5 Responses

1. blugreen

   23|Dec|2009 1

   This new ipod was not expected to happen since I was waiting for the touch screen one but like everyone else we were screw over again but all is not lost because if you don’t have one already then get this newer version of it and if you already have one then don’t be stupid and buy this one because that will be a waste of money, This newer version comes with 80gb problem is it only fits 100 hours of video and not 150 hours like the 60gb but you do get a brighter screen as well as longer battery power and now you can put movies and games like pac-man and others in the itunes store.
   Rating: 5 / 5

2. Kris Deines

   23|Dec|2009 2

   Apple needs to get there enginers to make a player with a little bit different design if look at it, it looks like any other ipod. you cant tell the difference between any of them only size, it gets boring and the finish on it is tarrible it scrtches and to me its very uncoftrible in my big hands. Any body that is going to buy this dont because there are to many problems with ipods and for starters the constomer service is terrable if something goes wrong with your ipod dont bother sending it in under the warrenty because you may not get it back for atleast 2 months. Apple tries to get the warrenty to go out then fix it and charge you that is what happened to me. I said just keep it because there is no point in having a broken ipod. So i switched over to creative which has much better survises player has had no problems. Ipod is over rated and it wasn’t even the first creative was with there muvo jukebox. Would you rather have an ipod that has problems and cost more or you could a creative spend less and get better mp3 such as the creative zen v which i have now i spent 120 on a 2 GB while an apple nano costs 150 not a huge difference but its still a difference. I almost forgot my player holds 1000 songs because i use WMA and a two GB nano will hold 500 to get a player that would hold as much as mine does it would cost 180. Now that is a big difference stick with creative not Apple. Other than those problems it is not a taribble player, as long as it works.
   Rating: 2 / 5

3. Nathan Smith

   23|Dec|2009 3

   I own both the iPod (5.5) and the Zune - buy a Zune. Not only does it not scratch or get generally as dingy looking as an iPod - the screen is absurdly larger due to not having to put the brilliant “let’s see how we can test our opposable thumbs wheel” navigation “aid” on the device. Not to mention, the interface itself is much more attractive and the device itself has more capabilites than the iJunk. But that’s me…and not wanting to have to go through another 3 day - yes - days - synch between my WMA files and iTunes sad attempt at conversion.
   Rating: 1 / 5

4. S. Raheja

   23|Dec|2009 4

   The delivery of the product is very slow….Amazon sucks big time.
   
   Ipod seems to be OK.The packing was very bad.
   Rating: 3 / 5

5. Mystery Lover

   23|Dec|2009 5

   My computer freezes up when I connect my new 80 GB Ipod to it, so I can’t download my extensive collection of audio books to the Ipod, but I must say that the songs imported by one of the techs at the Apple store on one of my trips there do sound nice.

   Aside from the sound quality, I would recommend that an adult with a PC and no patience for nonsense answers and poor treatment look for an MP3 player. The way Apple sells and supports products is amazingly awful and disrespectful to their customers.

   I started by loading the Itunes software and importing my audio books and meditation CDs into the Itunes library. I was very happy with the ease of use of the Itunes software and the help section, which answered all my questions about importing and renaming files. I could even turn off the screen that shows the annoying ads from the Itunes store!

   The lovely black Ipod came with a very small instruction pamphlet, which I followed carefully. After charging the Ipod for 4 hours with a ridiculously short USB cord, I opened Itunes and turned on the Ipod. The Itunes software didn’t recognize the Ipod, the Ipod froze on with a “Do Not Disconnect” message, and my computer turned itself off.

   I called the Apple store and was told how to reset the Ipod. Then the girl at the store connected me with Tech support in India. I couldn’t understand the man at all so I called the store back. The girl at the store got snotty with me about not using a Mac and asked me just how old my PC was?

   I then drove to the store where I found that:

   1) They kept asking me if I was using a Mac, as if only a freak would use a PC.

   2) They didn’t want to exchange brand spanking new Ipod that didn’t work for a new one, the wanted to send it away to be fixed. Once you buy an Ipod they are not going to easily take it back, even if it doesn’t work! And if you open the box they have a 10% restocking fee, should you decide to return or exchange it.

   2) They were happy to help me after I loudly exclaimed loudly to others at the cash register with stacks of Ipods in their hands that my new Ipod just froze up and wouldn’t work right out of the box.

   3) Everything including a USB cord long enough to really connect the Ipod to the computer, a real carrying case and a wall charger costs extra and the prices on the accessories are very inflated. I find that to be a real rip-off. An adult expects a product to work out of the box and to have proper basic accessories with it.

   5) The cement flooring in the stark store kills the feet of a 40 something woman after a few minutes…think of the young kids working there…bulging leg veins and foot problems in their 20s after a few weeks of work. I find the amazingly hard floor not at all attractive and very disrespectful to both Apple’s workers and their customers.

   4) The Ipod worked when synced with a Mac and I got some songs uploaded to it that I didn’t want.

   6) I was told that it must be the software so I should go home and reload the Itunes software.

   So, I went home and saved my Itunes library to a disk, uninstalled the software, redownloaded Itunes and reinstalled it. Upon connection to the computer, my Ipod froze again and froze my computer. I tried the USB 1.1 port and the Ipod and computer froze again.

   I called tech support again, it was evening now, and got someone from the United States. He was nice but didn’t know much about PCs. He said that the PC staff is only in from 6-6 PST, but they had holiday hours for Mac support. When asked what percent of computers in this country are Mac he said 4 or 5%. So they don’t supply support for PC users during their extended helpline hours. The 95 or 96% of their buyers who own a PC aren’t as important as the 4 or 5% who own a Mac. I find that to be very disrespectful to their customers and pointed that out to the tech. He didn’t disagree. When asked about the very short cord he said that most of the designers use a laptop. You’d think they’d test drive their designs with some PC users, wouldn’t you?

   So, as of this writing I cannot use the Ipod with my PC. It could be the USB 2.0 port…which works with everything else…my camera and my Treo phone. I went online and didn’t find much information. The scant instruction manual mentioned further information about compatible USB 2.0 cards at the ipodstore site but all I found was “Reset, Retry, Restart, Reinstall, Restore” advice.

   I’ll call tomorrow and see if the Ipod PC people really know PCs. I’ve already wasted several hours on this expensive toy and wouldn’t recommend it for adults who have no patience or time to waste.

   Rating: 1 / 5