iPods.

Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » 24 Oct 2009, 01:31

More like iFail.

Least user friendly hardware and software ever.

Reminds me of this:

[youtube]9BnLbv6QYcA[/youtube]

Mesarthim · Post by **Mesarthim** » 24 Oct 2009, 01:35

yeah, they fucking suck. they are not easy to use (lol itunes) and the hardware is a peice of shit. I don't know anyone that owns one that hasn't had some major problems with their either resulting in repair or replacement.

after seeing all the hassle my friends went though, I think I made the right choice in not getting one.

methodrone · Post by **methodrone** » 24 Oct 2009, 01:37

the backlight went out on my one and i cant see what the fuck im doing, especially when im outside. 80gb of music to scroll through, its basically the same nightmare as in that video

Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm-Flailing Tube Man · 24 Oct 2009, 01:39

I've had one for three years, still going strong. It's been getting kind of creaky lately, and I'm worried it might die soon

Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » 24 Oct 2009, 01:42

I got one of the 80gig ones either 3 or 4 years ago. It died recently.

Since I got it, I fucking hated everthing about iTunes and the iPod. It's like the were designed for morons by morons.

Made my day when I first found that video.

Mesarthim · Post by **Mesarthim** » 24 Oct 2009, 01:44

[quote name="Johnny"] It's like the were designed for morons by morons.

[/quote]

I think that sums up most mac fanboys.

Noyka · Post by **Noyka** » 24 Oct 2009, 01:51

I had an 80 gig iPod video and it died so much that best buy finally gave us $200 store credit to buy a new iPod so I got the 120 gig iPod that I now use. I stuck with it because I have a warranty and can replace it if the hardrive goes bad like it did with my video. Apparently the iPod videos were faulty. Once this one goes bad and the warranty expires I'm getting another brand of MP3 player.

Mr. P · Post by **Mr. P** » 24 Oct 2009, 01:52

Few hours ago I ordered Zune II 2.0 4gb player. Anxiously waiting for it.

Oh and my wife uses iPod and iMac, The uploads process for songs is nice and simple and the UI is nice on iPod. The rest of the Mac; Ground and Pound.

Noyka · Post by **Noyka** » 24 Oct 2009, 01:56

My college like most colleges use scrapple software and man it sucks. We have this program called Lab Chart reader that we're supposed to download for reading our physiology data at home and they didn't giv e us the right instructions for reading on a PC. The lab due date had to be pushed back a week because of the mass amount of technical difficulties my class was having (minus those who had macs).

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 24 Oct 2009, 01:58

had mine for 3 years now, battery life isnt what it used to be as expected, but no problems otherwise. and i've dropped the thing on pavement like a dozen times

Haunty · Post by **Haunty** » 24 Oct 2009, 02:34

I'm interested in this Droid thing that's coming out from Motorola/Android. Looks like something's finally going to put the iPhone out of business.

djonni greazo · Post by **djonni greazo** » 24 Oct 2009, 02:34

(without getting into the bulkier, hardcore audiophile stuff) Sony, Cowon, Sansa (i.e. Sandisk) >>>...>>> the rest (except maybe Samsung)

Lavabug · Post by **Lavabug** » 24 Oct 2009, 02:58

I have a 30gb photo ipod that I've had for almost 4 years, and was already at least a year old when I bought it used(like, back when these things came with AC adapters for free). I've had to replace the battery 3 times(for less than 4$ a pop if you DIY), but no biggie. It's been ropped many times, with and without the rubber skin I have for it. I haven't seen an mp3 player with a better menu system, so I really cannot complain.

I never ever used iTunes, I downloaded anapod manager the day I got it and almost immediately afterwards started using Winamp to manage it(best way IMO).

I'm actually hoping it'll die within the next year or 2 so I can justify buying a smaller solid-state mp3 player, kinda tired of this bulky old thing.

ANGEL OF DESEASE · Post by **ANGEL OF DESEASE** » 24 Oct 2009, 03:09

I have an mp3 player that looks like an Ipod, but is not. 4Gb. Is a shit

zim · Post by **zim** » 24 Oct 2009, 03:25

I've had just about every ipod but I'm not a fan, they're cool but there is just something about them I don't like.

My favorite is this Sansa 4GB, I put rockbox software on it and this thing is awesome.

