocket will leave it looking like you took wire wool to it.
The Nano has bad, bad problems too - it scrathes really badly, even putting it in your pocket will leave it looking like you took wire wool to it.
33057 Seagull
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Got mine at beginning of August prior to go into hospital, as didn't want the bulk of taking a load of CDs.
Went for the 20Gb as this has the photo facility, but so far have loaded 1600 tunes, but after a while it's get a bit boring so don't think I will ever get to use it to full capacity.
Went for the 20Gb as this has the photo facility, but so far have loaded 1600 tunes, but after a while it's get a bit boring so don't think I will ever get to use it to full capacity.
Shizuoka Dolphin
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Am going to have a look at the others alternatives. But it makes you wonder why if Ipods are so rubbish, that they are so popular?
What I'm after is a BIG memory, and a big screeen to watch stuff on.
What I'm after is a BIG memory, and a big screeen to watch stuff on.
cheeseroll
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MYOB said:
wherever do you get this from
Ive had one for a month, no scratches, no issue with battery life very easy to use and feels lighter than a cigarette lighter in your shirt pocket.
Shizuoka Dolphin
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Speaking of which, I just read an online review of a Nano's destruction threshold. It took several drops from a speeding car to get badly scratched, and only broke after being driven over by said car. I know this doesn't address battery life, but the scratch complaint seems a bit dubious.
Cian
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Shizuoka Dolphin said:
Its made out of about the strongest level of polycarbonate around. Its extremely resistant to -crack damage-, but it scratches like crazy, significantly worse than any other forms of plastic.
Crack resistance and scratch resistance are utterly different qualities in a plastic. It seems Apple's designers forgot that and ordered plastic solely based on crack resistance.