My iPhone has been pretty much my primary portable music playback device since I bought it July 2007. Before that, it was a 60GB iPod video, and before that a 20GB touch wheel model. Never a single one did I buy as any sort of status symbol.
From the get-go, the main reason I got an iPod was because I had an iTunes library and it worked perfectly therein (and the iPod was not originally the exclusive MP3 player for iTunes; the app supported many other models before the iPod even existed). Since then, I've found the devices to have a far superior user interface to their competitors (originally with the touch wheel/click wheel, and now with the full-on touch screen). I also love the ability to simply plug in the device and have the music instantly copy over and be ready to go without cumbersome manual adjustments of sync settings (though this has been largely duplicated by other devices and is no longer as much of a distinction). The iTunes Store is easy to use and at reasonable pricing, and its content all plays back on my iPod/iPhone splendidly.
And FOR THE LOVE OF GOD spell it right. It's "iPod", not "Ipod". This isn't difficult.
But in the end, why the hell should I argue this point with you? Everyone can use their favorite MP3 player (or cassette player) and it has no real effect on anyone else. The iPod indeed doesn't play Ogg Vorbis, so if you've got a library full of Ogg Vorbis files, by all means buy a player that suits your needs. If you own a pile of cassettes, an MP3 player would be meaningless to you. But please don't lord your tastes in portable music players over everyone as some kind of holier than thou status symbol.
Personally I find it pretty silly to diss the most popular and successful portable music player on the market just because it's popular and successful.
This is my main reason for not wanting one. I don't want to download yet another media player to my computer, plus our computer crashed one time and my little brother's iPod auto-synced to the new, empty library so he lost all his music.
You don't have to auto-sync, you can do it manually if you really want.
Iggy's post is the most profound in this entire thread. Still one of my favorite iPod reviews I've ever read, especially in retrospect. Though now both complaints are completely inaccurate (unless you want it to have both wireless and more space than a Nomad).
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Duly noted.
From the get-go, the main reason I got an iPod was because I had an iTunes library and it worked perfectly therein (and the iPod was not originally the exclusive MP3 player for iTunes; the app supported many other models before the iPod even existed). Since then, I've found the devices to have a far superior user interface to their competitors (originally with the touch wheel/click wheel, and now with the full-on touch screen). I also love the ability to simply plug in the device and have the music instantly copy over and be ready to go without cumbersome manual adjustments of sync settings (though this has been largely duplicated by other devices and is no longer as much of a distinction). The iTunes Store is easy to use and at reasonable pricing, and its content all plays back on my iPod/iPhone splendidly.
And FOR THE LOVE OF GOD spell it right. It's "iPod", not "Ipod". This isn't difficult.
But in the end, why the hell should I argue this point with you? Everyone can use their favorite MP3 player (or cassette player) and it has no real effect on anyone else. The iPod indeed doesn't play Ogg Vorbis, so if you've got a library full of Ogg Vorbis files, by all means buy a player that suits your needs. If you own a pile of cassettes, an MP3 player would be meaningless to you. But please don't lord your tastes in portable music players over everyone as some kind of holier than thou status symbol.
Personally I find it pretty silly to diss the most popular and successful portable music player on the market just because it's popular and successful.
This is my main reason for not wanting one. I don't want to download yet another media player to my computer, plus our computer crashed one time and my little brother's iPod auto-synced to the new, empty library so he lost all his music.
Iggy's post is the most profound in this entire thread. Still one of my favorite iPod reviews I've ever read, especially in retrospect. Though now both complaints are completely inaccurate (unless you want it to have both wireless and more space than a Nomad).