Teresa · Post by **Teresa** » 24 Oct 2009, 12:13

ipods do suck. i only have a shuffle i got for christmas a few years ago. it takes a long ass time to upload music to itunes then get it into the ipod. eff that ish. also, wtf is that macbook wheel? so stupid! it must take forever just to type out a sentence. why did they think that was a good idea?

methodrone · Post by **methodrone** » 24 Oct 2009, 12:14

that is from the fake news website onion

Teresa · Post by **Teresa** » 24 Oct 2009, 12:28

lol oh me

zim · Post by **zim** » 24 Oct 2009, 12:30

i just watched that video

shadowalk · Post by **shadowalk** » 24 Oct 2009, 12:41

My 1GB Ipod Shuffle (that very little thing) is still alive and kicking after more than 2 years of endless playback at school and a the gym.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » 24 Oct 2009, 13:41

ive had my 80gig classic since whenever they came out and its still going, and its been dropped from heights at work and all sorts

FUKKET · Post by **FUKKET** » 24 Oct 2009, 16:06

[quote name="Rob"]ive had my 80gig classic since whenever they came out and its still going, and its been dropped from heights at work and all sorts

[/quote]

most old school hardware wins in this area.

my ghetto blaster from the late 70s is still kicking!! great sound!

i didn't buy an iPod after doing net research.

Ended up getting a discman, that was mp3 capability. it is good and was only $89.

but if i do get something in the future it will be same as Zim with rockbox or a Sony one (the leaders in portable audio since it's existence)

djonni greazo · Post by **djonni greazo** » 24 Oct 2009, 17:50

[quote name="FUKKET"]but if i do get something in the future it will be same as Zim with rockbox or a Sony one (the leaders in portable audio since it's existence)[/quote]

unfortunately, as of now, the best Sansa players (fuze and clip and clip+) have only rockbox in a beta version

but

on the Sony. it lacks support for lossless formats and gapless playback, but the SQ more than makes up for it

Mesarthim · Post by **Mesarthim** » 24 Oct 2009, 18:03

anyone else have a minidisc player back in the 90's? had it not been for mp3's taking if off at the end of the decade I think those would have been a lot more popular.

djonni greazo · Post by **djonni greazo** » 24 Oct 2009, 18:41

[quote name="Lumbergh"]anyone else have a minidisc player back in the 90's? had it not been for mp3's taking if off at the end of the decade I think those would have been a lot more popular.[/quote]

but i doubt it would have been much more popular. it is still moderately popular among audiophiles and some bands still use these for recording, but the tech. was dead before the advent of the mp3s: lack of serious support from other manufacturers and records companies, little to no advertising (i do not know what was the situation when those things were new, but by the time i bought one, '98/99, hardly anyone even knew about them), no easy way to transfer music until the NET models (and even that was sucked because of SonicStage), SQ wasn't really anything to write home about unless you had one of the high-end models (that cost an arm and a leg to this day) and used the highest bitrate ATRAC (and that leads to low capacity), ATRAC sucked until version 2 (that came out when the mp3s had already taken over)...

methodrone · Post by **methodrone** » 24 Oct 2009, 23:59

it was great for recording live shows, just hook it up to a mixing board and voila.

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 25 Oct 2009, 00:03

pretty much sums it up. the only format from that era i can think of that failed even more miserably was the DCC. i think i'm the only person that still remembers that at all

methodrone · Post by **methodrone** » 25 Oct 2009, 00:08

what if the ipod added a record audio feature?

supa tuna · Post by **supa tuna** » 25 Oct 2009, 01:45

[quote name="hafsteinn"]what if the ipod added a record audio feature?[/quote]

it already does, you have to buy an attatchment.

ive had an ipod for a few years now and i love it, ive only had one problem with it and it was because my drummer hit me in the leg with a wet floor cone and it cracked my ipod, but i sent it in and they gave me a new one.

Abzu · Post by **Abzu** » 25 Oct 2009, 03:03

[quote name="Lumbergh"]yeah, they fucking suck. they are not easy to use (lol itunes) and the hardware is a peice of shit. I don't know anyone that owns one that hasn't had some major problems with their either resulting in repair or replacement.

after seeing all the hassle my friends went though, I think I made the right choice in not getting one.[/quote]

My 2GB nano is still going strong after a few years and much abuse. I've had no problems. iTunes can be a shit but I have not be convinced to leave it for anything else, and I've tried just about everything else. The closest thing that nearly pulled me away was the Zune media library software. Deal killer: cpu temps were 10c higher running Zune than iTunes. I do not know what about it did that.

