I hate itunes, ipod, iphone

[JadedRaverLA]

Originally Posted by BigBLUballz

My only complain is how they are not user friendly to pc owners and there is not 64bit vista patch

There was a simple fix for CD burning in Windows x64... but it isn't needed any more, as there is now a version of iTunes designed specifically for Vista-64. Just go to Apple's site and download iTunes -- you'll see two options now -- standard and 64-bit.

[BStecke]

The iPhone has a replaceable battery, it's just not user replaceable. Not sure about the iPod to be honest, but somebody put the thing together, so I'm sure you could get a new battery for it.

[camper]

I love my Zune (iPod-like device) but I travel a lot and spend hours in my car, so it really meets my needs to play my music and podcasts. It's nice taking a movie with me now and then if I'm in a hotel room for the weekend and I get bored. I haven't really used it much for that, but I like the option. Mainly it's a music player, with pics of the kids on it. Sure beats burning MP3's to CD to play in my portable CD player that reads MP3's.

The iPod & iPhone as a status symbol annoys the crap out of me, as does anyone who looks at cell phones the same way.

~Camper

[Ferris]

It took me a long time to get in on the iRevolution. Finally, I bought an iPod for my wife, and one for myself (just a pair of 4 GB 3rd-gen nanos). It's way better then the mp3 players we had... but, that's ALL we use it for, is listening to music. As for iWorld.... I am not buying into it.

Also, with respect to people's succumbing to lower quality audio... I don't think they're choosing to. Many people don't realize that when they purchase from iTunes the music they're getting is compressed. Additionally, they don't know they can change their setting to obtain lossless audio. They're not like many of us, who keep ourselves informed on forums like these.

Although, there are those people who just don't care. I have 60% hearing loss, so the uncompressed audio doesn't do much for me...

[Blinkman987]

If someone could make a GUI as clean as iTunes and make it stop sucking my PC dry of resources while using it, I'd switch. I like the option to watch stuff while I'm doing cardio at the gym, or when on an airplane and I don't want to pop out my macbook (not an apple fanboy. most of their products are dogshit). I would never use that screen as a main source of video entertainment, though.

As pointed out earlier, you can use losselss quality. You just need to rtm.

iPhones are pretty shitty. To be honest, Maddox isn't the most objective eye on the internet and most of his posts are just well-written flames to entertain, but his article on the iPhone is pretty spot on.

[Blu Haze]

Hey Brian,

Hows it going are you staying away from High Def Forum for awhile or did you go back. YOu were hated by many for liking Blu ray lol.

[BStecke]

Originally Posted by Blinkman987

iPhones are pretty shitty.

How?

[ManUtd]

I like my iPhone and I've been through many cell phones over the years. Could it be better? Of course! Sure there are a lot of limitations but it's okay with my usage. As for music, I listen to some at work or when traveling, not-so-good music is better than no music at all.

[JakeNRoland]

Originally Posted by Art Vandelay

Not-so-good music is better than no music at all.

I believe that is Fall Out Boy's [fill in your own choice of suck band here] main mantra.

[SilverFireshot]

I had a Zune (I switched from a really old iPod) and it was ok for awhile. Then the HDD on it failed and I had to get a new mp3 player. Since I just got a new Macbook Pro for Christmas, I decided to go back to iPod. I love it and don't know why I ever switched away from it in the first place. I have a couple of movies on mine and the 3rd season of The Office that I ripped from my DVD's. It's obviously not the best viewing experience, but I travel a lot for my job and the flights are only an hour or two so it's not worth bringing out the laptop for 30 mins. and then going through the hassle of putting everything away. So in that respect it is nice to have something I can just pull out of my pocket and watch.

And of course I have all my music on it so I can listen to my music in the car because I've gotten so sick of radio and I'm not in my car enough to warrant getting satellite radio.

[Blinkman987]

Originally Posted by BStecke

How?

He pretty much covers it here. Obv Maddox is NSFW. Other than that, it just falls into the category of typical shortcomings stemming from buying a first generation new product.

It's really not that bad. It was just initially really shitty for the price. I imagine its an ok value now, but still has flaws that should be addressed in a new version.

Another thing that's starting to bother me is it seems most of the icrap stuff does not have replace-able batteries. I suppose you recycle the whole device when the battery go bad. But the world flooded with peoples dead ipods isn't a pretty picture in my mind. I'm not the greenest fella but this seems about the least eco-friendly thing there is.

Apple will recycle your old iPod and give you a discount on your new one. I had my second iPod's battery go bad. It won't hold a charge. However, I'm still using it with some Altec Lansing speakers for a stereo, but I could've gotten a discount on the video iPod when it came out by giving it to Apple to recycle or refurb.

[BStecke]

Originally Posted by Blinkman987

He pretty much covers it here. Obv Maddox is NSFW. Other than that, it just falls into the category of typical shortcomings stemming from buying a first generation new product.

What a well written and informative piece

He's wrong about using mp3's as ringtones. Most of the other negatives he has apply to Nokia phones as well, but he cleverly has them worded so that they're specific to Apple and thus don't apply to his Nokia.

I can in no way fathom how one would consider the browser on the Nokia anywhere in the same league as the browser on the iPhone. I've used quite a few Nokia (and other manufacturers) devices and their browsers always left quite a bit to be desired. To each their own though . . .

[PIHB]

i am one of 5 people who love the zune

[WickyWoo]

What battery for any cell phone costs five dollars? The average for an OEM battery is more like 30-35.

I paid about $8.95 for a Motorola original OEM battery for my phone over the net.

When you buy them in stores it costs that much, not if you shop online.

You can buy the exact same battery that's in the iPod for approx $5. The iPhone battery is closer to 10 or so. 5 minutes with a screwdriver and a $5 battery, is that really worth $60+ shipping in any sane world?

[camper]

Originally Posted by PIHB

i am one of 5 people who love the zune

6, unless you're already counting me in your top 5

~Camper

[JakeNRoland]

I'm a big fan of the Archos machines. I have an older 420 model. But it plays Divx and Xvid files in addition to music and pictures. I like it a lot. And the newer Archos machines are even sweeter.

[actionhank]

I like the Creative Zen more as you don't have to go through the stupid itunes interface to add music. A lot can be done from the explorer window on Windows XP.