* 1 GB* Tiny, tiny, tiny. * Also functions as a USB keychain drive
versus
iPod Mini:
* 4 GB * Not as tiny, but still pretty darn small* LCD Screen* Hipster factor is ten times greater
The Mini is only about $50 more than the Shuffle, but the whole point of this exercise is that I get something small with which I can replace my increasingly flaky MP3 Discman. The lack of a display on the Shuffle is a deal-breaker for some, but I'm so used to throwing the Discman in a bag and using the (display-free) remote that I don't think I'll really notice much of a difference. And I really want a USB drive.
There's a small voice in the back of my head that says the Shuffle is a penny-wise-but-pound-foolish decision, and that I'll be shelling out for a plain ol' iPod in six months time. The internal response to that is "Maybe, but you still could use a USB keychain in the short term, because you're ALWAYS moving small files between locations, and it's a real waste of CD-Rs otherwise".
Help!
― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Friday, 4 March 2005 19:59 (nineteen years ago) link
otherwise mini.
you can turn the auto-sync off on ipods (at least the regular ones) and use it for portable storage. besides you can get those usb flash drives for like $20.
― Miss Misery (thatgirl), Friday, 4 March 2005 20:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― adam.r.l. (nordicskilla), Friday, 4 March 2005 20:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Friday, 4 March 2005 20:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 4 March 2005 20:05 (nineteen years ago) link
That was a joke. I've never been hip.
― Tantrum (Tantrum The Cat), Friday, 4 March 2005 20:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Argunaut (sexyDancer), Friday, 4 March 2005 20:06 (nineteen years ago) link
The Shuffle is cool though, suzy has one an quite frankly, audio books aside I have my iPod on shuffle most of the time, but I do like having my entire music collection with me.
― Ed (dali), Friday, 4 March 2005 20:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 4 March 2005 20:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Friday, 4 March 2005 20:12 (nineteen years ago) link
I don't like to walk around listening to music, I'm afraid I'll get hit by a car. I listen to music at home. MUSIC BELONGS IN THE HOME!
― andy --, Friday, 4 March 2005 20:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Argunaut (sexyDancer), Friday, 4 March 2005 20:16 (nineteen years ago) link
I guess maybe, but one of the reasons I returned my Shuffle, apart from it not getting along with my PC very well at all, was that it is *very* closely tied to iTunes, and only one installation of iTunes at a time. If you load it with music on computer #1 using iTunes, then plug it into computer #2 that also has iTunes on it, computer #2 will not acknowledge the music on the iPod. It will instead ask you to reformat the iPod to tie it to the iTunes library on computer #2. If (when) you click no to this option, iTunes will no longer acknowledge that any device is plugged in at all.
In other words, I was unable to load up a gig of music, bring it to work, and transfer it to my work computer. It doesn't work like that. If you plug it into a different computer, it will not allow you to use it at all before it wipes the iPod and reconfigures it. I found this extremely limiting and obnoxious.
― Fish fingers all in a line (kenan), Friday, 4 March 2005 20:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Friday, 4 March 2005 20:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― Fish fingers all in a line (kenan), Friday, 4 March 2005 20:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― Fish fingers all in a line (kenan), Friday, 4 March 2005 20:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Argunaut (sexyDancer), Friday, 4 March 2005 20:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― Fish fingers all in a line (kenan), Friday, 4 March 2005 20:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Friday, 4 March 2005 20:25 (nineteen years ago) link
I see absolutely no reason to get a Shuffle; in fact, it seems like the dumbest idea ever.
OK, but why "dumbest idea ever"?
The whole point of the shuffle is that it's small and you don't know what's coming next. I'll bet if you get a mini, it won't be too long before you'll want a bigger ipod. However having both a pod and a shuffle isn't so bad, because of the forced random gimmick and small size (good for summer running around).