If my nano ever dies, I've been eyeballing the latest Zune line. It's a bit of a redemption for a player that was initially lauded as a total shit.

Holocaust · Post by **Holocaust** » 25 Oct 2009, 05:11

My cheap ass mp3 player from Wal-Marx lasted longer (five years) than any of my friends' iPods. Actually got to use mp3's too, instead of going through the iTunes hassle.

Teresa · Post by **Teresa** » 25 Oct 2009, 05:19

itunes can suck it

Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » 25 Oct 2009, 05:30

supa tuna · Post by **supa tuna** » 25 Oct 2009, 06:53

whats all this itunes "hassle" everyones talking about?

you drag the songs to itunes.

thats all ive ever had to do.

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 25 Oct 2009, 07:10

[quote name="Lerzeig Redek"]My cheap ass mp3 player from Wal-Marx lasted longer (five years) than any of my friends' iPods. Actually got to use mp3's too, instead of going through the iTunes hassle.

[/quote]

itunes/ipod most definitely support mp3. it wouldn't be the dominant player by such a gigantic margin if it didn't, haha.

FUKKET · Post by **FUKKET** » 25 Oct 2009, 08:32

[quote name="hafsteinn"]it was great for recording live shows, just hook it up to a mixing board and voila.[/quote]

yeah. a number of home-recordings/jams/gigs were via my minidisc

Abzu · Post by **Abzu** » 26 Oct 2009, 00:03

[quote name="Famous Mortimer"]
[quote name="Lerzeig Redek"]My cheap ass mp3 player from Wal-Marx lasted longer (five years) than any of my friends' iPods. Actually got to use mp3's too, instead of going through the iTunes hassle.

[/quote]

itunes/ipod most definitely support mp3. it wouldn't be the dominant player by such a gigantic margin if it didn't, haha.[/quote]

This.

Plus I've never had a hassle with iTunes.

Noyka · Post by **Noyka** » 26 Oct 2009, 02:43

The only problem I have with itunes is the fact it's so huge. I have 2 gigs of RAM and 20 gigs of memory so a program that uses a lot of processing power (I think that's the word, I'm a computer nub) like itunes or any sort of game always slows my lap top to a crawl eventually freezing it if I try to run anything else.

Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » 26 Oct 2009, 02:45

I once gave a chick 2gigs of RAM.

LOL.

TamPron · Post by **TamPron** » 26 Oct 2009, 02:49

I hate ipods, overpriced and a pain in the ass. and i hate that fucking spinny wheel.

djonni greazo · Post by **djonni greazo** » 26 Oct 2009, 03:45

[youtube]7tyExKyBQ-w[/youtube]

even hitler thinks ipods suck

supa tuna · Post by **supa tuna** » 26 Oct 2009, 04:17

and we all now how much we should follow hitlers examples.

Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » 26 Oct 2009, 04:18

Hitler hated Jews long before I did.

I'll have to give him that.

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 26 Oct 2009, 12:03

ive had my 160gb for 3+ years and havent had a problem with it. plus i dont know any other device that has the same capacity or better.

djonni greazo · Post by **djonni greazo** » 26 Oct 2009, 16:12

afaik, Archos has quite a few hd-based devices with said (or more) amount of storage space

also, you can mod pretty much every hd-based player with either high-capacity hard drives (for example, i've seen 240gb on an ipod classic) or CF cards (up to 64gbs, but it speeds things up, and you don't have to worry about moving parts)

Abzu · Post by **Abzu** » 27 Oct 2009, 00:06

All portable devices with HDD's are destined to die miserable, corrupted data fates.

Mr. P · Post by **Mr. P** » 27 Oct 2009, 00:42

[quote name="Skinfection"]our lord and master has a zune[/quote]

Oi, you have jumped to camp microsoft ha? What model do you have?

supa tuna · Post by **supa tuna** » 27 Oct 2009, 01:09

[youtube]GXCRUE4Bip8[/youtube]

Teresa · Post by **Teresa** » 27 Oct 2009, 02:03

Family hard-on bearer is so stupid.

supa tuna · Post by **supa tuna** » 27 Oct 2009, 02:07

i like family hard-on bearer.

thats not the point though.

i only posted it because its relevent to the thread.