Apple Killed the iPod Mini

[Brian Lesser]

Well I'll be...

*see avatar for facial expression*

[Clark Gilbert]

More pictures....

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/5492/PICT1891.jpg
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http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/6182/PICT1909.jpg
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/6458/PICT1908.jpg (shows that it's not taller)
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http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/6325/PICT1900.jpg

[mechanicalbrain]

WOW.... thats about all i can say for a few minutes.... OK I'm back! thats impressive! it actually looks taller than the original. You know i wonder if having it be that thin is actually a draw back. Imagine sticking it in your pocket, sit down and SNAAAP! I wonder how structurally sound it is?

[Heretic121]

Originally Posted by mechanicalbrain

WOW.... thats about all i can say for a few minutes.... OK I'm back! thats impressive! it actually looks taller than the original. You know i wonder if having it be that thin is actually a draw back. Imagine sticking it in your pocket, sit down and SNAAAP! I wonder how structurally sound it is?

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so um... anyone have one of these and wanna drop it a few times from say waist or neck high, and then maybe sit on it a few times... maybe step on it or jump on it a few times as well... you know... for science

[Courtneyb1023]

I read a review of the nano, and they guys who wrote the report ran over it with a car. Though the screen was broken, it still played music. I think these little things are tougher than they look.

On another note, I had an ipod mini as well as a shuffle however i sold them both and bought a creative labs zen micro. The main reason behind the switch was that I already have and pay for napster and the micros are compatible with it and the ipods are not. Having used both, i don't really see a huge difference, nor do i have a preference.

i think the nanos are really neat but i really can not see myself selling my micro, buying a nano, and re downloading all of my songs.

this is the artical i read:

http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/nano.ars/

[Meredith Rice]

Originally Posted by KyleGilbert45

It is quite interesting to walk around campus, here at Purdue, and see all the people with iPods. It seems like every other person has one here. It would be interesting if someone did a poll to see what percentage of people have an iPod.

Yes. I am very much in agreement with you and the majority of students with iPods. I call it the Cult of the White Headphones. I have a 20G Dell DJ which I use nearly all the time especially between classes (probably too often for my own good). I'm happy with it although I don't really know how it compares to the iPod in quality (it plays music, that's all I ask). Personally, I prefer the interface of the Dell better than the iPod because I feel it is easier to make a playlist on the run (without having to hook up to a computer).

If I replace my DJ (which I will probably only do if mine breaks or there is a great sale), I might go for an iPod, but probably not the Nano. I am not for having to decide which music should go onto the Nano and which I should keep just on my comp, and well I am past the 4G of musc that the Nano holds. I find it much easier to have it all at my fingertips all the time. Plus the larger size of the 20G models doesnt really bother me at all.

[Joe Matt]

Originally Posted by Meredith Rice

Yes. I am very much in agreement with you and the majority of students with iPods. I call it the Cult of the White Headphones. I have a 20G Dell DJ which I use nearly all the time especially between classes (probably too often for my own good). I'm happy with it although I don't really know how it compares to the iPod in quality (it plays music, that's all I ask). Personally, I prefer the interface of the Dell better than the iPod because I feel it is easier to make a playlist on the run (without having to hook up to a computer).

If I replace my DJ (which I will probably only do if mine breaks or there is a great sale), I might go for an iPod, but probably not the Nano. I am not for having to decide which music should go onto the Nano and which I should keep just on my comp, and well I am past the 4G of musc that the Nano holds. I find it much easier to have it all at my fingertips all the time. Plus the larger size of the 20G models doesnt really bother me at all.

Select the song or album, press and hold the middle button, watch for the selection to blink, then go to the On-The-Go playlist in the Playlist menu. That's it.

[petek]

Not only is the iPod Nano nearly indistructable, it seems to be launderable too. I can see it now: post-apocalypse investigators discover that all that's survived are cockroaches and iPod Nanos.

[Koko Ed]

I just bought an i-pod mini. It's awesome and I got a three year warrenty in case it breaks.
I wasn't impressed with the Nano (why wouldi pay the smae amount for less memory? No thnks).