Hmmm... the Shuffle can also play a linear playlist, i.e. you aren't limited to shuffle mode, and I'd likely be sticking specific playlists on it (which is kinda what I already do by burning specific CDs for the Discman).
besides you can get those usb flash drives for like $20.
I'm in Toronto, and I've yet to see a 1 GB flash drive for less than $130 - $150.
I'm never home, and I don't drive. I'm constantly walking or talking transit, and would like something smaller than a Discman. I've ALWAYS listened to music this way, starting with a Walkman twenty years ago.
Whoah. Dealbreaker ahoy.
― Tantrum (Tantrum The Cat), Friday, 4 March 2005 20:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Friday, 4 March 2005 20:27 (nineteen years ago) link
Seriously, these things are great. I like the buttons better than the ipod wheel. Removable battery, voice recording, fm tuner.
― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Friday, 4 March 2005 20:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― Fish fingers all in a line (kenan), Friday, 4 March 2005 20:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 4 March 2005 20:31 (nineteen years ago) link
Mainly because of the "Okay, you're running iTunes so there's probably an 85%-95% chance that you already have an iPod but we're going to use our voodoo marketing to convince you that you need to spend even more money on something with reduced carrying capacity compared to the device you already own that already does the big thing we're pushing in our crack-like commercials! CONSUME!" vibes that I get from the thing. Honestly, how much lighter do you need your music-playing device to be??? Are those extra seven ounces REALLY bogging you down?
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 4 March 2005 20:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Argunaut (sexyDancer), Friday, 4 March 2005 20:38 (nineteen years ago) link
ok, $20 flash drives = not iPod sized but double or triple CD-Rom sized
― Miss Misery (thatgirl), Friday, 4 March 2005 20:40 (nineteen years ago) link
Which still means you have to choose: do you want to listen to it or transfer it? You can't do both. Pffft.
― Fish fingers all in a line (kenan), Friday, 4 March 2005 20:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Argunaut (sexyDancer), Friday, 4 March 2005 20:56 (nineteen years ago) link
Again I say pffft.
― Fish fingers all in a line (kenan), Friday, 4 March 2005 20:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 4 March 2005 20:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― Fish fingers all in a line (kenan), Friday, 4 March 2005 21:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― Miss Misery (thatgirl), Friday, 4 March 2005 21:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― Fish fingers all in a line (kenan), Friday, 4 March 2005 21:07 (nineteen years ago) link
i have no ipod at all, but i imagine 5000 songs are easier to go through than one would think. the ipod photo is slightly bigger and heavier than the regular ipod. although both are smaller than my current discman.
is the best thing to do to invest in the big guy, or will next year's models be sufficiently streamlined so that i should just buy the 20GB regular and think about this again in 18months?
― chris vitamin, Friday, 4 March 2005 21:10 (nineteen years ago) link
I see your point, but:
a) I love iTunes, and would have killed for an interface like this a decade ago,
b) the Discman that I own weighs significantly more than seven ounces. It's a first-generation Rio Volt, one of the first MP3-capable CD players, and it's frankly a bit of a tank. It's also starting to malfunction, as it's been used non-stop for the last few years, but I've gotten my money's worth out of it. And, as I've mentioned,
c) I sell all of this crap as part of my day job - we're a bunch of fairly grizzled MIDI and DAW cynics here, so it takes a LOT more than a slick ad campaign to get us to jump. Hell, we've made sales reps cry here. OK, maybe that's an exaggeration, but you catch my drift.
― Tantrum (Tantrum The Cat), Friday, 4 March 2005 21:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Friday, 4 March 2005 21:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― Fish fingers all in a line (kenan), Friday, 4 March 2005 21:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 4 March 2005 21:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Friday, 4 March 2005 21:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― carson dial (carson dial), Friday, 4 March 2005 21:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Friday, 4 March 2005 21:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 4 March 2005 22:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Argunaut (sexyDancer), Friday, 4 March 2005 22:03 (nineteen years ago) link
Then again, since the Shuffle is essentially a gateway drug to encourage you to upgrade to the iPod, I guess those limitations help in that encouragement.
