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How robust are these mp3 players? About the same as a mobile phone? Im going to be out a lot of money if the screen gets broken
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Tingkai
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To find the Northwest Passage
Aug 2001
time: 13:21
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Originally posted by Adagio
So far the bugs I've heard of is:
- You can't use them as a portable drive, they can only be used to play music, and you can't even transfer the mp3's back to the HD
- The auto-syncronize feature it has doesn't even ask for confirmation before deleting songs that is on the player, but not on the HD
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Ah, no.
You can use the iPod as a portable drive. The auto-sync thing is definitely stupid, which is why I turn my auto-sync off.
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Tingkai
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To find the Northwest Passage
Aug 2001
time: 13:21
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The Zen Touch only has a four-band equaliser. Does it support AAC files?
The 24-hour battery charge is meaningless for daily use. On a daily basis, I'm not going to use my iPod for more than 12 hours so what's the point of having additional battery capacity. But, I would have preferred 16 hours which would cover me for trans-pacific flights. Then again, I'm only taking those flights once a year.
As for Apple vs Creative, I'd take Apple any day, yes, even though my iPod is on the blink. I'm pissed off about it, but I still wouldn't buy the Nomad, which says something about the Nomad.
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Asher
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Calgary, Alberta
Nov 1999
time: 22:21
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Originally posted by Tingkai
The Zen Touch only has a four-band equaliser. Does it support AAC files? |
The Zen's equalizer/DSP is actually much more powerful than the iPod's. Look at the EAX settings, for one.
And it doesn't support AAC files, but you can convert AAC files to WMA files easily.  (your argument)
AAC is a rare format, the only company using it is Apple really. It's way more expensive to license and technically on par with WMA, so companies opt for WMA instead.
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The 24-hour battery charge is meaningless for daily use. On a daily basis, I'm not going to use my iPod for more than 12 hours so what's the point of having additional battery capacity. But, I would have preferred 16 hours which would cover me for trans-pacific flights. Then again, I'm only taking those flights once a year. |
Your battery has only so many "charges" in it. If you charge the thing daily, you're killing it faster. Further, since the battery is not removable, it's a helluva lot more expensive to replace.
With the Zen, you charge it less -- it lasts longer. You can buy an extra battery, giving you 48 hours if you want...swapping for long trips. You can easily replace the battery if it fails.
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As for Apple vs Creative, I'd take Apple any day, yes, even though my iPod is on the blink. I'm pissed off about it, but I still wouldn't buy the Nomad, which says something about the Nomad. |
It says something more about the buyer, since everyone I know who has had a Nomad product hasn't had any problems like that, while I know quite a few people with iPods that went south.
Apple's quality is HIGHLY overrated. They're pretty terrible, actually.
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MrWhereItsAt
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New Year's Resolution: 2005 is the year of Where It's At - come get some.
Nov 2001
time: 17:21
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Glad to hear all these nice things about the Creative Zen. I'm about to get one of the 20GB models myself with the money I got from jury duty the week before last.
From what little I know about these and the iPods, the Zen is slightly heavier, but this isn't really an issue for me, seeing as their weight range is so small anyway. The battery lasts ages longer than the iPod one or sure. Apparently aslo Creative's packaged media software is really really good. I have been told the biggest con about the Creative is that to connect it with a computer you have to install the driver software. A small one, I think, seeing as I will be dealing with the same half dozen computers most of the time, and I can withstand carrying a backup CD of drivers around with me whenver I'll need to use another computer (I carry some CD-Rs with essential software around much of the time anyway).
I didn't know the iPod couldn't be used to store other files on it, and also did not know that you couldn't extract files back off of it onto a computer. Are these things really true?
Tingkai - I'm not biased against either ATM, having been a long-time fan of Creative for their other audio products, and having drooled over my friend's iPod for some months now, and got to use it a few times - but if I accept most of what is said here at face value it sounds like Creative has the edge, at least when comparing players with the same storage together. In my part of the world the Creative has the price edge at the moment as well, by around $100US equivalent.
The iRiver however, looks gorgeous, and as far as I'm concerned is the current Uber-model I'd get if I could afford anything.
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17-10-2004 00:43
It's tacky comparing different year models and different styles. The plastic trim is not a constant. 
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