Uh..... I dont think you want an iPod for hiking. You'd probably freak if it fell. I've been jogging (Im not a yuppie, its for cross-country) with my Shuffle (I just take a thick, loose rubber band and wrap it around my hand with the Shuf. - no need for a $30 cloth band) and its fell more than twice. And I freaked when it did. You dont want that thing to get scratched.

Get the new ipod with the color screen it has like a 17 hour battery life, mine has a 10 hour one, i bought my 20 gig and a month later the color screen ones came out...fuck life....

Just get this case for it misc http://www.speckproducts.com/toughskin.html

I have one for when i goto drill with the Marines, works beautifully, if you drop it, it wont break.

fuck ipods (ok, I'm just trying to start something...sorry. I'll shut up now.)

i rarely use my Ipod...

the zen comes with two batteries ... if i remeber correctly the charge time is pretty damn long too ... id say with both of those bats charged they would last you 3 days.

i dunno if the ipod would last 3 days or not ... i guess it just depends on how long you listen.

The new iPod Nano. Buy it. Period. Short. Sentences. Stop. Plz.

I love my Shuffle, but hate Apple at the same time. They're all a bunch of fags IMHO, yuppies for all I care. I absolutely hate how they turned their white computes into a literal cult.

Dont go for ipod if you want good battery life. My Zen Touch battery lasts about 24hours

[quote="Doctor Duffy":fbc5e]I absolutely hate how they turned their white computes into a literal cult.[/quote:fbc5e]

rolleyes:

[url=http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/en/-/USD/SY_DisplayProductInformation-Start;sid=LLL4_N4RTBP4_J0yDNjy95EAqQ6jQx4-0FU=?CategoryName=pa_flashMemory&ProductSKU=NWE507 &Dept=audio&INT=sstyle-audio-deptfeature-NWE507|sstyle:sy_dept_content_b:audio:e4c2d]This[/url:e4c2d] basically kicks the ever loving shit out of the nano then. It has 1 less gig but oh well. Like i said if a song repeats oh well. That 50 hour battery life means i could listen to it nearly non stop. See this is how i end up torn on what to buy.

Also why the fuck would i drop it? I wouldnt be holding it, it would be in my ruck with the cords out. So theres no real problem with it falling.

[quote="TGB!":f0b8a]If I were going to get another Port Player - it would be the GIGABEAT.[/color][/b][/quote:f0b8a]

Im guessing its made by gigabyte, cause i know they have one now.

my mp3 players like double the size of a ipod but it holds the 20 gig , its a rca lyra, eh on sale christmas time last year. no drm though, does the creative zen have drm?

[quote="Cool Fool":6d825]my mp3 players like double the size of a ipod but it holds the 20 gig , its a rca lyra, eh on sale christmas time last year. no drm though, does the creative zen have drm?[/quote:6d825]
DRM? is that like digital recorder? if so yes...

I keep trying to figure out why they keep releasing new versions of iTunes. The only difference I found after downloading the new one is that its looks have changed. I mean, somethings going on behind enemy lines here, I dont see how a little face-change can cost me 30MB.

[quote=Milla]DRM? is that like digital recorder? if so yes...[/quote:ca0c9]eh...i quote
"It stands for Digital Rights Management, which uses usually uses some form of encryption to protect intellectual property from copyright infringement" unquote

i want one!

[quote="Doctor Duffy":c62d5]I keep trying to figure out why they keep releasing new versions of iTunes. The only difference I found after downloading the new one is that its looks have changed. I mean, somethings going on behind enemy lines here, I dont see how a little face-change can cost me 30MB.[/quote:c62d5]


It might be the new QuickTime 7 that's bloated it up.