― ffirehorse (firehorse), Friday, 4 March 2005 22:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― Fish fingers all in a line (kenan), Friday, 4 March 2005 22:53 (nineteen years ago) link
yeah, what the fuck is that about? i thought there might be a workaround?
― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 4 March 2005 22:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 4 March 2005 22:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― Fish fingers all in a line (kenan), Friday, 4 March 2005 22:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 4 March 2005 22:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― stelfox, Saturday, 9 April 2005 19:45 (nineteen years ago) link
Do you know what file format is?
― Ed (dali), Saturday, 9 April 2005 19:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― stelfox, Saturday, 9 April 2005 19:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― stelfox, Saturday, 9 April 2005 19:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Saturday, 9 April 2005 19:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― stelfox, Saturday, 9 April 2005 20:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Saturday, 9 April 2005 20:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― stelfox, Saturday, 9 April 2005 20:17 (nineteen years ago) link
also what happens if you want to sync your ipod with itunes but you have more songs on itunes than can fit on your ipod?
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Friday, 20 May 2005 19:13 (eighteen years ago) link
no. you can charge off of your computer
You have to set up iTunes to "choose" which "songs" to "put" on your "iPod".
― A homunculus of Darby Crash, .... created for the purposes of *EVIL* (ex machina, Friday, 20 May 2005 19:16 (eighteen years ago) link
"thanks"!
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Friday, 20 May 2005 19:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sarah McLusky (coco), Friday, 20 May 2005 19:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Friday, 20 May 2005 19:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― A homunculus of Darby Crash, .... created for the purposes of *EVIL* (ex machina, Friday, 20 May 2005 20:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Friday, 20 May 2005 20:43 (eighteen years ago) link
Are you affiliated with an educational institution at all or know someone who is? You could try to get the nice education discount.
― A homunculus of Darby Crash, .... created for the purposes of *EVIL* (ex machina, Friday, 20 May 2005 21:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Saturday, 21 May 2005 00:42 (eighteen years ago) link
No, the mini is the chick ipod. Seriously, Apple caught on to what Sony has known forever, girls like small & cute electronics. If I look at the electronics that my girl geek friends own, and the ones that my guy geek friends own, there is essentially no overlap outside of powerbooks.
Anyway, I own a shuffle- that + Shure e3cs = happy. I don't need the display to tell me what the current song is because I generally already know what ever songs I've put onto it, or I can wait until I get home to look up one if it's bugging me. It depends on what you listen to, I think... I have a smallish set of music that I want to listen to when I'm walking to or from work, which is when I usually use the Shuffle.
― lyra (lyra), Saturday, 21 May 2005 02:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Saturday, 21 May 2005 16:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― lyra (lyra), Saturday, 21 May 2005 16:17 (eighteen years ago) link
i have no idea what this means.
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Saturday, 21 May 2005 18:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mary (Mary), Monday, 23 May 2005 22:51 (eighteen years ago) link
1 GB shuffle now at 49 bucks. Might get one.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 15:48 (sixteen years ago) link
recommend me an mp3 player?
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 15:58 (sixteen years ago) link
Doubtless.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 16:02 (sixteen years ago) link
The 80GB iPod Classic is now only like $250. WTF?!?!
I'm totally upgrading soon.
― B.L.A.M., Wednesday, 20 February 2008 16:46 (sixteen years ago) link
Why get an 80?
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 17:06 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah I've been sort of hoping my creaking iPod will finally give up the ghost so I can justify getting one of those now-ludicrously-cheap 80gig ones.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 17:10 (sixteen years ago) link
Hell, it's only a hundred bucks more for the 160 one. That's what I've got, and it's still only about half full.
― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 17:14 (sixteen years ago) link
I was hoping that my 60 would get bumped to an 80 during my last AppleCare debacle but alas no.
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 17:14 (sixteen years ago) link
my 80 gb is all full and since i use my ipod as a way of backing up my mp3s im sort of considering investing in the 160
― max, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 17:19 (sixteen years ago) link
I just got the 80 Classic to replace a old and broken mini and I LOVE the new one. I only have about 16GB of music total so I'm swimming in leftover storage space...enough to put movies on it for traveling (if I ever go anywhere).
― Laurel, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 17:20 (sixteen years ago) link
Laurel, I can rip/give you iPod compat movies.
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 17:21 (sixteen years ago) link
You a bro, jw. I hope you mean ninja ones.
― Laurel, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 17:23 (sixteen years ago) link
geez, a 8 gb nano is $200 and an 80 gb ipod is $250! that's ridiculous. (how i wish the shuffle had a screen! it's quite cheap now, but i KNOW it would drive me up the wall.)
― Maria, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 17:27 (sixteen years ago) link
You a bro, jw. I hope you mean ninja ones.-- Laurel, Wednesday, February 20, 2008 12:23 PM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
-- Laurel, Wednesday, February 20, 2008 12:23 PM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
I have like 3 ripped already
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 17:43 (sixteen years ago) link
Maria, that's exactly why I got the 80 even tho it's way more than I "need". It didn't make financial sense to pay $200 for 8GB!
― Laurel, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 17:45 (sixteen years ago) link
I might have bought the iPod touch if I were you Laurel.
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 17:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Really? Cos I wd have had to pay $400 for the 16GB which would BARELY hold all my stuff (if even) and be full immediately. I don't need the touch functions that badly.
― Laurel, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 17:55 (sixteen years ago) link
I guess it would have given me minimal internet access b/c I do not have own computer...but I didn't have the dough anyway.
― Laurel, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 17:56 (sixteen years ago) link
Yea, fuck that dude. I think the iPod touch is a turd.
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 18:00 (sixteen years ago) link
I have about 16GB of music & stuff but am resigned to getting something smaller because I want to be able to run with it, and this is less likely to do harm to something with flash memory than a regular ipod with a hard drive. The nanos definitely give you less memory for your money though.
― Maria, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 18:12 (sixteen years ago) link
i fucking LOVE my itouch. one of the things i love doing is standing in some street and watching who has unprotected internet connection. lol am i sad or what? it's been great breastfeeding and checking my mail. i was never much of an ipod user, but ever since getting the itouch, i've been listening to more music. typing on it is okay but a bit of a hassle.
― stevienixed, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 22:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Those were the days - now every one has an mp3 player in their earlobe
Shuffle replaced radio but radio gives new options and shuffle only shuffles options.
― | (Latham Green), Wednesday, 18 September 2019 14:21 (four years ago) link
Found a 6th gen iPod Nano when packing my stuff to move house, looking forward to hearing what's on it when I'll put it on my ancient 30-pin dock connector JBL speaker
― willem, Wednesday, 18 September 2019 14:35 (four years ago) link
My brother found my ipod mini recently - I wonder if it still has the movie "Shock Treatment" on it
― | (Latham Green), Wednesday, 18 September 2019 20:24 (four years ago) link
incidentally I still use an ipod touch from 2007 - I think it was the first touch. Still works great!
― | (Latham Green), Wednesday, 18 September 2019 20:25 (four years ago) link
Found a 6th gen iPod Nano when packing my stuff to move house, looking forward to hearing what's on it when I'll put it on my ancient 30-pin dock connector JBL speaker― willem, Wednesday, September 18, 2019 4:35 PM (two days ago)
― willem, Wednesday, September 18, 2019 4:35 PM (two days ago)
― willem, Friday, 20 September 2019 08:56 (four years ago) link
excellent
― | (Latham Green), Wednesday, 25 September 2019 20:15 (four years ago) link