[Poseidon]

any major disadvantages of the ipod mini or any advantages compared to the micro (and visa versa)

[Akuma]

Which ever is cheaper. If the iPod is only a little more, do for that.

[Judas]

Originally Posted by Zoner

. Isn't there a "Lock" switch on the Zen?

yeah there is a lock switch but i have no idea what its used for :blush.

i read an article in people or some mag that was about people bitching about how shitty the ipod shuffles shuffle funtion is. ... apparently a shit load of people are bitching about how bad it is about playing the same sequence of songs over and over ... i dont think the zmicro is quite as bad as what the article was saying but its still pretty shitty....

[Infernal_]

il sell my ipod complete with songs, usb 2.0 cable, remote and a card just like SH i dono how much though, or if i want to sell oOo: i dono.....

[Jonsey_]

[quote="Infernal_":e7990]il sell my ipod complete with songs, usb 2.0 cable, remote and a card just like SH i dono how much though, or if i want to sell oOo: i dono.....[/quote:e7990] 50bucks

[mR.cLeAn]

psp

it plays mp3's

[Poseidon]

I dont need a psp - besides I dont want to be paying £30 a game once they come out.

All I want is something to play my mp3's

[Coleman]

Ok, i've done massive amounts of research because I was in your shoes a few weeks ago. If you want a non-bias answer go to http://www.cnet.com and look at the video reviews of the micro and ipod mini.


The Micro is the way to go in my opinion (what I have). First of all, it's a 5gig (soon a 6 gig version is coming out) compared to ipod mini's 4gig drive. It has a radio tuner in it. You can record from the radio (don't know why you would want to though). it also has a built in microphone so you can record voices and such. The zen's sensitivity is not bad at all. I find it very very easy to use (best way to go is just go to the nearest electronic store and try 'em out for yourself). As with Judas' problem and the pocket, all you have to do is flip a little switch on the top to lock it. You can play football with it and it won't change settings when it's on lock mode. I also like how you can edit and customize all of the screens in the zen micro. The battery life is a long-ass time (no where near 24hrs but you get my drift). I do have another battery even though I never really need to use it because I just hook it up to the USB port at night and it'll recharge.

The zen's software is very nice. It's really really easy to edit all of your song information. It comes in handy when you have to fix 837 songs that are named, "Jazz Miles Davis" when they aren't even miles davis. It's real easy to upload songs from CD to your zen micro as well.

The size of the micro is amazing. It's is smaller than my cell phone and is very light. You can see all of the stats on http://www.cnet.com again.


BTW, I got my zen micro for $217 with overnight shipping. I think I got it from http://www.ecost.com . Just check around online before you buy it in the store because chances are, you'll get a WAY better deal on the good ol' interweb.

[Poseidon]

Thanks coleman thats helped alot!!

[elstatec]

ipod mini is for girls.


my father got the ipod shuffle and thats quite leet considering its price, but shame about the lack of know whats next.


but over all the plain ipod beats down all the competition easily and is yet to be knocked off the throne. rock:

[Zoner]

Originally Posted by Judas

yeah there is a lock switch but i have no idea what its used for

All it does is disable the buttons. It was put there to prevent your exact problem; accidental pushing of buttons, volume, etc.

[Coleman]

Oh i forgot to add this. Even my 54 year old dad got a Zen Micro and loves it. He has fairly large fingers and he has no problem operating the device. It goes to show you that the zen micro isn't only for the younger generations.