From what I understand podcasting allows you to get radio brodcast on your mp3. Obviously it's not live but it'll seem like it. I ve never tried it on my ipod but ima try. Theres also stuff that will allow you to get news and other extras.
They work on other MP3 players too, so I'll likely get some of those. It's better to actually listen to something other than songs on the MP3 player.
This is the definition of podcasting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting And by searching with google, I've found this site: www.podshow.com
Just to renew some talk. Has anyone tried the iPod nano and the iPod video yet? Any comments? Creative has also come out with a new HD model, the Zen Sleek. I saw a preview of it and it's off the hook. Built in radio, voice recording, smaller than the 20GB iPod, and a whole bunch of other features that truly place it above the iPod. It's not on sale in Canada yet, but when it comes out I'm getting it.
The iPod nano sick. My friend has one and from what I saw and heard from it, its amazing. The saying that its as thick as a pencil is true and the sound quality is great too. Damn, you really went back to bring this back from the grave.
Lol, the world of technology is everchanging, and there's no reason why this thread shouldn't stay up to date. Anyways, is it true that the iPod nano has built-in games? I've seen it before and it's insanely tiny, but is the battery life really that good? When I see how thin that thing is, I'm afraid I'll snap it.
I don't care how popular they are, I STILL wouldn't touch an Ipod with a 10 ft poll. They're battery life sucks and are garauntee'd to die in less than two years. Apple doesn't even provide replacements. They provide refurbished ipods. YUCK!! Old dirty pieces of ****. At the moment, the best brands out there for mp3 players are Sony and IRiver. These days I don't shop for mp3 players because I'm happy with my IAudio M3, but If i were to get one, I'd think about a Sony.
Sony's main problem is the Atrac3 format. They have to convert every file to that format to play on their mp3 players. But Sony players have loooooooooooooooooooooooong battery lives though.
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Sony's main problem is the Atrac3 format. They have to convert every file to that format to play on their mp3 players. But Sony players have loooooooooooooooooooooooong battery lives though.</div> I have a Sony minidisc and I'm perfectly fine with the Atrac3 format. Its not that big of a deal converting the files and the best part about it is that you can (after you convert the files), make the size of the song smaller so you actually fit more songs into your player. Thats how mine works anyway.
I recently got this Sony mp4 player from my dad who got it overseas, it's really awesome, it plays all music files, plays videos (once converted to dmv), it has built in games, radio...Yeah..awesome..
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting dakeem1:</div><div class="quote_post">At the moment, the best brands out there for mp3 players are Sony and IRiver. These days I don't shop for mp3 players because I'm happy with my IAudio M3, but If i were to get one, I'd think about a Sony.</div> I have to disagree and say that Creative and Dell own the market for non ipod mp3 players. Creative and Dell sell cheap, high quality, high capacity mp3 players. IRiver goes more for all the bells and whistles rather than an affordable price, and Sony products are generally just overpriced. My creative has been dropped, thrown, and bounced off walls, and it still works.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting chineseafro:</div><div class="quote_post">I have to disagree and say that Creative and Dell own the market for non ipod mp3 players. Creative and Dell sell cheap, high quality, high capacity mp3 players. IRiver goes more for all the bells and whistles rather than an affordable price, and Sony products are generally just overpriced. My creative has been dropped, thrown, and bounced off walls, and it still works.</div> I agree, not to mention Creative has the best reputation sound-quality wise. Dell DJ's though, have gotten bad reviews. I still think Creative is the best out there. Sony is good and getting there, but it's still pretty much a rookie to the game.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Locke:</div><div class="quote_post">I agree, not to mention Creative has the best reputation sound-quality wise. Dell DJ's though, have gotten bad reviews. I still think Creative is the best out there. Sony is good and getting there, but it's still pretty much a rookie to the game.</div> I've heard good things about the Dell Axim, and my friend has had a DJ for a few years now. It's all about what you want to use it for (they're not just for music anymore folks), and how well you treat it. Creative has been the best brand for a long time in my opinion. Every soundcard that I've ever used is Creative, and I'd venture to bet that most of you are running Creative sound cards. Creative is solely dedicated to audio equipment, why not trust their mp3 players? As far as this year is concerned I would probably go for an ipod if I already didn't have my Creative, but only because the video option intriques me and Creative has yet to unleash a player capable of color video display. Sony also really isn't that good. I own a PSP and its great as a media center, but its battery life just sucks. I've bought Sony MD players, CD players and I've looked at their mp3 players. There's really no upside to them at all. The MD players are ocmpletely useless as the public just missed out on that. They got caught in the limbo of better CD players and higher storage mp3 players, and really got lost since they were more expensive than CD players but cheaper than the mp3 players and no one really understood their capabilities. Sony CD players are pretty much useless, outside of their atrac encoding theres really nothing that draws people outside of their design and slightly higher battery life. The mp3 player that sony released was terrible, it was relatively small in size yes, but obsurdly overpriced, and didn't offer the color screen of similarly priced mp3 players from companies like iRiver. Sony just doesn't make good portable players. As far as TVs, computers, headphones, consoles and other electronics go? They're pretty much the top of the line.
I had a Sony CD Player for about two years until it was stolen. It had come with rechargeable AA batteries, but soon those leaked and I had to throw them out. I dropped it from a desk once in school, and then it just started f**king up on me. Play a slightly scratched CD, and it would skip songs. That basically took me off Sony, but I still trust their TVs and such, just not the audio stuff. Still, I do like what's advertised about their mp3 players though. On the other hand, I bought a Creative Nomad II MG in 2001, back in the days when 64MB was the way to go and they cost $500. I've dropped it, scratched it, got it in water once, but it's still running fine. The built in FM Tuner is still one of the best I've ever had in a mp3 player. I would have been fine with using it all the way up to now, but it's the same size as my Zen Touch. 64MB vs. 20GB. Btw, chineseafro, Creative has a video player. The Zen Portable Media Center has a 3.8" LCD color screen and carries 20 gigs. It's been out for over a year and in Canada, the price has only been dropped by $50. The iPod video isn't anything special IMO, what's the point of watching movies on a 2.2" screen?
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Locke:</div><div class="quote_post">Btw, chineseafro, Creative has a video player. The Zen Portable Media Center has a 3.8" LCD color screen and carries 20 gigs. It's been out for over a year and in Canada, the price has only been dropped by $50. The iPod video isn't anything special IMO, what's the point of watching movies on a 2.2" screen?</div> I think I failed to add "at a fair price." It's not worth $500. Its just something to play around with, what's wrong with having the family guy movie on your player during class?
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting chineseafro:</div><div class="quote_post">I have to disagree and say that Creative and Dell own the market for non ipod mp3 players. Creative and Dell sell cheap, high quality, high capacity mp3 players. IRiver goes more for all the bells and whistles rather than an affordable price, and Sony products are generally just overpriced. My creative has been dropped, thrown, and bounced off walls, and it still works.</div> I never said that Sony and IRiver owned the non-Ipod market. I'm talking about pure quality here, irrelivant to price.
Creative products are much higher quality than iriver or Sony. iRiver is just flash in most of their products, Sony is just overall brand notoriety.
Toshiba... Save your money for one of their TVs or Computers. Samsung? I've always had problems with Samsung hardrives, so I'm not even going to consider buying one of their mp3 players.
