Apple 15 GB iPod M9460LL/A

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Manufacturer: Apple Computer
Price at amazon.com: Used from $200.00

List price $300.00



Product Features:

• 15 GB model holds up to 3,700 songs; supports MP3, AAC, WAV, MP3 VBR, Audible (6), and AIFF formats
• Mac and Windows compatible; FireWire and USB 2.0 interface for fastest digital transfer available
• More than 8 hour battery life on a 3 hour charge (1-hour fast charge to 80% capacity)
• Features redesigned and backlit navigation, includes earbud headphones, FireWire Cable, PC FireWire Adapter, and AC adapter
• Equipped with a range of built-in utilities and games

Product Description:

Average Customer Rating:

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Comment: If you can afford it, buy it. I can't live without mine! Rating:
It is the coolest player for anyone that loves music. It goes from my pocket to my car in no time, bearly breaking a note. I bring it everywhere now, since I have been spoiled by having all of my music at my fingertips. I do agree with some points that other reviewers have made- it DOES scratch if you breathe on it. I bought a case before I even took the ipod out of the plastic wrap and I still got scratches on it. Also, it would be pretty cool if it had a removable battery- but then it may take away from the svelte design. i just bought the belkin battery pack because i am going to be on a 15 hour flight! I'll tell you all how that goes. The only other thing that is kinda lame is the ipod mini. Don't spend the money for almost 1/4 of the space of the regular ipod. if you want a funky color, buy a skin...

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Comment: Not perfect, but still great Rating:
I got this as a present, and I must say, it is a masterpiece of techological engineering. It's not perfect, and it has some major drawbacks, but it's all-in-all a super piece of technology.

PROS:
•A LOT of storage space
•Organizer feature und synching
•Address book
•Intuitive scroll wheel design
•Intuitive headphone jack design
•Note capacity (i have over 400 files, though they had to be segmented, a lot of song lyrics and a ton of other stuff)
•Unrivaled portablity-- it's like a deck of cards that can play every CD i've ever listened to
•Durable (i have dropped it several times, once on the floor of a bus, once on a tiled floor, and once on hardwood.. to no detriment, thankfully)
•So many add-ons... FM transmitter, voice recorder, battery pack, media card reader... innumerable types of cases
•Great backlight feature which doesn't SEEM to use up much power
•Ergonomic, for the most part (it would be nice to have a remote though)
•Headphones have superb sound quality

•charging seems to work fairly well
•Firewire support is *excellent* and super-fast

CONS:
•Case gets scratched easily (not really important)
•The games are terrible (also not important)
•A full hard drive detracts from efficiency of the device, so 3700 songs is an outright lie-- my hard drive's nearly full at 2050 songs... because it's really not good to fill your hard drive to 100%)
•Doesn't come with a dock
•Battery is poor, and costs $99 to replace ($49 if you want to install it yourself-- inevitably damages part of the iPod in prying open the case and risks zapping the entire thing...)
•Occasionally freezes and requires a reset (minor annoyance)
•Text support is incredibly lacking in functionality and compatibility
•Can't figure out how to get address book to display more than just the address and name (i.e. additional information you enter)

ADVICE:
•Don't use this as a home media device as I did. It resulted in the battery power being miserably shortened. If you DO, then get a Belkin battery pack to use replacableAA batteries in ($59 MSRP, $30 street).
•Get a decent case for it if you plan to carry it around a lot...
•Don't take it outside in subzero temperatures unless you have it in a well-insulated case or pocket, or unless you want a $300 paperweight... (I narrowly avoided disaster with this)

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Comment: Looks great but beware... Rating:
It is definitely the coolest looking mp3 player on the market, and that is why I almost bought one. However, after trying some of my friends' ipods I realized there was really no reason to get one. The scrolling wheel is fun but difficult to use when you need to select an item. I always went past or stopped prematurely. The buttons are all really cool but you can hit them by accident very easily. Here are some more cons:
-No PC interface. You need to buy a dock or other accessory to use it with your PC
-Every song on the ipod MUST be on the computer. If you have 500 songs on the computer and put them in your ipod then hook it up to another computer...all the songs are erased.
-You cannot upload songs from the ipod to a computer.
-PRICE!!!! There are so many better mp3 players out there for a fraction of the cost of the ipod and you get more memory and more features.

Overall...get a Dell DJ

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