My 9 yo wants an IPOD?

Question

MY 9 year old wants an IPOD.. Im not even sure exactly what an IPOD is/does. Other than let you download music..

1. Is she too young?
2.Does it cost you money to download music?
3.Do you download from the internet or can you download like a CD as if you were burning it?
4.What else does an IPOD do?
5.Is there different types? Other than the GB's?

I guess I'm pretty clueless about them.. Any info would be greatly appreciated..I don't want to be one of those parents who get their kids things they don't understand. I have this need to understand what my children have their hands in. lol..
Thanks!

Answer 1

1. Well, you know your daughter best. You know her responsibility level. But a Shuffle is what my sister has, it's only 99 dolars for the nice one so thats a safe bet.

2) if you download off iTunes it's 99 cents a song. not much. but theres also limewire and stuff but idk if that legal

3. you can download off CD's (and its SOOO simple)

4. Well if you get a video it plays videos.. and can have photos and music

if you get a nano it has photos and music.

a shuffle has only music

5. Theres the Video, Nano, And shuffle. fora 9 year old i would say the shuffle. it's only 99 dollars and if she looses it it's not to much money lost and it teaches you what shes ready for. the nano is about 150 and the video is about 350.

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Answer 2

An iPod is a music and video player from Apple. They come in variety of sizes from the $80 Shuffle which holds about 240 tunes to a $350 80GB model that holds thousands of tunes, programs, pictures and more.

I don't think she's too young, but I would stick with either the shuffle or nano models. They used solid state storage, and are less prone to breakage.

Yes, it CAN cost money to download music, but your can convert the CD's you already own into mp3's that can be played on the iPod. There are also a ton of "podcasts", prerecorded programs that you can download for free. Since I've owned by iPod, I've only spent about $10 on music. Most of the music I have on mine is from my CD's

You can view videos with some iPod models, but they are the more expensive models. I'd think twice before giving a nine year old a $250 and up iPod. The video iPod uses a small hard drive to store the music files. Even though it's fairly rugged, I don't think it's a good choice for a youngster.

Yes. There are other mp3 players that you can purchase. They are made by Samsung, Creative Labs, and a bunch of others. Each have their strengths and weaknesses. The non-Apple models can be cheaper, but to be honest, once I got the iPod, I knew I had the best - at least for now. The Apple interface is very good, and the iTunes software is some of the best.

For a nine year old, you might want to take a look at the $149 2GB Nano. It's solid, has a small color display, and uses flash (solid state) memory.

Answer 3

1. Is she too young? - Depends on how responsible she might be.

2.Does it cost you money to download music? - Yeah. the iPod doesn't let you download music, but iTunes does. iTunes is sort of like an organizer and control center on the PC for the iPod (where you can add music, etc). It also has an internet store that lets you download.

3.Do you download from the internet or can you download like a CD as if you were burning it? - You can download iTunes when it gives you a CD. But if you're talking about music, you can add music from CD's you have, drag any MP3's from the computer, or buy them from iTunes.

4.What else does an IPOD do? - Simple, it's an MP3 Player. It plays music through ear phones...

5.Is there different types? Other than the GB's? - Yeah, there's Nano, Regular, Shuffle, Mini iPod.

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I had them for a year and it stopped working, like a lot of people's did. I'd recommend another MP3 player, though. I'm using a Creative MuVo TX FM mp3 player right now. But whatever you like =)

Answer 4

1. Will she lose it? If so, then she's too young. If not, go for it.
2. If you buy songs legally, then yes. You have to pay for them, but it's cheaper than buying them in a store.
3. You can do both! Just stick a CD into a computer and iTunes does the rest. Same for putting songs on the iPod. Just hook it up to a computer and it'll download the songs at the click of a button.
4. iPods also play videos if you get the special video ones, but you should probably get a nano for a young child because she may lose it.
5. There are several kinds of iPods: nano is the smallest and cheapest, then comes iPod which is the normal one, then iPod photo which also stores photos, then iPod Video which stores photos and plays videos.

