MP3 Player Advice

[ikyrian]

I need a new MP3 player. The one I currently have is not up to the task of an 8 hour day of data entry. Doesn't last long enough and doesn't have enough storage. But it's been awhile sense I've felt the urge to buy one, sooooo....

What do you guys use? What do you like best about your player? What do you like least? Is it easy to work with?

Comments

[mlledesade]

I use an iPod. It's 80 gigs because I have a ton of music. I want to buy a 160gb iPod. If you don't have a ton of music you can try an iPod Nano or Shuffle. If you'd prefer not to go with Apple, a Creative Zen is just as good and you can get more space for less money.

[mlledesade]

What I like best about my player. It has 80 gigs of storage. I've used about 60 gigs so far. It's really easy to use and has a lot of extra features, like calendars, stopwatches, games. You can watch movies as well, but I never use this feature because it's pointless on a tiny screen.

What I like least about the iPod: I want more space. I wish Apple would come out with a 200 gig or 500 gig model for people with, or who aspire to add, huge music collections. I also hate that the charger cord that my iPod came with died.

[ikyrian.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the info! I have another question - how do you load the music onto the iPod? Do you need to have iTunes to do it?

[mlledesade]

You load music onto the iPod using a USB cord and of course iTunes. Once you add your music to the iTunes library, you transfer it tot he iPod.

[ikyrian.livejournal.com]

See, that's the one thing that I really don't want to have to deal with - iTunes. There's a reason I deleted off my computer so long ago...

[carrismo226.livejournal.com]

I got an iTouch for Christmas a bit ago--it's awesome, but iTunes makes me want to kill people. I have only 16G, which is more than enough for my music, but not enough for my movies/TV shows. The iTouch is cool because it can pick up WiFi for internet, and there are all the cool iPhone apps you can download, so it's more than just an MP3 (or 4, ha!) player. But...it is really pricey and not as big as the iPod (though, it's plenty big for me, I use maybe 2-3G on music--tv shows are what kills me) Seven has a Creative Zen thing and seems to like it.

Good luck!

[ikyrian.livejournal.com]

I really, really like the iTouch. But you've hit the nail on the head as to why I'm hesitating buying it - iTunes. I messed around with that crap in college, and I deleted off my computer for a reason. :(

Thanks!