are ipods better than all of those imitations?

Question

i have an ipod but all of my friends say they arnt as good. are they right?

Answer 1

Yes it is way better, all the other ones are a pain . I practically have used every mp3 players known to man .Even ones from honk Kong the ipods the best.

Answer 2

They're not imitations. The iPod was not the first MP3 player, contrary to belief. That honor goes to the Eiger Labs MPMan F10.

The iPod is NOT the largest capacity player. There are players that hold more such as the Archos AV500 at 100GB.

The iPod is has more accessories, and is more expensive than competing brands.

Other MP3 players have FM radio, FM recording, voice recording, line-in recording, built-in cameras, etc. for the same price.

Example: The Sandisk Sansa e200 has video, radio, FM recording, voice recording, for $50 less than the respective Nano. Same with the Creative Zen V Plus.

Creative sued Apple twice for patent infringement. Apple didn't deny it. They simply SUED THEM BACK.

The iPod also locks you in as music from the iTunes Music Store only works on iPods. To get it to work on a different player neas sacrificing sound quality.

You should read about the iPod sweatshops @ http://www.dvd-recordable.org/Article2780.phtml

The first answerer may have a long answer that SOUNDS impressive, but iPods are clearly NOT the choice for those that want a good deal and many features.



To counter the first answer:
- All MP3 players have a shuffle option, not just the iPod.

- Other MP3 players such as the iRiver Clix offer text viewing which the iPod does not.

- Other players such as the Zen Vision: M from Creative also offer audiobook support, NOT JUST THE iPod.

- The iPod Photo is old and now other MP3 players such as the Creative Zen Vision: M offer superior photo viewing options (setting phtos as backgrounds) and better screen for sharper text.

- Podcasts aren't just for iPods if they're in MP3 format (which most are).

- The first answerer copied and pasted the article from somewhere else.

Answer 3

Here are some advantages of the iPod:

--> Size Does Matter!

While you’re obviously aware that your iPod can store your music for you while you’re on the go, you might not be aware of just how much space there is to some of the new 4th generation iPods on the market right now.

Current versions offer 20 gigabyte and 40 gigabyte storage capacities, which is enormous for most audiophiles. Of added convenience, the new iPods also offer a new music menu, and support for multiple playlists.

--> The Shuffle Feature

iPod’s shuffle feature allows you to listen to music you’ve selected yourself, such as listening to a radio station that plays only the music you like. That’s why Apple added the “Shuffle Songs” feature – this saves you from having to activate the shuffle in the iPod’s settings menu and then browse through several levels just so you can select songs.

--> Not Just for Music…

The iPod was originally marketed as a device for listening to music; and this made sense, since that wonderful teenage demographic spends more than the other groups put together! Yet as the iPod has matured, so has its target market.

The educational market has now caught on to the advantages offered by the iPod; and this is a driving reason why many people who might not otherwise buy an iPod are finding one in their pocket.

For example, take the case of Duke University in North Carolina. University officials provided 1,650 of the 20 GB iPods to freshmen. These sets of iPods came pre-loaded with campus information, orientation notes, and an academic calendar.

And here’s the most interesting part: the Duke iPods adopted the format of the iTunes store so students can purchase academic materials, course outlines, language lessons, and yes of course: music. We look specifically at iTunes in the fourth section of this book.

In addition, there’s also the thriving audiobook market. We’ve come a long, long way from a binder full of tapes! Now, entire books can be downloaded onto an iPod, and enjoyed on the go.

These audiobooks include everything from young fiction to romance, from business books to self-help, and everything in between.

Actually, initial versions of the iPod already offered 14 different languages. Now, especially since sales of the iPod have boomed worldwide, latest generation versions offer more than twice as many languages, including:

 Czech
 Danish
 Dutch
 English
 Finnish
 French
 German
 Greek
 Hungarian
 Italian
 Japanese
 Korean
 Norwegian
 Polish
 Portuguese
 Russian
 Simplified Chinese
 Spanish
 Swedish
 Traditional Chinese
 Turkish

Also, for song information only, the iPod menu supports:

 Bulgarian
 Croatian
 Romanian
 Serbian
 Slovak
 Slovenian
 Ukrainian

--> It Knows when You’re Listening…

Speaking of versatility, one advantage that the iPod has it that it can sense whether headphones are being used or not. If you’re listening to music and you pull the headphone jack out of its port, the iPod will pause.

But remember that if you re re-attach the headphones, the music will not play by itself, you’d have to do that manually.

However, if you’ve set your iPod to sleep mode or turned off, plugging in the headphones will get the song to play again.

--> Get Ready for the iPod Photo!

So the iPod offers you music, educational tools, and now photo display! Apple released the iPod photo in early 2005. The portable music player now has a color screen to allow users to display photos and album art.

The iPod photo can send photos to a television via a composite or S-video cable.

The iPod photo can hold 30,000 photos, but it costs “an arm and a leg” according to some consumers. Rumors have it however that as soon as it’s picked up and given a look-see, the temptation to buy one gets very, very strong. So beware!

Answer 4

Creative was one of the first MP3 players on the market, not the iPod. Creative is currently suing Apple for patent infringement for menus on music players because they had it first. So who is imitating who?

I have a Creative Zen Microphoto (my wife's) and I have a Creative Zen Vision: M. I love them both.

Both are really easy to use. My 7 year old son can operate my Creative Zen Vision M to watch videos.
The ZVM has a better screen than the iPod -- 262,000 colors vs 65,000.
Battery life on the ZVM is 4 hours versus a claimed 2 hours on the iPod 30GB. Based on my recent experiences flying cross country watching 2 1/2 hours of video with charge to spare and reading about the really lame battery life for video on the iPod on Yahoo Answers, I'd say that the ZVM is definitely better than the iPod for video.

iPods are much more costly to own long term if you like a lot of music. To fill an iPod Video with 5000 songs would cost $5000 dollars on iTunes. To fill a ZVM with 5000 subscription (rental) songs on Yahoo Music Unlimited To Go is only $10 a month a pre-paid year subscription. That works out to about 41 YEARS of subscription music and you can get a virtually unlimited number of songs and albums during that period.

You might also want to read about the "iPod City" in China where iPods are manufactured for Apple.
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=ipod+city+china&y=Search+the+Web&ei=UTF-8&fr=ytff1-&x=wrt
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2006/tc20060629_008337.htm?campaign_id=search

Answer 5

Jealous! I loved my first generation U2 so much I got the Ipod w/video. I have another mp3 player, but never fell in love like w/my iPod.

Answer 6

ipods are good just because there are a lot of products made to work specifically for them. they are slightly overpriced though because of how famous the brand is. You can get something very similar with more storage for less money. so they have their benefits but there are better mp3 players out there...

Answer 7

iPod is in fashion because Apple make a very good marketing...
Some others "imitations" are better, or could be better if more gadgets were created for...

Answer 8

I have a mp3, but nothing compare with my IPOD

Answer 9

all the MP3 players are the same, the difference is that the iPod is more expensive, and has more accessories that's all...

Answer 10

i dont know, i love my nano over both of my sisters mp3 players...it has so many more options and extras that other mp3 players dont have...like a screen so you can see what youre doing, what songs youre listening to, store pictures and information...so many more things. besides, it holds so much music and its so easy to use and its tiny and i take it EVERYwhere.