Read the manual when it comes, it's pretty explanitory (my parents understood it, and they're clueless!)
Don't get her one just because her friends have them, I wanted a phone when I was 10 and I'm glad I didn't get one because I'd have lost it.
Good luck, and don't worry if she gets it more than you do, it's normal!

Answer 5

You don't download music FROM the iPod. iPods play music that you already have.

1. Possibly. If you drop one of those things, it's done for. It's an expensive piece of hardware. They make protective cases for them, and I wouldn't dare go without one.
2. It costs money to LEGALY download music.
3. From the internet, as well as from CDs you already own.
4. They play music and video, as well as photos and a few games.
5. There are different varieties of iPods, that come in sizes from 512mb to 80gb, as well as thousdands of other brands of MP3 players. iPods aren't even the best players out there, they're just the most popular, and you end up paying more for the name. I'd would think that a nine year old probably wouldn't appreciate an MP3 player for the qualities of the it, rather than wanting an iPod just because it's an iPod.

Answer 6

1) Unless you are getting the shuffle, YES. iPods are expensive and the newer ones can break easily without proper use (like use by that of a 9 year old). I suggest getting her the 1Gb shuffle ipod which is being released soon.
2) Legally, yes. Itunes songs cost 99 cents a piece. Illegally.... noo......
3) You can download from the internet, or rip a CD to your hard drive and put it on the MP3 player (meaning you put the CD in your computer, the computer puts the music on the computer, then you put the music on the thing that plays music)
4) It really depends on which you get. check www.ipod.com for details.
5) check www.ipod.com

Answer 7

LOL, that's pretty funny.... okay and i-pod is an mp3 player (a music player... like a cassette player or cd player,... but it plays it on a harddrive (by memory) instead of a cd or cassette. the i-pod it self doesn't download music... you have to download it and put it in there

1. Is she too young? not really as long as she knows what type of music she likes.... which you can monitor

2.Does it cost you money to download music?depends... i-tunes and others make you pay... but on the DL (down low.... like shhh) limewire (limewire.com) is a free mp3 downloading program

3.Do you download from the internet or can you download like a CD as if you were burning it?
both... and the cd thing is easy.... but you might need a lot help on this... find someone who can help

4.What else does an IPOD do?... some i=pods offer video capable... and others images.... others radio?... and a lot of times its all in one i-pod

5.Is there different types? Other than the GB's? actually no.... i-pod comes in gigabites(GBs?... that's what you meant right)
that's the size of the player (not in measurements... in memory... like your computer has gigabytes of memory to store information... the same concept with the i-pod... but it's not a PC)
i-pods tend to range.... from 2GB to 60GB i believe) but a 2GB or 4GB should be good enough for a 9 Y-O


it's not dangerous... it's music.... it's actually pretty expensive ... which is why i don't have one.....here's a tip... go to a BEST BUY... or COMPUSA... or the like... and ask them about MP3 players and an alternative to I-PODS... although, when you get an i-pod, you can't go wrong....

Answer 8

I'm so proud of you! Thank God there are still parents that monitor what their children are doing. My 7 year old wants one too, but honestly, I grew up with a "ghetto blaster" :) Kids have too many easy ways out these days, and too many things handed to them. I think you can be the only judge if your daughter is old enough, is she responsible enough, good grades and does she understand what an IPod does? I'm not getting one for my daughter. She has a radio that plays cds and I think that is enough. It's completely up to you.

Answer 9

Yes, she's too young and she can listen to music without having an IPOD. There are those of us who've survived growing up without an Ipod and we turned out just fine and still were musically inclined. Music can be very influential especially if the audience is still impressionable... better supervise the music she listens to first until she is wise enough to make her own choices.

Answer 10

its up to you if you want to waste money on this, yes the music costs and the ipod is about 200 bucks i think , thats all it does is record and play music, there are other brands i think. i think shes a little young for it. they do break and im sure they are a big theft item.